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- Edition: 1432


Headlines

Volga-Dnepr opens new hangar at Leipzig/Halle airport

Probe of Boeing 787 battery intensifies

Horton wants to be chairman if AMR and United Airways merge

India port awaits land allotment for expansion

Korea port volumes hit record high in 2012

DHL renews lease at Schiphol airport

Coyne Airways launches African services

Ryanair posts strong growth in Q3

SAS to axe 200 more jobs

Pay rise agreed if American Airlines, US Airways merge

Air France-KLM launches low-cost airline Hop!

Tacoma port's volumes rise 16% in 2012

Vietnam's biggest port opens

China Cosco mullsturnaround options

Georgia Ports sets record in December

"K" Line enhances JABCO services

Adani Ports to use stake sale cash for expansion


Port operator ICTSI raises $100 million more

US retail sales to grow 3.4%, says NRF

FedEx Trade Networks opens first office in Thailand

Deutsche Post expects to benefit from failure of UPS-TNT merger




Contents

Volga-Dnepr opens new hangar at Leipzig/Halle airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport and Volga-Dnepr Group jointly celebrated the official opening of a new aircraft maintenance hangar that is expected to attract airline customers from all over the world.



Probe of Boeing 787 battery intensifies
US air-safety investigators said they are stepping up microscopic and chemical examinations of the lithium-ion battery that caught fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines Boeing 787 three weeks ago, still seeking to determine whether internal defects may



Horton wants to be chairman if AMR and United Airways merge
AMR Corp chief executive Tom Horton is in talks about becoming board chairman if the American Airlines parent merges with US Airways, one of a number of signs both companies are nearing a deal that could create the world's largest airline by traffic,





India port awaits land allotment for expansion
Notwithstanding speculation about offloading of shares by its two promoters, the Dhamra Port Co (DPCL) informed the Odisha government that it would start expansion of its second phase within the next two years, reported The Telegraph.



Korea port volumes hit record high in 2012
Cargo traffic at South Korea's seaports hit a record high last year on the back of growth in shipments of machinery, automobiles and oil-related products, a government report showed.



DHL renews lease at Schiphol airport
DHL Express has renewed its tenancy agreement at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for a further 10 years.



Coyne Airways launches African services
Coyne Airways has launched customer-focused services to over 30 destinations across Africa, through three of the continent's main hubs.



Ryanair posts strong growth in Q3

Ryanair posted a strong set of third-quarter figures on the back of a surge in pre-Christmas bookings, reported The Irish Times. An eight percent rise in average fares lifted the carrier's pretax profit to US$24.



SAS to axe 200 more jobs

SAS, the Scandinavian airline, plans to cut an additional 200 administrative jobs in 2013 on top of the 800 administrative jobs it planned to eliminate under a restructuring plan initiated in November, reported Dow Jones Newswires.



Pay rise agreed if American Airlines, US Airways merge

The Transport Workers Union of America, which represents ground workers at American Airlines, said it has reached an agreement with US Airways and AMR Corp that would grant immediate raises of 4.



Air France-KLM launches low-cost airline Hop!
Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM has formed a new French regional airline unit called Hop! to respond to competition from low-cost rivals, reported Reuters.



Tacoma port's volumes rise 16% in 2012
Container volumes at the Port of Tacoma in the US state of Washington rose 16 percent in 2012, reaching 1.7 million TEUs, the most since 2008, reported SeeNews Shipping.



Vietnam's biggest port opens

Vietnam's Ministry of Transport yesterday opened the Cai Mep Thi Vai International Port in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau, the country's deepest and biggest seaport, which is designed to meet the increasing demand of container shipping in the



China Cosco mulls
turnaround options

The world's largest bulk shipper and sixth largest container ship operator, China Cosco, is reviewing ways to restructure the company's business and help make it profitable again to avert a delisting of its Shanghai shares.



Georgia Ports sets record in December
The Georgia Ports Authority ended last year with a strong December, marking an 11.7 percent increase in total tonnage across all terminals, and a 21.8 percent increase in auto and machinery units compared to December 2011. "Our total volume of 2.



"K" Line enhances JABCO services
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) has upgraded its intra-Asia service JABCO-1 and JABCO-2 with better transit times between Japan and Thailand.



Adani Ports to use stake sale cash for expansion
Adani Ports, India's largest private sector port company, will use more than US$235 million that the company will receive from divesting its stake in Abbot Point Coal terminal in Australia to fund its expansion plans in India's East Coast, reported



Port operator ICTSI raises $100 million more
Philippines' International container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has raised US$100 million, representing the second tranche of a $750 million fund-raising programme, reported BusinessWorld.



US retail sales to grow 3.4%, says NRF
The US National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.



FedEx Trade Networks opens first office in Thailand
FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and a premier international freight forwarder, announced the opening of its first office in Thailand.



Deutsche Post expects to benefit from failure of UPS-TNT merger
The failed merger between United Parcel Service (UPS) and TNT Express, as well as new services, are set to enhance the footprint of Europe's largest postal service company by market share and help compensate for declining revenues from traditional mail



 

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