News&People IAG may take American Airlines stake
HONG KONG-BASED Kerry Logistics has opened a new office in Myanmar and another in Sri Lanka.
CZECH AIRLINES has announced that it made a loss last year as it continued with the implementation of its restructuring plan. Reducing costs remains a major priority for the carrier.
BRITISH AIRWAYS is to restart flights from London to Colombo, Sri Lanka next March, after a break of 15 years. A three-times-a-week B777 Gatwick - Male service will be extended to Colombo.
LEIPZIG/HALLE International airport handler PortGround has added the prototype Goldhofer AST-2 X 490 towbarless air- craft tractor to its fleet of vehicles at the German gateway.
BRITISH AIRWAYS and Iberia parent International Airlines Group (IAG) has indicated that it would consid- er taking a minority stake in American Airlines. In a statement, IAG said:
“We would consider taking a stake in American if that is something that American Airlines would welcome.” While any such stake is like- ly to be small, it is seen as a blocking move against attempts by US rival Delta to take over American Airlines. American Airlines could
thus become hot property, as rival carriers manoeuvre to prevent it from falling into
their competitors’ hands. The carrier is seen as a lynch- pin of IAG’s oneworld alliance and its removal could fatally weaken it. If Delta could obtain con-
trol over American on the other hand, that would strengthen competition against IAG on the Atlantic. Meanwhile, American
Airlines reported a 4.9 per- cent fall in cargo ton-miles in July compared with the same month in 2012, to 145,800. Cargo traffic for the year to date was down 0.5 percent, at 1.05 million ton miles. American Airlines will
also axe its B757-200 service between New York JFK International airport and Brussels airport from 6 November as a part of a route network review. With
the ending of the service from Chicago to Brussels last year, American will effectively close down its operations in Belgium this autumn.
Arrivals & Departures
■ STEWART ADAMS is to leave his position as managing director of carrier Tiger Singa- pore at the end of this year. The search has begun to find his successor.
■ Boeing Commercial Air- planes has appointed JOHN WOJICK (pictured) as its new vice-president of commercial airplane sales. He succeeds Ray Conner who was named president and CEO in June.
■ STEVEN WONG has been named vice president - sales and marketing of U-Freight Ltd in Hong Kong.
■ Air Pacific, Fiji’s national airport, has named AUBREY SWIFT as chief commercial officer.
■ London Oxford Airport has appointed ANDI PAR- GETER as its new managing director. Replacing former MD, Chris Orphanou, she is one of the youngest, and one the very few female airport MDs in Europe. She has been head of finance at the airport since 2010.
■ AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has announced the resignation of ROBERT SONG as vice president Asia and Pacific and commercial director global. His successor will be JOANNA LI.
EVA launches Tokyo-Taipei freighters
EVA AIR CARGO launched twice-weekly freighter flights between Taipei’s Taoyuan Inter- national and Tokyo Haneda International Airport on 8 August. MD-11 freighters will fly initially on
Wednesday and Friday from Taiwan, returning from Japan on Thursday and Saturday. Most of the traffic is expect-
ed to be electronics, car parts, machinery and fresh seafood. The flights are in addition to
existing freighter flights from Taoyuan and Narita airport, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Haneda has the advantage of being clos- er to central Tokyo. Haneda is EVA’s third Japanese destina- tion; the carrier also serves
Osaka’s Kansai International Airport. The Taiwanese carrier added that all its
freighter flights from Tokyo arrive in Taiwan at around midnight, offering convenient early morning onward connections to all other des- tinations on its worldwide network.
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