Air Cargo News.Air cargo air cargo: see aviation. probe now includes more than a dozen carriers. Authorities have contacted or visited the offices of more than a dozen airlines as they investigate alleged price-fixing in the air cargo industry. The European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community , U.S. Department of Justice and FBI declined to provide more details on the probe. Feb 16, 2006 Authorities raid cargo airlines in price-fixing probe. The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday raided cargo airlines in Europe and the U.S. searching for evidence of a price-fixing cartel. On Wednesday, the probe expanded to Asia, and authorities searched for information at Japanese, South Korean and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. carriers. The probe could affect the global air cargo market. Boeing has predicted that the market will grow 6.2% annually for the next 20 years. Feb 15, 2006 Airbus, Boeing Competition for freighters heats up. Airbus is finishing its A380F freighter and is preparing to compete against Boeing in the very large cargo jet market. Airbus expects 400 new large freighters to be sold through 2023. Boeing's latest offering in its cargo line is the 747-800F. Feb 14, 2006 Gol Gol announced the expansion of its Gollog cargo operation to Rosario, Cordoba cor·do·ba n. See Table at currency. [American Spanish córdoba, after Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526?), Spanish explorer.] Noun 1. , Montevideo and Asuncion. Gollog is a prepaid, online freight service the carrier unveiled earlier this month. It already was available on Gol flights to 38 Brazilian destinations and Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. . Feb 20, 2006 Korean Air Korean Air launched weekly cargo flights to Chennai Feb. 16 using a 747-400F. Flights become semiweekly sem·i·week·ly adj. Issued or occurring twice a week. n. pl. sem·i·week·lies A semiweekly event or publication. adv. Twice weekly. See Usage Note at bi-1. Noun 1. in May. Feb 20, 2006 |
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