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Global freight markets have begun 2016 on a positive note, with volumes rising in January at the fastest monthly pace in almost a year, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said freight tonne kilometres (FTK) were up 2.7 per cent in January, compared with the prior corresponding period. It was the highest

United’s improved on-board offering and the use of Boeing 787-9s on all Australian and New Zealand services will ensure the airline remains competitive amid new carriers and new services in the market, a senior executive from the airline says. The Australia-US market is currently in a period of expansion, with American Airlines commencing its own flights

American Airlines and Qantas says Hawaiian Airlines is “virtually alone” in its objection to their joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes and rejected calls for the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on their proposed tie-up. American and Qantas’s application for anti-trust immunity is currently before the US DOT, which said in February its

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has become just the fifth airline and second in Asia Pacific to take delivery of the Airbus A350. The carrier’s first A350-900, 9V-SMA, touched down in Singapore a little after 1000 local time on Thursday, following the 12 and a half hour journey from Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse. This content is available exclusively to