Uber drivers in Brasília, the capital, celebrated on Tuesday after Brazil’s Senate watered down a regulatory bill SÃO PAULO, Brazil (NYT)— A few weeks after being banned in London, Uber, the titan of ride-sharing services, is waging a new high-stakes regulatory fight in Brazil, the company’s second-largest market. Brazilian lawmakers last week moved
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FedEx braces for unprecedented holiday volumes as e-commerce sales surge
Holiday season surge could hit 400 million Packages UPS ranks No. 1 and FedEx No. 2 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest North American for-hire carriers. Memphis - FedEx expects to handle between 380 million and 400 million packages this holiday season, positioning the Memphis-based integrator at the epicenter of yet another record-breaking
Emirates To Do 165 flights weekly to Africa, restores full operations in Nigeria with 18 Lagos and Abuja flights
Emirates jet Emirates’ serve most Africa destinations with Boeing 777 aircraft, Morocco and Mauritius, which have A380s The airline's total revenue for 2016/2017 financial year was $23.2 billion and net profit moved to $34 million Dubai - Emirates airlines says by 15th December when it restores full flight operations to Nigeria it will
Hyundai Nigeria Motors Begins 30-Day Discount Service
2017 Hyundai Santa-Fe sport Lagos - Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited (HMNL) has announced a comprehensive 30-day discounted service campaign, beginning from 01 November 2017 for owners and fleet managers of Hyundai cars including Hyundai Commercial Vehicles. A statement by the company said the campaign, which is tagged ‘Before service clinic’, is absolutely
EgyptAir to make largest deal in company history, purchases 45 new aircraft
Egypt Air prepares to make a significant aircraft order Cairo - Egyptian Prime Minister Shereif Ismail met with Minister of Aviation Shereif Fathy on Saturday to discuss plans to modernize Egypt’s airports and the EgyptAir company. EgyptAir is the flag carrier airline of Egypt based at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operates
Ford invests R3-billion for production expansion in SA
(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) JOHANNESBURG (iol) - Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa on Friday announced that it was investing R3-billion ($220-million) to expand production capacity at its South African manufacturing operations in order to meet growing local and international demand for the trend-setting Ford Ranger. Ford also confirmed that the thrilling,
British forwarders demand ‘action, not words’ as Heathrow congestion worsens
Air cargo loading London (Air Cargo world) - Congestion at the Heathrow Airport’s cargo center has gotten so bad that local police are now turning away vehicles, prompting complaints from U.K.-based forwarders that they are “enduring misery on a daily basis,” according to Robert Keen, the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA)
Etihad to end Dallas-Fort Worth route, blames American Airlines
An Etihad Airways company aircraft takes off at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, France, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen DUBAI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways said on Thursday it would stop flying to Dallas-Fort Worth next year after American Airlines’ decided in July to end a codeshare agreement between the two
IATA numbers show air freight demand for September slows but still up 9.2%
IATA numbers show air freight demand for September slows but still up 9.2% According to the data for global air freight market released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the month of September 2017, the demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers or FTKs, rose 9.2 percent compared to the