Israel
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INDIA & MIDDLE EAST: Israel's cargo throughput up 10 per cent
Despite recent US condemnation on its safety record, Israel has seen total air cargo movements rise 10 per cent in 2010 over the previous year's figures. In January 2011 the US government ranked Israel's air safety among the world's worst, groupin…
01 March 2011
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UPS extends freight service to Israel and Slovakia
UPS is expanding its express freight service into Israel and Slovakia to cover demand from high tech, industrial and automotive business, it said. UPS noted that nearly half of Israel's exports are from high tech industries while Slovakia has develop…
01 March 2011
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MIDDLE EAST: Israeli air cargo movements in 2010 up 10%
Total air cargo movements through Israel's airports amounted to 302,903 tonnes in 2010, up 10.4 per cent on 2009's 274,319 tonnes. The Israel Airports Authority reported that during December Ben-Gurion International Airport handled 26,197 tonnes of a…
01 February 2011
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The Israeli alternati ve to X-ray scanners
The Israelis, well known for their prowess in the security arena, are developing the 'next generation'of airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners now in use at US airports. It's a booth you can st…
01 February 2011
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MIDDLE EAST: IATA chief urges Israel to attain global standards
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general and CEO Giovanni Bisignani called on Israeli Transport Minister Israel Katz recently to utilise global standards to shoreup the country's air transport sector. Bisignani referred spe…
01 December 2010
