Acsa eyes Africa growth Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) will soon submit a plan to its board outlining a strategy to acquire stakes in African airports, according to acting managing director, Bongani Maseko. IAG ’s big investment IAG Cargo has announced that subject to shareholder approval 18 next-generation Airbus A350-1000 long-haul aircraft are due to come into service from 2018, with IAG holding options for a further 18. Airfreight markets weaken Air freight markets weakened in March, eroding some of the improvement made toward to the end of 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the International Air Transport Association. Global FTKs were down 2.3% – and although this is an improvement on February when air freight markets were down 7.2%, after adjusting for the seasonal factors that have affected year-on-year growth comparisons over recent months, the trend clearly shows the improvement in growth has stalled, says Iata.
