BRIEFS

Air Zimbabwe to
launch Bulawayo
service
June 16 will see the
launch by Air Zimbabwe
of a Johannesburg-
Bulawayo service.
“It’s an exciting new
development for us – the
first time that Bulawayo
has been served from
Johannesburg,” said Gerd
von Mansberg, country
manager of general sales
agents ATC Aviation.
A 50-seater Embraer
ERJ 145 will be deployed
on the route, capable of 5
tons uplift.
New hub could force
Heathrow closure
London Heathrow
Airport will need
to close if the UK
government decides
to build a new estuary
airport or to make
Gatwick the UK’s major
hub, according to a
transport think tank.
The Independent
Transport Commission
(ITC) said that the UK
needed a major capacity
airport to compete with
European continental
rivals and that the
closure of Heathrow
would be needed to
convince investors that
carriers would move to
the new hub.
AirwiseNews.com
Brazil’s airports
squeezed
Without major
investments in Brazil’s
air-travel capacity over
the next two years,
competition between
airlines at the country’s
eight largest airports
will be near impossible,
a member of Brazil’s
antitrust regulator, Cade,
said.
CargoNews Asia.
SIA parks another
freighter
The cargo arm of
Singapore Airlines will
store a second Boeing
747-400 freighter aircraft
as a result of continued
over-capacity in the air
cargo market.
The aircraft will be
parked at Victorville,
California from June
2013 until May 2014,
leaving SIA Cargo with
11 B747-400s.
Reuters.