Azerbaijan Airlines has changed its order for two next-generation 737s to one 767-300 Extended Range jetliner and two 767 freighters, Boeing Co. announced last week.

The demand for cargo continued to grow last month with international scheduled freight traffic showed a 26.5 percent improvement over the same month last year, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

China Southern Airlines Co. is to add two airfreight routes to Europe and the US and run more flights on existing routes.

Malaysia Airlines will‪ ‪expand its operations into Japan by introducing three weekly flights from‪ ‪Kota Kinabalu into Haneda Airport, Tokyo, effective 15 November 2010.

Continental Airlines has announced plans to launch nonstop flights between Newark Liberty and Cairo, Egypt, beginning May 18, 2011, subject to government approval.

Asia-Pacific international airfreight demand in May was up 39 per cent, with freight tonne kilometres at 5.7 billion (from 4.1 billion in May 2009).