
15.12.08
New Weight Restriction procedure issued by IAA angers foreign airlines
The limit will mostly affect narrow body aircraft. The restriction does not apply to commercial cargo packages

15.12.08
Merrill Lynch: Israel GDP growth cut by 75% in 2009
The US investment bank attributes its estimated 2008 growth of 4.1% to strong Israeli export performance and strong domestic demand

08.12.08
Amir Shani elected head of Israel's Freight Forwarders Federation
Shani also serves as the Chairman of the Finance Committee as a board member of the Tel Aviv Chamber of Commerce

08.12.08
Israel expects 3 million visitors in 2008
Some 11 million passengers went through Ben Gurion Airport this year, a 10% increase compared to 2007

08.12.08
Allalouf Shipping: A new container service to Limassol
acting as local port agents for CCLL Allalouf announced a new weekly container service operating two container vessels

08.12.08
November: Car imports down 38%
only 10,148 new cars were sold last month, compared to 16,439 in November 2007

08.12.08
Gad Schaefer elected President of the Chamber of Commerce Haifa
Mr. Schaefer is replacing Mr. Oded Feller who served as president during the last four years

08.12.08
Israel Corp. prepared to inject $150 million into Zim
Zim lost US$61 million in the three months to Sept. 30 from an US$18 million profit in the parallel year as revenue grew 13% to US$1.2 billion
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