IAM benefits from good year - International Airline Marketing (IAM) had a good year in 2011, reports Ian McCool, managing director of the Dublin-based general sales and services agent (GSSA)........... World joins Tampa rose rush - Atlanta-based World Airways is stepping in to support the heavy Valentine's Day demand for fresh roses from Latin America by providing a B747 freighter to Tampa Cargo just in time for the rush........... PortGround gains AEO accreditation - Cargo handler PortGround was awarded an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) certificate by Germany's Customs authorities at the end of 2011 for its facilities at Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports........... Jet Group - India's Jet Group – comprising Jet Airways and Jetlite – has reported an operating profit of US$48.3 million earned over the third quarter of its 2012 financial year, the three months ending 31 December. Income was hit by high fuel prices and depreciation of the Indian rupee, the carrier pointed out........... IATA reveals a mixed picture - The latest report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) states that 2011 ended "on a positive note" as air freight volumes showed a slight 0.2 percent upturn in December........... Africa West brings in B767F capacity - Togo-based Africa West Cargo Airlines has introduced a B767-300 freighter to its fleet, which now covers direct operations between Belgium's Liège airport and Lome on a twice-weekly schedule........... Air Canada - Air Canada is to launch three times a day non-stop flights between Toronto Pearson and New York JFK on 3 May. It is also boosting the frequency of its La Guardia connections to hourly. This summer, the Canadian flag-carrier will be operating up to 38 non-stop return flights each day to New York........... Delta Air Lines - US-based Delta Air Lines saw its cargo revenue rise by 8 percent year-on-year to US$256 million in the last quarter of 2011, on the back of higher cargo yields. Over the course of the full 12 months of last year, cargo revenue rose by 21 percent to just over $1 billion........... Toulouse-Blagnac airport - France's Toulouse-Blagnac airport saw a 7.2 percent year-on-year rise in its charter and construction freight traffic during 2011, with 33,560 tonnes processed last year. Express volums also rose, by 4.3 percent to 15,319 tonnes........... DWC exercises its cargo muscle power - Dubai Airports, which owns and manages the new Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International airport (DWC) says the new gateway handled 89,729 tonnes of cargo in 2011, the gateway's first full calendar year of operations........... Schenker breaks ground at Heathrow - Global freight forwarder DB Schenker has broken ground at London Heathrow International airport on a new 9,900sq m facility located next to the gateway's main cargo terminal........... Houston racks up new record - The Houston Airport System set a new annual record for the amount of air cargo traffic it handled last year, with 423,200 tonnes of cargo processed over the course of 2011...........