SAUDI Arabian Cargo, will offer 18 B747F and MD11F flights per week from Brussels to Riyadh, Jeddah and Damman from…
March 2008
Gittens to direct ACI
11 / 03 / 2008
AIRPORTS Council International has appointed Angela Gittens as director general of ACI World, headquartered in Geneva. She will assume her…
Oman-Bahrain open up cargo lanes
11 / 03 / 2008
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Oman and Bahrain to open up cargo operations between the two countries….
SIA accepts third A380
11 / 03 / 2008
THE third production Airbus A380 was handed over to Singapore Airlines on 11 March. Sinapore Airlines’ third A380 will join…
Air Logistics opens in Tel Aviv
10 / 03 / 2008
AIR Logistics has opened its 49th office located in Tel Aviv, Israel. The office was opened by Roni Samocha (right),…
Davies Turner holds firm in Morocco
10 / 03 / 2008
DAVIES Turner is investing in additional high specification hanging garment trailers to serve the growing trade in garments moving between…
Family freight forwarder recognised
10 / 03 / 2008
CHESHIRE freight forwarder, Newbreed Freight Ltd, has been named ‘Best UK Family Business, Northern Region’, in the £1-5m turnover category…
Vienna freighter returns
10 / 03 / 2008
EMIRATES SkyCargo will once again operate Airbus A310 freighters to Vienna twice a week from 2 April. The carrier is…
New CEO for eCourier
10 / 03 / 2008
eCOURIER announced the appointment of Nigel Lambe as chief executive officer. “Joining eCourier.co.uk was an easy decision to make. eCourier.co.uk…
Pemco moves into B767 conversions
10 / 03 / 2008
PEMCO is expanding its conversion services to B767s and expects to deliver its first aircraft by 2010. Wake Smith, president…
Gadola perfect fit for Panalpina
10 / 03 / 2008
PANALPINA has appointed Marco Gadola as new chief financial officer and member of the executive board. He will take office…
BAWC the latest to up fuel surcharge
09 / 03 / 2008
BRITISH Airways World Cargo has announced an increase to its fuel surcharge. The surcharge will be GBP0.57, US$0.85, €0.85, with…
LH Cargo boosts Chinese capacity for Olympic boom
09 / 03 / 2008
WITH the introduction of the summer timetable on 30 March, 2008, Lufthansa Cargo is substantially expanding its flight programme, particularly…
Stricken vessel aided by charter brokers rapid response
09 / 03 / 2008
CHAPMAN Freeborn’s Netherlands office came to the aid of a stricken ship in the Adriatic, with a rapid response to…
Cathay expands Asian freighter network
09 / 03 / 2008
CATHAY Pacific Airways announced that it will add the cities of Hanoi in Vietnam and Dhaka in Bangladesh, to its…
Growth slows in Hong Kong
09 / 03 / 2008
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited released its tonnage figures for February 2008. A total of 171,299 tonnes were handled…
BAA struggling to fill cargo warehouse space
08 / 03 / 2008
WITH empty cargo warehousing weighing heavily on its existing debt burden and the Competition Commission breathing down its neck, the…
ILFC receives 700th B777
06 / 03 / 2008
International Lease Finance Corp received its 777-300ER for customer Cathay Pacific Airways. ILFC has ordered 79 Boeing 777s since 1992…
EGSAC expands into Bangladesh
06 / 03 / 2008
EGSAC has expanded into Bangladesh with the appointment of Dhaka-based Air Galaxy Limited, as its exclusive member. Air Galaxy was…
China Southern on track for AF-KLM venture
06 / 03 / 2008
CHINA Southern Airlines and Air France-KLM aim to finalise their cargo joint venture deal this year, said the head of…