Menzies Aviation has announced it has been awarded the Delta Air Lines cargo handling contract at London’s Heathrow Airport. The…
July 2012
Menzies boasts perfect South African record
16 / 07 / 2012
MENZIES Aviation announced that on 3 June every single one of its customers’ flights departed without an attributable delay to…
Thai Cargo secures gongs
13 / 07 / 2012
THAI Cargo has picked up a national security award for the fourth year running. With the recent International Civil Aviation…
Front line workers need security training – WCO boss
13 / 07 / 2012
EVERYBODY in the industry needs to understand the threat of terrorism, smuggling and trafficking says World Customs Organisation Secretary General….
Air China Cargo starts weekly Austrian flights
13 / 07 / 2012
AIR China Cargo has launched its new route between China and Austria. The new service will have a 747 freighter…
Air China Cargo freighter duo lands
13 / 07 / 2012
TWO 747-400BCFs will join the Air China Cargo (ACC) fleet by the end of March. The 747s are the last…
Kuehne acquires another forwarder
12 / 07 / 2012
KUEHNE + Nagel add North American freight forwarder Perishables International Transportation (PIT) to its portfolio as part of its ongoing…
Airbus orders slashed
11 / 07 / 2012
THE shrinkage of global air cargo took a turn for the worse today following cancellations at Airbus. The Toulouse based…
Air France hope in cargo slide
11 / 07 / 2012
AIR France/KLM holds a glimmer of hope for cargo after figures showed contraction was “limited”. The European airline looked to…
Web deal to boost AMI
11 / 07 / 2012
AIR Menzies International expects an all-inclusive web offer to treble income from the category after expanding it to imports. The…
Malév in Russian states hands
11 / 07 / 2012
FINANCIALLY troubled Hungarian airline Malév has been taken over by the Russian state bank Vnesheconombank. The deal should be finalised…
Airline collapse halts new cargo centre
11 / 07 / 2012
BUDAPEST Liszt Ferenc International Airport says it expects to increase the amount of freight it handles this year, despite shelving…
Parting shots
10 / 07 / 2012
DAVE BROOKS had a tough act to follow when he took over as cargo president for American Airlines in 1996,…
Lufthansa Cargo celebrates a record year
10 / 07 / 2012
THANKS to an 8.9 per cent lift in capacity Lufthansa Cargo carried a record 1.9 million metric tonnes of freight…
Lufthansa Cargo’s 9.2 per cent volume drop
10 / 07 / 2012
LUFTHANSA Cargo has recorded a year-on-year decline in freight volumes of 9.2 per cent in the first six months of…
Cautious Kitty
10 / 07 / 2012
EVA Air says it holds a cautious outlook on air freight growth despite a predicted electronics boost. The carrier, known for…
ICAO proposes hazardous cargo rules
10 / 07 / 2012
THE Dangerous Goods Panel at the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed on new rules for the shipping…
AMI achieves 40 per cent online bookings
10 / 07 / 2012
THE UK arm of AMI has achieved 40 per cent of all its cargo and Eurotrux bookings now being made…
AMI Express sess UK-Europe traffic climb
10 / 07 / 2012
AMI Express, is celebrating a 25 per cent boost to its traffic from the UK to Europe, just eight weeks…
Cargo Champion – Des Vertannes
09 / 07 / 2012
‘PASSIONATE, witty, diplomatic, a gifted orator’ are just some of the words people are quick to proffer to describe Des…
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