Cargolux is to resume flights to Latacunga, Equador following renovations at the airport. A spokesman for the carrier, which hasn’t…
October 16, 2012
Saudia adds to HK route
16 / 10 / 2012
SAUDIA Cargo has announced that it is to add a new weekly freighter from Hong Kong – in response to customer…
Cargo Champion
16 / 10 / 2012
CHRIS Foyle is best known in the industry for bringing the Antonov AN124 out from behind the Iron Curtain. It…
Leipzig leap
16 / 10 / 2012
LEIPZIG Halle Airport registered double-digit growth levels during the first six months of 2012. The airport, Germany’s second largest cargo…
LaHood for air cargo
16 / 10 / 2012
THE US Transport Secretary will give the TIACA keynote to cargo bosses in October. Ray LaHood will address The International…
MNG’s A330-200F arrives
16 / 10 / 2012
MNG Airlines (Turkey) says its fleet expansion programme is on course after taking delivery of a new A330-200F. The major…
Cargolux “nice guys”
16 / 10 / 2012
CARGOLUX is no faceless corporation according to a group of aircraft enthusiasts who contacted the Luxembourg based carrier. For many…
Air cargo gets its skates on
16 / 10 / 2012
THE parallels between figure skating and airfreight might not be immediately obvious. Both do have a certain grace and efficiency…
Freighter panel falls on US town
16 / 10 / 2012
AIR investigators have been called to Seattle in the US after a door panel fell from a freighter – narrowly…
CHEP wins Qatar deal
16 / 10 / 2012
QATAR Airways has awarded its ULD and galley equipment maintenance contract to CHEP Aerospace Solutions in a five-year deal. CHEP…
Saudia grows in West Africa
16 / 10 / 2012
SAUDIA Cargo has added nine destinations in West Africa via Lagos, Nigeria. Saudia Cargo now serves the cities of Abidjan,…
747-200 freighter shreds 14 tyres
16 / 10 / 2012
AN electrical failure is thought to be behind an emergency landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage Airport, US. Local media have…
Frankfurt Airport’s August freight fall
16 / 10 / 2012
FRANKFURT Airport’s (FRA) airfreight volumes fell by 4.1 per cent to 165,406 tonnes year-on-year in August this year. “Once again,…
WFS strikes TAP deal
16 / 10 / 2012
WFS (Worldwide Flight Services) has won a two-year contract with carrier TAP Portugal at Newark Liberty Airport. Under the terms…
Freighter aborts takeoff
16 / 10 / 2012
A BOEING 747 freighter was forced to abort takeoff after it lost thrust. The Air Bridge Cargo 747-800 was spotted spitting…
Rainbow salute for Air China
16 / 10 / 2012
AIR China Cargo has been welcomed to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a splash. The inaugural Air China Cargo scheduled flight…
ICAO security push
16 / 10 / 2012
ICAO members, ministers and security officials from 23 international organizations have pledged to “establish processes for identifying and handling high-risk air cargo and…
A330F looking good for MNG
16 / 10 / 2012
THE Turkish carrier MNG has published the first images of its new A330F. A spokesman says: “With the news A330F…
K+N settles for US$28m
16 / 10 / 2012
KUEHNE+NAGEL has agreed to pay US$28m to end its “painful” price fixing trial. The US lawsuit, which sprang from the…
Tech hope for Cathay
16 / 10 / 2012
CATHAY PACIFIC bosses remain hopeful of a tech lift to their year after another torrid set of figures for air…
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