THE US Transport Secretary says air cargo must recover to meet President Obama’s export targets. In his much-anticipated speech to…
October 2012
Upbeat mood at TIACA
16 / 10 / 2012
THERE are reasons to be cheerful in air cargo – that is the industry consensus emerging from the TIACA conference….
Lufthansa to launch Tel Aviv freighter flights
16 / 10 / 2012
Lufthansa Cargo will operate its first all-freighter service to Tel Aviv, Israel from October 28. The carrier will connect Israel’s…
Etihad Cargo up six per cent
16 / 10 / 2012
Etihad Airways reported third quarter revenues of US$1.3b up 19 per cent on last year. Cargo revenues were also significantly…
Airfreighter photography competition winner
16 / 10 / 2012
TO celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Antonov AN-124 freighter’s maiden flight 130 photographers from 23 countries submitted entries to a…
‘Bullet-proof vest’ ULDs at Finnair
16 / 10 / 2012
SELF-PROCLAIMED “weight watcher” Finnair has selected Nordisk Aviation Products to provide its wide-body aircraft with lightweight ULDs. Finnair bosses say…
IT boost at Thai
16 / 10 / 2012
THAI Airways has entered into IT deal to analyse its cargo management. Bosses at Thai Cargo say their new IT system…
Cargo Champion – Neil Hansford
16 / 10 / 2012
RELIVING your youth is many people’s dream but if Neil Hansford is right it might also be the air cargo…
Tony Charaf back at Delta cargo helm
15 / 10 / 2012
IT IS said that good managers always get results, but extraordinary ones can move mountains and never leave their staff…
Liege’s freight volumes in freefall
15 / 10 / 2012
CARGO traffic at Liege plummeted by 20 per cent in September 2012, compared with the same period last year. Belgium’s…
Power cut shuts two Dubai International runways
12 / 10 / 2012
DUBAI Airports was forced to divert 50 flights to other regional airports following the loss of power to a critical…
Flying humanitarian cargo ‘challenging’
10 / 10 / 2012
A CHARTER specialist that evacuated 12,000 people within six weeks during the ‘Arab Spring’ has spoken about the challenges of…
Industry sleepwalking to disaster
03 / 10 / 2012
THE AIR cargo industry is becoming increasingly polarised between supply chain members willing to embrace change and the ‘dinosaurs’ who…
IATA Forecasts Huge Losses for 2008
02 / 10 / 2012
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced a revised industry financial forecast that would see the global airline industry post…
Qantas buys airfreight trucking specialist
02 / 10 / 2012
QANTAS Freight Enterprises announced that it had signed an agreement to purchase national trucking business Jets Transport Express, which specialises…
Qantas Freight push for paperless air cargo
02 / 10 / 2012
QANTAS Freight announced that it would work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the local airfreight industry to…
Asian carriers’ 5.5 per cent cargo dive
01 / 10 / 2012
ASIAN carriers’ 5.5 per cent fall in cargo volumes in August clearly reflects how stagnant market conditions are. Airfreight dropped…
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