CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINE’S fleet expansion plan continues with the delivery of two Boeing 777-200 freighters, bringing its B777F total to…
How Lufthansa managed the decline
16 / 09 / 2013
FLEXIBLE manipulation of its capacity has allowed Lufthansa Cargo to arrest the decline in tonnage carried in the second quarter of…
Boeing’s pilot shortage warning
15 / 09 / 2013
THE commercial aviation industry will need more than one million new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for…
Saudia outperforms market
15 / 09 / 2013
DESPITE sluggish market conditions, Saudia Cargo grew its business by six per cent in the first half of 2013. The…
Coyne Airways MD John Batten to ‘grow business’
13 / 09 / 2013
FORMER Swissport Cargo executive vice-president John Batten, who has now taken up his role as managing director at all-cargo carrier…
Chapman Freeborn’s Air Libya cargo deal
13 / 09 / 2013
LIBYA is to have an air cargo industry again after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Air Cargo News exclusively reveals. Chapman…
Yangtze River Express orders three B737-400SFs
12 / 09 / 2013
CHINA’S Yangtze River Express Airlines, a joint venture all-cargo carrier formed by HNA Group and China Airlines, has ordered three…
Boeing and FAA’s ‘expeditious’ 787 survey underway
11 / 09 / 2013
THE USA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing have begun a joint review into the 787 Dreamliner model following several widely…
John Batten joins Coyne
10 / 09 / 2013
JOHN BATTEN, executive vice-president, global cargo, at ground handler Swissport, is to take over as managing director of all-cargo carrier Coyne…
Qatar ups freighters to Oslo
10 / 09 / 2013
QATAR Airways has launched a second weekly B777 freighter service to Oslo. The airline has increased its Doha-Oslo offering by…
Its a doddle doing this job..
09 / 09 / 2013
SEPTEMBER is going to be an unbelievably busy month for me and my editorial colleagues at Air Cargo News. If…
Emirates SkyCargo gives Aston Martin Cygnet VIP passenger treatment
05 / 09 / 2013
EMIRATES SkyCargo delivered this Aston Martin Cygnet VIP passenger from Scotland to Cyprus. The first car to be carried aboard…
CEVA’s new Singapore logistics facility
04 / 09 / 2013
GLOBAL supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has opened a new logistics centre in Singapore, located strategically in the eastern…
Qantas freighter to Papua New Guinea
04 / 09 / 2013
QANTAS Freight has introduced a weekly freight service between Australia and Papua New Guinea. The flight between Cairns, Brisbane and…
IAG Cargo’s Ecuador belly cargo service
03 / 09 / 2013
IAG Cargo is to offer belly cargo services on a new Iberia route connecting Quito in Ecuador with its Madrid…
June upswing notes IATA
03 / 09 / 2013
GLOBAL air cargo is showing clear signs of improvement, reports IATA. The airline association’s June figures show a 1.2 per cent…
LUG wins IAG Cargo contract
02 / 09 / 2013
GERMAN ground handler LUG has won the tender to handle freight for IAG Cargo at the two leading German airports…
CEVA’s new Vietnam venture
02 / 09 / 2013
LEADING logistics firm CEVA has entered into a joint venture with long-term business partner Indo Trans Logistics Group to strengthen…
How DIMwits measure up
02 / 09 / 2013
YOU don’t need to be a mathematician to be an airfreight forwarder, but it helps. Forwarding is clearly for DIMwits,…
Etihad Cargo and Atlas Air’s round-the-world freighter service
30 / 08 / 2013
ETIHAD CARGO and Atlas Air Worldwide have joined forces to operate a round-the-world freighter route. The service connects Etihad’s Abu…