SAUDI Airlines Cargo has added two B747-8F aircraft to its fleet, bringing the number of freighters operated by the Middle…
March 2013
Toll appoints Chinery
26 / 03 / 2013
TOLL Global Forwarding has appointed former Danzas and DHL man Paul Chinery as airfreight director in the UK. He will…
Murmann takes Schenker air and sea role
26 / 03 / 2013
GERMAN national Heiner Murmann has been handed responsibility for global air and ocean freight matters at DB Schenker Logistics. He…
Martinair scraps legacy system
26 / 03 / 2013
MARTINAIR has scrapped its legacy system in favour of a full roll-out of CHAMP Cargosystems’ Cargospot community software. The complete…
Cargo Champion – Peter Kales
25 / 03 / 2013
ONLY a decade or so ago, the air cargo industry was still synonymous with liquid lunches, resulting in deals being…
One marriage made in heaven
25 / 03 / 2013
THE announcement that Lufthansa Cargo and Chapman Freeborn Airchartering are to work closely together in a unique marketing and operational…
American revival
25 / 03 / 2013
When American Airlines announced on 14 February that it was to merge with US Airways, it marked yet another milestone in…
Chapman Freeborn and Lufthansa Cargo in unique alliance
25 / 03 / 2013
GLOBAL charter broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering (CFA) has secured a unique strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Cargo. It means that…
Emirates and Qantas team up
22 / 03 / 2013
EMIRATES SkyCargo and Qantas Freight are to offer customers seamless access to each other’s networks, marketing cargo capacity to a…
Geodis Wilson appoints new chief marketing officer
19 / 03 / 2013
GLOBAL freight management company Geodis Wilson has appointed Ivy Boyer as its chief marketing officer (CMO). She succeeds Kim Pedersen,…
New UAE base for DHL
19 / 03 / 2013
LOGISTICS giant DHL has unveiled its largest express ground operations facility in the Middle East and North Africa – at…
Etihad alliances pays off
19 / 03 / 2013
ETIHAD AIRWAYS has heralded a successful first year of its equity alliance strategy, after a financial reporting season which saw…
Air cargo industry faces many challenges, says IATA chief
19 / 03 / 2013
IT IS NO secret that the air cargo industry faces many challenges – especially financial, warns Tony Tyler, chief executive…
Saudia Cargo increases West Africa flights
15 / 03 / 2013
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has strengthened its business relationship with forwarding company Fast Forward Cargo in the UAE by increasing its…
Latest B747-8F for Cargolux
14 / 03 / 2013
WHILST celebrating its 43rd anniversary, Cargolux has completed another milestone – the acceptance of its 25th B747 freighter from Boeing. …
Cargo plane fault shuts Dublin Airport
12 / 03 / 2013
A SMALL charter cargo plane carrying laboratory rats closed the main runway of Dublin Airport (Ireland) after its front nose…
Schiphol’s thoroughbred horse solution
12 / 03 / 2013
A THOROUGHBRED animals centre has opened at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Located at the premises of handling company Aviapartner, the Schiphol…
Cargo Champion – Frédéric Meyer
11 / 03 / 2013
ONE could be forgiven for assuming that the ground handling industry is essentially a modern invention that emerged as a…
Cargo Champion – Oliver Evans
11 / 03 / 2013
IF YOU want to speak to somebody who lives and breathes the air cargo business, look no further than Oliver…
The big switch
11 / 03 / 2013
WHEN Lufthansa Cargo announced that it had selected the iCargo system of IBS to provide it with a next-generation IT…