AN investigation is underway after a fire broke out in one of Japan Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dreamliners shortly after it…
January 2013
United Cargo appoints new VP
10 / 01 / 2013
UNITED Airlines has appointed Jim Bellinder as vice-president of sales for its freight division United Cargo (UC). Bellinder, who…
Dnata acquires two new UK cargo contracts
09 / 01 / 2013
DNATA has won two new UK cargo ground handling accounts. Airblue, which has begun operating four-times-weekly A340 passenger services linking…
Brussels becomes Finnair’s second cargo hub
08 / 01 / 2013
FINNAIR Cargo (FC) is forging ahead with its bid to become one of the most successful airfreight carriers operating between…
Boeing’s bumper year despite cancellations
08 / 01 / 2013
BOEING ended 2012 with 4,373 cancelled aircraft orders – the most in the company’s history. But the planemaker also secured…
Geodis Wilson’s new chief operating officer
07 / 01 / 2013
GLOBAL freight forwarding company Geodis Wilson has appointed Eric Martin-Neuville as its new chief operating officer (COO) and freight board…
IAG Cargo ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Asia
07 / 01 / 2013
ASIA-Pacific’s airfreight market has good potential for growth in 2013, forecasts IAG Cargo. Hi-tech product launches, such as the iPhone…
A very challenging 12 months, admits Cargolux boss
04 / 01 / 2013
2012 was an extraordinarily challenging year of ups, downs and sideways moves for all-cargo airline Cargolux. Richard Forson, stand-in…
Cargo super airship prototype complete
03 / 01 / 2013
WORK on a prototype for an 800-ft cargo-carrying super airship set to revolutionise global logistics has been completed in California,…
Demand for perishables to double in four years
02 / 01 / 2013
FRUIT and veg are becoming increasingly tasty components of the air cargo business. A global surge in demand for premium…