A PLANNED expansion of cargo facilities at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) is at preliminary stages as part of a wider…
October 2013
Yangtze River Express’ launches Amsterdam Airport Schiphol services
07 / 10 / 2013
YANGTZE River Express is the latest freighter operator to introduce services to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The Chinese airline now operates twice…
Carriers to impose dramatic rates rises
07 / 10 / 2013
ADMITTING that the last year was “very demanding for the entire airfreight industry”, Lufthansa Cargo is to increase cargo rates…
Etihad Cargo’s record July cargo tonnage
07 / 10 / 2013
ETIHAD CARGO achieved a record monthly uplift in July of 45,000 tonnes, a remarkable 37 per cent increase on the same…
Air Cargo News ties up with Twig Logistics Network
03 / 10 / 2013
TWIG Logistics Network – the first professional forwarders’ association located in Latin America – has struck a unique partnership agreement…
Asiana adopts new tie down cargo straps
03 / 10 / 2013
KOREA’S Asiana Cargo is the first carrier to adopt new, industry-regulated cargo tie-down straps. The upgraded devices, which prevent cargo…
Ninth B747-8F for Cargolux
03 / 10 / 2013
FREIGHTER airline Cargolux has taken delivery of a ninth B747-8F, which brings the carrier’s combined B747 fleet to 19 units….
Lufthansa Cargo’s B777F era commences in North America
03 / 10 / 2013
LUFTHANSA CARGO (LC) has selected North America to usher in its new era using the Boeing 777 freighter. Atlanta, Chicago…
Chapman Freeborn and Lufthansa Cargo airlift humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
03 / 10 / 2013
CHAPMAN Freeborn and Lufthansa Cargo have successfully collaborated on a high-profile charter project which utilised the cargo facility on the…
Freighters versus bellies?
03 / 10 / 2013
Kevin Knight, chief strategy and planning officer of Etihad Airways, on the first day of the Freighters and Belly Cargo World Conference in Abu…
Ataturk International Airport’s 10,500-sq m cargo facility aids Turkish Airlines
03 / 10 / 2013
A NEW 10,500-sq m cargo facility at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul will play an important role in the continuing…