BIG CHANGES have been afoot in Qantas Freight. The division has changed its European strategy, bought out its partner in…
September 2013
IATA revises its 2013 global industry outlook downwards
24 / 09 / 2013
IATA has revised its 2013 global industry outlook downwards – to US$11.7 billion profits on revenues of $708 billion. The…
IATA sees air cargo growth
23 / 09 / 2013
AIRFREIGHT markets are starting to show signs of renewed growth, according to IATA statistics. Global freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) were…
This airfr(e)ight business
20 / 09 / 2013
CARGO used to be a dirty word in the airline industry. Not so long ago, well before today’s belated introduction…
Singapore airfreight ‘an exciting market’
20 / 09 / 2013
REMEMBER the Asian Tigers? In the 1990s, economies such as Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan were the wonders of the age,…
Emirates’ non-stop B777-200 passenger and belly services to Stockholm
20 / 09 / 2013
EMIRATES has expanded its European reach with the start of daily non-stop B777-200 passenger and belly cargo services to Stockholm,…
Investigators probe UPS crash
20 / 09 / 2013
THE US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is continuing its investigation into the crash of this UPS cargo jet at…
Delta Cargo’s new 3,000-sq ft refrigerated storage unit in Detroit
19 / 09 / 2013
DELTA CARGO, the airfreight division of Delta Air Lines, has opened a new 3,000-sq ft refrigerated storage unit at Detroit-Wayne…
China Southern’s two B777-200Fs arrive
18 / 09 / 2013
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…