THE UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a warning to companies shipping dangerous goods by air to follow the…
January 2014
New group commercial director at ACS
31 / 01 / 2014
GLOBAL aircraft charter provider Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Justin Lancaster as its new group commercial director. He replaces Justin Bowman, now vice-chairman…
Is this the world’s best pharma air cargo management facility?
31 / 01 / 2014
LUXEMBOURG is now the air cargo industry’s standardbearer for the air transportation of pharmaceuticals – after establishing the world’s first…
Second Cargolux boss quit
30 / 01 / 2014
TWO key executives at cargo airline Cargolux have walked out, following the handover of control of the business to a…
India approves A380s
30 / 01 / 2014
THE Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved the operation of A380 aircraft into India. “This is good news for…
Qantas Freight’s Lisa Brock leaves air cargo
30 / 01 / 2014
AFTER just three years as executive manager of Qantas Freight (QF), the cargo arm of the Australian flag-carrier, Lisa Brock…
Southern Air extends DHL B777F contract
30 / 01 / 2014
ACMI airline Southern Air has extended its around-the-world B777F partnership with integrator DHL Express. A new long-term flight services agreement…
AMI appoints Rinaldo Vels
30 / 01 / 2014
AMI, which claims to be the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has appointed Rinaldo Vels to the newly-created…
IAG Cargo boosts Cape Town services
30 / 01 / 2014
IAG CARGO is offering belly-hold capacity on three additional flights on its busy London Heathrow-Cape Town route, bringing the total…
Economic outlook favours air cargo
28 / 01 / 2014
STORM clouds which have been blackening global economic skies in recent years are forecast to gradually shift away in 2014,…
AMI’s new click2ship service in Australia
28 / 01 / 2014
AMI, which claims to be the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has launched its click2ship service in Australia,…
Van de Weg quits Cargolux
28 / 01 / 2014
ROBERT VAN DE WEG, senior vice-president, sales and marketing, at Cargolux, has resigned due to differences with the board of…
Air cargo figures slowly on the rise
27 / 01 / 2014
AIR CARGO’S gradual improvement is continuing, as a trend that started in the third quarter of this year, now shows…
Cincinnati cargo boosted by DHL
27 / 01 / 2014
CINCINNATI/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s (CVG) cargo tonnage climbed by nine per cent year-over-year mainly because of DHL’s growing presence at…
Emirates’ second Dublin service
27 / 01 / 2014
EMIRATES will use its new second daily service from Dublin (Ireland) to transport a variety of key exports including Botox,…
Qatar Airways Cargo surges ahead
26 / 01 / 2014
WHEN he was chief executive of Cargolux you might have said that Ulrich Ogiermann had the dream job in air…
Airforwarders Association membership boost
26 / 01 / 2014
THE number of freight forwarding companies joining the Airforwarders Association (AfA) has reached unprecedented levels, with the US organisation’s regular…
Qatar Airways Cargo surges ahead
25 / 01 / 2014
WHEN he was chief executive of Cargolux you might have said that Ulrich Ogiermann had the dream job in air…
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter delivers telecommunications satellite
24 / 01 / 2014
VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES has transported Turkish satellite operator Türksat AS’ 4A telecommunications satellite from Japan to Kazakhstan. The outsize cargo…
Small and medium-sized forwarders under threat
24 / 01 / 2014
FORWARDERS which deal exclusively with air cargo have been a rare species for a number of years now, admits the…