IN recent years very few European carriers have been adding freighter services, but one exception has been Finnair Cargo, which…
February 2014
Air Cargo News to launch app
07 / 02 / 2014
AIR CARGO NEWS, now owned by the German DVV Media group, is launching its own tablet app, as part of…
Air France/KLM to axe more freighters
07 / 02 / 2014
AIR FRANCE-KLM-Martinair Cargo is to cut four more freighters over the next year and a half, reducing its fleet to just…
IAG Cargo expands services to Mexico City
07 / 02 / 2014
IAG Cargo is increasing frequency on its London Heathrow to Mexico City route. An additional weekly flight will provide extra…
TIACA re-invents itself
06 / 02 / 2014
AIR cargo association TIACA has become a very broad church and is no longer dominated by North American interests, insists…
Schiphol’s air cargo up 3.2 per cent
06 / 02 / 2014
AMSTERDAM Airport Schiphol achieved a 3.2 per cent improvement in its cargo business last year. The Dutch airfreight hub handled…
AF-KLM opts for DWC
06 / 02 / 2014
AT THE request of customers, Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is to start operating 14 weekly freighter flights to and from Dubai…
Air Cargo News attends Air Cargo India
06 / 02 / 2014
AIR CARGO NEWS is attending Mumbai’s Air Cargo India exhibition. INDIA’S air cargo market continues to be buoyed by steady growth in…
Emirates increases air cargo capacity in Nigeria
05 / 02 / 2014
EMIRATES is to expand its presence in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, with the start of a daily linked A340…
Emirates SkyCargo adopts real-time tracking device
05 / 02 / 2014
EMIRATES SkyCargo has adopted an onboard shipment monitoring and tracking device across its entire fleet. Approval of SENTRY Flightsafe applications…
Cathay boosts Mexico freighters
05 / 02 / 2014
CATHAY Pacific Airways is expanding its freighter services into Latin America by launching a thrice-weekly scheduled service to Mexico City…
2014 ‘a better year for air cargo’
05 / 02 / 2014
AIRLINE profitability expectations remain strong for 2014 and in line with levels seen since April 2013, according to IATA’s quarterly…
DWC welcomes Cathay’s first freighter
04 / 02 / 2014
CATHAY Pacific has begun operating freighter flights from Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC). The Asian carrier’s inauguration…
Swissport, Servisair marriage under way
04 / 02 / 2014
THE integration of Servisair into Swissport, which began this month, will see the combined entity emerge as a global ground-handling…
Reliable air cargo services return to Libya
04 / 02 / 2014
LIBYA is to have an air cargo industry again after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Air Cargo News exclusively reveals. Chapman…
One Question
04 / 02 / 2014
Chris Nielen, European regional commercial manager at IAG Cargo, answers: "We have seen first-hand the challenges and rewards the market…
One Question
04 / 02 / 2014
Uli Ogiermann, chief cargo officer for Qatar Airway Cargo, answers: "I think we, as an industry, have to demonstrate that we…
One Question
04 / 02 / 2014
Marcel Fujike, senior vice-president, products and services, global air logistics, Kuehne +Nagel, answers: “We are missing skills and training in the…
Air Cargo News attends Air Cargo Americas
04 / 02 / 2014
AIR CARGO NEWS is attending Miami’s Air Cargo Americas exhibition. More than 7,000 international airfreight executives, carriers, manufacturers, importers, exporters,…
Air Astana adopts Champ Cargosystem’s solution
03 / 02 / 2014
KAZAKHSTAN flag carrier Air Astana has signed up to CHAMP Cargosystems’ Cargospot Airline and Cargospot Revenue processes. The applications will…