Initial traffic data from European airlines suggests there has been a strong peak-season pick-up in demand in October, while forwarders…
Volga-Dnepr steppes in for rare Russian horses
11 / 11 / 2015
Volga-Dnepr Group has flown six endangered Przewalski horses from France to Russia as part of a project to reintroduce the…
Flower power purchase: Panalpina goes with the Airflo in Kenya
11 / 11 / 2015
Panalpina is boosting its presence in Kenyan flower logistics by acquiring a majority stake in Airflo from the Dutch Flower Group…
Platts’ ambitious plans to develop Heathrow as a European cargo hub
11 / 11 / 2015
Heathrow Airport cargo boss Nick Platts is a man on a mission: to make Heathrow the preferred European air cargo…
Value of UK goods exported from Heathrow up almost 10%
11 / 11 / 2015
The value of UK exports via Heathrow has increased 9.7% over a 12 month period as vaccines for medicine experience…
October tonnage declines for Frankfurt and Heathrow
11 / 11 / 2015
Frankfurt, Europe’s number one air cargo hub by volume last year, and fourth placed London-Heathrow both recorded a decline in…
Official opening for Emirates SkyCentral in Dubai
11 / 11 / 2015
Dubai’s Emirates SkyCargo has officially opened its new airfreight terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC). Emirates SkyCentral, a first phase…
Chapman Freeborn and Airbroker announce new partnership
10 / 11 / 2015
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has launched a new strategic partnership with Oslo-based Airbroker to further enhance both companies’ offerings in the…
ACS helps out on world record attempt
10 / 11 / 2015
Air Charter Service helped a team complete ‘Cape to Cape 2.0’, a world record attempt driving from the southernmost point…
Brussels’ cargo up in October but Ethiopian move will have “negative” effect
10 / 11 / 2015
Brussels Airport handled 43,763 tonnes of cargo in October, a 7.3% rise in freight volumes versus the same month in…
CEVA losses narrow as airfreight volumes decline
10 / 11 / 2015
Logistics firm CEVA recorded a decline in airfreight volumes during the third quarter of the year, but it did manage…
Shippers welcome stricter lithium battery rules
10 / 11 / 2015
Shipper representatives have welcomed new safety recommendations covering lithium battery air cargo shipments agreed by the Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) of the…
Lufthansa adds freighter flights to counter strike action
10 / 11 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo is deploying extra freighter capacity in order to mitigate the effects of a cabin crew strike taking place…
Qatar announces new dedicated pharma routes
09 / 11 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the launch of two new dedicated pharma routes from India to Doha as it looks…
Cargojet records another loss despite Canada Post contract
09 / 11 / 2015
Cargojet has reported an upsurge in third-quarter revenues as a result of its new Canada Post contract, but the increased…
FTA: Invest in Belfast or lose air cargo to rivals
09 / 11 / 2015
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for investment in an enterprise zone and road improvements at Belfast International…
Middle East aircraft fleet to treble by 2034 says Airbus
09 / 11 / 2015
Airbus forecasts that by 2034 the fleet of passenger and freighter aircraft in the Middle East region will almost treble…
Etihad adding two B777 freighters
08 / 11 / 2015
Etihad Airways has exercised its options on two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft, making the announcement on the opening day of…
Special report: Fast thinking will get air cargo aid to where it’s needed
06 / 11 / 2015
Rapid decision making by aid agencies and the airfreight industry is the key to getting aid cargo to the people…
Gunning to become chief financial officer at British Airways
06 / 11 / 2015
Steve Gunning, the current chief executive of IAG Cargo, will become chief financial officer at British Airways in April next…
© Designed by Air Cargo News
