February 24, 2015

My Opinion

Tony Tyler Director general and chief executive of IATA says: “The modernisation of cargo processes is not occurring as quickly as…

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TNT helps customers cut the carbon

TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge. The carrier measures how…

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Qatar to apply all-in freight rates from April

Qatar Airways Cargo is changing its pricing structure to a “one-rate basis”, saying that the current surcharge conventions "expose the…

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TIACA calls for risk-based approach to security

TIACA members have been advised that recently released updates to security programmes for all-cargo aircraft in the US must be…

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Containership reliability ends 2014 on a downer

Air cargo chiefs will note with interest that containerised ocean freight reliability declined for the second month in a row…

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Qatar’s Pharma Express links Brussels and Basel

Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a twice weekly A330 freighter service to Basel, Switzerland, later this month. The airline will…

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Precision begins B757-200PCF conversion

Precision Aircraft Solutions has begun conversion of the first B757-200PCF aircraft for Asia Pacific Airlines. Mike Quinn, president of Asia…

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Jan de Rijk Logistics to serve IAG Cargo in Iberian peninsula

Jan de Rijk Logistics will provide European trucking services to IAG cargo Cargo for its Iberian traffic, further strengthening Jan de…

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EVA Air’s ops and docs at Hong Kong cargo terminal

Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL) has started cargo operations and documentation services for Taiwanese carrier EVA Air at the Cathay Pacific…

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United Cargo realigns and appoints Leijssenaar

United Cargo has appointed Jacques Leijssenaar as vice president, cargo sales EMEIA, reporting to the US carrier’s cargo president, Jan…

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ATSG and DHL extend US freighter agreement

Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has completed a new agreement that extends its support of DHL’s air cargo…

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Yulia is our iPad winner

Yulia Pronina of AirBridgeCargo in Moscow picked up an AppleAIR2-64GB-SG iPad as the winning respondent to our on-line freighters fleet survey…

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Ethiopian Cargo adds Brussels B777F quartet

Ethiopian Cargo has returned to Brussels airport with four B777 freighters per week to Addis Ababa. The freighters will provide…

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Vietnam and Cambodia lead air cargo surge for emerging markets

Asia’s Vietnam and Cambodia provided the fastest-growing airfreight trade lanes between emerging and developed markets. US-Vietnam volumes surged 42.7 per…

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Qatar Airways sets its sights on denim capital Gujarat

Qatar Airways Cargo is to make Ahmedabad its seventh freighter destination in India. From February, a twice weekly Airbus A330F will depart Doha on…

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Cloud offers bright future for MASkargo

Malaysian carrier MASkargo is to replace its legacy computer network with a Cloud-based Unisys system to manage domestic and international…

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Cargolux strike threat looms

Labour talks at Luxembourg-based all cargo carrier Cargolux have stalled again and a strike is on the cards if conciliation…

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Everyone’s a winner in South Africa

South African’s Transit Group is using IVS software to produce electronic security declarations and take advantage of connections to 90…

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A LOT more space to New York

LOT Polish Airlines has launched a seasonal New York/Warsaw all-cargo route operated by a Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The carrier said…

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Ebola aid from East Midlands

Three forklift trucks supplied by Jungheinrich have been flown from East Midlands Airport to Sierra Leone as part of the…

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