Cathay Pacific Airways has launched a mobile app for cargo that can track shipments and provide other freight data. “The app…
February 24, 2015
TNT’s express trucking link to Istanbul
24 / 02 / 2015
TNT has launched a daily scheduled road service to Istanbul, linking the Turkish capital city to Sofia, Bulgaria, and on…
ABC early extension for Frankfurt handling contact
24 / 02 / 2015
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has given an early extension to its cargo handling contract with Frankfurt’s Fraport Cargo Services (FCS). The…
Qatar Airways take 9.9% stake in IAG
24 / 02 / 2015
Qatar Airways has acquired a 9.99 per cent stake in International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent of British Airways and Spain’s…
Fokker 50 converted freighter ready for take off
24 / 02 / 2015
AircraftConversions has re-delivered the first converted full Fokker50Freighter to Amapola Flyg in Sweden, with the aircraft due to enter into…
Etihad cargo surges 17% in 2014
24 / 02 / 2015
Etihad Airways reported a 17 per cent increase year-on-year in cargo for 2014 to 569,000 tonnes of flown freight and…
IAG issues safeguards to Dublin over Aer Lingus bid
24 / 02 / 2015
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has issued legally binding commitments to safeguard Aer Lingus slots at Heathrow as the British…
Vote for your Cargo Airline of the Year
24 / 02 / 2015
Voting is now open for Air Cargo News’ 32nd annual Cargo Airline of the Year awards. You can vote for…
TNT tweaks its figures
24 / 02 / 2015
Express carrier TNT said its fourth quarter results, due to be published in full on February 17, would include non-recurring…
Fraport shoulders China Southern load
24 / 02 / 2015
Fraport Cargo Services will take over the handling operations for China Southern Cargo at Frankfurt from February 25. The Chinese carrier is currently…
GSAs mull bespoke training scheme
24 / 02 / 2015
The Federation of Airline General Sales Agents (Fedagsa) would like to see a bespoke training programme for GSAs and GSSAs…
Cathay chooses CHAMP
24 / 02 / 2015
Cathay Pacific has selected CHAMP Cargosystems (CCS) to provide the Hong Kong-based carrier’s new cargo IT platform after a six-month design…
TransGlobal spearheads push to end the paper air waybill
24 / 02 / 2015
A switch away from the airline industry’s historic Cargo-IMP messaging to modern XML standards could lead to an upsurge in…
US publishes details of Bagram 747 crash
24 / 02 / 2015
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released preliminary information from the ongoing investigation into the crash two years…
China Southern adds ninth freighter, four more to come
24 / 02 / 2015
China Southern Cargo has taken delivery of its ninth B777-200 freighter, in time for cargo demand created by the 2015 Chinese…
Vote for your Cargo Airline of the Year
24 / 02 / 2015
Voting is now open for Air Cargo News’ 32nd annual Cargo Airline of the Year awards. You can vote for…
CAM completes B767F lease to Cargojet
24 / 02 / 2015
Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has completed a new six-year lease of a B767-300 freighter to Cargojet of Canada. CAM, an…
Maximus profits up by a fifth
24 / 02 / 2015
Abu Dhabi-based all-cargo carrier Maximus Air reported a 20 per cent increase in profits in 2014 compared with the previous…
UPS helps keep in the cold
24 / 02 / 2015
UPS has expanded its Temperature True Packaging service to include expert consultation, package procurement and four new off-the-shelf packaging lines….
Recovery is ready for take-off, say economists
24 / 02 / 2015
Airfreight tonnage has recovered to its pre-crisis level in the US and European Union – and it could be sign…