Qatar Airways has finalised an order for four Boeing 777 freighters valued at $1.24bn, with purchase options on another four. Qatar Airways…
February 2015
Silk Way nears deal on B747-8F trio
24 / 02 / 2015
Plane maker Boeing and Azerbaijan-based cargo airline Silk Way West are finalising terms on a purchase agreement for three B747-8 freighters. When…
IAG Cargo joins Airforwarders Association
24 / 02 / 2015
IAG Cargo has become the first international (non-US) carrier to gain platinum membership of the Washington-based Airforwarders Association (AfA). As a platinum…
Saudia Cargo to operate direct freighters to Malpensa
24 / 02 / 2015
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched a three times a week B747-400 freighter schedule between Riyadh and the Italian hub of…
Security standard first for Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal
24 / 02 / 2015
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal has become the first Hong Kong air freight facility to achieve ISO 28000 certification, a global standard…
Lufthansa Cargo’s cautious optimism for 2015
24 / 02 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.7m tonnes of freight and mail in 2014, a year-on-year decline of 2.7 per cent, although the…
Ethiopian freighter damaged after runway skid
24 / 02 / 2015
An Ethiopian Airlines freighter has been seriously damaged after skidding off the runway at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana on…
Middle East leads world airfreight growth
24 / 02 / 2015
The Middle East set the pace for a four per cent global surge in air freight in November, and 4.7…
More Airbuses than ever
24 / 02 / 2015
Airbus hit a new record of 629 aircraft deliveries for 89 customers, including eight new ones. The Toulouse-based plane-maker said…
Swiss signs quality deal with handlers
24 / 02 / 2015
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with ground handlers Cargologic and SATS to boost service standards and information…
My Opinion
24 / 02 / 2015
Tony Tyler Director general and chief executive of IATA says: “The modernisation of cargo processes is not occurring as quickly as…
TNT helps customers cut the carbon
24 / 02 / 2015
TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge. The carrier measures how…
Qatar to apply all-in freight rates from April
24 / 02 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo is changing its pricing structure to a “one-rate basis”, saying that the current surcharge conventions "expose the…
TIACA calls for risk-based approach to security
24 / 02 / 2015
TIACA members have been advised that recently released updates to security programmes for all-cargo aircraft in the US must be…
Containership reliability ends 2014 on a downer
24 / 02 / 2015
Air cargo chiefs will note with interest that containerised ocean freight reliability declined for the second month in a row…
Qatar’s Pharma Express links Brussels and Basel
24 / 02 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a twice weekly A330 freighter service to Basel, Switzerland, later this month. The airline will…
Precision begins B757-200PCF conversion
24 / 02 / 2015
Precision Aircraft Solutions has begun conversion of the first B757-200PCF aircraft for Asia Pacific Airlines. Mike Quinn, president of Asia…
Jan de Rijk Logistics to serve IAG Cargo in Iberian peninsula
24 / 02 / 2015
Jan de Rijk Logistics will provide European trucking services to IAG cargo Cargo for its Iberian traffic, further strengthening Jan de…
EVA Air’s ops and docs at Hong Kong cargo terminal
24 / 02 / 2015
Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL) has started cargo operations and documentation services for Taiwanese carrier EVA Air at the Cathay Pacific…
United Cargo realigns and appoints Leijssenaar
24 / 02 / 2015
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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