Oman Air is due to announce details, by the end of October, of a new joint venture with a large…
February 2015
Air France strike ends, but uncertainty still high
27 / 02 / 2015
Air France pilots have called off their two-week strike that cost the struggling airline hundreds of millions of euros. An…
Customs busts illegal pharma
27 / 02 / 2015
A coordinated Customs operation seized 113 million illegal pharmaceutical products destined for Sub-Saharan Africa countries. According to the World Customs…
Africa: Jettainer starts managing ULDs for ECAir
27 / 02 / 2015
Jettainer, the ULD management company, has begun supervising containers for Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir). The Lufthansa subsidiary announced details of its entry…
SIA Cargo signs deal with Chep
27 / 02 / 2015
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has appointed Chep Aerospace Solutions to maintain and repair its fleet of ULDs. Under the five-year…
DHL parcelcopter launches initial operations for research purpose
27 / 02 / 2015
Plans to fly cargo by drone continue to make it off the computer screen and into reality, despite widespread dismissal…
Freighters: down, but not out
27 / 02 / 2015
The Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest last week was optimistic that the industry’s use of freighters would eventually…
Raya rebranding completed
27 / 02 / 2015
Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business….
Satellite delivery successful
27 / 02 / 2015
The first space satellite to be manufactured in Argentina has been delivered safely to a launch site in French Guyana…
Lightweight ULDs to cut TAP’s fuel bill
27 / 02 / 2015
Portuguese flag carrier TAP Portugal expects to save more than €2·5m in fuel costs over the next four years by…
JAL updates cargo processing systems
27 / 02 / 2015
The departure of flight JAL 371 from Tokyo’s Haneda airport to Kitakyushu on September 28 marked a significant step for…
Air Cargo Media booth at 27th Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, Korea
27 / 02 / 2015
Gavin Murray, Air Cargo News and Reto Hunziker, Group Cargo Director, Chapman Freeborn (right) at Air Cargo Media booth at…
Chip producer slates airlines’ service record
27 / 02 / 2015
“Terrible” service and poor communication is preventing the air freight industry from speeding up door-to-door delivery, semiconductor manufacturer ASML complained…
Boeing upbeat on wide-body freighter demand
27 / 02 / 2015
Boeing predicts “very strong demand as we look forward” in the main-deck air freight market as the industry doubles in…
Swissport completes disposal of its French ground handling activities
27 / 02 / 2015
Swissport International confirmed on October 7 that it has closed the deal to dispose of its ground handling activities in…
Cathay updates cargo handling software
27 / 02 / 2015
Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Cargospot software from Luxembourg-based IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems SA as the backbone of the airline’s…
One supply chain
27 / 02 / 2015
In a highly public demonstration that regulators are on the side of the air cargo industry, The International Air Cargo…
United Cargo adopts lighter containers
27 / 02 / 2015
United Cargo announced on October 8 that it plans to purchase 8,500 Herculight S containers developed by Zodiac Aerospace, which…
Qantas freight arm bounces back
27 / 02 / 2015
Qantas Freight reported underlying pre-tax and interest earnings of A$54m, an improvement of A$43m and the division’s best first-half result since…
Bigger, safer, ‘shapier’
27 / 02 / 2015
Hong Kong Airlines is about to become the launch customer for a container from Nordisk, developed in cooperation with Airbus,…
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