Jude Winstanley, Head of network, Alliances & Compliance for IAG Cargo answers: “IAG thinks there was a structural change in…
February 2015
American starts to serve Memphis
27 / 02 / 2015
American Airlines Cargo announced on October 6 that it has started operating cargo services to and from Memphis, Tennessee, including…
Spirit of the Horse Dragon
27 / 02 / 2015
Charter broker Air Partner has teamed up with the Ruslan International joint venture of Antonov Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to…
ECS puts boots on the ground in Latin America
27 / 02 / 2015
When ECS moves into a new market as a GSA, it likes to do so properly. “Our philosophy is to…
Turkish Cargo revenues surge in 2014
26 / 02 / 2015
Turkish Cargo bellyhold and freighter revenues for the calendar year 2014 reached $973m, an 11.7 per cent increase on 2013,…
Who ate all the pies?
25 / 02 / 2015
A pie-eating contest and a Christmas party outrageous suits competition were just two of the ploys used by London broker…
TIACA building next-generation skills
25 / 02 / 2015
Recruiting the next generation of people, and equipping them with the skills to take the industry forward, has become a…
NCA latest casualty in cartel chase
25 / 02 / 2015
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is the latest cargo carrier to admit defeat in the latest of a string of anti-cartel…
Lufthansa dodges impact from pilot strike
25 / 02 / 2015
LUFTHANSA avoided having to cancel any freighter flights during its latest pilot strike. The airline shifted its flight times to…
Cargolux takes on 11th 747-8F
25 / 02 / 2015
Cargolux has taken delivery of its 11th 747-8 freighter. The aircraft was named ‘City of Zhengzhou’ in honour of Cargolux’s…
Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Conference 2014
25 / 02 / 2015
THERE are increasing regulations and pressures from shippers to ensure the safe carriage of pharmaceutical and life science products by…
Technology shaves off vital minutes for Dnata
25 / 02 / 2015
Dnata has recorded 25 per cent growth in its UK cargo handling business this year, despite continuing softness in both…
ABC Airlines receives sixth 747-8 Freighter
25 / 02 / 2015
Russia’s largest cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The addition takes the…
Asiana latest to cave in to anti-cartel case
25 / 02 / 2015
ANOTHER airline has agreed to hand over millions of dollars to prevent further anti-cartel prosecution in the US. This time,…
SF Airlines plans freighter fleet growth
25 / 02 / 2015
CHINA’S all-cargo carrier ShunFeng (SF) Airlines is near to closing a deal for six 767-300P2F conversions. Once complete, the airline…
Cargo forecast good, says IATA
25 / 02 / 2015
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) five-year forecast confirms others’ predictions of reasonable future air cargo growth. IATA suggests international…
AirBridge can’t get enough -8Fs
25 / 02 / 2015
AIRBRIDGE Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline, has taken delivery of an additional 747-8…
Kenyan start-up takes ATI DC-8F
25 / 02 / 2015
KENYAN freight start-up, Ribway Cargo Airlines, based out of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, is a set to take delivery of its…
Deadline looms for DHS partial shutdown
25 / 02 / 2015
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing a partial shutdown, with employees forced to work for no pay…
Unions confirm they live in dream land
25 / 02 / 2015
LUFTHANSA’S unions have apparently started to believe the common yet false assumption that airlines are made of money. Despite the…