INDIA’S only profitable cargo-carrying airline, low-cost carrier IndiGo, has ordered 250 jets from Airbus for a list price of €20bn…
February 2015
Libya’s Global restarts European flights
25 / 02 / 2015
GLOBAL Aviation has resumed cargo flights between Europe and Libya using a wet-leased AHS Air International 747-200F. Fortnightly flights will…
Flightstar Aircraft Services completes new hangar expansion project
25 / 02 / 2015
FLIGHTSTAR Aircraft Services, LLC will complete its newest aircraft maintenance hangar at its Cecil Airport (VQQ) headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida…
National Air Cargo files for bankruptcy protection
25 / 02 / 2015
US cargo carrier National Air Cargo (NAC), a subsidiary of National Airlines, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection. The airline…
AA, US now have one AWB
25 / 02 / 2015
AMERICAN Airlines and US Airways combine their cargo departments under a single air waybill. This is the first operations division…
New AA-US cargo ops connect the dots
25 / 02 / 2015
US passenger airlines long since exited the main-deck market, but the new American Airlines Cargo expects to move 500,000 tonnes…
Emirates confident of African future
25 / 02 / 2015
EMIRATES increased its African operations by over 40 percent, says Tim Clark, president of the airline. “Today, Emirates fleet investment…
Steder Group arranges airlifts for 300 tons power equipment to Gabon
25 / 02 / 2015
Steder Group B.V, member of the Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC for The Netherlands, successfully secured urgent cargo charters on behalf of…
Jettainer hits the big time with US expansion
25 / 02 / 2015
JETTAINER, a ULD management company, has started operations in the US. Jettainer Americas, based in Delaware, has a strong start…
Fear of Ebola impacting aviation
25 / 02 / 2015
EBOLA’S spread, especially to the US, is fuelling fears that aviation authorities will soon impose strict travel restrictions, creating a…
Modal shift here to stay, says expert
25 / 02 / 2015
THE modal shift of freight from air to ocean has few signs of relenting, a maritime consultant suggests. Michel Looten,…
One Question
25 / 02 / 2015
Kunio Mikuriya, WCO secretary general says: “We want to understand your needs, and the business model, so we can help facilitate…
‘Flat’ first nine months for Lufthansa Cargo
25 / 02 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo’s transport figures remained flat in the first nine months of 2014, compared with a slight uptick in worldwide airfreight…
TNT to launch data management for pharma
25 / 02 / 2015
TNT is introducing TrialDat, a web-based data management tool for the clinical research sector. The international express delivery company said that…
IAG Cargo reports “positive” third quarter
25 / 02 / 2015
IAG Cargo has reported a “positive third quarter”, with "good load factor improvements" across markets despite an increase in capacity….
ANZ and Garuda cleared in Australian cargo cartel case
25 / 02 / 2015
Australia’s federal court has dismissed air cargo cartel proceedings against Air New Zealand (ANZ) and Garuda Indonesia. The Australian Competition and…
LAN Cargo adds Basel to LatAm freighter network
25 / 02 / 2015
LAN Cargo has launched a weekly B777 freighter between Switzerland and Latin America, aimed at the pharmaceuticals sector. The cargo…
Emirates services Hungary’s automotive sector
25 / 02 / 2015
Emirates SkyCargo has strengthened its operations in central Europe with the launch of cargo services to Budapest, the capital of…
Cathay adds Phnom Penh to freighter network
25 / 02 / 2015
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a twice-weekly B747 freighter service to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from…
Volga-Dnepr lands BACA award
25 / 02 / 2015
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted Best Cargo Charter Airline in the annual awards presented by the Baltic Air Charter Association…