ULD management specialist CHEP Aerospace Solutions has signed a five-year agreement with Hawaiian Airlines. CHEP will provide the carrier with containers…
March 2, 2015
WFS signs Nairobi fresh produce terminal deal
02 / 03 / 2015
GROUND handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed a partnership agreement with Transglobal Cargo Centre in Kenya to take over…
UK sniffer dog certificates to be withdrawn
02 / 03 / 2015
THE UK certification for sniffer dogs used to detect explosives is to be withdrawn. A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “UK aviation…
Another Atlas Air B747-400 freighter for DHL
02 / 03 / 2015
AIRCRAFT leasing company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has placed an additional B747-400 freighter with DHL Express. ACMI services under the…
Colombia’s Avianca returns to UK market
02 / 03 / 2015
COLOMBIAN national carrier Avianca returns to the UK market next month with the resurrection of direct air links between its…
Air New Zealand wins legal costs
02 / 03 / 2015
AIR NEW ZEALAND has been awarded NZ$3.2 million towards its legal costs by the Federal Court in Australia as part of…
German airspace costs angers airlines
02 / 03 / 2015
PLANS by the German air navigation service to radically increase overflight costs has angered airlines. Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) wants to…
Cargo uptick at Abu Dhabi Airport
02 / 03 / 2015
AIR CARGO activity at Abu Dhabi International Airport rose 16.6 per cent to 60,059 tonnes in April. Aircraft movements shot…
Finnair’s May air cargo rise
02 / 03 / 2015
FINNAIR CARGO’S freight traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) rose by 11.9 per cent, whilst overall capacity decreased by…
Animals by air: a growing vertical
02 / 03 / 2015
WITH profit margins and yields continuing to be unsatisfactorily low, air cargo operators are increasingly diversifying into other areas. Animals…
Cargojet to add three freighters
02 / 03 / 2015
CANADA-BASED Cargojet is planning to add three B767-300ER freighters to its fleet after signing a US$100m deal with North American…
Cargolux denies false claims over Karachi airport attack
02 / 03 / 2015
CARGOLUX has confirmed its aircraft were not involved, damaged or destroyed in the attack at Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan, last…
Emirates Security Group gets TACSS
02 / 03 / 2015
EMIRATES Group Security has become the first aviation and airline security organisation in the Gulf region to be awarded with…
United Cargo opens Chengdu service
02 / 03 / 2015
UNITED CARGO has launched new non-stop belly cargo services between its San Francisco hub and Chengdu, China. A three-times weekly…
Karachi flights again suspended
02 / 03 / 2015
PAKISTAN has again suspended flights at Karachi airport after a fierce gun battle was reported close to the country’s busiest air hub, a…
Emirates adds cargo capacity on Boston route
02 / 03 / 2015
FROM August, Emirates Airlines will add more cargo capacity to its newly-launched Boston service by replacing the B777-200LR currently operating…
American and US Airways cargo rise
02 / 03 / 2015
AMERICAN Airlines Cargo and US Airways Cargo, the freight arms of the merged American Airlines Group, recorded an airfreight increase…
dnata fatalities in Karachi airport attacks
02 / 03 / 2015
DUBAI-BASED ground handler dnata has confirmed the deaths of seven employees in Pakistan after the attacks by militants on Karachi airport, with two more staff…
Airfreight gains momentum says world airports
02 / 03 / 2015
AIRFREIGHT markets are gaining steam with the overall improvements in world trade and a recovery in global demand, according to…
PACTL gets TAPA
02 / 03 / 2015
SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has been awarded the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) certification. The type ‘A’…