TEN years ago this month a group of like-minded airfreight wholesalers got together and formed the AirCargoGroup (ACG) at a…
March 5, 2015
One Question
05 / 03 / 2015
Eugen Egetenmeir, managing director, Messe München, answers: "WE feel that the show has become more Chinese this year, because more Chinese…
IATA rides to the rescue
05 / 03 / 2015
FULL CREDIT to IATA for upping its air cargo game in the last few years. For an airline association, which…
Pegasus’ handling deal with Fraport Cargo Services
05 / 03 / 2015
TURKEY’s Pegasus Airlines has selected Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) to act as its new air cargo handling partner at Frankfurt,…
AirAsia India’s A320 arrives
05 / 03 / 2015
INDIA’S newest carrier AirAsia India has taken delivery of its first aircraft – an A320. Chennai-based AirAsia will take delivery…
Air cargo consultancy firms work together
05 / 03 / 2015
A COLLABORATION between aviation consultancy groups Steer Davies Gleave (SDG) and Strategic Aviation Solutions International (SASI) offers unique services to…
Video game technology boosts air cargo monitoring
05 / 03 / 2015
TECHNOLOGIES originally designed for video games and smartphones are now being used in the goods distribution industry. A study conducted…
Dubai air cargo climbs
05 / 03 / 2015
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S (DXB) freight volumes rose 3.4 per cent to 188,702 tonnes in February in comparison with 182,580 the…
Lufthansa Cargo optimistic despite profit drop
05 / 03 / 2015
LUFTHANSA CARGO (LC) recorded an operating profit of €77 million (US$106m) in 2013 – €28m less than the previous year. …
JAL, British Airways and Finnair agree deal
05 / 03 / 2015
THREE Oneworld alliance members Japan Airlines (JAL), British Airways and Finnair have entered into an agreement to share revenue and…
Emirates’ e-freight rallying cry
05 / 03 / 2015
EMIRATES SkyCargo’s head of freight has warned the air cargo industry needs to adopt a much more focused approach in…
Turkish Cargo starts Tunis service
05 / 03 / 2015
TURKISH Cargo is expanding its African network with the launch of weekly A310 freighter services from Istanbul to Tunis. The…
AF-KLM Martinair Cargo adds pharma capacity
05 / 03 / 2015
AIR FRANCE-KLM-MARTINAIR Cargo has reinforced its commitment to the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry by introducing a new scheduled belly-cargo service…
Emirates starts Atlanta B777 service
05 / 03 / 2015
EMIRATES SkyCargo is starting weekly B777 freighter services to service from Dubai to Atlanta, Georgia in April. “This decision to…
Device designed to screen air cargo
05 / 03 / 2015
THIS awkward-looking device is a metal detector, which has been designed specifically to screen air cargo shipments. It seeks out…
UK airfreight in danger of being overlooked
05 / 03 / 2015
THE importance of the UK’s airfreight business is in danger of being overlooked, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA). In…
China Southern Airlines adds Vienna to B777-200 Frankfurt freighter
05 / 03 / 2015
GUANGZHOU-BASED China Southern Airlines has added Vienna to its five-times-a-week B777-200 Frankfurt freighter services. With the added stopover at Vienna,…
ANA Airline Management freighters to relocate from Ostend to Liege
05 / 03 / 2015
TO REDUCE fuel costs, ANA Airline Management is relocating its freighter fleet of two MD-11Fs and a single B747-400F from…
IATA to facilitate a unified industry position on aircraft global tracking
05 / 03 / 2015
IATA has called on governments and industry to focus on partnerships, data analysis and runway safety in the ongoing quest…
February rise of 2.9 per cent for global air cargo markets
05 / 03 / 2015
FEBRUARY saw a 2.9% rise in global air cargo markets compared with the same month last year, prompting “measured optimism” from…
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