EMIRATES SkyCargo is on track for the wholesale move of its home freighters base to the new Dubai World Central…
March 5, 2015
Lufthansa Cargo takes a strong lead on security
05 / 03 / 2015
COUNTRIES in South America, the Middle East and Africa have been placed on a strictly confidential cargo-risk list. A map,…
ABC steps up European network
05 / 03 / 2015
RUSSIA’S AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its presence in Europe with new routes linking Moscow with Malmo in Sweden and…
Qatar freighter to Hyderabad
05 / 03 / 2015
QATAR Airways Cargo celebrates the launch of its new twice-weekly A330 freighter service to Hyderabad, India with a traditional water…
Lufthansa Cargo throws the book at security wastage
05 / 03 / 2015
LUFTHANSA Cargo has demanded no double-screening of air cargo shipments, when stringent new international security regulations come into force in…
AA Cargo and US Airways co-locate to Phoenix
05 / 03 / 2015
IN A another step to co-locate operations across the combined network, American Airlines Cargo has joined US Airways Cargo’s operations…
Cologne Bonn Airport seeks investor for air cargo handling expansion
05 / 03 / 2015
GERMANY’S Cologne Bonn Airport is seeking an investor for a 10,000-sq m expansion and the operation of its handling centre…
AF-KLM Martinair Cargo fly 100 horses to Amsterdam
05 / 03 / 2015
MERGED European airline Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has carried almost 100 horses from the USA to Amsterdam Schiphol. In what is…
Pilot strike halves Lufthansa Cargo’s scheduled freighter flights
05 / 03 / 2015
MORE than 50 per cent of Lufthansa Cargo’s scheduled freighter flights have been affected by the three-day pilot strike. “We…
US Airways in deal with AA, Iberia and Finnair
05 / 03 / 2015
US AIRWAYS has joined its merger partner American Airlines in a transatlantic business deal with Finnair, Iberia and British Airways….
Amazon fined for Hazmat breach
05 / 03 / 2015
AMAZON has paid a US$91,000 civil penalty, handed down by the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for…
Dreamliner debuts Air New Zealand’s new livery
05 / 03 / 2015
FRESH out of the paint hangar at Boeing in Seattle is this first B787-9 Dreamliner to be delivered to launch…
Volga-Dnepr airlifts telecommunications satellite
05 / 03 / 2015
A VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter has delivered the Luch-5V and KazSat-3 telecommunications satellites from Krasnoyarsk in Russia to Kazakhstan’s…
Chartersphere airlifts humanitarian aid to Central African Republic
05 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL broker Chartersphere has helped to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to the troubled Central African Republic. The landlocked tiny nation,…
‘Misdeclared’ toxic cargo handed to FedEx
05 / 03 / 2015
NEW YORK shipper Alfa Chemistry has been hit by a massive possible US$325,000 fine after it allegedly sent two separate…
E-AWB penetration remains flat
05 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL E-AWB penetration has remained flat over the last two months partly due to the Chinese New Year, which impacted…
Saudia Cargo boosts Shanghai
05 / 03 / 2015
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has upgraded its Shanghai service to a B747-8 freighter. The airline now operates three weekly B747-8F flights…
Lufthansa Cargo upgrades Shanghai to B777F
05 / 03 / 2015
LUFTHANSA CARGO has upgraded its Shanghai service to a B777F. China’s largest city is to be served with daily flights…
IAG Cargo adds capacity to Tel Aviv
05 / 03 / 2015
IAG CARGO has replaced its narrowbody A321 with widebody B777 aircraft on seven of the 14 weekly flights from London…
Pactl upgrades handling system
05 / 03 / 2015
SHANGHAI’S ground handling agent Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Ltd (PACTL) has implemented an upgrade to its HERMES air cargo…