EMIRATES Airline is expanding its transatlantic belly cargo offering with services to Boston in the USA. Daily flights from the…
March 21, 2015
2014 ‘a challenging year for air cargo’
21 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of…
United Cargo orders portable explosives detectors
21 / 03 / 2015
UNITED Airlines Cargo has ordered 54 portable explosives trace detectors (ETDs) to screen airfreight shipments at US domestic and international…
Aer Lingus starts Boston service
21 / 03 / 2015
AER LINGUS has inaugurated daily B757 services from Shannon Airport to Boston. The new service marks the start of the Irish…
Volga-Dnepr completes 1,100th flight for oil and gas industry
21 / 03 / 2015
VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines has completed its 1,100th flight for customers in the oil and gas industry with this delivery of 45…
One Question
21 / 03 / 2015
James Woodrow, cargo director, Cathay Pacific. answers: ‘AIR cargo is moving into an era of fewer freighter operators. Those that remain…
Jacques Ancher wins TIACA ‘Hall of Fame’ award
21 / 03 / 2015
AIR CARGO veteran Jacques Ancher is the 2014 winner of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) Hall of Fame award….
Fast cargo connections for Emirates’ Dubai switch
21 / 03 / 2015
EMIRATES SkyCargo’s plan to complete the transfer of its freighter base to Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) by May has gathered…
Aer Lingus Cargo to use Envirotainer cold chain containers
21 / 03 / 2015
AER LINGUS has received approval from the Irish Aviation Authority to use Envirotainer ULDs with their heating, cooling and dry-ice…
B777s make Cathay one of the quietest at Heathrow
21 / 03 / 2015
CATHAY PACIFIC is now one of the most environment-friendly ‘quiet’ airlines operating out of London Heathrow, it is claimed. The…
Air Canada installs explosives detectors
21 / 03 / 2015
AIR CANADA is using new desktop explosives trace detector devices to screen air cargo shipments in situ. Morpho’s Itemiser DX…
Freighters are here to stay, says ABC
21 / 03 / 2015
THE passenger B777, with its market-changing belly capacity, has had a significant impact on the air cargo industry – but…
Charters grew by 14 per cent for ACS
21 / 03 / 2015
AIRCRAFT charter specialist Air Charter Service [ACS] completed almost 7,500 charter contracts in its financial year 1 February 2013 to…
IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service
21 / 03 / 2015
CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned…
Saudia Cargo boosts belly capacity this summer
21 / 03 / 2015
SAUDI Airlines Cargo is increasing its belly cargo capacity on new B777 international routes to Manchester in the UK and…
Australian Customs finds ephedrine drug in air cargo
21 / 03 / 2015
CUSTOMS and border protection officers seized six kilos of the drug ephedrine – which was secreted inside 18 bicycle seats…
Qantas Freight awards Heathrow ground handling to dnata
21 / 03 / 2015
GROUND handler dnata and Australian airline Qantas Freight have agreed a partnership that will see dnata’s UK business provide handling…
Emirates’ B777 ships Mini teaching labs
21 / 03 / 2015
EMIRATES SkyCargo has been using its B777s to transport fully functional DNA laboratories packed into the trunks of two Mini…
Chapman Freeborn delivers unmanned surface vehicle
21 / 03 / 2015
AIR charter broker Chapman Freeborn and logistics partners SPI International and Logik Logistics International have successfully transported this first ever…
Carsten Hernig becomes new Jettainer MD
21 / 03 / 2015
CARSTEN HERNIG, 39, is the new managing director of ULD outsource specialist Jettainer. “He is not only a homegrown talent,…