More routes, more direct flights and faster service recovery are among the benefits of the new partnership between Lufthansa and…
March 2015
AF-KLM adds Americas routes
24 / 03 / 2015
The Americas is the focus of the new Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo summer schedule. A total of 70 extra frequencies from…
Qatar freighter is LA bound
24 / 03 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a new freighter service to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) from April. The twice-weekly B777F to…
Jones in at BIFA
23 / 03 / 2015
The UK’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) has confirmed the appointment of Mike Jones as policy and compliance advisor to…
DHL’s supply chain medicine for pharma firm STADA
23 / 03 / 2015
DHL will integrate the German logistics activity of pharmaceuticals company STADA into its own business from June. Its supply chain…
Lufthansa – Decision on B777F option this year
23 / 03 / 2015
The B777F was the best – virtually the only – aircraft for Lufthansa’s needs, says Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter…
Lufthansa ‘may sign another joint venture this year’
23 / 03 / 2015
Putting together the joint venture with Japan’s ANA in 2014 had not been an easy task – it had taken…
TAM opens Sao Paulo cargo terminal
23 / 03 / 2015
TAM Cargo has formally opened its new airfreight terminal at Brazil’s Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Sao Paulo, a facility able…
IAG Cargo adds Cuba and Colombia to LatAm network
23 / 03 / 2015
IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America network by utilising a new passenger route into Colombia and a reopened route…
Chinese Lunar New Year helps Changi’s cargo
23 / 03 / 2015
CHANGI Airport’s air cargo traffic increased by 3.8 per cent year-on-year in January, buoyed by the Chinese Lunar New Year…
New York is taking steps to attract freighters
22 / 03 / 2015
ONE OF the trends in air cargo in the last decade or so has been the apparent downgrading of the…
OnAsset: The spy in the box tracking air cargo
22 / 03 / 2015
ONLINE TRACKING, Cargo 2000 and other performance measurements of air cargo all aim to give shippers the reassurance that their…
Atlas Air, One Question
22 / 03 / 2015
William J Flynn, president and chief executive of Atlas Air, answers: "Looking to full-year 2013, we expect to generate significant earnings…
UPS extends pharma network
21 / 03 / 2015
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than…
Vertannes joins SmartKargo
21 / 03 / 2015
IATA’s ex-head of cargo, Des Vertannes, has joined air cargo software company SmartKargo as a strategic adviser. Vertannes, who now divides his…
Transavia man steps into the breach for Air France KLM Cargo
21 / 03 / 2015
Transavia chief Bram Graeber has been appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo, following the departure of…
Swissport promotes Knudsen
21 / 03 / 2015
Swissport International has promoted Nils Pries Knudsen to executive vice president global cargo services, with immediate effect. He will continue…
Schmitt takes up Swissport role for Germany & Austria
21 / 03 / 2015
Swissport International (Swissport) has named Dirk Schmitt as chief executive cargo services for Germany & Austria. He will be responsible for Swissport…
Duggan joins Saudi as charter sales director
21 / 03 / 2015
Saudi Airlines Cargo has appointed Mike Duggan as director of charter sales, based in Jeddah. Duggan brings over 23 years…
Scholten joins FLS in Dubai
21 / 03 / 2015
Peter Scholten, former Saudia Cargo vice president commercial, has been appointed chief executive of Fast Logistic Solutions Group (FLS), based…