Latin American largest airfreight carrier, LAN Cargo, has signed an agreement to outsource the repair and maintenance of its ULDs…
May 2015
Heathrow cargo volumes on the rise
11 / 05 / 2015
London Heathrow Airport recorded cargo growth of 2.2 per cent in April to 122,879 tonnes versus same month of 2014, and…
CAL targets high value artwork
11 / 05 / 2015
CAL Cargo Airlines has launched Cal Val for artwork and valuable cargo, aimed at private art collectors, museum curators and…
April puts spring in IAG Cargo’s step
07 / 05 / 2015
International Airlines Group (IAG)’s April cargo tonne kilometres rose by 1.9 per cent – from 432 million to 440m –…
Jettainer’s quality seal for ULD repair partners
07 / 05 / 2015
Jettainer has introduced a quality seal for ULD repair partners that it hopes will reassure customers that its outsourced repair shops…
St Louis Airport approves cargo plans
07 / 05 / 2015
The St Louis Airport Commission has approved plans for a major cargo development at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. They include…
Pilot opens down Mexico way
07 / 05 / 2015
North American transport firm Pilot Freight Services has opened a station in Mexico City. Its first location under a new…
Frankfurt freight disappoints
07 / 05 / 2015
Frankfurt’s airport operator Fraport’s airfreight and airmail tonnage dropped by 2.4 per cent year-on-year to around 500,000 tonnes in the…
Airfreight lifts buoyant Expeditors
07 / 05 / 2015
A 13 per cent rise in airfreight volume helped Expeditors International to a 27 per cent earnings surge in the…
SkyCargo shines bright for Emirates
07 / 05 / 2015
Emirates SkyCargo was one of the star performers in the airline group’s performance in the 2014-15 financial year, contributing to…
Qatar boosts pharma service
07 / 05 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo is expanding the specialist container options for its QR Pharma service, which has handled 14,100 tonnes of pharmaceutical…
Cargo blunts Finnair growth
07 / 05 / 2015
Lower cargo income helped mute overall revenue growth at Finnair, which ended the first quarter of 2015 roughly on a…
Hactl and Lux-Airport sign pharma certification MoU
07 / 05 / 2015
Lux-Airport and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding which will create a trade lane…
Air forwarders strike back against integrators
07 / 05 / 2015
Air freight forwarders are beginning the fightback to win marketshare lost to integrators over the last few years, but concede…
Top man for top job at Allport
06 / 05 / 2015
UK forwarder and logistics operator, Allport Cargo Services (ACS), has appointed its managing director, Charles McGurin to the new post…
Air Charter Service launches onboard courier operation
06 / 05 / 2015
Air Charter Service has officially launched an onboard courier service as it looks to win a share of a market…
Thomas Cook to carry less weight, thanks to Jettainer
06 / 05 / 2015
Lufthansa’s outsourced ULD company, Jettainer, is taking over the management and servicing of all the air-freight containers for Thomas Cook…
Saudi adds Paris freighter
06 / 05 / 2015
Saudi Airlines Cargo will operate a new dedicated freighter service to Paris Charles de Gaulle from 22 May. The B747-400…
My opinion
06 / 05 / 2015
Larry Coyne – Chief Executive Officer and founder of all-cargo carrier Coyne Airways Winner of the Air Cargo News Lifetime Achievement award “I could…
Columbus freighter to help Midwest exporters discover new markets
06 / 05 / 2015
Columbus, Ohio is to join Emirates SkyCargo’s freighter network a weekly service to Rickenbacker International Airport from 27 May, the…