Jettainer has won the contract to provide ULD services for recently re-launched KF Aerospace. Under the contract, the Lufthansa Cargo-owned…
June 2015
FTA’s Chris Welsh awarded MBE
16 / 06 / 2015
The UK’s Freight Transport Association’s Chris Welsh has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for services…
EVA commits to five B777 freighters
16 / 06 / 2015
EVA Airways has a commitment to purchase five B777 freighters, the first of this type to enter the Taiwanese carrier’s…
Russian freighter debut for Cargolux Italia
16 / 06 / 2015
Cargolux Italia has started a weekly B747 freighter service from Milan Malpensa to the freighter airline’s Chinese hub in Zhengzhou,…
Volga-Dnepr shifts giant power stations
15 / 06 / 2015
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown from New York to Cairo, Egypt, a 28-ton shipment of power stations that will be used…
Qatar orders four Boeing freighters
15 / 06 / 2015
Qatar Airways has ordered four Boeing 777 freighters on the opening day of Paris Air Show. The freighter order was…
Aparo takes new role at FPS
12 / 06 / 2015
Famous Pacific Shipping Group (FPS) has appointed Sam Aparo as the new advisory board chairman of the independent network of…
Lufthansa adds Natal freighter call
12 / 06 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo has expanded its South American network with a new freighter connection to the Brazilian city of Natal. “The…
ABC in 16% traffic surge
11 / 06 / 2015
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) saw tonnage up 16% in the first five months of 2015, carrying 180,605 tonnes across its global…
Fast lane loading at Athens
11 / 06 / 2015
A team effort between two competitor handlers at Athens International airport resulted in the efficient loading of a new Lamborghini…
American goes further east with FlyUs
11 / 06 / 2015
American Airlines Cargo has extended its reach in eastern Europe with the appointment of FlyUs as its general sales agent…
Jet Airways defers plan to wet-lease Etihad freighter
11 / 06 / 2015
India’s Jet Airways has “deferred indefinitely” plans for a dedicated freighter operation using an A330-200F aircraft wet-leased from its strategic-partner,…
Mixed May for Cathay Pacific and Eva Air
11 / 06 / 2015
Asian airlines Cathay Pacific and Eva Air recorded mixed performance in May, with the Hong Kong headquartered carrier recording a…
Red May for Frankfurt and Heathrow cargo volumes
11 / 06 / 2015
Airfreight hubs Frankfurt and London-Heathrow both saw declines in freight tonnages in May, continuing a downward trend for three of…
Precision gains 757 conversion contract
11 / 06 / 2015
Aero engineering specialist Precision Aircraft Solutions has secured a B757 passenger-to-freighter conversion contract from Vx Capital Partners, the San Francisco-based…
Cathay announces new director of cargo
11 / 06 / 2015
Update: Cathay Pacific has appointed Simon Large as director of cargo, responsible for all aspects of the group’s cargo business…
European air cargo carriers see volumes and load factors slide in May
10 / 06 / 2015
The latest monthly traffic statistics from some of Europe’s leading cargo carriers have revealed the difficulty they faced in May…
Aircraft lessor ASL rebranding for growth
10 / 06 / 2015
Ireland’s ASL Aviation Group is to launch a new European airline brand, ASL Airlines, as part of its strategy for…
FTA “disappointed” by UK airport decision delay
10 / 06 / 2015
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged the country’s government not to delay a decision on airport expansion as…
American’s Jim Butler prepares for expansion
10 / 06 / 2015
American Airlines Cargo (AAC) may be the Cargo Airline of the Year, but freight boss Jim Butler is not a…
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