Acquisitions, new business and a recovering air cargo industry saw Swissport report a 38 per cent increase in 2014 revenues…
July 2015
Cargolux appoints new VP of flight operations
22 / 07 / 2015
All-cargo airline Cargolux has appointed Jason Christopher Holt as the airline’s new executive vice president of flight operations to replace…
Air cargo demand expectations weaken
22 / 07 / 2015
An IATA survey of heads of cargo has revealed that demand expectations for the year ahead have weakened, although growth…
Hawaiian Airlines to add all-cargo aircraft to fleet
22 / 07 / 2015
Hawaiian Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire three ATR 72 turboprop aircraft in an all-cargo configuration as it looks to…
AMI responds to ex-works purchasing in India
22 / 07 / 2015
AMI has responded to India’s ex-works purchasing demand with a new service that enables forwarders to “optimise the arrival time of…
B&H Worldwide to go global with AOG service
22 / 07 / 2015
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has extended its aircraft on the ground (AOG) service to cover its entire global operation….
Volga-Dnepr’s Isaikin recognised by the Royal Aeronautical Society
22 / 07 / 2015
Alexey Isaikin, president of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) in recognition of…
FedEx confirms billion dollar freighter order
22 / 07 / 2015
FedEx is to purchase 50 additional 767-300F aircraft from Boeing as it continues to modernise its aircraft fleet. In addition…
CSafe opens new Basel service centre
21 / 07 / 2015
Cool chain equipment specialist CSafe Global has opened a new full service centre serving the Basel, Switzerland area in partnership…
Shipper group says collaboration is the key
21 / 07 / 2015
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has said that working together is key to improving the transport and logistics supply chain as…
Shippers seek quality alternative to lower freight rates
21 / 07 / 2015
European shippers want an end to “the race to the bottom” on airfreight rates and have called for greater transparency…
Safety first as Air Canada says no to snubbed-nosed dogs and cats
21 / 07 / 2015
Air Canada will no longer allow the transport of snubbed-nosed dog and cat breeds as cargo or checked baggage on…
ABC appoints new VP EMEA as it eyes Africa and the Middle East
21 / 07 / 2015
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has appointed Georges Biwer as Vice President, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the airline expands…
PEMCO delivers 737-400F to AerCaribe
21 / 07 / 2015
US-based PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has confirmed the redelivery of a converted passenger to freighter (P2F) Boeing 737-400F to…
HAE lands Turkish GSSA role in the US
21 / 07 / 2015
UK-based HAE has been appointed the GSSA for Turkish Air Cargo, responsible for all sales and customer service activities in…
IAG’s Aer Lingus deal edges forward
21 / 07 / 2015
IAG’s drawn out acquisition of Irish carrier Aer Lingus edged forward yesterday when the European Commission (EC) approved the deal…
Descartes buys ‘denied party’ trade data screening company
21 / 07 / 2015
Descartes Systems Group has acquired MK Data Services, a provider of “denied party” data screening for potential blacklisted trading partners….
EVA confirms order for five B777Fs
21 / 07 / 2015
US planemaker Boeing and Taiwan’s EVA Air have finalised an order for five Boeing 777 freighters. The order, with a list…
Boeing warning of lithium-ion batteries
20 / 07 / 2015
Planemaker Boeing has advised passenger airline customers not to carry large quantities of lithium-ion batteries as bellyhold cargo until improved…
Heathrow expansion gets business leaders’ backing
20 / 07 / 2015
Hundreds of business leaders have written to the UK Prime Minister to back plans for expansion at Heathrow, saying limited…