China Southern Airlines and Air China have denied press speculation that they are to be merged. Over recent days, reports…
October 22, 2015
S7 owner to buy Transaero
22 / 10 / 2015
Co-owner of Russia’s S7 Airlines, Vladislav Filev, has signed an agreement to buy at least 51% of struggling rival carrier…
Faster to market, thanks to Panalpina’s new IT system
22 / 10 / 2015
Freight forwarder Panalpina says deployment of its planned single warehouse management system (WMS) is ahead of schedule. To date, the…
Boeing ponders cutbacks as cargo slumps
22 / 10 / 2015
The current airfreight slump may force Boeing to slow production of its 747 and 777s, reports news agency Bloomburg. The…
FTA warns of return of Calais chaos
22 / 10 / 2015
The UK’s Freight Transport Association is reporting that last summer’s chaos in the Channel port of Calais is returning. It…
ABC on song in September
22 / 10 / 2015
Volga-Dnepr Group’s scheduled arm, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) saw a 28% rise in cargo in September, transporting 42,480 tonnes across its…
Slowdown for Asian airlines
22 / 10 / 2015
Preliminary September traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a continuing divergence between the cargo and…
Airfreight fails to hit the heights
22 / 10 / 2015
International air freight fell during the second quarter in the US and remained below its pre-crisis peak in the EU,…
Frankfurt thinks electric
22 / 10 / 2015
German airport operator Fraport has added as a prototype container transport vehicle to its fleet of electric-powered vehicles. The new…
Second Zhengzhou flight for Cargolux Italia
22 / 10 / 2015
Cargolux Italia has introduced a second weekly flight between Milan Malpensa and its Chinese hub at Zhengzhou. Flight C8 8777…
Intra-Africa surge boosts Astral
22 / 10 / 2015
Astral Aviation has enhanced its schedule from its Nairobi hub in response to an increase in intra-African load-factors. Astral, which…
American goes to Oz again
22 / 10 / 2015
Australian carrier Qantas will welcome an American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to Sydney on 13 November to mark the expanded…
China Southern adds another US route
22 / 10 / 2015
The inaugural flight of a new China Southern freighter service to the US took off with 96 tons of cargo…
Air cargo demand stagnant while yields decline
22 / 10 / 2015
Airline data continues to point towards difficult market conditions for air cargo carriers, but some regions are showing improvements. Figures…
© Designed by Air Cargo News
