FedEx has adopted a new fuselage cleaning procedure for 13 aircraft serving Europe from its Roissy-Charles De Gaulle hub that…
October 2015
Norwegian Cargo signs up Jan de Rijk for European RFS
27 / 10 / 2015
Fast-expanding Norwegian Cargo has granted a new road feeder service contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics, extending the airline’s delivery…
FLY bags second B777F sale and leaseback deal in a month
27 / 10 / 2015
FLY Leasing has acquired a new Boeing 777-200LRF aircraft in a sale and 12-year leaseback transaction with an unnamed “leading…
Athens in the swim with dolphins cargo
27 / 10 / 2015
Athens International Airport played host to a pod of three dolphins flying out to Lithuania. A two year old female…
Airfreight rates on the rise, but lag behind 2014 levels
26 / 10 / 2015
Airfreight rates continued to increase in September and while further increases are expected, prices continue to lag behind last year’s…
TNT records third quarter operating loss
26 / 10 / 2015
FedEx takeover target TNT managed to improve its financial performance in the third quarter of the year, but still recorded…
Pradeep Kumar looks back at 40 years with the Emirates Group
26 / 10 / 2015
Pradeep Kumar, senior vice president for Emirates Sky Cargo revenue optimisation and systems, is set to retire at the end…
Manchester united with Beijing by direct bellyhold link from 2016
24 / 10 / 2015
China’s Hainan Airlines is to launch a four times a week A330-200 passenger service between Beijing and the UK’s Manchester…
UPS pilots vote to authorise strike
23 / 10 / 2015
UPS pilots have voted in favour of requesting an exit from federally mediated labour negotiations to allow the option of…
American joins Delta and United in reporting Q3 cargo revenue decline
23 / 10 / 2015
American Airlines saw cargo revenues decline during the third quarter of the year, although the drop was not as strong…
IAG Cargo’s rhino transport challenge
23 / 10 / 2015
IAG Cargo will transport six one tonne white rhinos on British Airways’ first Airbus 380 flight to Miami on October…
Ocean giant issues results downgrade
23 / 10 / 2015
Airfreight’s largest modal competitor, deep sea container shipping, is feeling the pinch. Danish ocean freight giant AP Moller-Maersk, has today…
London and Amsterdam freighter for Turkish Airlines
23 / 10 / 2015
Turkish Airlines is to launch a weekly freighter service from Istanbul Ataturk to London Stansted and Amsterdam Schiphol from October…
Chinese carriers dismiss merger reports
22 / 10 / 2015
China Southern Airlines and Air China have denied press speculation that they are to be merged. Over recent days, reports…
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…
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