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October 2015
FedEx pilots agree deal
21 / 10 / 2015
Pilots at express carrier FedEx have agreed a new six-year contract. The deal, which includes new bonuses, annual increases in…
Bavarian business backs third Munich runway
21 / 10 / 2015
A new study by the VBW Bavarian business association has come out in favour of a third runway at Munich…
Qatar heads to northern dynamo
21 / 10 / 2015
QATAR Airways Cargo plans to launch a freighter service to Stavanger, Norway, effective 3 November. Stavanger is the European oil…
Africa: Home-grown talent boosts all-cargo sector
21 / 10 / 2015
To date, there have been few African freighter operators on the continent, and almost no all-cargo carriers. That has started…
Stand-alone success for Europa Air & Sea
21 / 10 / 2015
The Europa Air & Sea division of logistics operator, Europa Worldwide Group, said its airfreight import volumes grew 3% in…
Gefco in control at IJS
20 / 10 / 2015
Gefco Group formally completed its takeover of Netherlands-based forwarder, IJS Global. Gefco, which is 75% owned by Russian interests, said…
Cash-strapped airlines call for IT investment
20 / 10 / 2015
Speakers at an air cargo forum are expected to call for the entire air cargo industry to make investments in…
Air Canada offers online booking for AC Absolute
20 / 10 / 2015
Booking requests for Air Canada Cargo’s AC Absolute temperature-controlled service can now be made online via a dedicated link on…
ACS opens in Miami
20 / 10 / 2015
Air Charter Service has opened its doors in Miami – its fifth office in North America after Los Angeles, Houston,…
Iran extra for Austrian
20 / 10 / 2015
Austrian Airlines will add an additional daily flight to Teheran from 11 March 2016.The new daytime flight from Vienna is…
New recruits for APC
20 / 10 / 2015
UK courier company, APC Overnight, has appointed Andy Taylor, previously managing director of Inpost, as network director and Colin Rann,…
Lufthansa goes steady with Ho Chi Minh
20 / 10 / 2015
Lufthansa Cargo is to make its Vietnam service permanent in its new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over…
Asian slowdown subdues airfreight
20 / 10 / 2015
Air freight at Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern gateways remained weak in August, reports Airports Council International in its latest…
Two new Asian routes for Air China
20 / 10 / 2015
Air China is to start two new passenger services in late October – Beijing-Kuala Lumpur nonstop on 25 October and…
Third United chief in six weeks as Hart steps into the breach
20 / 10 / 2015
United Airlines has appointed its third chief executive in little more than six weeks after it named current executive vice…
Soft airfreight pulls down Panalpina profits
20 / 10 / 2015
Panalpina’s air freight volumes decreased 2% from January to September in what it described as a “very soft” market that…
Finance expert sees freed-up freighter market
19 / 10 / 2015
A range of financing options are expected to remain open for new and used freighters, according to one speaker at…
XPO man to lead transport experts
19 / 10 / 2015
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has appointed former XPO Logistics director Kevin Richardson as its…
It’s back to the Seventies Down Under
19 / 10 / 2015
Qantas is to paint a second Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a 1970s retro livery to mark its 95th anniversary. The…
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