AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added two new services to its North American route network with the launch of twice-weekly flights…
November 2015
Swissport owner HNA takes stake in Azul of Brazil
25 / 11 / 2015
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which owns ground handler Swissport, is to take a 23.7% strategic stake worth $450m in Azul…
Shake on it: Lufthansa and CSafe sign ULD lease deal
25 / 11 / 2015
Temperature-controlled container supplier CSafe Global will provide Lufthansa Cargo with a dedicated fleet of specialist ULDs for the German carrier’s…
Georgi and Menian join Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
25 / 11 / 2015
Georgi Transporte and Menian Spedition have joined Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the alliance of companies, institutions and associations aimed at…
Lufthansa cabin crew union calls off further strikes
25 / 11 / 2015
Germany’s Independent Flight Attendant’s Organisation (UFO) has agreed immediately to call off the strikes at Lufthansa announced for Thursday, Friday and next…
Aviation: don’t tax us to fund non-aviation related environmental programmes
25 / 11 / 2015
The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) governing council has urged regulators not to use taxes raised from the aviation industry…
BIFA’s Steve Parker is the new president of CLECAT
24 / 11 / 2015
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the appointment of a board member Steve Parker as president of CLECAT,…
Sea vs air: even sharks prefer to be flown
24 / 11 / 2015
Forwarder Davies Turner’s air cargo team has helped transfer the first-ever Sand Tiger Sharks bred in captivity from South Africa…
Airfreight rates continued to climb in October
24 / 11 / 2015
Air cargo rates reached their highest level of the year in October but continue to lag behind the year-ago level….
IAG adds US imports delivery to Cargo Connector
24 / 11 / 2015
IAG Cargo has added an import delivery service to its Cargo Connector product in the US. Customers in the US now benefit…
Cargolux set to continue working agreement talks with unions
24 / 11 / 2015
Cargolux is set to meet with union bosses tomorrow as the two groups attempt to thrash out a new collective…
Dubai boss Griffiths picks up top airport award
24 / 11 / 2015
Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths is the CAPA Asia Pacific Airport Chief Executive of the Year. A new category established…
TIACA continues to push for uniform approach to advanced data
23 / 11 / 2015
TIACA is continuing to push for regulators from various countries to implement aligned advanced data requirements to avoid a patchwork…
Asian carriers record peak season cargo boost in October
23 / 11 / 2015
Asian carriers began to see air cargo traffic pick up in October as the industry enters the peak season, but…
Six Volga-Dnepr air crew killed in Bamako terrorist attack
23 / 11 / 2015
Six Russian air crew working for Volga-Dnepr Airlines were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel…
Delta looks to increase Aeromexico holding
20 / 11 / 2015
Delta Air Lines has announced plans to ramp up its shareholding in Aeromexico as it deepen its commitment to the…
Schiphol cargo closes gap in Q3
19 / 11 / 2015
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport handled just under 147,400 tonnes in October, a 1.4% increase over like month 2014, although volumes for…
Ningbo finds a cargo BUDdy
19 / 11 / 2015
Hungary’s Budapest Airport (BUD)and the Ningbo International Airport & Logistics Development Co have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai….
CEVA cuts the ribbon on new regional headquarters in Brazil
19 / 11 / 2015
CEVA Logistics has opened its new headquarters for South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is the supply chain operator’s…
Dubai’s DWC beats Q3 cargo dip to register 15.9% nine-month surge
19 / 11 / 2015
Airfreight traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) rose 15.9% to 662,143 tonnes during first nine months of the year. Hub…