Air Charter Service transported two Mil Mi-8 MTV helicopters from Africa into Europe for a major refit. Justin Lancaster, commercial…
November 2015
Turkish adds to freighter network
04 / 11 / 2015
Turkish Cargo has launched freighter services to Atlanta, New York, Kinshasa, London Stansted, Amsterdam and Doha. The Atlanta, New York and Kinshasa…
Alban François appointed as new VP Cargo Brussels Airlines
04 / 11 / 2015
Alban François has been appointed vice president of global cargo at European carrier Brussels Airlines. From January 2016 he will roll out…
IATA: Airfreight markets show slight growth in September
04 / 11 / 2015
Global airfreight markets showed “very modest growth” in September and “negligible growth” for Asia-Pacific carriers said IATA in its latest cargo…
TNT ‘making progress’ for fleet sell-off
04 / 11 / 2015
TNT has confirmed that it is “making progress” in finding a buyer for the parcel carrier’s freighter fleet TNT has…
All cargo carrier WGA set to launch
03 / 11 / 2015
US start-up all cargo carrier Western Global Airlines plans to launch operations with MD-11 freighters after receiving an air operator certificate…
UK shippers back Heathrow plans for cargo investment
03 / 11 / 2015
UK shippers have welcomed plans to double cargo volumes at London’s Heathrow Airport. Chris Welsh, Freight Transport Association director of…
WFS completes Frankfurt cargo handler deal
03 / 11 / 2015
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has completed its acquisition of a 51% shareholding in Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) for airfreight handling…
Logistics in the driving seat for M&A deals
03 / 11 / 2015
Logistics companies remained a “significant driver” of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the 2015 third quarter, and financial advisors…
Geodis completes OHL takeover
03 / 11 / 2015
French global forwarder Geodis has received regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of US-based OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) based in Nashville,…
CEVA Logistics: Leaner and fitter
03 / 11 / 2015
CEVA Logistics had an interesting birth, starting life in 2007 as a merger between the logistics business of TNT and…
Heathrow’s £180m blueprint for cargo growth
03 / 11 / 2015
UK exporters are set to benefit from the doubling of cargo volumes at Heathrow as part of a 15 year vision…
Welcome to our new-look website
03 / 11 / 2015
Air Cargo News has a new-look website that adds sharper design and extra search engine functionality to the online presence of the…
My Opinion Nabil Sultan
03 / 11 / 2015
Nabil Sultan, Divisional senior vice president–cargo of Emirates SkyCargo On whether the carrier will place further freighter orders “At the…
Emirates dons special livery to help endangered species
03 / 11 / 2015
Two Emirates A380 jets take to the skies this week, wearing special livery in support of United for Wildlife, a…
European forwarders upbeat on airfreight volumes
03 / 11 / 2015
Danske Bank’s monthly European Freight Forwarding Index for October indicates higher volumes compared with two months ago. The current airfreight…
DHL writes off €345m as it abandons troubled IT project
02 / 11 / 2015
Deutsche Post DHL has lowered its operating profit guidance for the year after deciding to abandon the implementation of its…
Demand picks up pace for Asian airlines in September
02 / 11 / 2015
Asian airlines saw air cargo volumes begin to pick up in September ahead of the peak season, but continued to…
Global competiveness gong for Volga-Dnepr
02 / 11 / 2015
Volga-Dnepr Group has won the Global Competitiveness award at the XI Annual Big Business Forum: “Who Creates Russia’s Economy”, organised…
FedEx predicts record seasonal shipments surge
02 / 11 / 2015
FedEx predicts that it will move a record-breaking 317m shipments globally between Black Friday (November 27) and Christmas Eve (December…
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