Malaysian-based freighter airline Swift Air Cargo says it is the owner of three apparently abandoned 747-200Fs at Kuala Lumpur airport,…
January 2016
Lufthansa tops the cargo pile in Europe for 2015 despite demand declines
14 / 01 / 2016
Europe’s major combination carriers saw cargo volumes decline in 2015, with Lufthansa maintaining its position as the busiest of the…
Rigby joins Cargo Composites
14 / 01 / 2016
US-based Cargo Composites has appointed James Rigby as its director of marketing and sales. The manufacturer of composite cargo containers…
Lufthansa Cargo gains environmental certification
14 / 01 / 2016
Lufthansa Cargo has achieved ISO certification for its environmental processes. The German cargo airline first achieved the ISO 14001 environmental certification…
American takes $592m hit on trapped Venezuelan revenues
14 / 01 / 2016
American Airlines has written off $592m as a 2015 fourth quarter special charge relating to revenues trapped in Venezuela. The…
DHL Express appoints Ken Lee as Asia Pacific chief executive
13 / 01 / 2016
DHL Express has named Ken Lee as the new chief executive of Asia Pacific. He succeeds Jerry Hsu, who is…
Hollywood bowled over by Qatar’s extra LA freighter
13 / 01 / 2016
Qatar Airways will serve Los Angeles with a fourth weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from January 19, after launching the…
K+N bags GSK pharma contract
12 / 01 / 2016
Kuehne+Nagel has signed a five year pharma logistics contract with global healthcare company GSK. The Switzerland-based supply chain giant will operate an…
Freight volumes down at Lufthansa Cargo as tough conditions take their toll
12 / 01 / 2016
Lufthansa Cargo saw freight volumes decline last year as strikes, turbulence in the Chinese market and a stronger US dollar…
Freighter orders soar in 2015
12 / 01 / 2016
Despite pessimism in the airfreight market in 2015, the year proved to be a busy period for orders of freighter…
Data role for UTi’s Asian hub choice
12 / 01 / 2016
DATA analytics were a key factor behind UTi’s introduction of Asian multimodal hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh…
Etihad cargo volumes up by 4% in 2015
12 / 01 / 2016
Etihad Airways reported strong cargo volumes for 2015, with 592,090 tonnes of freight and mail flown in total, a four…
Shanghai’s PACTL sets new freight volume record
12 / 01 / 2016
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has achieved record annual cargo throughput 2015 on the back of the growth…
Vigorous Brussels sees 7.8% cargo surge in 2015
12 / 01 / 2016
Brussels Airport saw “vigorous” 2015 full year freight volumes grow 7.8% to just over 489,000 tonnes, helped by the arrival…
United opens temperature control facility at Newark
12 / 01 / 2016
United Cargo has opened a TempControl centre at its Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) hub. It will serve TempControl, the US carrier’s product…
DHL takes a stake in French e-commerce logistics specialist
11 / 01 / 2016
Deutsche Post DHL Group is taking a 27.5% stake in Relais Colis, a French e-commerce logistics specialist serving Europe’s third…
WFS to acquire Consolidated Aviation Services in the US
11 / 01 / 2016
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the Paris-based global air cargo handler, is continuing its expansion strategy with the acquisition of New…
Air cargo demand declines “bottom out” after November slide
11 / 01 / 2016
Global airfreight volume declines may have “bottomed out” after another slide was recorded in November. The latest statistics from IATA…
Heathrow records 2015 demand decline
11 / 01 / 2016
The UK’s busiest cargo airport, Heathrow, ended last year with a slight decline in cargo volumes compared with 2014 levels….
West Atlantic cargo plane crashes in Swedish mountains
08 / 01 / 2016
A West Atlantic Sweden aircraft crashed last night (January 7) in Sweden whilst flying from Oslo to Tromsö. West Atlantic…
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