Boeing has elected chief executive Dennis Muilenburg as its next chairman, replacing Jim McNerney who is leaving the Seattle-based plane-maker’s…
February 2016
Hong Kong airport’s volumes rise in January
22 / 02 / 2016
Hong Kong airport, the world’s largest freight hub in 2015, saw a 1.5% rise in January cargo volumes to 361,000…
US Customs seizes potentially dangerous hoverboards at JFK
19 / 02 / 2016
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 1,378 hoverboards with counterfeit and potentially dangerous batteries at New York’s JFK airport…
UK’s FTA launches aviation working group
19 / 02 / 2016
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced that it is launching a new working group to look at issues affecting…
Solid year-end quarter for Atlas
18 / 02 / 2016
US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) saw “solid peak-season volumes and yields, supported by continued e-commerce growth” in…
Operating profits slide at Air France KLM’s cargo division
18 / 02 / 2016
Air France KLM saw its cargo division’s financial performance worsen last year as it faced weak demand conditions and continued…
Newman joins TIACA board of directors
18 / 02 / 2016
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed FedEx Services managing director Frank Newman to its board of directors. Newman…
Horses’ tale from Hactl
18 / 02 / 2016
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has again handled 64 of the world’s most valuable horses, competing at the…
DHL adds daily Tangier freighter
18 / 02 / 2016
DHL has launched a daily B737 freighter between Tangier and the integrator’s global hub in Leipzig, Germany, connecting northern Morocco’s…
JMV signs up for freighter conversion from AEI
18 / 02 / 2016
Luxembourg-based JMV Aviation has signed up for a freighter conversion from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI). The US passenger to freighter…
Logwin adds new German office
17 / 02 / 2016
Logistics firm Logwin has continued to expand its German operations with the opening of a new office in Mannheim, providing…
DHL to build Malpensa hub
17 / 02 / 2016
DHL Express has signed an agreement to build a €90m logistics hub at Milan Malpensa airport. Work will begin at…
Quikjet confirms launch of Indian operations as it looks to capitalise on e-commerce and lack of freighters
17 / 02 / 2016
Quikjet Airlines is the latest company to announce plans to capitalise on India’s fast-growing and underserved air cargo market as…
Thumbs up for Singapore drone tests
17 / 02 / 2016
Singapore will be the launch pad for test trials of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, for last mile delivery….
MD-11 freighter impounded at Harare after a dead body is found
17 / 02 / 2016
A Western Global Airlines MD-11 freighter has been detained at Harare Airport by the Zimbabwean authorities after a dead body…
WGA statement on detained MD-11 freighter
17 / 02 / 2016
Western Global Airlines (WGA) has issued a statement after one of the US-based lessor’s MD-11 freighters was detained at Harare…
Tough start to the year for American air cargo divisions
17 / 02 / 2016
American airlines’ cargo divisions endured a tough start to the year as American, Delta and LATAM all recorded demand declines,…
ABC gets new European partner through ACMI deal with CargoLogicAir
17 / 02 / 2016
CargoLogicAir’s first scheduled service has in fact been revealed as an ACMI tie-up with partner airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC). From February…
Cargolux expands Brazil network with Rio de Janeiro
17 / 02 / 2016
A pre-Olympics airfreight boom to games’ host Brazil will see European carrier Cargolux return to Rio de Janeiro with a…
American and United welcome Cuba-US air services agreement
16 / 02 / 2016
American Airlines and United welcomed today’s signing of a new US-Cuba air services pact that opens up a scheduled services…