February 2016

Boeing chooses new chairman

Boeing has elected chief executive Dennis Muilenburg as its next chairman, replacing Jim McNerney who is leaving the Seattle-based plane-maker’s…

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Hong Kong airport’s volumes rise in January

Hong Kong airport, the world’s largest freight hub in 2015, saw a 1.5% rise in January cargo volumes to 361,000…

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US Customs seizes potentially dangerous hoverboards at JFK

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 1,378 hoverboards with counterfeit and potentially dangerous batteries at New York’s JFK airport…

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UK’s FTA launches aviation working group

The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced that it is launching a new working group to look at issues affecting…

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Solid year-end quarter for Atlas

US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) saw “solid peak-season volumes and yields, supported by continued e-commerce growth” in…

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Operating profits slide at Air France KLM’s cargo division

Air France KLM saw its cargo division’s financial performance worsen last year as it faced weak demand conditions and continued…

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Newman joins TIACA board of directors

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed FedEx Services managing director Frank Newman to its board of directors. Newman…

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Horses’ tale from Hactl

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has again handled 64 of the world’s most valuable horses, competing at the…

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DHL adds daily Tangier freighter

DHL has launched a daily B737 freighter between Tangier and the integrator’s global hub in Leipzig, Germany, connecting northern Morocco’s…

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JMV signs up for freighter conversion from AEI

Luxembourg-based JMV Aviation has signed up for a freighter conversion from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI). The US passenger to freighter…

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Logwin adds new German office

Logistics firm Logwin has continued to expand its German operations with the opening of a new office in Mannheim, providing…

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DHL to build Malpensa hub

DHL Express has signed an agreement to build a €90m logistics hub at Milan Malpensa airport. Work will begin at…

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Quikjet confirms launch of Indian operations as it looks to capitalise on e-commerce and lack of freighters

Quikjet Airlines is the latest company to announce plans to capitalise on India’s fast-growing and underserved air cargo market as…

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Thumbs up for Singapore drone tests

Singapore will be the launch pad for test trials of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, for last mile delivery….

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MD-11 freighter impounded at Harare after a dead body is found

A Western Global Airlines MD-11 freighter has been detained at Harare Airport by the Zimbabwean authorities after a dead body…

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WGA statement on detained MD-11 freighter

Western Global Airlines (WGA) has issued a statement after one of the US-based lessor’s MD-11 freighters was detained at Harare…

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Tough start to the year for American air cargo divisions

American airlines’ cargo divisions endured a tough start to the year as American, Delta and LATAM all recorded demand declines,…

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ABC gets new European partner through ACMI deal with CargoLogicAir

CargoLogicAir’s first scheduled service has in fact been revealed as an ACMI tie-up with partner airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC). From February…

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Cargolux expands Brazil network with Rio de Janeiro

A pre-Olympics airfreight boom to games’ host Brazil will see European carrier Cargolux return to Rio de Janeiro with a…

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American and United welcome Cuba-US air services agreement

American Airlines and United welcomed today’s signing of a new US-Cuba air services pact that opens up a scheduled services…

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