Air cargo demand and load factors slipped in February but figures are skewed by strikes at US seaports last year…
April 2016
CargoLogicAir to fly Beirut freighter for ABC
07 / 04 / 2016
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is furthering its partnership with UK-registered CargoLogicAir (CLA) by launching a weekly Boeing 747 Middle East freighter link to Beirut out…
Hong Kong holds on to hub top spot
07 / 04 / 2016
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) remains the world’s largest air cargo hub, said Airports Council International (ACI) in its preliminary world airport traffic…
Kestrel Liner Agencies opens dedicated airfreight office
07 / 04 / 2016
Shipping line agency Kestrel Liner Agencies has opened a dedicated airfreight office following on from recent growth in the air…
AF-KLM’s de Juniac to lead IATA from June
07 / 04 / 2016
Another high ranking Air France-KLM executive is leaving the airline as boss Alexandre de Juniac has been announced as the…
Chennai airport prepares for role as aid and relief hub
07 / 04 / 2016
A four-day “Get Airports Ready for Disaster” (GARD) workshop is underway at India’s Chennai International Airport to help prepare for…
Metro Supply Chain buys Evolution Time Critical
06 / 04 / 2016
Canada’s Metro Supply Chain Group has acquired Evolution Time Critical, the Europe-based specialist in automotive emergency logistics. The deal —…
Emirates launches MD-11 freighter to Phnom Penh
06 / 04 / 2016
Emirates Skycargo has launched a weekly freighter service to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, becoming the Middle East carrier’s thirteenth…
Aircraft orders monthly: Pegasus and Air India place orders in March
06 / 04 / 2016
Each month Air Cargo News analyses the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter. Pegasus Airlines orders five 737sTurkish low-cost…
Volga-Dnepr powers up on Chapman Freeborn mission
05 / 04 / 2016
Moscow-headquartered Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a 19-ton welding system as part of a larger shipment delivered to Malaysia on behalf…
ACSV goes with Hermes air cargo management system
05 / 04 / 2016
Air Cargo Services of Vietnam (ACSV) is to operate the Hermes air cargo management system in its freight warehouse at…
ICAO symposium addresses aviation industry’s competition and regulatory issues
05 / 04 / 2016
The third International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Transport Symposium saw attendees discuss a range of issues relating to competition…
Qatar Airways continues to grow its cargo network coverage
05 / 04 / 2016
Recent additions to the Qatar Airways passenger network are also helping the Middle East airline’s cargo operation to spread its…
Iraq’s Najaf looks to security with X-ray screening systems
05 / 04 / 2016
Iraq’s Najaf International Airport has ordered a Z Portal cargo screening system and a number of parcel inspection systems from…
Alaska Airlines confirms Virgin America purchase
05 / 04 / 2016
Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines, and California-headquartered Virgin America have confirmed their boards of directors’ approval of…
Opportunity still knocks in Africa, says DHL
05 / 04 / 2016
Africa has been dubbed the last frontier for economic development during the past few years. But in the recent economic…
Heads in the ash clouds
04 / 04 / 2016
Scientists at Liverpool and Munich Ludwig Maximilian universities are getting their heads together to try and prevent another ash cloud…
The car’s the star(let)
04 / 04 / 2016
Norwegian Cargo has shipped ten zero-emission Buddy electric cars and six bikes from Oslo to Toronto for a Hollywood movie….
Wacky races
04 / 04 / 2016
We’re not quite sure what, if anything, they were trying to prove, but Qantas recently pitted one of its Boeing…
DHL T-shirts, after a fashion
04 / 04 / 2016
In the week that its supply chain arm took on responsibility for German airline Lufthansa’s global work apparel, DHL has…