May 2016

Air New Zealand agrees to $35m in US air cargo cartel payout

Air New Zealand is the latest airline to reach a settlement with plaintiffs in the ongoing air cargo cartel lawsuit…

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Saudia Cargo and Virgin Atlantic Cargo to expand partnership in the US

Saudi Airlines Cargo is hoping to expand its presence in the US through a new  partnership with Virgin Atlantic Cargo….

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LCI leases freighters to Turkish operator

LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has increased its fleet of dedicated maindeck freighter aircraft. Two additional…

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Next Pegasus Cargo conference revealed

Pegasus Cargo, is hosting its sixth International Transport and Logistics Conference for the first time in Izmir on 12-13 October….

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UK forwarders latest to urge action on runway decision

UK forwarder association the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has backed a Transport Committee report urging the government to make…

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UPS appoints Ireland chief

UPS has appointed Elisabeth Rodriguez as its country manager for UPS Ireland. A 16-year veteran of the express carrier, she…

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Hartsfield-Jackson honours air cargo heroes

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Metro Atlanta Chamber handed out a string of awards to heroes of its…

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China to invest billions in aviation

China is to invest 77 billion yuan ($11.9 billion) in aviation infrastructure this year, according to reports by the official…

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Aircraft orders monthly: Turkish takes 26 Boeings

Record delivery to Turkish Airlines Boeing is to deliver six 777-300ERs and 20 Next-Generation 737-800s to Turkish Airlines in 2016,…

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DHL pilots balloted on strike action

Nearly 2,000 pilots at four of DHL’s five North American carriers – Atlas Air, Southern Air, Polar Air, ABX –…

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German rail to sell a minority stake in Schenker

Deutsche Bahn (German railways) has confirmed plans to push ahead with the sale of a stake in its DB Schenker…

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TNT to sell overnight arm

TNT Express is to sell its TNT Innight overnight distribution subsidiary to private equity firm Special Situations Venture Partners III….

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IATA: 2016 shaping up to be a tough year for air cargo

IATA has warned 2016 is shaping up to be another tough year for air cargo as airfreight volumes fell in…

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Time to take stock of e-AWB progress, says Champ’s new sales chief

Rather than wait for the proportion of the world’s airfreight using e-air waybills to tick up slowly towards a so-called…

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Seko finds UK aerospace home

Seko Logistics has opened its first Centre of Excellence for the UK aerospace and aviation sector at Farnborough Airport near…

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Terror attacks hit Brussels Airlines cargo Q1 results

Brussels Airlines says its cargo traffic in March was sharply down, due to the terrorist attacks on its home airport…

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Freight Transport Association backs Heathrow expansion call

The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that a call by the Transport Committee to stop putting off the decision…

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Halonen is forwarder’s Mr Multimodal

Swedish-based forwarder Greencarrier Freight Services has promoted Jarmo Halonen to chief operating officer, with combined responsibility for the air, ocean, road…

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Meeting of minds in Miami

Representatives from Tokyo Narita International Airport met their opposite numbers at Miami-Dade Aviation Department officials at the US city’s international…

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Mixed first quarter fortunes for Frankfurt

Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said it had mixed financial results in a challenging business environment in its interim report for…

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