Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a weekly Wednesday B777-200 freighter service from Halifax (Canada) to its Doha hub via Zaragoza, Spain,…
July 2016
Strong June but weak half year for Hong Kong cargo
18 / 07 / 2016
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) cargo volume declined by 0.8% to 2.1m tonnes in the first half of 2016 compared with…
China clothing firm to probe drone deliveries
18 / 07 / 2016
Shenzhen, China-based online clothing retailer Globalegrow is investing $150,000 in a drone delivery research project over the next year. The…
An-225, the world’s most tweeted freighter
18 / 07 / 2016
It was a plane-spotters dream: taking a selfie with an Antonov-225 ‘Mriya’. Hundreds of unglamorous freighter aircraft ply their daily…
BCW Engineering appoints B&H Worldwide
15 / 07 / 2016
BCW Engineering has appointed logistics provider B&H Worldwide to manage the inbound delivery of its rotative components for use in…
Qatar to take stake in Italy’s Meridiana
14 / 07 / 2016
Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Alisarda to buy 49% of its subsidiary Meridiana, Italy’s second largest airline. The…
Virgin Atlantic Cargo names Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales
14 / 07 / 2016
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales, to be based at Virgin’s headquarters near London Gatwick…
Air industry to raise its game in Africa
14 / 07 / 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Union Commission (AU) have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to…
CargoLogicAir gets the keys to its first 747-8F
14 / 07 / 2016
New UK-based carrier CargoLogicAir has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 freighter at the Farnborough International Airshow. Chief executive…
MNG offers Germany-Beirut freighter
14 / 07 / 2016
Turkish-owned MNG Airlines is to introduce a weekly (Thursday) freighter from Cologne to Beirut. It will be operated by an…
Cathay to fly a B747-8F to Portland from November
14 / 07 / 2016
Cathay Pacific Cargo is to operate a twice-weekly scheduled Boeing 747-8 freighter service between its Hong Kong home hub and Portland,…
Oman Air uses software to save fuel
14 / 07 / 2016
Oman Air is using OpenAirlines – Skybreathe software to improve its fuel efficiency. The Cloud-based solution gives predictive and post-flight…
Cool container firm recruits Alitalia
14 / 07 / 2016
Italian carrier Alitalia has signed an agreement with low temperature technology specialist Va-Q-tec to rent its passive containers. Under the…
24-hour party people
14 / 07 / 2016
With the summer music festival season in full flow, Brussels Airlines is getting into the swing of things. For the…
Gerry’s dnata to handle Saudia
14 / 07 / 2016
Pakistan’s largest ground handler, Gerry’s dnata, has signed a multi-year agreement with Saudia for full ground handling services in Karachi,…
Chongqing is sixth Chinese city for AirBridgeCargo
14 / 07 / 2016
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added flights to leading commercial centre Chongqing to its network from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, its sixth…
Volga-Dnepr and Boeing sign back-to-back deal as 747-8F order is confirmed
14 / 07 / 2016
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group confirmed an order for 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters at the UK’s Farnborough Air Show today. At the…
Temporary suspension of Astral’s South Sudan freighters
13 / 07 / 2016
Kenyan-based carrier Astral Aviation temporarily suspended its three times a week cargo flights from Nairobi to Juba, following the outbreak…
New recruits help Emirates ride Columbus freighter boom
13 / 07 / 2016
Emirates Skycargo is planning to recruit sales and operations managers and a supervisor to support its growing US freighter operation…
Munich freight volumes surge
13 / 07 / 2016
Cargo growth at Munich Airport outstripped passengers in the first half of 2016, according to the airport authority’s latest figures….
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