Ukrainian plane maker Antonov has signed a cooperation agreement with Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) to build a second…
November 2016
Antonov will move to ground Volga-Dnepr’s An-124s only if support functions are moved
14 / 11 / 2016
Antonov has moved to clarify that it has not yet asked for a ban on Volga-Dnepr flying An-124 aircraft and…
Ancra wins B737-800 loading system contract for converted freighters
14 / 11 / 2016
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for the new Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing conversion freighter) aircraft as a Boeing…
Liege to be Africa hub for NAS
14 / 11 / 2016
Liege Airport has signed a new partnership with Network Airline Services (NAS) to make the Belgian gateway its hub for…
Intrepid orders B747-8Fs for long-term lease
14 / 11 / 2016
Intrepid Aviation has switched an order for Boeing 777-300 aircraft to B747-800 freighters for lease on a long-term basis. The…
Ancra gains AEI cargo loading order for converted B737-800s
14 / 11 / 2016
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI) new 737-800 passenger to freighter (P2F) converted…
GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
14 / 11 / 2016
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The…
Judge rules that ATSG dispute with pilots should go to arbitration
14 / 11 / 2016
A judge has ruled that the dispute between US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) and its pilots should…
Canadian transport minister ‘miscommunicated’ on foreign ownership rules for cargo carriers
14 / 11 / 2016
Foreign owners will be able to take up to a 49% stake in Canadian cargo airlines, the government has confirmed…
Ex-Delta cargo boss Neel Jones Shah joins the Amerijet board
14 / 11 / 2016
Ex-Delta cargo boss Neel Jones Shah has been appointed to the board of managers at the parent group of Amerijet,…
Matheson wins Cathay handling at Portland
14 / 11 / 2016
Matheson Flight Extenders has signed a freight consolidation agent agreement with Cathay Pacific to provide US import/export air cargo services…
AirBridgeCargo beats annual tonnage record
14 / 11 / 2016
Fast growing AirBridgeCargo beat its annual tonnage record last month, its thirteenth consecutive year of growth, as it continues to…
Hong Kong joins Shanghai with bumper October cargo volumes
14 / 11 / 2016
China’s top two cargo hubs, Hong Kong and Shanghai, both enjoyed bumper volume rises in October. Hong Kong International Airport…
CEVA sees airfreight improvement but stays in the red
14 / 11 / 2016
CEVA Logistics recorded double-digit airfreight growth during the third quarter of the year but revenues declined on currency effects and…
Shanghai’s PACTL had a record breaking October for airfreight
14 / 11 / 2016
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) handled 153,607 tonnes in October, a volume growth of 8.9% year-on-year…
Rapid growth and need for speed fuels DHL’s Leipzig investment
11 / 11 / 2016
When DHL Express first announced plans to switch its main European hub to Germany’s Leipzig-Halle Airport in 2005 it was…
Lufthansa Cargo re-signs for innovation scheme
11 / 11 / 2016
Lufthansa Cargo has signed up to once again participate in a scheme to identify companies with innovative ideas that could…
Jaw dropping transport for An-124
11 / 11 / 2016
An 88-tonne ‘jaw crusher’ used for gold mining has arrived at Russia’s Sokol Airport in Magadan onboard one of Volga-Dnepr…
LATAM cargo revenues and volumes slide in Q3
11 / 11 / 2016
Cargo revenues at the LATAM Group continued to decline during the third quarter of the year as a result of…
B&H appoints new regional MD
11 / 11 / 2016
Aerospace logistics and warehousing provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Mark Nightingale as regional managing director for the Europe, Middle East…