US air cargo carriers recorded signs of improvement in April as American Airlines and United Airlines both saw cargo volumes…
May 2016
Tough times continue for SIA Cargo as it records operating loss
16 / 05 / 2016
SIA Cargo saw full-year operating losses deepen during its last financial year as tough market conditions weighed down performance. During…
Cargo crime group calls for law enforcement to provide more data
16 / 05 / 2016
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has called on law enforcement agencies to increase the amount of cargo crime data…
Work gets under way on GECAS 737-800NG conversion programme
16 / 05 / 2016
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE, has begun its inaugural Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter…
Air Canada Cargo meets Envirotainer standards at seven stations
16 / 05 / 2016
Air Canada Cargo has received accreditation from Envirotainer at seven facilities to show it meets certain ULD and cold chain…
Envirotainer adds new Delhi station as India’s pharma industry takes off
16 / 05 / 2016
Envirotainer has opened a new ULD station in Delhi to expand the number of facilities to a total of 57…
TNT tenders shares as next step in takeover by FedEx
16 / 05 / 2016
TNT Express has tendered 88.4% of its shares for acceptance as part of its proposed takeover by FedEx. The Netherlands-based…
Boeing video to celebrate company’s centenary
16 / 05 / 2016
Boeing has produced a video to celebrate the plane maker’s its 100th anniversary. Said Boeing: “This milestone has given us…
Hong Kong sees ‘slight growth’ in April’s cargo volumes
16 / 05 / 2016
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a “slight growth” in cargo volume during April, up by 1.2% on the same…
European monthly: A new hope as European airlines return to growth
13 / 05 / 2016
Europe’s major cargo carriers have seen cargo volumes return to growth in April after a difficult start to the year….
IAG’s double-digit Middle East capacity expansion
13 / 05 / 2016
IAG Cargo is hoping economic growth in Bahrain and the Qatar 2022 football world cup project will help fill a…
Pelican picks Singapore for Asian HQ
12 / 05 / 2016
Pelican BioThermal, a provider of temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the life sciences industry, has opened a new Asia headquarters in…
Syberg joins Cargolux in global logistics role
12 / 05 / 2016
Cargolux has appointed Lars Syberg as its new executive vice president of global logistics. Syberg will take over his new…
LEGO scores a hit with airfreight
12 / 05 / 2016
LEGO kits are now the latest marketing craze for the air cargo industry, with Heathrow Airport and Volga-Dnepr using the…
Cargojet returns to profit in Q1
12 / 05 / 2016
Cargojet’s contract with Canada Post finally started to pay dividends in the first quarter of this year as the company…
DSV’s UTi acquisition sees airfreight soar but profits take a hit
12 / 05 / 2016
DSV Air & Sea has recorded drastically improved airfreight volumes as its latest acquisition, UTi, is included in its opening…
ATSG reports on first-quarter upturn and positive Amazon effect
12 / 05 / 2016
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), the Wilmington, Ohio-based provider of medium wide-body freighter aircraft leasing and transport services, has revealed…
K+N stalwart Scharwath looks for new challenge
12 / 05 / 2016
Tim Scharwath, the member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International (K+N) responsible for global airfreight, is to…
Simonet takes the helm at Belgian gateway
12 / 05 / 2016
Marie Dominique Simonet has been appointed president of Liege Airport, succeeding José Happart, who becomes senior vice-president. According to Simonet:…
April surge for Frankfurt cargo volumes
12 / 05 / 2016
Frankfurt Airport has returned to cargo volume growth for the first time in the current business year with a 5%…