Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has sold Air Dispatch, its specialist centralised load control subsidiary, to ground handler and service provider, dnata….
July 2016
Singapore to start Düsseldorf flights
13 / 07 / 2016
Singapore Airlines is to start direct Airbus A350 passenger flights between Düsseldorf and its home base from July 22. They…
Keeping walking on down Electric Avenue
13 / 07 / 2016
Green logistics experts have always been keen on the idea of bikes and similar human-powered deliveries – less so the…
Drones could be more than cargo carriers
13 / 07 / 2016
Much of the interest in drones has centred on their potential as cargo carriers but they could also help keep…
Kerry round the clock in Schiphol
13 / 07 / 2016
Asian-owned Kerry Logistics Network can now offer a 24-hour warehouse operation at Amsterdam Schiphol following its move to new premises. Located at Freight…
Cargo and earnings surge at MAG airports
13 / 07 / 2016
UK airport group MAG – owner of Manchester, London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth – reported that its cargo income…
DHL provides airfreight links for mobile phone firm Transsion
13 / 07 / 2016
DHL Global Forwarding has become the airfreight solutions provider for mobile phone specialist Transsion Holdings. The carrier will provide services from…
Round the world in 80 weeks
13 / 07 / 2016
Two Swiss pioneers are nearing the end of a round the world flight – without touching a drop of petrol….
Egyptair adds Cologne-Cairo freighter
13 / 07 / 2016
Egyptair is to operate an additional Saturday A300-600F freighter flight from Cologne to Cairo from July 16, departing at 16.00….
Public would welcome drones, says survey
12 / 07 / 2016
The public would welcome the use of drones for some commercial purposes, according to a survey carried out on behalf…
RiverOak consults on Kent air cargo hub
12 / 07 / 2016
US-owned hedge fund RiverOak is to hold a local public consultation on 18 July on its plans to redevelop the…
Qatar Airways to take LATAM stake
12 / 07 / 2016
Qatar Airways signed a deal at the Farnborough Air Show today to acquire up to 10% of shares in LATAM….
China Post signs online shopping deal
12 / 07 / 2016
State-owned China Post Group has signed a strategic agreement with Asian online retailer Lazada Group to improve cross-border logistics for…
Frankfurt freight on the move again
12 / 07 / 2016
The German Customs computer problem that caused a backlog of import cargo at Frankfurt airport over the weekend has now…
United becomes a DHL cool carrier
12 / 07 / 2016
United Cargo has won one of the first DHL carrier awards for reliability and excellence. Aiming to set a new…
ECS acquires Asia’s AVS
12 / 07 / 2016
Airfreight general sales and service agency group ECS has acquired Asian specialist AVS, in a deal signed at the latter’s…
Cargo is the rising star in Frankfurt
12 / 07 / 2016
Cargo at Frankfurt bucked an overall falling trend in June, rising 3.3% to 179,808 tonnes in the month. This was…
Faster than a speeding Boeing
12 / 07 / 2016
CargoLogicAir is to help the Bloodhound Project in its quest to break the land speed record and to break the…
Bloodhound
11 / 07 / 2016
Boeing sees uptick in freighter demand but prices slump
11 / 07 / 2016
US plane-maker Boeing has marginally increased its forecast for world freighter demand in the latest edition of its Current Market…