August 2016

Precision reaches the 60th 757 re-delivery landmark

Jacksonville, Florida-based Precision Aircraft Solutions has re-delivered its 60th 757 freighter conversion. And it has another nine more Boeing 757…

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World’s Top 75 Cargo Airports 2015

Air Cargo News has put together a list of the world’s top 75 busiest cargo airports in 2015. See below.

Copenhagen expands network coverage

Looking back over the first half of this year, Copenhagen Airport says it had its busiest ever six months. Moreover,…

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Avinor looks to Asia potential

Avinor, the organisation responsible for managing 46 Norwegian airports, including the country’s busiest air gateway in Oslo, has prioritised efforts…

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Swiss to suspend Istanbul connection but seeks to continue serving the Turkish cargo market

Swiss International Air Lines has confirmed that it will cut its double daily Zurich-Istanbul Ataturk service from the beginning of…

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LATAM freight traffic on the slide

LATAM Cargo, the freight wing of Latin American carrier LATAM, flew 274m cargo ton miles in July, down by 9.5%…

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San Francisco cargo volumes hold steady over fiscal year

Sa Francisco International Airport handled 39,283 tonnes of cargo (freight and mail) in June, up by 9.6% over the same…

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Air France-KLM Cargo struck by difficult July

In July, Air France-KLM Cargo flew 700m revenue cargo tonne kilometres, 6.7% than in the same month of last year….

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American Airlines enjoys healthy July traffic

American Airlines Cargo flew 190.5m cargo ton miles in July, up by 5.7% on the same month of 2015. Over…

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UPS rolls out Worldwide Express Freight offering to another nine countries

Integrator UPS has extended its Worldwide Express Freight service to a further nine countries across North Africa, the Mediterranean, the…

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SEKO Logistics invests in new Hong Kong e-commerce facility

SEKO Logistics has added further warehousing and fulfilment capacity in Hong Kong as part of its effort to develop an…

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Xiamen Airlines opts for EzyCustoms technology to support Canadian network expansion

China’s Xiamen Airlines has begun using the EzyCustoms service offered by Hong Kong’s Global Logistics System (HK), otherwise known as…

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Fraport reports on sluggish July throughput

Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight gateway, handled 180,425 tonnes of cargo (freight and mail) in July, up by 1.5% on…

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United enjoys big cargo uplift in July

United Cargo flew a total of 238.1m cargo revenue ton miles in July, up by 10.1% on the same month…

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Danske Bank freight forwarding index brings little cheer

Danske Bank Markets’ European Freight Forwarding Index for July has been released and it indicates there was a significant decrease…

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WFS wins new carrier clients in France

Globally active handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won new handling contracts with three very different carriers – Rossiya/Aeroflot, Air…

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ACI looks back on tough first half of 2016

Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, the airport trade representative body, has released recently collated statistics that show that airfreight traffic…

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Finnair Cargo reaches the heights in July

Finnair Cargo flew 12,925 tonnes of cargo in July, up by 15.9% on the same month of last year. The…

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IATA points to cargo traffic improvement, but problems remain

IATA’s latest monthly Airlines Financial Monitor, that for July, has highlighted the fact that freight data it has collected points…

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Emirates continues to expand A380 coverage

Following hard on the heels of its announcement that it will move to an all-Airbus A380 operation on its Dubai…

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