Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the third stage of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle from Samara in Russia to Europe’s Spaceport in…
June 2017
Antonov targets US cargo charters
17 / 06 / 2017
Specialist freighter operator Antonov Airlines wants to expand transatlantic all-cargo charter services as it leverages a bilateral air services agreement…
K+N’s new Changi centre to speed airfreight processing
17 / 06 / 2017
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has opened a new airfreight hub in Singapore to consolidate its activities for the sector on…
IAG Cargo traffic up on shipping disruption but revenues slide
17 / 06 / 2017
IAG Cargo saw revenues decline in the first quarter of the year due to challenging market conditions but it registered…
B&H to move Icelandair’s urgent spares
17 / 06 / 2017
Icelandair Group has awarded B&H Worldwide a three-year contract to handle its urgent aircraft spares, with an option for two…
Boeing appoints new supply chain SVP
17 / 06 / 2017
Boeing has appointed Jenette Ramos as senior vice president, supply chain & operations, effective immediately. Ramos, 51, replaces Pat Shanahan,…
Atlas looks forward to a strong peak after a “flying start” to 2017
17 / 06 / 2017
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings got “off to an exciting start in 2017” as it announced 2017 improved income from continuing…
UPS links up with China’s SF Express
17 / 06 / 2017
UPS and SF Holding, the parent company of SF Express, are to establish a joint venture and collaborate to develop…
April freight growth tails off but IATA remains upbeat
17 / 06 / 2017
Global air freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) rose 8.5% in April 2017 compared to last year, said IATA in its latest…
MASkargo launches express freighter links from KL
17 / 06 / 2017
MASkargo has launched five-times-a-week Airbus A330-200F express freighter services from its home hub at Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and…
Air China Cargo lands at Liege Airport
17 / 06 / 2017
Air Cargo China has this launched a weekly Boeing 777-200 Asia-Europe freighter flight between Liege Airport in Belgium and Shanghai. …
Click, click, click: US online shoppers trending towards international retailers
17 / 06 / 2017
More statistical evidence has emerged of a growing crossborder e-commerce market. A study of US online shoppers indicates a strong…
Amerijet sets 2018 launch date for Miami-Brussels freighter
16 / 06 / 2017
Amerijet, the Miami-hubbed scheduled freighter operator, is to launch a twice a week direct Boeing 767 freighter service to Brussels in the…
Bangladesh airfreight costs soar following new EU security rules
16 / 06 / 2017
The cost of airfreight supply chains from Bangladesh has been pushed up by new stricter security requirements from the European…
Survey: Forwarders on track for automated processes
16 / 06 / 2017
A survey of freight forwarders suggests that the sector’s transition from manual to automated processes is gathering pace. The survey…
Hacis looks to add depot to capitalise on new Hong Kong bridge
16 / 06 / 2017
Hactl-owned logistics firm Hacis is hoping to capitalise on the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge − set to be…
ABC joins Schiphol pharma initiative
16 / 06 / 2017
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become the second carrier to join the 14-member Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) initiative, which aims…
Emirates SkyCargo to target more products after Cargolux partnership
16 / 06 / 2017
Emirates SkyCargo’s recent tie-up with Cargolux seemed to come from nowhere, but perhaps it should not have come as such…
Cathay Pacific upgraded to ‘buy’ as cargo continues to improve
16 / 06 / 2017
Cathay Pacific has seen its stock rating upgraded to ‘buy’ by one leading investment bank, thanks to the improving performance…
Air Vanuata opts for ACP Worldwide in Australia and New Zealand
16 / 06 / 2017
Airline Air Vanuatu has appointed ACP Worldwide as its cargo general sales agent for Australia and New Zealand. The contract…