Washington’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved Florida-based Western Global Airlines’ (WGA) application to begin scheduled cargo flights between the…
June 2017
Delta’s new South Korea flight at full cargo capacity
08 / 06 / 2017
Delta Air Lines‘ new flight between the US and South Korea is proving popular with its cargo customers as the…
EU and TSA agree air cargo security partnership
08 / 06 / 2017
The European Commission and US Transportation Security Administration have announced an “unprecedented” air cargo security partnership between the TSA, the…
Emirates, Etihad flights axed to Doha as diplomatic row breaks out
08 / 06 / 2017
Etihad Airways and Emirates have suspended flights into Qatar as a diplomatic row has broken out over accusations that the…
Antonov’s 39 minute freighter flight from Chile to Argentina
08 / 06 / 2017
Antonov Airlines has transported two mining filtration units from Chile to Argentina in a freighter flight lasting just 39 minutes….
Bedek to open B767-300 freighter conversion centre in Mexico City
08 / 06 / 2017
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group, “up to its neck in work” for passenger to freighter conversions, is to open a site…
Silk Way West to add more Maastricht flights
07 / 06 / 2017
Silk Way West Airlines is increasing its presence at Maastricht airport with the addition of three new weekly freighter services….
Qatar adds weekly LHR freighter flights
07 / 06 / 2017
On June 3, the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways’ new weekly Airbus A330 freighter service touched down at Heathrow. The…
Ethiopian to host ICAO forum
07 / 06 / 2017
Ethiopian Airlines will host the second ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa…
Chapman Freeborn keeps Gabon port development on course
07 / 06 / 2017
UK-headquartered broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has delivered 200 tons of urgent project cargo from Europe and India to Gabon, enabling…
Goh Choon Phong new IATA chairman
07 / 06 / 2017
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong has become the 76th chairman of the IATA board of governors, effective June…
AMI handles football tour
07 / 06 / 2017
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI (a Menzies Aviation company) recently supported the Canadian National Ladies’ Football Team’s mini tours of…
Delta and Aeromexico launch US-Mexico cargo partnership
06 / 06 / 2017
Delta Air Lines Cargo and Grupo Aeromexico Cargo are teaming up on the cross-border US-Mexico trade under a flight and…
Aeronaves TSM signs up for MD-83F conversions
06 / 06 / 2017
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Mexico-based Aeronaves TSM with two additional MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first…
Europe: cargo on the rise
06 / 06 / 2017
According to the latest statistics released by ACI Europe, the region’s airports saw freight traffic grow by 5.6% year on…
New UPS healthcare facility opens in Colombia
06 / 06 / 2017
US-based express integrator UPS has opened a 76,000 sq ft dedicated healthcare facility, located near El Dorado International Airport in…
Cathal Kilmartin joins Atlantic Aviation Group
06 / 06 / 2017
Cathal Kilmartin has been appointed a non-executive director at Shannon Airport-based Atlantic Aviation Group, a company specialising in aircraft maintenance,…
Gammell takes the reins at Etihad
06 / 06 / 2017
Etihad has appointed Ray Gammell as interim group chief executive and confirmed that current president and group chief executive James…
Benoît Dumont appointed Unilode chief executive
06 / 06 / 2017
Unilode Aviation Solutions, the outsourced ULD management and repair company formerly known as CHEP Aerospace Solutions, has appointed Benoît Dumont…
Cathay Pacific axes cargo director role as part of headquarter cull
06 / 06 / 2017
Cathay Pacific has axed the cargo director role as it embarks on a cull of middle and senior management at…