Logistics firm Agility has now fully settled criminal and civil cases over allegations it defrauded the US government on a…
June 2017
Hyderabad gets into mango exports
19 / 06 / 2017
GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIA), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, has entered the Indian mango export…
IATA calls for cargo transformation
19 / 06 / 2017
At the 73rd IATA General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Cancun, Mexico, a resolution has been adopted to…
ALHA opens Rome Fiumicino cargo terminal
19 / 06 / 2017
Alha Group, the Italian airfreight handling and trucking services provider, has opened a specialised goods cargo terminal at Rome’s Fiumicino…
Boeing to convert three B767s into freighters for UPS
19 / 06 / 2017
Boeing is to convert three B767 passenger airplanes into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) for US parcels giant UPS. Boeing’s current market…
Qatar awards Stockholm ground handling deal to WFS
19 / 06 / 2017
Qatar Airways has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide it with cargo handling services at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The…
India-Afghanistan cargo flights take-off
19 / 06 / 2017
The first air cargo service between India and Afghanistan was launched today by Ariana Afghan Airlines. Indian ambassador to Afghanistan…
Hong Kong sees double-digit cargo growth in May
19 / 06 / 2017
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) continued its strong 2017 cargo growth, seeing in May a sharp year-on-year increase of 12.9%…
Pilot project speeds cargo transport between Frankfurt and Schiphol
19 / 06 / 2017
A new pilot project between various users of Schiphol airport has sped up the transport of cargo between Germany and…
Shippers want progress on air cargo digitisation
19 / 06 / 2017
A new position paper from TIACA’s Shippers’ Advisory Committee (SAC) has urged the air cargo industry to work together to…
Lufthansa Cargo’s Alexis von Hoensbroech looking to the Future
19 / 06 / 2017
Alexis von Hoensbroech has spent a lot of time looking up at the sky, but initially this was part of…
WCS17: Air cargo digital disruption takes centre stage
19 / 06 / 2017
The digitisation of air cargo is a hot topic at the moment and day two of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium…
Freightos raises $25m for further growth
19 / 06 / 2017
Hong Kong registered online booking portal Freightos has raised $25m in funding from a group of investors led by GE Ventures. The…
Digital forwarder predicts airlines will bring cargo consolidation in-house
19 / 06 / 2017
Airlines will soon be able to bring cargo consolidation in-house rather than rely on freight forwarders to perform the function,…
Frankfurt studies speedier cargo
19 / 06 / 2017
Frankfurt is streamlining and digitising the registration process for truck drivers at the airport to speed up operations. Germany’s largest…
E-Cargoware to digitise Astra Aviation Services’ African facilities
19 / 06 / 2017
Astra Aviation Services–UK has selected IT systems supplier e-Cargoware to digitise its cargo handling facilities throughout Africa, starting with its main handling…
Cargolux 2025 – building flexibility and developing digitisation
19 / 06 / 2017
Cargolux’s new strategic plan will concentrate on building a more flexible fleet whilst the carrier will also embark on a…
Emirates-Cargolux partnership underway as new Luxembourg flight touches down
19 / 06 / 2017
Emirates SkyCargo has flown its first scheduled weekly freighter service to Luxembourg as part of its new partnership with Cargolux….
European court annuls 2013 decision to block UPS-TNT deal
19 / 06 / 2017
Europe’s General Court has annulled the January 2013 decision by the European Commission to refused authorisation of the merger between…
SEGRO swoops for Heathrow’s “jewels in the crown” airside cargo property
19 / 06 / 2017
Industrial warehouse developer SEGRO has paid £365m to acquire 100% control of Airport Property Partnership (APP), whose "jewels in the crown"…
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