October 2017

Air cargo group Tiaca looks to add fourth pillar

Air cargo association Tiaca is planning to add consultancy services as its fourth pillar, while it will also continue to…

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Happy return for Seko’s Terry Unrein

Terry Unrein has rejoined Seko Logistics as chief commercial officer, Americas, following a two-and-a-half year spell as Crane Worldwide Logistics’…

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New chief for Estonia’s Airest

Estonian cargo airline Airest has appointed Aleksei Lupitski as its new chief executive, taking over from Jaanus Ojamets, who has…

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Shannon finishes runway work eight weeks early

Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland has completed a €15m runway resurfacing project on eight weeks early. Lagan Asphalt…

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Bolloré opens Heathrow hub

French-owned forwarder Bolloré Logistics has formally opened its Skyline airfreight hub at London Heathrow Airport. The 80,000 sq ft facility…

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Atlas Air donates Puerto Rico aid flight

Atlas Air has donated a Boeing 747 freighter flight to get 110 tons of urgently needed supplies to San Juan…

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Shipper chief predicts information breakthrough

Breakthroughs in air cargo quality assessment will help cargo users better select the best suppliers, said the head of the…

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Zodiac unveils its maindeck container

Zodiac AirCargo Equipment will launch its first Herculight S main deck containers at the Inter Airport Europe Expo in Munich,…

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Freighter 13 for Qatar all-cargo fleet

Qatar Airways Cargo has expanded its freighter fleet to 22 aircraft following the delivery of a 13th Boeing 777F at…

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Volga-Dnepr freighters fly hijacked B737 aircraft home

Volga-Dnepr Airlines carried out the return of the B737-200 aircraft to Germany that was hijacked by terrorists in 1977. An-124-100…

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Air Partner in aid flights for hurricane relief effort

Air Partner has carried out a number of urgent freight charters across the Caribbean in recent weeks to support the…

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ATSG appoints Raymond Johns to board of directors

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced the election of Raymond Johns to its board of directors. Johns, 62, led…

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Schiphol slot restrictions could see the loss of 37 freighter flights per week

Schiphol Airport could see as many as 37 freighter flights per week disappear this winter as a result of slot…

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Peli BioThermal expands French production site

Temperature controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal has expanded its European manufacturing capabilities in through the expansion of its facilities in…

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Oman Air selects Jettainer for ULD management

Oman Air Cargo has signed a five year unit load device (ULD) outsourcing contract with Jettainer, the German airfreight container management company….

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Airfreight rates return to growth in September

Airfreight rate growth on major trade lanes picked up again in September after a slowdown in improvements in August. The…

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IATA hopeful on cargo yields as demand continues to soar

IATA is hopeful that cargo yields could be set to improve as demand growth outstrips capacity supply. In its latest…

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ACL partners with CORE to launch ULD tracking

ULD firm ACL Airshop has announced that in partnership with CORE Transport Technologies it will launch a new tracking technology…

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Changi launches new pharma community

Changi Airport has launched a new pharma community that will work towards improving the local supply chain’s ability to handle…

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Unions hit back at Atlas lawsuit over alleged work slowdown

The APA Teamsters Local 1224 union has hit back at Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW) after the lessor filed a lawsuit…

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