September 2017

Icing blamed for Canada freighter crash

A report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) blamed ice accumulation and the company practice of operating in…

Read More

Etihad freighter captain dies in mid-air

The captain of an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-200 freighter en route from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam Schiphol has died at…

Read More

Passenger to Gatwick

A hunt for a fugitive who went missing from a London-bound Emirates plane has ended happily – but mystery still…

Read More

Burning men festival

No, it’s not a street protest – staff at Ethiopian Airlines Group are symbolically burning the last bits of paper…

Read More

NASA’s flying eye in the sky

One of the lesser-known products of Boeing’s 747 programme in the 1970s was the 747SP. Faced with the need to…

Read More

US bans drones from historic sites

The US Federal Aviation and Department of the Interior (DOI) have banned drone flights over ten historic sites such as…

Read More

Runners on the runway

Anyone in the Atlanta area this weekend might be interested to know that Hartsfield-Jackson airport is hosting the third annual…

Read More

New chief exec for Etihad

Etihad Aviation Group is to appoint Tony Douglas as group chief executive officer. He replaces James Hogan who stepped down…

Read More

Qatar takes stake in Italy’s Meridiana

Qatar Airways has bought a 49% share on AQA Holding, the new parent company of Meridiana fly, Italy’s second largest…

Read More

New members for forwarder network

Freight network The WACO System has appointed three new members in Latin America and Africa. Sicarga Panama will cover Panama,…

Read More

UPS seals joint venture with China’s SF Express

UPS and SF Express’s parent company, SF Holding have gained China Ministry of Commerce approval for their planned joint venture….

Read More

Delta to the rescue as disaster strikes the Gulf

US airline Delta and its employees “have mobilised like never before”, rushing to help people in need after hurricanes devastated…

Read More

Emirates revalidates Dubai pharma hub

Emirates SkyCargo has gained revalidation of its European Union Good Distribution Practices (EU GDP) certification for pharma operations at its…

Read More

Agility wins pharma plaudit

Agility says it has become the first freight forwarder to receive QEP experto accreditation from container specialist Envirotainer for its…

Read More

Flexport in line for $110 million funding

Online freight forwarder Flexport is reported to be closed to securing $110 million worth of funding reports Forbes, which says…

Read More

Updated: Iraq flights suspended

Royal Jordanian will temporarily suspend its flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq, from 6 pm Amman local time…

Read More

Profits surge at Air Partner

Aviation services group, Air Partner reported gross profit of £18.1m for the six months to 31 July, up 12.2% on…

Read More

Alibaba takes control of China delivery firm

Asian online retailer Alibaba has taken a controlling stake in China’s Cainiao Smart Logistics. It has increased its investment by…

Read More

National Air Cargo to the rescue by road

National Air Cargo has organised relief supplies to Houston citizens affected by Hurricane Harvey – by road. The products, donated…

Read More

US option for Opticooler

German-based climate-controlled air cargo container provider DoKaSch says its Opticooler unit is now available in the US, with rentals available…

Read More