UPS is the latest firm to order electric trucks as it looks to improve safety and reduce its environmental impact….
ACS invests in larger premises in India
19 / 12 / 2017
Air Charter Service’s (ACS) Indian operation has moved to new premises in Mumbai, in order to fulfil the UK-based broker’s…
ABC adds control tower to oversee cargo movements
19 / 12 / 2017
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has established a new round-the-clock control tower (CT) operation to oversee cargo movements. The control tower will monitor…
Hong Kong airfreight volumes soar 6.9% in November
19 / 12 / 2017
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw significant growth in cargo volumes during November 2017 as throughput went up by 6.9%…
E-commerce – growth without profit?
19 / 12 / 2017
Airlines are looking to capitalise on the rapid growth of online consumer sales, but do the margins generated by the…
Panalpina picks Belgian perishables specialists for takeover
19 / 12 / 2017
Logistics giant Panalpina is to acquire the Belgium-based perishables specialists Adelantex and AD Handling. The move follows similar acquisitions by Panalpina in…
Air France-KLM Cargo launches What Counts for SMEs
18 / 12 / 2017
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KLMP Cargo) has introduced its What Counts product for small and medium-sized customers, bundling together 24/7 easy-to-connect…
Cathay Pacific predicts strong Q1 for air cargo
18 / 12 / 2017
Cathay Pacific Cargo is expecting a strong start to 2018, with demand remaining strong for at least the first quarter,…
From Russia with airfreight, Moscow volumes surge
18 / 12 / 2017
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport handled more than 260,000 tonnes of cargo in the first 11 months of 2017, a 30% increase…
Freightos joins Neutral Air Partner
18 / 12 / 2017
Online platform Freightos has joined air cargo networking group Neutral Air Partner as an associate member to enhance the group’s…
Operations back under way at Hartsfield-Jackson after power outage
18 / 12 / 2017
Airlines have been forced to cancel thousands of flights from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport – the world’s busiest passenger hub –…
Panalpina in South Sudan relief flight
18 / 12 / 2017
Panalpina has assisted the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) by flying relief aid to Africa to help children suffering…
Finnair opens ‘cool’ new Helsinki hub
18 / 12 / 2017
Finnair Cargo has held the official opening ceremony for its new €80m Cool Nordic hub at Helsinki Airport. The airside…
Second B747-8F arrives in Qatar
15 / 12 / 2017
Qatar Cargo has announced that it has taken delivery of its second B747-8 freighter aircraft. The airline made the announcement…
SF Express continues to develop China cargo hub plan
15 / 12 / 2017
SF Express has confirmed its plans to set up a huge new air cargo airport in central China. According to…
Cargolux buoyed by windfarm cargo
15 / 12 / 2017
Cargolux has flown two shipments of outsized and highly sensitive German-made measuring buoys from Luxembourg to Xiamen in China. The…
European Union hopes new regulations will boost cross-border e-commerce
15 / 12 / 2017
The European Union (EU) is hoping new cross-border regulations will help boost e-commerce trade. Yesterday, EU negotiators reached a provisional…
New local rule proposed to end Schiphol’s freighter slot deadlock
15 / 12 / 2017
Schiphol Airport’s key cargo stakeholders have agreed a proposed "local rule" that would ease the slot constraints on freighter flights…
Wolfgang Meier to become president of Silk Way West Airlines in 2018
15 / 12 / 2017
Wolfgang Meier will be appointed as the new president of Silk Way West Airlines from January 1, 2018, the Azerbaijani…
Lufthansa Cargo adds transatlantic charter flights to cover e-commerce demand
15 / 12 / 2017
Lufthansa Cargo will carry out six charter flights between Frankfurt and New York on behalf of Deutsche Post as the…