March 2018

Singapore consortium to support overseas airport development

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), Surbana Jurong and Changi Airport Planners and Engineers (CAPE) have signed a memorandum of understanding…

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Heathrow to benefit from new cargo links to China

Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) hopes to benefit from new links to China being established in the summer of this year,…

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FedEx reports mixed third-quarter financial year results

FedEx has reported financial results for the third quarter of its current financial year, the three months that ended on…

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AF KLM Cargo confirms summer schedule plans

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has announced its summer schedule. Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will be offering freight capacity…

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Pharma and e-commerce boost Virgin Atlantic cargo tonnage

Virgin Atlantic Cargo transported 230,500 tonnes of cargo last year, up 6% in comparison to its 2016 total – a…

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Lufthansa Cargo: We want to collect e-AWBs, not fees

Lufthansa Cargo’s introduction of a fee for paper-based air waybills (AWB) is a surcharge that the German carrier does not…

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Turkish Cargo flying fish

Turkish Cargo recently netted a vast transport contract – moving 1.5m live fish to Oman from Izmir. The 1.5m baby…

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Pharma.Aero signs Memorandum Of Understanding with IATA

Pharma.Aero and IATA have signed a memorandum of understanding to foster collaboration with stakeholders using the CEIV pharma industry standard….

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Smart choice as boss of East Midlands Airport

Karen Smart, currently director of landside operations at London Stansted Airport, has been appointed managing director of East Midlands Airport. …

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ANA becomes first Japanese airline to sign up to Buckingham Palace wildlife declaration

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first Japanese airline to sign up to the United for Wildlife (UFW) Buckingham…

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AEI delivers B737-400SF freighter conversion pair to Vx Capital Partners

Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has redelivered two B737-400SF freighter conversions to Vx Capital Partners (Vx). The first aircraft was modified…

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FTA welcomes news of Brexit transitional period

The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed news of a Brexit transitional period, describing it as a "welcome relief"….

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Pouwels to lead cargo team within new Schiphol aviation department

Bart Pouwels, currently director business development cargo at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, is to lead the cargo team in a new…

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Cathay Pacific Cargo partners with va-Q-tec for thermal containers

Cathay Pacific Cargo has partnered with va-Q-tec to use its advanced passive thermal containers which are designed to maintain a…

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Smart Border 2.0 report: ‘sensible and positive progress’ on Brexit

A study entitled ‘Smart Border 2.0: Avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland for Customs control and the…

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Wisskirchen opts for ECHOS in Cologne

Wisskirchen Handling Services is to start using logistics IT provider  topsystem’s Electronic Cargo Handling & Operations System (ECHOS) at its…

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FedEx to spend $1bn on Memphis hub

FedEx is to invest over $1bn in its Memphis hub, the project including construction of a new sort facility with…

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Frankfurt remains Europe’s busiest cargo airport in 2017

Airport operator Fraport has declared “a highly successful 2017 fiscal year” (ending December 31) as combined revenues across the group…

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Hong Kong Air Cargo launches trucking service

Freight carrier Hong Kong Air Cargo has launched a ground transportation operation, Hong Kong Air Cargo  Logistics, that will serve…

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RJ to resume Erbil and Sulaymaniyah flights

Following Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s announcement on March 13 that Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in Iraq would be reopened,…

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