IAG Cargo has noted a spike in volumes of diphtheria vaccines after an outbreak of the disease in Venezuela. The…
August 2018
Shippers call on air cargo to take action over truck driver shortage
13 / 08 / 2018
Shippers have called on the air cargo industry to take action to mitigate the truck driver shortage or face increasingly…
ATC expands GSSA coverage with South American partner
13 / 08 / 2018
ATC Aviation Services (ATC), the German general sales and service agent (GSSA), has taken a majority stake in a South American…
Hong Kong cargo static in July but transhipments soar
13 / 08 / 2018
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw July’s cargo and airmail throughputs static versus the same month last year at 433,000…
Fewer freighters fuel Frankfurt’s 6.4% cargo decrease in July
13 / 08 / 2018
A decrease in freighter flights contributed to Frankfurt airport’s 6.4% decline in cargo traffic (airfreight + airmail) last month to 75,960 tonnes, the…
Ethiopian sees cargo volumes take off
13 / 08 / 2018
Ethiopian Airlines saw cargo volumes rapidly improve during the fiscal year 2017/18 in line with its fleet expansion. Cargo volumes…
Crane Worldwide celebrates 10 years since taking flight
13 / 08 / 2018
Crane Worldwide Logistics has celebrated 10 years since its launch. The logistics firm was originally launched by Jim Crane in…
Leisure Cargo appoints new MD as Sieger and Schäfer leave
13 / 08 / 2018
Ralf-Rainer Ausländer has taken over the management of Leisure Cargo, with current managing directors Klaus Sieger and Thilo Schäfer leaving…
Southern Air pilots agree to interim agreement but demand further improvements
10 / 08 / 2018
Southern Air pilots have ratified an agreement for interim enhancements to the collective bargaining agreement covering pilots, but union representatives…
Air Canada Cargo becomes the first to achieve CEIV Live Animals
09 / 08 / 2018
Air Canada Cargo has become the first airline to receive IATA’s new CEIV Live Animals certification. The Montreal-based airline received…
FedEx Express expands at SBD International Airport
09 / 08 / 2018
The San Bernardino International Airport Authority and FedEx Express have agreed to begin regular scheduled air cargo flights into the…
SF Airlines continues expansion with Chennai route
09 / 08 / 2018
SF Airlines has expanded its international cargo operations with the launch of a flight between Shenzhen and Chennai. The new…
Ethiopian to launch Oslo-Guangzhou freighter to net seafood traffic
09 / 08 / 2018
Ethiopian Airlines will start a Boeing 777 freighter operation between Oslo Airport and Guagnzhou in September as it looks to…
European airports see cargo traffic growth slow in H1
09 / 08 / 2018
European airports saw traffic growth continue to slow during June, pulling down overall performance during the first half of 2018….
Rhenus to buy pharma specialist Avant Air and Sea in Ireland
09 / 08 / 2018
Germany’s Rhenus Group has expanded its logistics presence in Ireland with the planned acquisition of temperature-controlled and pharmaceutical specialist Avant…
Hola Taric: WiseTech Global acquires Spanish IT firm
09 / 08 / 2018
Logistics solutions group WiseTech Global has continued its expansion strategy with the acquisition of Taric, a customs management solutions provider headquartered in…
Bumper cargo quarter for American Airlines Cargo
09 / 08 / 2018
Increased e-commerce, flowers and blood products helped American Airlines Cargo achieve "record-setting growth" in the 2018 second quarter, handling 158,000 tonnes…
Volga-Dnepr links up with Henan for trans-Siberian air bridge initiative
08 / 08 / 2018
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group has linked up with China’s Henan Airport Group and Zhongyuan Asset Management to create a “trans-Siberian air…
Plane Jane Austen faces up to tail-fin glory after ten pound ‘airbrush’
08 / 08 / 2018
Jane Austen has taken to the skies as her portrait adorns the tail fin of a Norwegian Boeing 787 Dreamliner…
Airfreight growth continues to slow in June as the trade outlook weakens
08 / 08 / 2018
Air cargo traffic growth continued to slow in June as a weakening in trade, the end of a re-stocking cycle…