September 2018

Zoo wants to be a “billion-by-air”? Frankfurt animal lounge does

Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge opened ten years ago and since then has booked in more than a billion special guests…

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RS National opens airside cargo terminal at Dubai World Central

RSA National, the joint venture between US-freighter operator National Air Cargo and UAE-based logistics provider RSA Global, has opened an…

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SF Express adds B747 freighter flight through Atlas Air deal

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will operate a Boeing 747-400 freighter for fast-growing Chinese parcel airline SF Express on the transpacific….

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Dutch government set to assess airfreight’s contribution to the nation’s economy

Dutch infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen looks set to launch an investigation into airfreight’s contribution to the Netherlands economy, with…

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Etihad ‘refreshes’ freighter network to concentrate on core trade lanes

Etihad Cargo will “refresh” its global freighter network from October 1, "to simplify its route network and maximise freighter-to-bellyhold flows”….

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SIA launches Thrucool pharma product

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched a Thrucool product to transport high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharma and healthcare shipments. Thrucool offers…

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Finnair Cargo to end Brussels freighter partnership as it adds widebody flights

Finnair will discontinue its current freighter partnership from Helsinki to Brussels after introducing widebody Airbus 330 passenger aircraft twice a…

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American Airlines Cargo names Tyler as VP, strategy and development

American Airlines (AA) Cargo has promoted Jessica Tyler to the position of vice president, strategy and development. In her new…

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Novo Holdings to take a 25% share in Envirotainer

Novo Holdings has agreed to acquire a 24.9% equity stake in Envirotainer in partnership with private equity firm Cinven. Cinven…

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Maersk integrates Damco supply chain and ocean businesses

Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk will bring together its Damco Supply Chain Services and Maersk Line’s Ocean Product from January…

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Qatar Airways takes delivery of two more B777Fs

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of two more Boeing 777 freighters, in what the airline has described as a “further…

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Blockade sees rapid rise in revenues and volumes for Qatar Airways Cargo

Qatar Airways’ cargo revenue rose 34.4% in the 2017/18 fiscal year while airfreight volumes increased 17.8% to 1.36m tonnes as…

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ACS’s Chris Leach to enter into TIACA’s Hall of Fame

Chris Leach, founder and chairman of charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS), is to be inducted into TIACA’s Hall of…

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Healy becomes regional chief operating officer at FedEx Express Europe

FedEx Express has confirmed that Sean Healy is to become the regional chief operating officer of FedEx Express Europe. Healy…

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Steve Griffiths named as Stansted chief operating officer

Steve Griffiths, who has served previously as chief operating officer for Virgin Atlantic Airways as well as with Transport for…

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Cathay Pacific and Boeing to donate first-ever B777 to museum

Cathay Pacific and Boeing have confirmed that they are to donate the first Boeing 777 to be produced to the…

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DHL to release new Resilience360 mobile app

Global express services giant Deutsche Post DHL is launching its latest app in the supply chain risk management space: the…

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Oman Air to add Athens to expanding network

Oman Air is to fly to Athens from June next year when it will operate a Boeing 737 MAX passenger…

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Silk Way West boosts its Zhengzhou link

Silk Way West Airlines, the Azerbaijan-based B747 freighter operator, is increasing the number of flights between its home hub Baku…

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Qatar Airways Cargo gains QEP accreditation at 10 stations

Qatar Airways has received the Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) accreditation at 10 of its stations: London…

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