October 2018

Boris Blagojevic-Lee to head up ECS Group subsidiary Skylog

Skylog has appointed Boris Blagojevic-Lee as its new general manager. The German subsidiary of GSSA ECS Group is based in…

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MABkargo meets special request for urgent oil and gas charter

MABkargo, the freight-carrying arm of Malaysia Airlines, has flown a shipment of oil well parts from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar…

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Turkish Cargo carries big cats to Istanbul

Turkish Cargo has transported several wild animals from the Biopark ŠTÍT breeding facility in Prague to Istanbul. The four tigers,…

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Rates on the up in August but growth narrows

Airfreight rates continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in August, although the difference compared with a year ago…

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Swissport delays the collection of its loan to HNA

Ground handler Swissport has extended an agreement to delay the collection of the outstanding balance of its loan to parent…

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Rutges and JM Logistics the first to take space at AMS Cargo Center II

Rutges Cargo Europe and sister company J.M. Logistics have become the first tenant of new warehouse development AMS Cargo Center…

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DHL responds to devastating Indonesian earthquake and tsunami

Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) has deployed its Disaster Response Team (DRT) to Indonesia in the wake of the devastating…

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MAG appoints two new MDs for property business

UK airport group MAG has appointed two new managing directors to lead its property business, which is responsible for a…

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American Airlines Cargo moves into new Milan facility

American Airlines Cargo has switched to a new 53,000 sq ft warehouse operated by handler WFS at Milan’s Malpensa Airport…

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Latam Cargo continues its pharma expansion

Latam Cargo has continued to expand its pharma services, adding a passive option to its London Heathrow flights. The airline…

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Air Partner transports airport equipment to Libya

UK-based charter specialist Air Partner completed an Antonov An-26 freighter flight for airport equipment from the Czech Republic to Libya…

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Another step towards the launch of the Airlander 10 airship

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles a Design Organisation Approval (DOA), an important milestone on…

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Volga-Dnepr’s got a lot of bottle with Uganda flight

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a bottle-filling machine and additional equipment onboard its An-124-100 freighter to Uganda. The charter flight was…

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CEVA Logistics clicks with Saraiva for Brazilian e-tailer’s e-commerce business

Saraiva, Brazil’s largest online retailer, has chosen CEVA Logistics to support the expansion of its distribution network in south-east Brazil….

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Lufthansa adds Frankfurt-Austin and Munich-Bangkok bellyhold from 2019

Lufthansa is expanding its route network out of Germany to the US and Asia with new routes to Austin, Texas,…

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Doctor-coptor VIDEO: DHL drone delivers medicines in East Africa

A DHL-led pilot project to deliver medicines by parcel drone  to remote areas in Kenya, East Africa, has completed more than 180…

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XPO to deploy 5,000 robots in its warehouses

XPO Logistics is to deploy 5,000 “intelligent robots" throughout its logistics sites in North America and Europe. The robots, designed…

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NCA resumes European service just in time for the peak season

Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has resumed one of its Asia-Europe flights as it continues to bring freighter aircraft back to…

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ATSG to acquire US passenger carrier Omni Air International for $845m

US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is to acquire Oklahoma-based Omni Air International (Omni Air), a passenger and…

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DHL’s e-commerce partnership covers all the channels

DHL eCommerce has formed a strategic alliance with ChannelAdvisor, a cloud-based e-commerce solutions provider. ChannelAdvisor enables retailers and brands to…

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