February 2018

UPS sues EC for €1.7bn over blocked TNT takeover

UPS is suing the European Commission for €1.7bn over its decision to block the takeover of TNT in 2013, a…

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Finnair Cargo, playing it cool

Finnair Cargo managing director Janne Tarvainen’s 24 years at the airline have seen him occupy a wide variety of roles….

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Air cargo demand grows ahead of expectation in January

Air cargo demand and revenues improved in January, but it is too early to tell whether this foreshadows another strong…

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Flexport adds scheduled freighter offering

Freight forwarder Flexport will offer "in-house" scheduled airfreight services from April this year following on from its ad hoc charter…

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Vallair delivers leased B737-400F to ASL Aviation

Luxembourg-based aircraft trading and leasing company Vallair has delivered a Boeing 737-400F to ASL Aviation Holdings (Ireland).  The aircraft recently went…

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Airfreight rates up on 2017 levels in February

Airfreight rates on major transpacific, Asia-Europe and translatlantic routes continued to track ahead of 2017 levels in February, despite demand…

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Lights on for first runway at Istanbul New Airport: VIDEO

The lights have been switched on for the number one runway at the new Istanbul airport in Turkey which is…

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Airfreight’s ‘outstanding’ 2017 for Kuehne+Nagel

Global freight forwarder Kuehne+Nage (K+N) reported an "outstanding" 2017 for airfreight as it saw tonnages surge by 20.4%, growing twice as…

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Year end 2017 cargo surge at Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport hubs

Airfreight tonnages at Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports grew 4.8% and 2.1% respectively in December according to regional airport body ACI…

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January cargo surge for Asia Pacific airlines

Preliminary traffic figures for January 2018 from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that international air cargo markets…

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South African Airways restarts B737 freighter services

South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has restarted Boeing 737-300 freighter services which were temporarily suspended while the carrier undertook aircraft maintenance…

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SF Express airport plan gains government approval

The Chinese government has approved SF Express’ plan to build a 2.4m tonne capacity airport in the country’s Hubei province….

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American, and Qantas resubmit JV application to US regulator

American Airlines and Qantas have filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) seeking approval to form a…

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Berger joins ATSG as chief commercial officer

US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has hired Mike Berger as chief commercial officer. Berger will assume responsibility…

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Dutch shipper groups respond to plans to merge Schiphol Cargo

Three leading Dutch shipper and forwarder groups have said they hope the merger of Schiphol’s cargo and aviation marketing divisions…

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Forwarder group’s cyber attack warning

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging its members to review their cyber security policies after last year’s petya…

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UPS expands express service

UPS has expanded its Worldwide Express package service to more than 124 countries and territories, adding 57 new countries and…

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SkyCell appoints new chief commercial officer

Temp-controlled container provider Skycell has appointed Marrie Groeneveld as chief commercial officer, effective February 1. Groeneveld has a 30 years…

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Changi sees cargo growth accelerate in January

Changi Airport saw air cargo demand get off to a flyer in January as growth accelerated ahead of levels registered…

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Tianjin Cargo Airlines set for May launch

Tianjin Cargo Airlines is set to launch operations in May utilising B737 aircraft, according to local reports. According to China…

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