A UK Transport Committee has backed plans to develop a third runway at Heathrow but has recommended several changes to…
March 2018
ATI pilots ratify new deal
23 / 03 / 2018
Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) confirmed this week that pilot employees of its Air Transport International (ATI) subsidiary…
Cargo plays an important role in Doncaster Sheffield Airport’s master plan
22 / 03 / 2018
Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA), a gateway in the north of England serving the region around those two cities, has released…
DHL breaks ground on Eaton facility
22 / 03 / 2018
DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics segment of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has broken ground on the construction of a…
Virgin Atlantic sees disappointing 2017 results – but cargo news is good
22 / 03 / 2018
Virgin Atlantic has reported its financial results for the 2017 calendar year. The carrier made a pre-tax loss of £28.4m…
DHL flies water purification vehicle from Israel to India
22 / 03 / 2018
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight forwarding specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, has flown a water purification…
Tony Bauckham joins Volga-Dnepr UK team
22 / 03 / 2018
Tony Bauckham has joined Volga-Dnepr UK, a global charter sales centre for Volga-Dnepr Airlines, as its commercial director. Bauckham will…
RUS Aviation resumes Sulaymaniyah freighter connection
22 / 03 / 2018
Sharjah-headquartered freighter operator RUS Aviation has resumed the scheduled cargo services that link its home base in the UAE to…
WCA conference attracts nearly 3,000 forwarders to Singapore
22 / 03 / 2018
Freight forwarder network WCA hosted its 10th Annual Worldwide Conference in Singapore between March 4 and 6, at which more…
AGX and Knot Global Japan respond to call to action
22 / 03 / 2018
Freight forwarders AGX and Knot Global Japan have co-operated on a critical aircraft on ground (AOG) logistics shipment after an…
Vanneste to take over as chairman of Cologne Bonn Airport
22 / 03 / 2018
The Supervisory Board of Cologne Bonn Airport has elected Johan Vanneste as a new member and both chairman and chief…
Asia Cargo Monthly: February figures confirm good start to the year
22 / 03 / 2018
Asian carrier’s cargo performance in February has confirmed a strong start to the year for the region. January’s figures suggested…
Cathay Pacific looks back at improved cargo results in 2017
22 / 03 / 2018
Ronald Lam, director commercial and cargo at Cathay Pacific, has cast an eye back at a much-improved year for the…
Panalpina management report stresses positive development of airfreight
21 / 03 / 2018
Panalpina handled 995,900 tons of airfreight in 2017, the highest in the company’s history. The global supply chain services provider…
Damco to streamline cross-border e-commerce
21 / 03 / 2018
Damco has revealed plans to streamline cross-border e-commerce for its clients, with an initial priority of tackling the lack of…
CLA airs its views with the UK’s aviation minister
21 / 03 / 2018
Senior executives from UK-based freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) have met with the country’s aviation minister, Baroness Sugg, in order –…
China Cargo Airlines inaugurates Frankfurt – Shanghai link
21 / 03 / 2018
China Cargo Airlines has inaugurated a new Boeing 777 freighter connection between Shanghai-Pudong International Airport and Germany’s Frankfurt Airport. Frankfurt…
EU rules aim to boost e-commerce uptake in Europe
21 / 03 / 2018
On March 13 Members of the European Parliament adopted a proposal to make the cross-border parcel delivery market more transparent and competitive…
West Atlantic to offer B737-800BCFs for ‘express logistics provider’
21 / 03 / 2018
Gothenburg-headquartered freighter operator West Atlantic has announced that it has agreed a long-term deal on the operation of four 737-800BCFs…
United Airlines suspends PetSafe offering
21 / 03 / 2018
US carrier United has temporarily stopped accepting bookings for pets travelling in the cargo hold via its PetSafe service, while…