Alex Veitch, head of multimodal policy at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), explains why the cargo sector should be a…
July 2019
Save the date: Air Cargo News Awards and Conference
11 / 07 / 2019
Air Cargo News is delighted to announced that the Cargo Airline of the Year awards and Air Cargo Conference will…
Trump attends Qatar Cargo B777F signing ceremony
11 / 07 / 2019
US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, attended the signing ceremony for Qatar…
Menzies Aviation signs up to ULD code of conduct
10 / 07 / 2019
Menzies Aviation has become the latest signatory to IATA’s ULD CARE’s Code of Conduct which aims to reduce damage to…
Seven months of cargo declines in a row at European airports
10 / 07 / 2019
Air cargo traffic at European airports declined for the seventh month in a row in May. The latest figures from…
Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines
10 / 07 / 2019
A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to…
Swissport to expand in Brussels with new cargo centre
10 / 07 / 2019
Swissport is investing in a new air cargo facility at Brussels Airport as it targets growth in the pharma sector….
FedEx adds its first B767F to its European network
10 / 07 / 2019
FedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter – the first of…
Atlas pilots vow to fight on despite appeals court setback
10 / 07 / 2019
Unions representing the pilots of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have vowed to petition for a rehearing after a…
Agility on a growth trajectory despite market slowdown
09 / 07 / 2019
Michael Blaufuss’ CV reads like a Who’s Who of the freight forwarding industry over the last 30 years, but surprisingly…
Ethiopian Cargo launches new China freighter service
09 / 07 / 2019
Ethiopian Cargo has added a new weekly Boeing 777F service to Chongqing in Southwest China. The service will have a…
UPS invests in Asian express operations
09 / 07 / 2019
Express firm UPS has revealed a series of investments in Asia that it claimed would increase its service footprint and…
SEKO expands in Chicago with new hub
09 / 07 / 2019
SEKO Logistics has opened a new facility in Chicago following its January acquisition of freight forwarder GoodShip International. The new…
Court rules in favour of Atlas in ‘work slowdown’ dispute
09 / 07 / 2019
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has affirmed a Federal Court ruling that ordered Atlas Air…
Virgin Atlantic Cargo eyes a digital future
09 / 07 / 2019
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has just announced that it is the first to adopt the 8.0 version of the cloud-enabled, end-to-end…
EL AL confirms exit from B747 freighter operations
08 / 07 / 2019
EL AL Israel Airlines has ended its Boeing 747-400 freighter operations in favour of partnerships with ASL Airlines and AirBridgeCargo….
Cargolux ramps up Xiamen freighter flights
08 / 07 / 2019
Freighter operator Cargolux Airlines has launched a third weekly frequency to Xiamen to meet growing customer demand. The new service,…
Rhenus partners with Wings for Aid on relief drone operations
08 / 07 / 2019
Rhenus Air & Ocean and drone charity Wings for Aid have signed an agreement to work together to explore the…
Garuda Indonesia plans to launch drone network
05 / 07 / 2019
Airline Garuda Indonesia is hoping to develop a fleet of as many as 100 drones to deliver cargo across the…
Swissport nabs CEVA CFO Waller
05 / 07 / 2019
Ground handler Swissport has appointed Peter Waller as Chief Financial Officer and member of Group Executive Management. Waller will take…