July 2019

UK Aviation 2050: Airfreight must play a defining role

Alex Veitch, head of multimodal policy at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), explains why the cargo sector should be a…

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Save the date: Air Cargo News Awards and Conference

Air Cargo News is delighted to announced that the Cargo Airline of the Year awards and Air Cargo Conference will…

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Trump attends Qatar Cargo B777F signing ceremony

US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, attended the signing ceremony for Qatar…

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Menzies Aviation signs up to ULD code of conduct

Menzies Aviation has become the latest signatory to IATA’s ULD CARE’s Code of Conduct which aims to reduce damage to…

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Seven months of cargo declines in a row at European airports

Air cargo traffic at European airports declined for the seventh month in a row in May. The latest figures from…

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Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines

A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to…

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Swissport to expand in Brussels with new cargo centre

Swissport is investing in a new air cargo facility at Brussels Airport as it targets growth in the pharma sector….

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FedEx adds its first B767F to its European network

FedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter – the first of…

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Atlas pilots vow to fight on despite appeals court setback

Unions representing the pilots of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have vowed to petition for a rehearing after a…

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Agility on a growth trajectory despite market slowdown

Michael Blaufuss’ CV reads like a Who’s Who of the freight forwarding industry over the last 30 years, but surprisingly…

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Ethiopian Cargo launches new China freighter service

Ethiopian Cargo has added a new weekly Boeing 777F service to Chongqing in Southwest China. The service will have a…

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UPS invests in Asian express operations

Express firm UPS has revealed a series of investments in Asia that it claimed would increase its service footprint and…

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SEKO expands in Chicago with new hub

SEKO Logistics has opened a new facility in Chicago following its January acquisition of freight forwarder GoodShip International. The new…

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Court rules in favour of Atlas in ‘work slowdown’ dispute

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has affirmed a Federal Court ruling that ordered Atlas Air…

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Virgin Atlantic Cargo eyes a digital future

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has just announced that it is the first to adopt the 8.0 version of the cloud-enabled, end-to-end…

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EL AL confirms exit from B747 freighter operations

EL AL Israel Airlines has ended its Boeing 747-400 freighter operations in favour of partnerships with ASL Airlines and AirBridgeCargo….

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Cargolux ramps up Xiamen freighter flights

Freighter operator Cargolux Airlines has launched a third weekly frequency to Xiamen to meet growing customer demand.     The new service,…

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Rhenus partners with Wings for Aid on relief drone operations

Rhenus Air & Ocean and drone charity Wings for Aid have signed an agreement to work together to explore the…

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Garuda Indonesia plans to launch drone network

Airline Garuda Indonesia is hoping to develop a fleet of as many as 100 drones to deliver cargo across the…

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Swissport nabs CEVA CFO Waller

Ground handler Swissport has appointed Peter Waller as Chief Financial Officer and member of Group Executive Management. Waller will take…

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