October 2019

ASL Airlines Belgium collaborates with Jettainer on ULD fleet

ASL Airlines Belgium has chosen Jettainer to manage and maintain its fleet of ULDs over a five-year contractual period. ASL…

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TIACA announces finalists for its first Sustainability Award

TIACA has revealed the three finalists of its first ever Sustainability Award, which was established to recognise and reward organisations…

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PayCargo continues to grow as executive team changes revealed

PayCargo has announced the appointment of two new executives and a third change to its management line up as the…

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Air France KLM reveals winter schedule

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has revealed its winter schedule with new services to Bangalore, Liberia (Costa Rica) and Miami….

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Wing Aviation and FedEx trial US’s first drone delivery service

Last week (October 18), FedEx Express partnered with Wing Aviation to execute the US’s first commercial drone delivery as part…

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FTA: We need more information to prepare for Brexit

The logistics industry has responded to the UK government’s Brexit announcement yesterday (October 17). James Hookham, deputy chief executive of…

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CharterSync adds two to the team

Recently-launched air charter platform CharterSync has recruited two more people to the business:  Izzy Hamilton to head up the finance…

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Qantas to trial weekly Cairns–Hong Kong freighter service

Qantas is adding a call at Cairns on its Sunday freighter service from Sydney to Hong Kong for a six…

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25 ACS on-board couriers take one shipment in 186 packages

Air Charter Service divided a five tonne shipment, which was labelled urgent, into 186 packages so that it could be…

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Cathay Pacific releases combined traffic figures for September 2019

Cathay Pacific Group has announced that tonnage carried and load factor for the year to date are “significantly below” the…

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CEVA appoints head of healthcare business development

CEVA Logistics has appointed Niels van Namen to the position of global head of healthcare business development. He has more…

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DHL ships two manatees from Cincinnati to Orlando for release into the wild

DHL has successfully transported two manatees, by air, from Cincinnati to Orlando. The movement of the animals was part of…

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Garuda to continue freighter fleet expansion

Garuda Indonesia and GECAS have entered into a lease agreement for two B737-800 Boeing-converted freighters (BCF). The passenger-converted aircraft are…

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Kuehne + Nagel expands its Geel pharma facility

Kuehne + Nagel has upgraded and expanded its pharma hub in Geel, Belgium that offers multimodal, temperature-controlled forwarding and warehousing…

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Envirotainer upgrades its Liège station to handle RAP e2 containers

Cold chain ULD provider Envirotainer has upgraded its Liège network station to also be able to handle the RAP e2…

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CAL Cargo continues to expand US freighter flights

Liege-based CAL Cargo is adding a twice-weekly B747 freighter service to Los Angeles as it continues to expand its operations…

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Network Airline Management adds freighter flights to Johannesburg

Network Airline Management (NAM) has introduced a new twice-weekly scheduled B747F service from its European hub in Liege (LGG) to…

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DHL Express to boost productivity with new Pittsburgh facility

DHL Express has invested $2.85m into upgrading and relocating its Canonsburg service centre to Pittsburgh. The new facility will process…

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GECAS revealed as launch customer for B777F conversion programme

GECAS is forecasting that the Boeing 777-300ER freighter conversion programme launched with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) could secure more than…

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Volga-Dnepr delivers bio medicines in fight against Ebola

Last week (October 8) Volga-Dnepr undertook an emergency cargo flight carrying mobile biomedical laboratories to assist the Mérieux Foundation in…

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