Sri Lanka-based Logistics firm EFL recently launched a weekly B777F charter flight between Pittsburgh in the US and Doha as…
June 2019
Hourcade leaves IATA after 13 years
11 / 06 / 2019
IATA’s head of cargo innovation Celine Hourcade has announced she is leaving the organisation after more than 13 years. Hourcade…
Saudia Cargo grapples with another wrestling transport operation
10 / 06 / 2019
Saudia Cargo transported 175 tons of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) equipment to Jeddah from Maastricht in the Netherlands for the…
FedEx ditches Amazon contract
10 / 06 / 2019
FedEx has made the strategic decision to not renew the FedEx Express US domestic contract with Amazon in order to…
Air cargo rate platform targets accelerator event
10 / 06 / 2019
Air cargo pricing and booking platform SpotRates has been selected to participate in Switzerland’s 2019 accelerator programme, The Mass Challenge….
Air cargo braces for an innovation tornado
10 / 06 / 2019
An “innovation tornado” promises to sweep away outdated air cargo processes but there are still potential obstacles in the path…
SAA announces appointment of new acting chief executive
07 / 06 / 2019
As outlined by ACN earlier today (June 7), South African Airways (SAA) has promised that it will achieve stability in…
Munich welcomes new Dallas/Fort Worth connection
07 / 06 / 2019
Munich Airport has welcomed the inaugural new seasonal connection now offered by American Airlines (AA) between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport…
Achim Martinka named as VP Germany by Lufthansa Cargo
07 / 06 / 2019
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Achim Martinka as vice president Germany. Martinka succeeds J Florian Pfaff, who took over as vice…
Progress made on slot allocation governance structure
07 / 06 / 2019
IATA, Airports Council International (ACI) World and the Worldwide Airport Coordinators Group (WWACG) have announced the agreement of a new…
EgyptAir flies into Dulles
07 / 06 / 2019
Earlier this week (June 4), Washington Dulles International Airport welcomed EgyptAir’s inaugural service from Cairo International Airport. The carrier is…
Qantas looks to potential of tie-up with American Airlines
07 / 06 / 2019
Qantas has said that it welcomes what it calls the US Department of Transportation’s “tentative approval” of its and American…
Jan Smets named as SN Airholding director
07 / 06 / 2019
Jan Smets, a former governor of the National Bank of Belgium, has been elected to the board of directors of…
SAA promises stability
07 / 06 / 2019
Last week (June 2), South African Airways (SAA) confirmed that its board had accepted the resignation of Vuyani Jarana, the…
MIA gets green light on massive improvement programme
07 / 06 / 2019
The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners has adopted a new capital improvement programme for Miami International Airport (MIA) that…
John Park to join Australia’s FTA
07 / 06 / 2019
Australia’s Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has announced that John Park will join the FTA as its head of business…
Finnair Cargo on the up in May
07 / 06 / 2019
Finland’s flag-carrier, Finnair, has reported some positive results in relation to cargo carried last month. The airline flew 97.3m revenue…
Kenya Airways announces new cargo partners
07 / 06 / 2019
In the build-up to the launch of Kenya Airways’ flights to Geneva and Rome next week (June 13), the Nairobi-headquartered…
Belgium launches new BE-GATE digital customs platform
07 / 06 / 2019
Belgian air and sea cargo gateways are to benefit from the introduction of a new customs platform designed to simplify…
FAA promises money for US airport improvements
06 / 06 / 2019
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the allocation of $840m in airport infrastructure grants, US Department of Transportation…