Air cargo demand was flat in the first quarter of the year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and lockdowns in…
April 2022
Air Canada buys two B767-300Fs as revenues climb
26 / 04 / 2022
Air Canada has purchased two new Boeing 767-300F freighters that are due to be delivered this year. The two factory-built…
CDB Aviation takes delivery of its first P2F
26 / 04 / 2022
CDB Aviation has taken delivery of its first freighter aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F). The aircraft was converted by…
Bolloré to open new Abidjan airport logistics facility
26 / 04 / 2022
Bolloré Transport & Logistics Cote d’Ivoire will open a new logistics facility close to Abidjan airport. The CFA3.4bn centre will…
Jettainer adds Wang for new role in Hong Kong
26 / 04 / 2022
ULD management firm Jettainer has appointed Stella Wang to the newly created role of head of product for its lease…
ECS Group’s BCS AIR to be GSSA for DHL Aviation
26 / 04 / 2022
ECS Group’s Brazilian subsidiary, BCS AIR, is working with DHL Aviation to set up the airline’s first Brazilian connection and…
Dimerco’s China-Mexico Air+Road service off to a flying start
26 / 04 / 2022
Freight forwarder Dimerco’s recently launched Air+Road service from South China to Mexico handled more than 70 shipments since its launch….
Profits continue to soar at Kuehne+Nagel in Q1
26 / 04 / 2022
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) saw its overall and airfreight profits continue to soar in the first quarter of the year as supply…
Air Cargo News Awards entry deadline approaching
26 / 04 / 2022
Companies now have just over a week to submit their entries for the Air Cargo News Awards. Those wishing to…
Call to improve safe transport of lithium batteries
25 / 04 / 2022
Airfreight and ship transport of lithium batteries needs to become safer to prevent fires, TT Club has said. The international…
Chapman Freeborn appoints new CFO
25 / 04 / 2022
Chapman Freeborn has appointed Vaida Kojaliene as group chief financial officer. Kojaliene joins Chapman Freeborn having held various financial positions…
Urban-Air Port opens UK demonstration hub for cargo drones
25 / 04 / 2022
UK start-up Urban-Air Port Ltd (UAP) has opened a demonstration hub for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles in…
Wiremind Cargo becomes official subsidiary of Wiremind
25 / 04 / 2022
Wiremind’s dedicated air cargo business unit Wiremind Cargo has now become an official subsidiary. This follows the launch of Wiremind…
US issues TDO for Aviastar
25 / 04 / 2022
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an order temporarily denying all export privileges for the Russian…
Alaska Airlines pilots to vote on strike
25 / 04 / 2022
A strike-authorisation ballot will be carried out amongst Alaska Airlines pilots. The Air Line Pilots Association Int’l (ALPA) said on…
KLM to appeal Schiphol price hike decision
25 / 04 / 2022
KLM will lodge an objection with the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (CBb) over Schiphol’s plans to hike airline…
Record cargo volumes at Dallas Fort Worth as airport hits 1m tons
25 / 04 / 2022
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) handled record volumes of cargo last year as it breached the 1m tons milestone…
World’s first commercial-scale SAF production facility secures permits
22 / 04 / 2022
The world’s first commercial-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility has secured authorisation to scale up its operations. Carbon-net-zero solutions…
Cargo revenues continue to surge at American in Q1
22 / 04 / 2022
American Airlines saw its cargo revenues increase again in the first quarter of the year after a record performance in…
WFS wins new cargo contract in Spain
22 / 04 / 2022
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a contract to provide cargo handling services to Hungarian cargo charter carrier Fleet Air…