Germany’s Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) has withdrawn its interest in Lufthansa after the airline’s operations and income were hit by…
September 2022
Gesher and Freightos merger and listing plans progress
14 / 09 / 2022
Publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company Gesher I Acquisition Corp. and cargo booking portal Freightos have progressed their plans to merge…
Forwarder deugro sells its Russian business
14 / 09 / 2022
Project forwarder deugro has sold its Russian business following the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The company said that the…
Freight data platform Xeneta raises funding to expand
14 / 09 / 2022
Sea and airfreight data provider Xeneta has raised $80m in funding that will be used to expand its commercial team…
Peli BioThermal launches new tailored service
14 / 09 / 2022
Temperature-controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal has launched a new service that uses data analysis to decide which packaging is best…
Dronamics partners with Cotesa to manufacture cargo drones in Europe
14 / 09 / 2022
Middle-mile drone company Dronamics has partnered with composite manufacturer Cotesa to manufacture long-range cargo drones in Europe. The manufacturing partnership…
Schiphol hit by staff shortages with airlines asked to cancel flights
13 / 09 / 2022
Schiphol Airport on Monday asked airlines to cut flight numbers after being again hit by staff shortages. The Dutch airport…
Etihad Cargo positive about new Guangzhou flights
13 / 09 / 2022
Etihad Cargo is hoping to capitalise on the addition of new passenger flights to China in October. The two weekly…
Teleport to add three leased Airbus A321 freighters
13 / 09 / 2022
Teleport is expanding its fleet with the addition of three Airbus A321 freighters leased from BBAM. This increases the cargo-only…
Scan Global Logistics adds second UAE office this year
13 / 09 / 2022
Fast-growing forwarder Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened its second office in the UAE in less than a year. The…
BBN plans to set up Indonesian cargo airline
13 / 09 / 2022
Holding company BBN Cargo Airlines is planning on adding a new airline based in Indonesia as it looks to capitalise…
UAE approves first electric cargo plane
13 / 09 / 2022
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved a temporary licence for the first all-electric, zero-emissions cargo plane in the region. …
Ethiopian to lease B767 freighters from Titan
12 / 09 / 2022
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to lease three Boeing 767-300ER converted freighters from Titan Aviation. The African carrier will take…
Liege Airport appeals permit that will reduce “activities drastically and rapidly”
12 / 09 / 2022
Cargo specialist Liege Airport will appeal a recently published environmental permit because of limits on flights and noise. The airport…
CargoTech grows with its fourth member
12 / 09 / 2022
Digital air cargo project CargoTech is growing with the addition of new Netherlands-based data intelligence company Rotate. Founded on June…
Vietravel Airlines and Asean Cargo Gateway partner on new cargo airline in Vietnam
12 / 09 / 2022
Vietnam’s Vietravel Airlines aims to launch a new cargo airline in cooperation with logistics service Asean Cargo Gateway (ACG). With…
EFW hits conversion milestone and delivers freighter to MNG Airlines
12 / 09 / 2022
Conversion house Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has hit a milestone with the completion of 20 A330-300 passenger to freighter conversions (P2F)…
Air Charter Service launches dedicated time-critical division
12 / 09 / 2022
Charter firm Air Charter Service (ACS) has launched a new time-critical business in order to consolidate its various services for…
Aero Africa opens Nairobi office
12 / 09 / 2022
Air cargo service provider Aero Africa has opened a new regional office in Nairobi. The new office will look after…
Reliable Robotics and Astral team up on autonomous flying
12 / 09 / 2022
Autonomous aircraft firm Reliable Robotics and Kenya-based airline Astral Aviation have launched a new partnership they hope will increase the…