US cargo airlines challenge legacy carriers over 'threat to Open Skies'

US CARGO airlines have again voiced support for Gulf carriers in the face of a concerted effort...

China's Belt and Road initiative wins friends in Belgium's Liege Airport

BELGIUM's Liege Airport is the latest to benefit from the China's Belt and Road Initiative,...

Bollore Logistics increases French air freight volumes at CDG by 44pc

FRENCH forwarding giant Bollore Logistics handled 690,000 tonnes of air freight worldwide...

Hong Kong airport's Q1 dives 5.4pc to 1.1 million tons after flat March

HONG KONG International Airport (HKIA) recorded just 0

Brussels airport March cargo down 12pc to 44,532 tons

THE EUROPEAN airports of Brussels and Frankfurt experienced different freight traffic demand...

Cathay-Dragon suffers 2.5pc air cargo drop in March to 185,156 tonnes

HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 185,156 tonnes of cargo and mail...

Hong Kong, Memphis, Shanghai still the top three of world cargo airports

HONG KONG and Memphis airports are still No 1 and No 2 in air cargo volume respectively with...

Budapest airport 2018 cargo volumes leap 14.9pc to 146,113 tonnes

BUDAPEST's Ferenc Liszt International Airport returned another record year with cargo...

A record 40-tonne spare part is plane sailing for AirBridge

RUSSIA's AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported a 37

Freightos WebCargo acquires Chennai-based Air Freight Bazaar

E-BOOKING platform Freightos WebCargo has acquired India's Air Freight Bazaar, a regional...

Bahrain airport rolls out the red carpet for Formula 1 Grand Prix cargo

BAHRAIN International Airport (BIA) handled 23 per cent more cargo related to the Gulf Air...

WFS in Schiphol seizes Jet Airways' B777 over unpaid fees

CARGO handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has seized a Jet Airways Boeing 777 at Amsterdam...

SriLankan Airlines' 5-year plan aims to boost cost-efficiency and productivity

SRILANKAN Airlines has devised a five-year business plan through 2024 to transform itself...

IATA reports 4.7pc overall drop in global air cargo volumes in February

AIR cargo demand continued to fall in February, as the industry suffered its weakest month...

Qantas Freight to upgrade fleet leasing two B747-8Fs from Atlas Air

QANTAS Freight has announced that from late July it will upgrade its freighter fleet with...

Mexican auto part exporters turn to air cargo to avoid border gridlock

A FIVE-mile-long line of trucks at the US-Mexican border has prompted exporters based in Mexico...

Amazon strengthens ties with Atlas Air and ATSG

E-COMMERCE giant Amazon is gearing up to take up to 40 per cent of the shares of both Air...

Amazon confirms move into B737-800Fs with Southern Air CMI deal

ATLAS Air Worldwide (WW) has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern Air, will...

Jakarta Airport to build air cargo village with aim to be global freight hub

JAKARTA's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is preparing to build a 148,000 square...

dnata expands with state-of-the-art cargo facility at Brussels Airport

DUBAI international ground handler dnata continues to increase its global footprint and has...

New cargo terminal at Srinagar airport due to be completed in July 2020

KASHMIR is commencing construction of a dedicated cargo terminal at Srinagar airport in a...

Signs of China-US air freight rates on the rise: FIS

FOLLOWING one of the softest markets in air freight seen for some time with air freight rates...

Etihad Cargo and Etihad Airlines install new flight tracking system

ABU BI's Etihad Airways has implemented the International Civil Aviation Organisation...

40,000 bees from Egypt arrive at UAE's Ras Al Khaimah airport

RAS Al Khaimah airport was a hive of activity with the arrival of a shipment of 40,000 bees...

Kansas City airport breaks ground on new terminal to open in 2023

THE Kansas City Aviation Department has been joined by the city's major airline partners,...

Asia Pacific Airlines say cargo demand dives 12pc in February

DATA published by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (PA) shows that closure of businesses...

Ethiopian Airlines honoured as 'African Champion of the Year'

AFRICA's Ethiopian Airlines has received the African Champion of the Year Award at the...

Amazon's sorting facility to take up 30pc of packed Wilmington air park

AMAZON will be the top client at the Wilmington air park, taking up 30 per cent of the space

China orders 300 jets from Airbus, seen as snub to Boeing

AIRBUS signed a deal worth US$30 billion to sell 300 aircraft to China, coinciding with a...

IATA stresses priorities for growth of global air cargo sector

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has identified three priorities to meet...

Envirotainer opens in Mumbai to offer smart air freight containers

ENVIROTAINER, a provider of secure cold chain solutions for the airlift of pharmaceuticals,...

Ethiopian Airlines CEO has faith in Africa spirits, vows to work with Boeing

ETHIOPIAN Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam has declared his countrymen were heartbroken by...

E-comm, pharma, perishables cushion air cargo in downturns: IATA

GROWING e-commerce volumes as well as pharma products and perishables give the air cargo sector...

Cargo-carrier Raya Airways picks Hactl for Hong Kong ground handling

MALAYSIAN freighter operator Raya Airways has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited...

Changi Airport cargo falls 8.3pc in February as world trade slows

SINGAPORE Changi Airport handled 137,000 tonnes of cargo in February, a decrease of 8

Forward Air to buy FSA Logistics for US$27 million

FORWARD Air Corporation, an air cargo transportation services provider, has announced that...

Cairo Airport Cargo joins Pharma.Aero to join with CEIV firms

THE Cairo Airport Cargo Company (CACC) has joined the Pharma

Long Beach starts development of 'green' features to clean air

THE Port of Long Beach is preparing for more growth despite the US-China trade row through...

Vietnam Airlines to operate at Sheremetyevo instead of Domodedovo

VIETNAM Airlines will relocate its Moscow operations from Domodedovo to Sheremetyevo International...

Australian thinktank urges government to publish air cargo index

THINKTANK Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) has called on the Australian government...

Etihad Airways narrows loss to US$1.28 billion as cargo sales fall 5pc

ABU BI's Etihad Airways narrowed its annual loss in 2018 to US$1

US-China trade row is hammering air cargo growth

US and China trade tensions will hammer air cargo this year, the International Air Transport...

Air Partner opens new offices in Houston and Singapore for chartered air cargo

UK-BASED charter specialist Air Partner has opened two new offices in the Woodlands area of...

Unisys urges air cargo to update cargo management systems

UNISYS Asia Pacific cargo industry director Niranjan Navaratnarajah is urging the air cargo...

Boeing grounds entire fleet of 737 Max aircraft

US President Donald Trump and the Federal Aviation Administration (F) have ordered the grounding...

IATA cuts air cargo traffic growth rate due to US-China trade row, Brexit

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has halved its annual forecast for air...

Sichuan Airlines Cargo starts first Chengdu-Brussels service

SICHUAN Airlines Cargo will commence a freighter service between China and Belgium at the...

TIACA summit to be held at Budapest airport in November

THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) plans to hold its executive summit (ES) organised...

Singapore bans Boeing 737 Max aircraft over its airspace

SINGAPORE has become the lastest nation to ban the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, after two crashes...

UPS boosts air cargo capacity between Hong Kong and Europe by 19pc

US multinational package delivery and supply chain management company UPS has deployed larger...