Leipzig/Halle Airport posts 5.5% growth in 1H 2017

Cargo volumes at Germany’s second-largest freight hub Leipzig/Halle Airport continue to grow. In the first six months of the year,

Strong surge in freight tonnage at Frankfurt-Hahn

In the first half of 2017, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport saw a strong increase in its cargo business – as it recorded

Amazon’s Prime Day set to be biggest yet as its aircraft fly

Amazon’s Prime Day is set to be biggest in its history for sales, the e-commerce giant announced yesterday as its

Europe’s airports call on UK to set detailed Brexit position

The European airport industry today once again warned about Brexit and its potential impact on European air transport, connectivity and

Celebi Delhi Cargo terminal goes live with Kale’s IT system

Celebi Delhi Cargo terminal has gone live with Kale Logistics Solutions’ Galaxy (domestic module) Cargo Management system. This is part

dnata Singapore opens new maintenance base at Changi Airport

dnata Singapore has opened a new 6,900 square metre maintenance base at Singapore Changi Airport located next to the dnata

Mexican carrier Interjet signs contract with Swissport Canada

Swissport Canada has signed a contract with Mexican carrier Interjet to provide ground handling services for operations at Montreal Trudeau

Gatwick Airport posts 20.6% tonnage rise in June

New long-haul belly connections continue to drive cargo figures at London’s Gatwick Airport. The UK gateway handled 7,835 tonnes in

New initiatives for TIACA and board members happy with progress

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has been branching out and is running new initiatives as it looks to grow

ACI Europe: impressive freight performance in May

Freight traffic posted impressive monthly year-on-year (YOY) growth of 12.2 per cent in May, according to the Airports Council International

AMI UK passes 1 million spot-rate milestone

AMI has provided its one millionth cargo spot-rate quote in the UK. The trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler opened its

Schiphol targets more pharma community members

Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) is looking to add members to further improve cooperation, collaboration and transparency in the pharma supply

President Trump arrival set to have a positive and negative effect

US freight forwarders’ biggest concern is the overload of regulations at home and abroad, according to Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive

UK freight forwarders welcome Customs fallback system

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed news that an electronic back-up system that would prevent the impact of

Solar-powered cargo facility for Swissport at JKIA

Swissport Kenya has opened Kenya’s first solar-powered cargo facility at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi and is aiming

PEMCO pens agreement with GEMECO for P2F conversions

PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced an agreement with China-based MRO Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (GAMECO) to perform

Virgin Atlantic Cargo makes senior sales team appointments

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has made two senior appointments to its sales team, which it says comes at a time it

Incheon joins the Asian tonnage growth party

Incheon International Airport in South Korea saw international cargo grow year-on-year (YOY) by 7.7 per cent in May to 238,000

Cargolux adds Quito in Ecuador to its Americas network

Cargolux Airlines inaugurated a scheduled freighter service to Quito in Ecuador on 2 July and will operate the route four

Rhenus acquires Australian freight forwarder

The Rhenus group has bought Australian freight forwarder O’Brien Customs and Forwarding Pty Ltd. The company says it will also

Tonnage down 4.7% in May at Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi International Airport handled 62,560 tonnes of cargo in May, which was a fall of 4.7 per cent on

Widebody 777 belly routes added by United Airlines

United Airlines has grown its network after adding additional widebody routes utilising a Boeing 777-300ER – which is set to

Turkish adds a second Nigeria freighter route to its network

Turkish Cargo continues to grow its African freighter network and has added a route to Kano – its second connection

WorldACD: fairy tale year for air cargo continues

The fairy tale continued in May for the air cargo industry, according to the latest figures monthly report by WorldACD

Wellcamp targets more freighters after Cathay Pacific success

Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is looking to add more freighters over the next year to the weekly Cathay Pacific Cargo

Beijing’s new gateway on track to open in 2019

Beijing’s new international airport is developing fast and the steel structure of terminals was completed on Friday, according to media

New agreements set to boost Cargolux into the future

The first six months of 2017 have been quite something at Cargolux Airlines International as it penned two significant agreements

Kerry Logistics launches rail service between Europe and China

Kerry Logistics has launched a weekly scheduled less than container load (LCL) rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Shanghai

Luxembourg airfreight market continues to flourish

Air cargo is vitally important to Luxembourg and there is no country of a similar size where the industry has

Tonnage surges in first five months at the Aeroflot Group

In the first five months of 2017 from January to May the Aeroflot Group handled 100,607 tonnes, a significant 44.9

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