Author: James Muir

Heathrow Airport has seen cargo volumes increase by 2.7 per cent in February to 121,424 tonnes, with exports to Latin

Changi Airport Group (CAG) is aiming to become the first Asian airport to attain International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center

Qatar Airways has announced 14 new routes across Europe, Africa and Asia, including Doha – Auckland, which it says will

Deutsche Post DHL Group has seen profits for 2015 fall by 25.6 per cent to 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion),

LATAM Airlines Group has doubled its losses to $219.2 million in 2015, and its cargo division has continued to struggle.

Kalitta Charters has ordered a second Boeing 737-400SF conversion from Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), to be delivered in June 2016. The

China Eastern Airlines is to increase US services with daily flights between Chicago and Shanghai from 18 March. The airline

Air France KLM has had a difficult month in February, with revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) falling by 9.7 per cent

Lord Paul Deighton is to take over as chairman of the Heathrow Airport board, succeeding Sir Nigel Rudd, who is

Emirates is to upgrade its daily Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport service from an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300 from

Freight tonne kilometres (FTK) in January rose by 2.7 per cent but load factors continue to fall suggesting yields will

Yusen Logistics Indonesia has opened air import operations at Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport. Yusen says the Halim service will

Deutsche Post DHL Group has sent its Disaster Response Team (DRT) to Fiji to help coordinate relief efforts at Suva

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a Breeze-M booster from Russia to Kazakhstan as part of the ExoMars mission between the European

Freight volumes at European airports have got off to a strong start in 2016, up 3.5 per cent in January,

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KL-MP) has introduced its ‘Kold Kart’ for safe transportation of cool chain products at airports

US carriers are looking to take advantage of the US and Cuba agreeing to resume scheduled services by applying to

The air cargo industry needs mechanisms to make 100 per cent e-freight adoption a reality, delegates at the Kale Thought

Air Europa has renewed its unit load device (ULD) management partnership with CHEP Aerospace Solutions for another five years. Under

Qatar Airways has increased Australian services with daily Boeing 777-300 flights from Doha to Sydney. The Sydney service will offer

Bram Graeber is to leave Air France-KLM on 1 June to work at Royal Boskalis Westminster. Graeber has worked for

Air Inuit is to be the launch customer for Bombardier’s Q300 passenger to freighter conversion, which will serve Canada’s Northern

Shannon Airport has handled its first horse shipment of 2016, with the arrival of six thoroughbreds on a Turkish Airlines

Bright Flight has chosen Germany’s Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport (PAD) as its base for an Antonov AN-26B Freighter with a capacity of

Qatar Airways Cargo has transported 118 show jumping and dressage horses from Belgium to Qatar for the CHI Al Shaqab,

Turkish Airlines has seen cargo revenue fall despite tonnage increasing and profits breaking the $1 billion barrier. Total cargo revenue

F.S. Mackenzie has opened its 17th branch in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, for imports to the Caucasus region. The

Kuehne + Nagel has seen profits increase by 5.4 per cent to 679 million Swiss francs in 2015 ($680 million)

Qatar Airways Cargo saw cargo volumes increase by 37.5 per cent in 2015 to 1.5 million tonnes with all business

Aeroflot has reduced its losses by 62.1 per cent in 2015 to 6.5 billion roubles ($86 million) with cargo revenue