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Budapest Airport expecting stable growth

Budapest Airport is expecting cargo to grow five to six per cent a year over the next 10 to 15

Heathrow welcomes Qatar Airways Cargo freighter service

Heathrow Airport has welcomed the first freighter flight operated by Qatar Airways Cargo, the airline’s second freighter aircraft service to

Munich Airport CEO’s contract extended for another year

Munich Airport chief executive officer and president, Dr Michael Kerkloh has had his contract extended for an additional year, meaning

Elieson getting to grips as American cargo chief

American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) president, Rick Elieson says he is “very optimistic” about the future of the airline after

Bollore invests in state of the art automation facility in Singapore

Bollore Logistics Singapore is to invest 10 million Singapore dollars ($7.2 million) in its first automation facility featuring a 12,000

Rhenus expands in Indonesia with office in Surabaya

Rhenus Group continues to expand in South East Asia with a business site in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. This

IATA: Airfreight growth slows in April but still up 8.5%

Global airfreight growth slowed in April but freight tonne kilometres still rose by 8.5 per cent, well above the five

Icelandair picks B&H as partner for AOG and urgent shipments

Icelandair Group has picked B&H Worldwide as its global partner for managing time-critical, AOG and urgent airline spare shipments effective

RiverOak to hold meetings to reopen Manston as airfreight hub

RiverOak Strategic Partners is to hold seven public consultation events as part of a six-week consultation period to reopen Manston

AirBridgeCargo starts 2017 with 17% volume growth

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has got off to a strong start in 2017 with 17 per cent year-on-year growth in the

Scharwath takes over as DHL Global Forwarding, Freight CEO

Tim Scharwath has joined the Deutsche Post DHL Group board of management as the chief executive officer (CEO) of DHL

WorldACD: Respectable April growth but figures remain unclear

Worldwide air cargo volumes grew a respectable 7.7 per cent in April but WorldACD says it is hard to tell

Volga-Dnepr helps increase iron ore production in Canada

When mining company Baffinland Iron Mines increased its iron ore production quota, Volga-Dnepr Airlines was on hand to help bring

ACS squeezes cube containers into Ilyushin with centimetres to spare

Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged the shipment of two high cube containers for the oil and gas industry, fitting them

Changi cargo keeps rising and passes 2m tonnes in 12 months

Changi Airport’s cargo volumes keep rising with 4.4 per cent growth in April to 171,720 tonnes, and reached a record

Virgin Australia to launch Melbourne – Hong Kong flights

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to increase capacity to Australia with Melbourne – Hong Kong flights by its partner, Virgin Australia

Pangea Logistics members fly motorbikes around the world

Freight forwarder members of Pangea Logistics Network have been busy transporting motorbikes around the world to locations including Moscow and

Volga-Dnepr brings power to Madagascar on AN-124 flights

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered 11 generators on board a series of six Antonov AN-124-100 flights to increase capacity at the

HNA Modern Logistics Group established with flights from Xi’an

HNA Modern Logistics Group has been officially established in Xi’an with European and American routes to support China’s ‘Silk Road

Emirates flies luxury Jaguar Land Rovers from Birmingham to Chicago

Emirates SkyCargo has put its SkyWheels product to good use by transporting exclusive Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cars to Chicago.

AAPA: Asia Pacific profits remain at $6.9b in 2016

Profits across Asia Pacific remained at $6.9 billion in 2016 helped by strong air cargo markets negating yield pressures, while

TIACA to work with Indonesia to help airfreight grow

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) will work with the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) and other freight companies

DHL expands temperature controlled facilities at Brussels Airport

DHL Global Forwarding Belgium has expanded its Brussels Airport facility, with the temperature controlled area growing to 5,300 square metre

Qantas and Sai Cheng sign deal to fly Chinese airmail to the US

Qantas Freight has entered a one year agreement with Sai Cheng Logistics International to fly airmail weekly out of China

National Airlines and Navitrans to fly around the world

National Airlines and Navitrans USA are to launch round the world Boeing 747-400 Freighter services connecting several key global airports.

KLM to fly to India’s economic heart with Amsterdam – Mumbai flights

KLM is to launch Amsterdam – Mumbai flights on 29 October as part of its 2017-18 winter schedule, providing up

AEI to carry out third 737-400SF freighter conversion for Kalitta

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has inducted its third 11 pallet Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversion for Kalitta Charters, and will re-deliver it

Oman Air picks ECS Group as Benelux sales partner

Oman Air Cargo has chosen ECS Group as its sales partner in Europe’s Benelux region, in a contract to be

Emirates profits fall 70% and market is expected to remain challenging

Emirates Group profits have fallen by 70 per cent in the 2016-17 financial year to 2.4 billion dirhams ($653 million)

Dumont chosen as Unilode CEO, Bertsch to join board of directors

Benoit Dumont is to take over as chief executive officer (CEO) of Unilode Aviation Solutions, replacing Dr Ludwig Bertsch, who

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