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Heathrow ready for Valentine’s Day with 570 tonnes of rose imports

Heathrow Airport is expecting to import 570 tonnes of roses, triple the average month to make sure supplies are well

Airlander ready to return to the skies following repairs

The Airlander 10 is repaired and is being prepared to take to the skies again. The hybrid aircraft built by

Hactl handles horses for Longines Masters for 5th time

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has handled 60 horses for the Longines Masters of Hong Kong for the fifth

Heathrow’s strong cargo growth continues into 2017

Heathrow Airport is continuing to grow strongly in 2017 with cargo volumes rising 4.4 per cent to 124,101 tonnes. Between

Lockheed Martin roles out first LM-100J commercial freighter

Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first LM-100J commercial freighter in a traditional role out ceremony in Marietta, Georgia in preparation

FedEx Express’ Southern Europe gateway opens at Milan-Malpensa

FedEx Express’ new international gateway to Southern Europe at Milan-Malpensa Airport is now fully operational, with advanced technology to improve

Limits on scheduled UK – India flights scrapped

Limits of flights to key Indian cities from the UK have been scrapped to ease restrictions on the number of

Singapore Airlines commits to 777-9 and 787-10 orders

Singapore Airlines has committed to purchase 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners, and has recommitted to its previous

Settlements approved in Canadian air cargo price fixing class action

Settlements reaching 29.6 million Canadian dollars ($22.5 million) have been approved for distribution as part of the Canadian Air Cargo

US lettuce volumes double to relieve UK shortage

The shortage of lettuce in the UK due to poor weather in Europe has resulted in a huge surge in

Etihad Cargo remains flat in 2016

Etihad Cargo volumes remained flat in 2016 at 592,700 tonnes despite passenger traffic growing eight per cent over the same

FedEx Supply Chain launches FedEx Fulfillment

FedEx Supply Chain has launched FedEx Fulfillment, an e-commerce product to help small and medium sized businesses fulfil orders from

Cargo iQ to launch smart data portal for members

Cargo iQ is partnering with iRIX Software Engineering and Information Builders to further develop its Smart Data program. The three-stage

Jettainer takes over Brussels Airlines ULD management

Jettainer has taken over the management and maintenance of Brussels Airlines’ unit load devices (ULD) with a specially designed unit

Royal Air Maroc to launch Manchester Casablanca flights

Royal Air Maroc is to start its first non-London UK services to Casablanca with three flights a week from Manchester

Belgian PM visits CAL Group’s headquarters

Belgium’s Prime Minister, Charles Michel has paid a visit to CAL Group’s headquarters, where he got an impression of CAL’s

Qatar Airways operates world’s longest flight to Auckland

Qatar Airways has extended its network with the first Doha – Auckland service, covering a distance of 14,535 kilometres in

Miami handles first ocean-to-air transhipment

Miami International Airport (MIA) has welcomed Florida’s first ever ocean-to-air perishables transhipment, including 10 tonnes of peas from Guatemala that

New cold chain facility for Dallas Fort Worth

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is to increase perishable cargo capacity with the opening of a cold chain facility

CHEP rebranded as Unilode Aviation Solutions

CHEP Aerospace Solutions has been rebranded Unilode Aviation Solutions following its acquisition by EQT Infrastructure in November 2016. Unilode owns

FedEx picked as preferred logistics provider by Space Florida

FedEx has been named preferred logistics provider by Space Florida at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to help support experiments

Heathrow passes important milestone to approve third runway

Expansion of Heathrow Airport has passed the first milestone with the government publishing the draft National Policy Statement, setting out

Exceptional month for air cargo in December

Air cargo had an “exceptional” month in December with volume growth of 9.4 per cent and revenues increasing 4.5 per

IATA: Air cargo outperforms expectations in 2016

Freight volumes outperformed forecasts in 2016 with 3.8 per cent growth helped by strong recovery in the second half of

Amazon to build Cincinnati air cargo hub

Amazon is to create a centralised air cargo hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport to support the growing fleet of Prime

Kuehne + Nagel KN PharmaChain network becomes fully CEIV certified

Kuehne + Nagel has become the first logistics provider to become IATA CEIV Pharma certified across its entire network. The

UPS revenue grows 5.5% in Q4 of 2016

UPS revenue has increased 5.5 per cent in the fourth quarter to $16.9 billion, with strong growth for domestic and

Fourth quarter surge helps DWC cargo grow in 2016

Cargo volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) have grown 0.8 per cent to 897,998 tonnes in 2016 with a surge

Changi Airport’s cargo hits new highs in 2016

Cargo at Changi Airport has grown 6.3 per cent to the new high of 1.97 million tonnes with growth coming

Profits rise at All Nippon Airways despite sliding cargo revenue

All Nippon Airways profits rose 18 per cent in nine months despite cargo revenue falling 23.6 per cent on international

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