QATAR AIRWAYS plans to acquire a 33% stake in Luxembourg freight carrier Cargolux Airlines International, according to its CEO Akbar Al Baker during a press conference in Dubai. He said the move was in order […]
FIGURES FROM the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicate that the growth in scheduled international passenger traffic (year-on-year) slowed to 3.8% during March – down from the 5.8% that was recorded in February. However, freight […]
ASIG has been awarded the Atlas Air Worldwide Holding Safety & Compliance Award for superior standards compliance and safety performance. Atlas Air supplies air cargo assets and outsourced aircraft operating services and solutions and ASIG […]
SILK WAY TECHNICS (SWT), the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary of Azerbaijan cargo operator Silk Way Airlines, has appointed Lufthansa Consulting to provide expertise and advice to assist it with its plans to establish […]
IN DECEMBER Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of the Emirates airline, announced it had recently marked a milestone with its inaugural paperless flight. EK702, from Mauritius to Dubai, became the first flight on its global […]
FOLLOWING THE recent terror attack attempts using explosive parcels in air freight, the Risk & Fraud and Airport Systems divisions of Germany’s Inform are urging the aviation industry to adopt profiling techniques currently being used […]
WORLD AIR cargo traffic will expand at an annual rate of 5.9% over the next two decades, with worldwide air freight traffic expected to triple through 2029, according to Boeing’s recently released World Air Cargo […]
THE DISCOVERY of two terrorist bombs carried as air cargo from Yemen to Chicago has led to changes in how air freight is shipped. According to British and US Government statements, behind-the-scenes intelligence by international […]
ON AUGUST 12 Champ Cargosystems announced that seven freight carriers operating to and from Nigeria, including Cargolux, are using its solution to comply with Nigeria’s new Advanced Customs Information requirements. Under the regulations, announced on […]
LONDON’S STANSTED Airport secured approval in July from the UK CAA to accept ‘code F’ aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. The airport’s owner, BAA, believes this will benefit future business, and […]
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