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IATA World Cargo Symposium: How many is the freighter question

There will be a market for freighters, but the question is how many because of the challenge of ever more

2015 began to sour in January

Airfreight started slowly in January and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that 2015 is shaping up to

Nippon, SAS, Cargolux escape cartel litigation

German railway firm Deutsche Bahn's (DB) logistics subsidiary Schenker has reached an out-of-court settlement with three airlines it had sued

Strong growth at Edmonton

Edmonton International Airport has reported its cargo village posted continued strong growth in 2014.

Glasgow Prestwick to be a spaceport?

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has been shortlisted by the UK government as a location for the country's first spaceport, the gateway handled

UK law makers foresee cargo drones

Drones carrying up to 150 kilogrammes of cargo and costing around £500,000 ($765,000) could be realised, a UK House of

Manston supporters give UK prime minister reliever airport proposal

The UK prime minister, David Cameron, has received a letter from RiverOak Investment, and the Save Manston Airport and Why

Brussels Airport gains two freighter firms

Brussels Airport will welcome two additional freighter customers in the next few weeks and months with services starting in March

Air France-KLM posts more losses

Air France-KLM Martinair (AF-KL-MP) made a loss of 535 million euros ($607.2 million) in 2014, while the cargo division made

Norbert Dentressangle’s 8% up in 2014

Norbert Dentressangle has seen net profit increase by eight per cent to 75.9 million euros in 2014 ($86.1 million), with

AAPA: Asia Pacific up 7% in January

Airfreight volumes in Asia Pacific have dropped to 5.1 billion freight tonne kilometres (FTK) in January, down from the end

Falling volumes continue into 2015 for Aeroflot

Aeroflot Group continues to see declines in cargo and mail with January down 13.3 per cent compared to the same

Air Cargo Africa: Intra-African trade is the key to growth

Developing intra-African trade is the number one opportunity to boosting airfreight volumes in the continent, according to delegates at the

Air Cargo Africa: Africa to learn from Leipzig-Halle Airport

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for marketing on Wednesday 25 February with

Air Cargo Africa: Jettainer wins deal with Equatorial Congo Airlines

Jettainer has started its first entry into the African market this month after taking over unit load device (ULD) management

ACI confirms global bounce back

Airfreight rebounded after almost three years of stagnating growth, according to preliminary data released by the Airports Council International (ACI).

Cathay, Jetstar trade blows over Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Airways has said Jetstar should not be given a licence by the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority

$129m for 39K shipments per hour at DHL Brussels Airport

DHL is to invest 114 million euros ($129.7 million) in a hub at Brussels Airport, which will allow it to

Incheon Airport creeps up 1.1% in January

Incheon International Airport's volume was up 1.1 per cent in January, compared to the same month in 2014.

Charter, ACMI drives profit up 10% at Atlas Air

Atlas Air made a net profit of $106.7 million in 2014, helped by a strong fourth quarter (Q4), with growth

Turkish Cargo’s Atatürk terminal

Turkis Airlines Cargo has released photos of its 71,000 square metre cargo facility, which became operational in January. 

Just-in-time drives demand

Compound annual growth rates (CAGR) of 4.5 per cent for airfreight worldwide will be driven by just-in-time manufacturing, the demand

United volumes, profit up

United Airlines has seen volumes in January rise by 11.2 per cent year-on-year to 200.6 million cargo revenue ton miles

Europe up despite debt crisis

Airfreight traffic across the European airport network grew 3.6 per cent year-on-year (YOY) in 2014, according to Airports Council International

Q4 saw rise in carrier net-profit

The financial performance of airlines continued to improve in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to a report by the

Al Maktoum Airport surges by 262 per cent in 2014

Airfreight volumes at Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central (DWC) surged 262.5 per cent in 2014, according to

Airship funding and testing advances

Airlander, the UK cargo airship, has received another round of government funding and is being wind tunnel tested at Cranfield

Pictographs hinder Asian e-AWB

Japan and Korea are ready for e-freight, but the characters in both countries' languages provides challenges, according to Lufthansa Cargo

ANA: E-commerce to drive growth

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo is hoping that the rise of e-commerce in Asia, joint ventures and fleet upgrades will

Lufthansa Cargo CEO: We are keeping our freighters

Airlines cannot operate intercontinental services without a successful freight division, and Lufthansa has no intention of scrapping its freighters, says

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