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Fraport to sell stake in Hanover Airport to iCON Flughafen

Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport is to sell its 30 per cent stake in Hanover Airport to iCON Flughafen for €109.2

Wildlife traffickers hiding in plane sight, report claims

Wildlife traffickers are highly dependent on air transport to smuggle endangered species, with seizures quadrupling between 2009 and 2017, ROUTES’s

CORE Transport ships out 15,000th Bluetooth tracking tag

CORE Transport Technologies has shipped outs its 15,000th COREInsight Bluetooth Tracking tag for active deployment since its launch in October

Hactl is not waiting to go green

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has marked the latest phase in its Green Terminal environmental programme with an event

Saudia Cargo renews Human Organ Transportation Agreement

Saudia Cargo has renewed the Human Organ Transportation Agreement with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) for the fourth

DPDHL and the UN get Indian airports ready for natural disasters

Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are helping Indian airports prepare for natural disasters.

DHL flies Ussuri bears to their new home at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

DHL Global Forwarding has safely moved four Ussuri brown bears from Hokkaido, Japan to their new home at the Yorkshire

Egyptair Cargo takes delivery of EFW A330-200P2F

Egyptair Cargo has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW). The aircraft completed

60 seconds of summer with Dominic Kennedy

Dominic became managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo in August 2017, having been a key member of the airline’s cargo

Ethiopia leads the way with 2025 vision

In Ethiopia, there is something better than 20-20 vision, and that is Vision 2025, an ambitious plan to make the

Atlas Air remains upbeat despite second quarter loss

Atlas Air Worldwide is remaining positive in the second quarter despite reporting a loss of $21.1 million. The reported loss

B&H to manage logistics supply chain for Travel Service

B&H Worldwide has secured an exclusive three-year contract to manage Travel Service’s entire logistics engineering supply chain. Under the contract,

Revenue rises but volumes remain flat for IAG Cargo

Revenue at IAG Cargo has increased 9.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2018 with higher yields making up

Kuehne + Nagel extends perishable network with Ecuador acquisition

Kuehne + Nagel has strengthened its perishables network in South America with the acquisition of Panatlantic Logistics Ecuador. The Quito-based

Slot constraints squeeze freighters out of Schiphol

Cargo volumes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol fell by 2.6 per cent in the first half of 2017 as slot constraints

Baa-rilliant, MAB Kargo flies sheep to Kuala Lumpur

MAB Kargo has carried 1,500 sheep across the Java Sea from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur on a charter flight in

WCA names Matthew West managing director of EGLN

Following the merger of Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN) and the WCA, Matthew West has been named EGLN’s managing director.

Gebruder Weiss breaks ground on expanded Wernau terminal

Gebruder Weiss has broken ground and started expanding its logistics terminal in Wernau, providing greater storage for customers in Germany’s

AirBridgeCargo’s reach is longer than a giraffe’s neck

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported 66 giraffes on a charter flight from South Africa to China via its hub in

ACS saves power plant after Kilauea erupts

When Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii erupted, Air Charter Service (ACS) was contacted as a matter of urgency to deliver fire

Peli BioThermal strengthens team with new appointments

Peli BioThermal has strengthened its global team with Will Staddon, Stewart Morland and Joseph Castellanos joining the company. Staddon is

UASL to use Hermes 5 at Santiago airport

Hermes Logistics Technologies has been selected as the cargo management systems provider for UASL for air cargo handling and documentation

GAC Abu Dhabi joins Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone

Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone (ADAFZ) has welcomed logistics firm GAC Abu Dhabi as the latest addition to its cargo

YTO to turn Jiaxing Airport into a major logistics hub

Yuantong Group will invest 12.2 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) to build a logistics hub at Jiaxing Airport in Zhejiang province

O Canada! Envirotainer adds Toronto to RAP e2 network

Envirotainer has added Toronto, Canada to its RAP e2 network, making it the ninth station in the Americas in the

LUG’s owner appoints chief financial officer

Dettmer Group, the owners of LUG aircargo handling have picked Peter Ganz as chief financial officer, effective from tomorrow (1

Oman Air moves into upgraded cargo terminal in Muscat

Oman Air Cargo has upgraded its cargo hub facility at the new Muscat International Air Cargo Terminal, which can handle

Cost savings and rising demand push up Lufthansa Cargo profits 50%

Profits for Lufthansa Cargo have increased by almost 50 per cent in the first half of 2018 helped by substantial

Volga-Dnepr denies falsifying Airworthiness Certificates

Volga-Dnepr Group has dismissed reports that Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Service (AMTES) is facing criminal charges for falsifying Airworthiness Certificates

IAG Cargo shows nerves of steel with Pittsburgh flights

IAG Cargo will add Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to its network with four flights a week from London’s Heathrow Airport from 2

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