Turkish Cargo to launch Sheremetyevo flights

Turkish Cargo will add Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to its freighter network, with weekly flights from Istanbul starting on Wednesday 12 June. Located 30 kilometres from Moscow, the area is the main import and export centre in Russia. Exports will include automotive accessories and raw oil materials originating from Russia, as well as imports of textiles, […]

Avianca Cargo touches down at Brussels Airport

Avianca Cargo made its maiden voyage between Europe and South America on 18 November with direct flights to Brussels Airport. The Airbus A330-200 Freighter services will offer customers an extended network in Europe. The flights to Brussels providing connections to the flower auction in Amsterdam, the main operation and consolidation centre for the flower industry […]

Turkish Cargo launches flights to Bangalore

Turkish Cargo is continuing to extend its network with flights to Bangalore, the third largest city in India. The airport serving Karnataka’s state capital has an export capacity of 170,000 tonnes, and Turkish Cargo will be operating an Airbus A330-200 Freighter on the route. Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley thanks to exports of […]

MAB Kargo brings MotoGP to Malaysia

MAB Kargo has transported 150 tonnes of equipment to Kuala Lumpur in time for the Malaysian leg of the 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship. The first flight, MH6493 touched down in Kuala Lumpur with equipment from Tokyo’s Narita airport on 26 October at 03.15h, followed by two flights from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport, MH6406 arriving at […]

Airbus BelugaXL beams with joy as it leaves the paint shop

The first Airbus BelugaXL has rolled out of the paint shop sporting a special livery making it look like a Beluga Whale. The livery was one of six choices submitted to Airbus employees through a poll where 20,000 people participated, with 40 per cent voting for the smiling whale. The BelugaXL, the first of five, […]

MASkargo fly Nuan Nuan the panda home to Chengdu

MASkargo has flown Nuan Nuan the panda back home to Chengdu from Kuala Lumpur on board an Airbus A330-200 Freighter. Two year old Nuan Nuan is the offspring of FuWa and FengYi, who MASkargo transported to Kuala Lumpur three years ago, and Nuan Nuan flew on flight MH6476, leaving her parents to continue their 10 […]

AAT starts handling cargo for Hong Kong Airlines

Hong Kong Air Cargo: New e-commerce route connects Asia and the Middle East

Hong Kong Airlines and cargo subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier have moved cargo handling operations to Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT). It was announced in March 2017 that the airline would make the move and this was completed on 8 November 2017. Hong Kong Airlines was established in 2006, serving more than 40 destinations across […]

MASkargo launches new express freighter service

MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) launched a new express freighter service from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching from today (6 June) – to meet demand in the growing cross-border e-commerce sector. The new service flies from its home base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to the two cities in East Malaysia, on the island […]

Turkish Cargo flies to Oslo to deliver seafood around the world

Turkish Cargo has started twice weekly Airbus A330-200 Freighter flights to Oslo Airport, collecting Norwegian seafood for delivery around the world. It started weekly flights on 10 March and Turkish increased the frequency to two a week at the end of the month, connecting Norwegian seafood exporters to global destinations via Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Oslo […]

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 period. The airline expanded its freighter only network to 15 destinations with flights to Columbus Rickenbacker in Ohio, US; new European flights to East Midlands, London Stansted, Copenhagen and Brussels, African flights to Addis Ababa […]

Qatar Airways Cargo to start third weekly freighter flight to Budapest

Qatar Airways Cargo is to add a third weekly service to Budapest Airport after half a year of successful operations. The third Airbus A330-200 Freighter flight with over 60 tonnes of capacity will operate on Fridays from 7 October, adding to the existing Thursday and Sunday A330-200F services and daily Airbus A320 flights with bellyhold […]

Airbus to increase A330 production

Airbus is to increase production of the A330 Family from six aircraft to seven per month from January 2017. The manufacturer says the increase will be approved mid-2016 when component production reaches the required level. Head of A330 Family Programme, Eric Zanin says: “The A330 has enjoyed additional commercial success in China, Saudi Arabia and […]