Monarch stops flying but business as normal for MAEL
Monarch Airlines ceased trading and halted all flights at 04.00h this morning after entering administration, but Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) will continue as a standalone business. MAEL is a maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) company and employs over 730 staff at six locations in the UK and four overseas and has hangars at Birmingham […]
Dnata looks to upgrade infrastructure at UK airports
Cargo handler dnata is in discussions with airport authorities in the UK as it looks to modernise its infrastructure. Dnata has already built top-notch handling facilities at Heathrow Airport, but wants to now ugrade sites at other airports. Speaking last month at a six-month celebration of dnata’s contract with El Al Israel Airlines at Heathrow, […]
Emirates celebrates 30 years of UK operations
Emirates is celebrating 30 years of UK operations, providing UK passengers and cargo links to the world since the first flight from Gatwick Airport on 6 July 1987. The airline started the service in 1987 using an Airbus A310, at a time when it had six aircraft in its fleet and six other destinations. The […]
Emirates flies luxury Jaguar Land Rovers from Birmingham to Chicago
Emirates SkyCargo has put its SkyWheels product to good use by transporting exclusive Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cars to Chicago. The cars flew on flight EK9923 from Birmingham Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport to deliver them for further testing, with Metro Shipping on hand to coordinate the logistics of the shipment. Emirates SkyCargo senior […]
WFS to provide PIA with UK cargo handling and trucking services
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed a three-year contract to provide Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) with cargo handling and trucking services in the UK. WFS will handle import and export cargo on PIA flights from London’s Heathrow Airport, Birmingham Airport and Manchester Airport, connecting UK customers with Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. WFS operations director, UK […]
A380 schedule tweaks made by Emirates
Emirates is to deploy a third daily Airbus A380 from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport and has also adjusted its A380 schedule into Birmingham Airport from Dubai. As of 1 January 2017 into Manchester the carrier the third A380 will replace a Boeing 777-300ER. An A380 has a payload of around eight tonnes of cargo. […]
Birmingham Airport declares support for Gatwick expansion
Birmingham Airport has declared its support for the expansion of Gatwick Airport as the UK government decision draws ever closer. A call is set to be made over the summer by UK Primer Minister David Cameron on whether Gatwick’s gets a second runway or Heathrow a third runway. Birmingham Airport chief executive officer (CEO), Paul […]
Norwegian Cargo appoints dnata as new UK freight handler
Norwegian Cargo has appointed dnata as its new cargo handler in the UK with the cargo handler providing services from 1 May. dnata will provide Norwegian with a full range of cargo handling capabilities at all UK airports served by Norwegian – Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. dnata will also manage Norwegian’s regional handling and […]
Emirates to use A380s in Birmingham
Emirates is to use an Airbus A380 on one of its thrice daily flights to Birmingham Airport from 27 March 2016. The A380 will replace a Boeing 777 and means Emirates now operates 77 A380 flights to the UK each week. Emirates says the freight division, Emirates SkyCargo, saw 15 per cent year-on-year growth in […]
