Kuehne+Nagel and Apex Logistics receive the last Boeing 747-8 freighter from Atlas Air
Apex Logistics International, a Kuehne+Nagel company, will put into operation the last Boeing 747-8 freighter as part of the long-term charter agreement with Atlas Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. The aircraft will support customers on volatile trade lanes with reliable service, reduced transit times and increased efficiencies. After a half-century production […]
Unilode and ABC to track ULDs using Bluetooth
AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Unilode Aviation Solutions have extended their ULD management partnership for the usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices for ULDs, pallets and containers. The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v5.0) tracking and sensing device will be mounted to ULDs supplied and managed by Unilode and carried in the cargo compartments of ABC’s Boeing 747 […]
CargoLogicAir welcomes fourth 747 to its fleet
CargoLogicAir has marked another year of growth with the delivery of its fourth Boeing 747 Freighter. The 747-400ERF joins the fleet on an operating lease and will initially be used to meet customer demand on US routes. The delivery keeps CargoLogicAir on track with its five-year growth strategy, which is based on operating a fleet […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Ho Chi Minh City to Asian network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has increased its Asian footprint with flights to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a major manufacturing hotspot in Asia. The Boeing 747 Freighter flight will link customers from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City with other destinations in ABC’s network through its cargo hub in Moscow, Russia to guarantee 48-hour delivery times including […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Budapest to European network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its European network with two flights a week to Budapest Airport on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The two Boeing 747 Freighter flights will provide up to 139 tons of capacity, covering the entire cargo catchment area of Budapest, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, and guaranteeing expertise transporting all of types […]
Silk Way West Airlines flies humanitarian aid to Iraq
Silk Way West Airlines has supported the German NGO Wings of Help by flying urgently needed aid supplies to Iraq where more than 23,000 children were awaiting help. A Boeing 747 Freighter departed Frankfurt Hahn Airport on 23 June, loaded with infant food, nappies and rusk, and on 26 June an Ilyushin 76 of Silkway […]
Saudia Cargo brings WWE Greatest Royal Rumble to Saudi Arabia
Saudia Cargo helped bring the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble to Saudi Arabia by flying equipment needed for the live telecast of the show on 27 April. A Boeing 747 Freighter hauled tonnes of production equipment, including the wrestling ring to help create the spectacular show in Jeddah. The airline provided the transport from New York […]
AirBridgeCargo makes light work of 22 metre pipes
AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ abcXL product has made light work of delivering 22 metre pipes for a solar energy project in China. Eight crates weighing around 20 tonnes and measuring more than 22 metres were loaded through the Boeing 747’s nose in Amsterdam with the help of two loading cranes for customer, Neele-Vat Air, in preparation for […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Rickenbacker to North American network
Rickenbacker International Airport is looking forward to welcoming its fifth scheduled freighter service when AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines flies in from Moscow on 5 April. The fast growing Russian carrier will use one of its Boeing 747 Freighters to operate weekly scheduled services carrying freight inbound from its hub in Moscow and returning to Russia via […]
Silk Way West returns to Budapest after a break of two years
Silk Way West Airlines has returned to Budapest, operating two Boeing 747 Freighter flights a week to the Hungarian capital. After a break of two years, the first flight landed at Liszt Ferenc International Airport on 18 March and the Azerbaijani airline will connect Budapest with its hub in Baku twice a week on Thursdays […]
ABC races motorbikes to Australia for Superbike World Championship
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has flown 66 motorbikes on their way to the first round of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Australia. The palletised motorbikes were part of a 110 tonne payload transported from Barcelona, Spain to Melbourne, Australia on board a Boeing 747 Freighter chartered for Universal Global Logistics. ABC’s load master […]
Grishin hands over the reins at CargoLogicAir to Kerr
Dmitry Grishin has handed over the reins at CargoLogicAir to the new chief executive officer (CEO), David Kerr who joins from Etihad Cargo. Kerr joined CargoLogicAir having left his role as senior vice president for Etihad Cargo at the end of 2017, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the airline sector with him […]
NCA and SIA Cargo build on block space agreement with new MoU
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop strategic partnership, building on existing block space agreements. In the first phase, the two airlines have agreed to introduce codeshare services on routes between Tokyo and Singapore after 1 April 2018, subject to regulatory approval, which will […]
Cargolux flies measuring buoys for wind farms in China
Cargolux has flown two shipments of outsized and highly sensitive measuring buoys from Luxembourg to China for offshore wind farms off the coast of Fujian province. The airline worked with Globaltrans Internationale Logistik to transport the two high-tech buoys to Xiamen, to be used in the planned Zhangpu and Changle wind farms. The buoys measure […]
ABC completes multi-modal pharma shipment trial with DHL
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a multi-modal shipment trial for DHL Global Forwarding to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami using an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain standards. For the trial, ABC’s pharma logistics practitioners opted the abcPharma product using an Envirotainer RKN unit, replacing real […]
Network Airline Services extends contract with AFS Kenya
Network Airline Services (NAS) has signed a two-year extension to its contract with Africa Flight Services Kenya (AFS Kenya) to provide cargo handling for its four flights a week into Nairobi. AFS Kenya will handle 11,500 tonnes of cargo a year for NAS’ MD-11 and Boeing 747 Freighter operations, which arrive in Nairobi from Liege […]
AirBridgeCargo delivers 28 Maserati Gran Turismos to Tokyo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered 28 Maserati Gran Turismos from Milan to Tokyo on a charter flight for Agility Logistics. The Boeing 747 Freighter flew from Milan Malpensa Airport to Narita International Airport, with a stop at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport in compliance with all standard operational procedures. The high valued cars were carefully handled […]
Cargolux links up with SkyCell for temperature controlled containers
Cargolux Airlines International and SkyCell have teamed up in a global container rental partnership to offer pharma customers an enhanced service with SkyCell’s temperature controlled containers. The transport containers can safely transport pharma products in the 2-8C and 15-25C ranges in outside temperatures between -35C and +65C over multiple days. The containers boost Cargolux’s cool […]
AirBridgeCargo starts third weekly service to Munich
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is increasing services to Germany with a third weekly flight to Munich Airport, operating a Boeing 747 Freighter with over 100 tonnes of cargo capacity for exports. Customers in Munich will receive connections to 12 destinations in six Asian countries within a 48-hour cargo delivery time including cargo handling via ABC’s hub […]
Suparna Airlines starts Xi’an – Frankfurt Hahn flights
Frankfurt Hahn Airport has welcomed its first service operated by Suparna Airlines operating a Boeing 747-400 Freighter on a Xi’an – Hahn – Erdos route. The route will operate once a week carrying 100 tonnes of goods including electronic and mechanical products to and from Xi’an Xianyang International Airport. On 9 August 2017, HNA Group […]
AirBridgeCargo flies prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has transported a Ground Rapid Transit (GRT) prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore in partnership with Geodis. The GRT, which can accommodate up to 24 passengers, travelled from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Singapore Changi Airport on a scheduled ABC Boeing 747 Freighter, where it will be used for demonstrations at various locations to show […]
Momentum returning following low prices and volatility
After a slow couple of years due to oil price volatility, enquiry levels have risen in 2017 and Volga-Dnepr Group global director for oil and gas, Fayçal Boumerkhoufa (pictured below) says momentum will return in 2018. He says falling and volatile oil prices have resulted in numerous large scale projects being postponed in the upstream […]
Cargolux profits fall to $5.5 million in 2016
Cargolux Airlines International net profits fell from $49 million in 2015 to $5.5 million in 2016 with scheduled freight tonne kilometres growing 10 per cent. The Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline says it experienced a robust fourth quarter, saying it registered 12,000 block hours flown and sold 96,000 tonnes in November alone, and was utilising aircraft for an […]
CargoLogicAir sends extra crew to speed up adsorbent delivery
CargoLogicAir sped up the delivery of 96 tonnes of adsorbents to Saudi Arabia to improve process economics at industrial gas plants by sending extra aircrew to Rome to avoid delays due to crew rest. The airline was contracted by DHL Global Forwarding’s charter desk to operate a Boeing 747 Freighter flight from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino […]
AirBridgeCargo 747 charter demand grows 47%
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines saw Boeing 747 Freighter charter demand grow 47 per cent in 2016, in addition to continued growth of scheduled operations. Its latest flights were on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding for Evatec, a producer of thin film coating solutions used in wireless communications, advanced packaging, MEMS, optoelectronics, high precision optics and power […]
Hactl to handle Bismallah Airlines flights to Hong Kong
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) is to handle Bismillah Airlines’ first scheduled service to Hong Kong. The Bangladeshi carrier is to operate two Boeing 747 Freighter flights a week from Dhaka and Hactl will provide services including ramp handling, cargo terminal operations, crew transportation and cargo documentation. Smart-Trans will be the general sales agent […]
Cargolux transports four endangered tigers to Hanoi
Cargolux Airlines International has flown four tigers to Hanoi to support the effort to ensure the survival of the endangered animals in Vietnam. The airline used its CV Alive product to transport the three female and one male Indochinese Tigers from the Czech Republic to Luxembourg and onwards to Hanoi onboard a Boeing 747 Freighter […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Phnom Penh to South East Asian network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is to increase its coverage in South East Asia with Boeing 747 Freighter services to Phnom Penh from 5 July. The weekly service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a Moscow – Singapore – Phnom Penh route before returning to Sheremetyevo International Airport. The 747F will offer more than 100 tonnes of […]
Qatar Airways Cargo volumes up 37.5% in 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo saw cargo volumes increase by 37.5 per cent in 2015 to 1.5 million tonnes with all business areas seeing strong growth. Imports into Doha increased by 29 per cent, with export traffic up by 10 per cent and transshipments shot up by 39 per cent compared to 2014. The increase in volumes […]
Etihad Cargo receives Boeing 777 Freighter
Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of its 11th freighter, a Boeing 777, to enter commercial services on 1 March. The Abu Dhabi airline has three Boeing 777 Freighters, three Boeing 747 Freighters and four Airbus A330 Freighters, in addition to access to bellyhold capacity on over 100 passenger aircraft. The 777F will be equipped with […]