I’m Mandy, fly me on Cargolux. Not!

Cargolux, one of the largest operators of all-freight B747 aircraft, is not the most obvious airline to be advertising for passenger flight attendants to serve nuts and G&Ts on a VIP operation. Nor would the carrier advertise for flight crews able to manage B737s. Which is why a message on its corporate website warns would-be […]

EXCLUSIVE: ECS moves to its samba beat

Paris-based GSA expands in South America with BCS Air acquisition ECS Group has added a precious jewel to its global crown with the acquisition of BCS Air, Brazil’s leading GSA, helping firm up its footprint in South America. The acquisition clearly cements ECS’ position in South America as the dominant international GSA group on the […]

Lucky escape for Cargolux as fuel leaks from helicopter shipment

The crew of a Cargolux flight had a luck escape when a helicopter it was transporting from Houston leaked 322 litres of fuel during the flight. The Bell 412EP helicopter was being shipped on the main deck of the Boeing 747-8 Freighter on 30 March 2017 from Houston, USA to Luxembourg via Glasgow Prestwick Airport. […]

Industry veteran Ulrich Ogiermann joins Volga-Dnepr

Industry veteran Ulrich Ogiermann has joined Volga-Dnepr Group as senior vice president for operations and deputy general director for CargoLogicManagement. He will be based in London and be responsible for the implementation of Volga-Dnepr’s international cargo airlines group strategy, managing control of the airlines’ annual operational results and standards compliance, as well as the network […]

The land of rising air cargo volumes

An improving Japanese economy as well as rising global demand for electronics, automotive parts and even salmon is helping the airfreight market leap forward, writes David Craik. Lufthansa has recorded a 27 per cent increase in capacity to Japan in the last 12 to 18 months both in freighter and belly to destinations including Tokyo […]

Air NZ fined for cargo price fixing

The Australian Federal Court has ordered Air New Zealand (Air NZ) to pay A$15 million in penalties after legal action by the ACCC against a global air cargo cartel four years after it initially dismissed the case against the airline. The Court found Air NZ made and gave effect to agreements with other airlines to […]

Air cargo community must drive own standards for perishables

The air cargo community should drive its own standards for perishables and not wait for other groups and agencies to supply them, says Cool Chain Association (CCA) chairman, Stavros Evangelakakis. A lack of accountability is contributing to 1.3 billion tonnes of food being wasted along the supply chain every year, about one third of all […]

Cargolux supports Arctic solar powered boat trip

Cargolux has once again taken part in a pioneering solar powered transportation project by providing the transport for a prototype boat heading to Calgary, Canada for an Arctic expedition. The Solar Arctic project was initiated by DreamTime, a non-profit organisation dealing with environmental awareness and climate issues. The expedition, undertaken by French navigator Anne Quemere, […]

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 […]

Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines pen cooperation agreement

Cargolux has signed a cooperation agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) today that allows both partners access to each other’s capacity through code-share and space swap agreements. Cargolux now has access to NCA’s flights from Frankfurt Hahn to Tokyo Narita while NCA has access to its flights from Luxembourg to Narita. The carrier says it […]

Stansted Airport aiming to play a bigger freight role

London Stansted Airport is a key gateway for air cargo into the London region and its operator the Manchester Airports Group (MAG) believes it can play an even wider role. MAG head of cargo and business aviation, Conan Busby feels Stansted is well established as London’s “premier freighter airport” and this is unlikely to change, […]

Cargolux moves Dubai handling to Emirates SkyCargo

Cargolux has moved all of its cargo handling on flights to and from Dubai World Central (DWC) over to Emirates SkyCargo. The move follows the cooperation agreement that the Luxembourg-based carrier signed with Emirates in May 2017 at Air Cargo Europe. Cargo flights to Luxembourg are already handled by Cargolux’s partner Luxair Cargo. Emirates SkyCargo […]

Chicago O’Hare opens second phase of new cargo facility

Chicago O’Hare International Airport has opened the second phase of a $220 million northeast cargo development. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), Aeroterm and cargo executives for the opening this week (pictured below). The new cargo facility opened ahead of schedule in direct response to the strong demand for moving air cargo through […]

Seafood tonnage at Oslo Airport set to double in 2017

Seafood freight through Oslo Airport in Norway is on the up and the gateway expects to handle double the amount of fresh fish in 2017. Oslo Airport is now served by 17 weekly cargo flights exclusively serving the Norwegian seafood market. In the last eight months, Emirates Sky Cargo, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Cargolux, Turkish Cargo, CAL […]

Extensive opportunities for Siginon, but imports slow this year

Kenyan cargo handler Siginon Aviation believes there are plenty of future opportunities for it as Kenya and Nairobi ‘s airfreight market continues to grow. Siginon handles for Qatar Airways Cargo, Cargolux, Singapore Airlines Cargo, CargoLogicAir and others at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). Imports manager, Jared Oswago (pictured below) says Kenya is the regional […]

Emirates SkyCargo operates first Luxembourg freighter service

Emirates SkyCargo operated the first of its scheduled weekly freighter service to Luxembourg Airport on 12 June. Emirates SkyCargo’s freighter operation between Luxembourg and Dubai World Central is one of the first steps in the strategic operational partnership between Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines announced in May, which both says will customers access a wider range […]

Double digit cargo growth across MAG operated airports

Airports operated by Manchester Airports Group all registered double-digit cargo growth in May helped by new long haul links. Manchester Airport saw the highest growth, up 12.9 per cent to 10,541 tonnes, followed by London Stansted Airport by 10.9 per cent to 22,700 tonnes, and East Midlands Airport grew 10.6 per cent to 29,777 tonnes. […]

Cargolux takes stake in new Chinese carrier Henan Cargo Airlines

Cargolux, HNCA, the Henan Airport Group and the Xinggang Investment Group Company have signed a “Joint Venture Equity Contract’ to establish an all-cargo carrier, which will operate under an Chinese AOC. The name of the airline will be Henan Cargo Airlines with the first flight planned for sometime in the fourth quarter of 2018. 75 per cent of the shares […]

Budapest Airport handles record volumes with 32% cargo growth

Budapest Airport keeps flying in 2017, handling a record 30,060 tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 32.3 per cent on 2016. Of these 30,060 tonnes, 20,455 of them were air cargo, up 20.8 per cent on the first quarter of 2016. In March, Budapest handled 11,536 tonnes of cargo, up 33.3 […]

Five-year plan for Glasgow Prestwick to return to private sector

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has published its Strategic Plan 2017 to 2022 following approval from its board. This five year plan outlines a new vision for the airport “to be the airport that is recognised for going beyond traditional boundaries to offer customers opportunities, solutions and best value in serving Scotland, the UK and the world”. […]

European Commission re-adopts air cartel decision

The European Commission has readopted a decision against air cargo carriers over a price-fixing cartel made in 2015, including Cargolux and 10 other carriers. In December 2015, the General Court of the European Union annulled the Commission’s 2010 decision in its entirety, including the annulment of the €79.9 million fine previously imposed on Cargolux. The […]

ULD management contracts in ME and Asia eyed by Unilode

Unilode Aviation Services is targeting winning ULD management business from carriers in the Middle East and Asian markets in 2017. President and chief executive officer, Dr. Ludwig Bertsch (pictured below) says both regions have lots of potential with airlines operating large fleets of widebody aircraft and there is an impressive growth rate predicted for the […]

Budapest posts huge tonnage growth of 26.8% in January

Budapest Airport recorded significant growth in air cargo traffic during the first month of 2017, as it posted an increase of 26.8 per cent in January, compared to the same month in 2016. Arriving and departing cargo traffic reached 5,114 tonnes in January 2016, but was 6,487 tonnes last month. Budapest Airport says the underlying factors include the strong […]

Ambitious Siginon Aviation looking to grow its presence in Nairobi

Kenyan cargo handler Siginon Aviation is targeting a contract win with a European carrier in Nairobi in the near future as it looks to further expand its presence at one of Africa’s main airfreight hubs. Earlier this month it secure a cargo handling deal with Qatar Airways Cargo, adding to others it has with Cargolux, […]

Tonnage growth of 4.1% at Halifax Stanfield in 2016

Halifax Stanfield International Airport saw cargo growth of 4.1 per cent in 2016 compared to 2015. The Canadian gateway handled 33,329 tonnes and says much of that freight was Nova Scotian lobster It estimates $187 million (Canadian dollars) of seafood and lobster exports were shipped from Halifax Stanfield in 2016 up approximately $40 million from 2015. As […]

Tonnage rise of 1.8% in 2016 for Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker International Airport in the US state of Ohio handled more than 91,000 tonnes in 2016, a 1.8 per cent rise on 2015. The gateway has seen 16 per cent increase in international cargo, which makes up 40 per cent of Rickenbacker’s tonnage, while the other was domestic, down six per cent. FedEx moved 43 per cent of the […]

Luxembourg becomes the EU’s 6th busiest cargo hub with 8.2% growth

Luxembourg Airport has become the sixth busiest cargo airport in the European Union with 8.2 per cent growth in 2016, with camels, lynx and tigers among the animals to travel through the hub. It handled 821,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016, allowing it to overtake Cologne-Bonn Airport and is only preceded by Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, […]

The Far East drives Luxair Cargo tonnage in 2016

Freighter rotations were up 9.7 per cent to 5,400 turnarounds in 2016 for Luxair Cargo at Luxembourg Airport (LUX), which helped drive tonnage. Executive vice president, Laurent Jossart (pictured) says 821,000 tonnes were handled last year, an uplift of 8.2 per cent compared to 2015, with the third quarter up eight per cent and last […]

Air Logistics predicting a very interesting 2017

The changing global political landscape could make for an interesting year in 2017, Air Logistics Group chief executive officer, Stephen Dawkins (pictured below) tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). He says the market this year has been similar to 2015 with yields continuing to come under pressure, but the UK voting to leave the European Union, […]

Tough business environment in Brazil as weak economy takes its toll

2016 has been a challenging year for RIOgaleao Cargo as it has been for most Brazilian airports, which it says is due to the “unprecedented economic and political crisis” that has impacted all sectors of the Brazilian economy. The gateway says as a result, imports and exports volumes have dropped quite significantly versus the previous […]