Antonov assists Bollore with major mining mission

Antonov Airlines has used one of its AN-124-100s to transport mining equipment from the UK to Gabon in just nine days for Bollore Logistics. The cargo flew from East Midlands Airport to Franceville Airport, facilitated by in-house Antonov Airlines loading technology. To guarantee precision and efficiency, ground staff at East Midlands Airport used Antonov’s purpose […]

Chapman Freeborn keeps Gabon port expansion project on course

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has delivered over 200 tonnes of project cargo to help keep a port expansion development in Gabon on course. The time-critical consignments from Europe and India were required for the opening of a new port terminal, set to welcome its first cargo ships next month, and the cargo was originally scheduled to […]

Qatar announces 14 new routes for 2016 and 2017

Qatar Airways has announced 14 new routes across Europe, Africa and Asia, including Doha – Auckland, which it says will be the world’s longest flight when launched. The network expansion was announced at the ITB Berlin international travel fair, where Qatar unveiled services to Bosnia, Cameroon, Finland, France, Gabon, Italy, Macedonia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, […]

AirBridgeCargo starts African services

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has started twice weekly Boeing 747 Freighter services to Africa, starting in the UK, then onto Germany, before flying to Gabon and South Africa, returning via Kenya. The first service flew on 14 February and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays under an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) contract with CargoLogicAir […]