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 […]
IAG Cargo prevents lettuce shortage in the UK
IAG Cargo has prevented a national shortage of lettuce in the UK with one shipment alone carrying over 30,000 of the vegetables from Los Angeles. As the UK swelters in its heatwave, lettuces were disappearing fast from supermarket shelves, but IAG Cargo has plugged the gap with a shipment of over 30,000 heads of iceberg […]
Urgent shipment? IAG’s Critical team are here to help
IAG Cargo has introduced a new customer service team dedicated to its Critical product for shipments that must fly. The team who have experience in operational, reservations and sales sectors, will deal with all customer service matters relating to the Critical product including last minute and out-of-hours bookings, service enquiries and customer advice to track […]
IAG Cargo brings Assyrian treasures to the British Museum
IAG Cargo will be the logistics partner for the BP exhibition ‘I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria’ at the British Museum. The carrier will transport a number of important loans from museums across Europe with its Secure service for the exhibition, which will be open to the public from 8 November […]
IAG’s Hangar 51 programme returns for a third time
IAG Cargo is seeking applications for the IAG Hangar 51 global innovation programme, inviting start-ups to join the industry-leading accelerator programme to transform the aviation industry. The Hanger 51 programme offers disruptive companies 10 weeks of co-working alongside IAG, and IAG Cargo is seeking applications with ideas or products to optimise cargo operations. Ideas could […]
IAG Cargo delivers vaccines in battle against disease
India’s growing pharmaceutical sector is part of a worldwide effort to stamp out preventable diseases. In April, the world marked the launch of World Immunisation Week, a global public health campaign by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the aim of increasing rates of immunisation and ensuring that every person is protected against vaccine-preventable diseases around […]
Cargo in the Iberian peninsula is built on cooperation
Spain and Portugal are at the heart of key co-operation agreements on airspace that includes France and North Africa, writes Stuart Flitton. The two main components to the expanding regional co-operation are the AEFMP, which now includes Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and the South West Functional Airspace Block. The SWFAB includes the flight information regions […]
Art for art’s sake, thanks to IAG Cargo
To celebrate International Museum Day last week, IAG Cargo released a video detailing its work with the UK’s National Gallery on its recent exhibition: Monochrome: Painting in Black and White. IAG Cargo, which sponsors the exhibition, was responsible for ensuring 50 works by artists including Picasso, Rembrandt and Richter reached the London’s National Gallery safely […]
IAG Cargo to connect Heathrow with Durban
IAG Cargo will increase capacity to and from South Africa by 90 tonnes a week with direct flights between London’s Heathrow Airport and Durban. The Boeing 787-8 service will be launched on 29 October, operating on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays offering up to 15 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight. The British Airways service will […]
1,000 not out: IAG Cargo’s HK to Stansted service milestone
In just over four years, the five-days a week B777 freighter service operated by IAG Cargo from Hong Kong to London Stansted has moved the equivalent to over 11,500 African elephants in weight. The 1000th flight of IAG Cargo’s Hong Kong to London Stansted Freighter agreement with Qatar Airways recently touched down in the UK. Launched […]
IAG Cargo in Q1 double-digit growth
IAG Cargo’s Q1 2018 results report commercial revenues of €276m over the period from January 1 to March 31, 2018, an increase of 10.9 per cent on 2017 at constant exchange. Overall yield for the quarter was up 11.8 per cent while volumes were down 0.7 per cent, while capacity grew by 3.6 per cent. […]
ECS Group expands with partnership between GAC and IAG Cargo
ECS Group is further expanding its international presence with a partnership between Globe Air Cargo NL and IAG Cargo. Globe Air Cargo NL (GAC NL), a major player in the Dutch GSA market and member of ECS Group, has forged an operative partnership with IAG Cargo to expand and optimise its service for freight customers. […]
May day for new services
May 1 marks the commencement of IAG Cargo’s new route between London Gatwick and Toronto and a new link between Wales and Qatar. British Airways B777s will be utilised on the service, each giving some 18 tonnes of capacity. Operated three times a week, the expected traffic from the UK includes pharma, machinery and agricultural […]
1000th IAG Cargo freighter from HK to STN milestone reached
On Sunday, April 22 a milestone for IAG Cargo will be reached at London Stansted airport (pictured) when the 1000th flight of IAG Cargo’s Hong Kong to London Stansted freighter agreement with Qatar Airways lands. The route from Hong Kong – London Stansted (HKG – STN) commenced as recently as May 1, 2014. Flown five times […]
IAG Cargo conducts first self driving vehicle test at Heathrow Airport
IAG Cargo has undertaken the first airside trial of a self-driving vehicle at a UK airport to understand how they could be used in an airside environment. The CargoPod vehicle was designed by Oxbotica – an Oxford based company specialising in self-driving software, and it spent three and a half weeks running autonomously along a […]
MASkargo joins the IAG Cargo Partner Plus programme
IAG Cargo has welcomed MASkargo as the ninth carrier in its Partner Plus programme to interline on each other’s airlines on a commercially booked basis. The partnership comes after Air New Zealand joined the programme in November 2017. The other existing members are American Airlines Cargo, the Avianca Group, China Southern Airlines, Finnair, Japan Airlines, […]
Pharma at IAG Cargo remains in good health
The growing investment and activity behind vaccine development and production around the globe will be a key driver for pharma airfreight activity in the next five years, that is the claim of IAG Cargo global head, pharmaceutical and life sciences, Alan Dorling (pictured). He says: “There will be significant growth in vaccines shipments in 2018 […]
Buoyant market conditions help IAG Cargo revenue grow 8%
Revenue at IAG Cargo has increased by eight per cent in 2017 helped by the market improving throughout the year, ending with a very strong fourth quarter. Commercial revenue grew from €1.02 billion in 2016 to €1.08 billion in 2017 helped by what IAG Cargo describes as an “unexpectedly buoyant market in 2017”, especially in […]
Cool chain training courses proving a success for IAG
IAG Cargo is seeing strong demand for cool chain training courses it has been running in partnership with Exelsius – focused on upping supply chain standards. The two-day course at the ‘GDP Academy’ aims to improve industry compliance to GDP standards for healthcare and life science products – an ever-growing sector for airfreight. The two-day […]
IAG Cargo makes changes to its executive team
IAG Cargo has made three changes to its executive team including creating two new roles, which it says has been done to align with its business priorities. From 1 December commercial director, David Shepherd will take on the position of director of digital ventures. Meanwhile, IAG Cargo has appointed a new director of sales, marketing and […]
IAG: huge demand for capacity in run up to Black Friday
IAG Cargo says it has seen the highest ever demand for airfreight capacity across its network in the lead up to ‘Black Friday’ especially on its Hong Kong and Indian routes. The shopping event takes place today, the day after Thanksgiving Day in the US and sees consumers come out in their droves to take […]
IAG Cargo has high hopes for peak season after strong Q3
IAG Cargo revenue has increased by 7.9 per cent in the third quarter to €259 million ($304 million) despite tonnage seeing a small dip. Tonnage dipped by 0.6 per cent to 167,000 tonnes, though cargo tonne kilometres (CTK) were up by 7.7 per cent to 1.4 billion. In the nine months up to 30 September, […]
Iberia to start Madrid – San Francisco flights for the summer of 2018
IAG Cargo will launch a Madrid – San Francisco route as part of its strategy to upgrade capacity for the summer 2018 season. The direct routes will operate three times a week using an Iberia Airbus A330-200 with up to 14 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight. The San Francisco route is expected to carry […]
IAG Cargo starts trialling Cargo Connector at Washington Dulles
IAG Cargo will start trialling its Cargo Connector service at Washington Dulles Airport from October 2017, the tenth station to join the North American network. The export collection and import delivery service takes freight direct from the aircraft and delivers it to the forwarders’ handling facilities. IAG Cargo operates three flights in and out of […]
Critical investments for IAG Cargo’s pharma services
IAG Cargo is continuing to make significant investments in cool chain services, most recently with the launch of Constant Climate Critical, according to global head of pharmaceuticals and life sciences, Alan Dorling. The airline group’s Constant Climate product has been performing well with year-on-year volume growth of three per cent in the first half, with […]
Premium products and new routes across South America for IAG Cargo
The first half of 2017 has posted “robust results” for IAG Cargo, and regional commercial manager for LATAM, Rodrigo Casal (pictured) believes the airline group is ideally positioned for a strong second half. He says the Constant Climate temperature sensitive product has performed very well, helped in part by an increase in healthcare and vaccination […]
IAG Cargo to add Nashville to US network
IAG Cargo is to start direct services between London’s Heathrow Airport and Nashville with five flights a week from May 2018. The Boeing 787-8 services will offer a cargo payload of up to 15 tonnes per flight, providing access to IAG Cargo’s 350 destinations across its network. The Nashville flights will be IAG Cargo’s 24th […]
Heathrow and IAG team-up to raise awareness of illegal wildlife trade
Heathrow Airport and IAG Cargo have teamed-up to celebrate World Elephant Day and help stomp out illegal trade of wildlife. The UK hub has created and installed a pop-up interactive display at the airport’s Terminal 5 today, which will be run in partnership with Border Force and IAG Cargo. It will support United for Wildlife’s ‘United for […]
Pharma and e-commerce help IAG Cargo revenue grow 7.6% in Q2
Commercial revenue at IAG Cargo increased 7.6 per cent to €260 million ($304.3 million) with growth coming from cross border e-commerce and pharmaceuticals, and strong regional performances in Asia Pacific and Europe. Overall yield for the second quarter was up 1.1 per cent at constant exchange, with volumes increasing 6.4 per cent and capacity growing […]
IAG Cargo to fly Constant Climate shipments under its Critical product
IAG Cargo has announced Constant Climate shipments are now able to fly under its Critical product, enabling emergency medical shipments to benefit from its highest priority service. The new enhancement means shippers sending urgent pharmaceuticals now have access to the non-off loadable status and performance guarantees offered under Critical. Less than a year since its […]