Plaza Forwarding handles two charters in the battle against Covid-19

Last weekend, Spanish freight forwarder Plaza Forwarding arranged two charter flights arrived from Shenzhen airport. Specially-adapted A340 passenger aircraft were used to bring 40 tonnes of medical material to Madrid airport. Chartering has been fully handled by Plaza Forwarding, in co-operation with Iberia, on an airport to airport basis. At the reception at Madrid airport, […]

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 […]

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. […]

Flower shipments bloom for Valentine’s Day at IAG Cargo

Flower volumes have bloomed at IAG Cargo in the run up to Valentine’s Day and demand for high-end chocolate has also grown. The airline group, which consists of British Airways World Cargo, Iberia Cargo, Aer Lingus, bmi and Vueling, has seen an 18 per cent increase in flower volumes from Columbia and Ecuador, while high-end […]