Ground Team Red opens KLIA cargo terminal
AirAsia and SATS’s joint venture, Ground Team Red launched its air cargo hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Air Cargo Terminal 1 today (Thursday 12 December). Based in Sepang’s former low-cost carrier terminal, the facility spans 93,000 square feet and was built at a cost of 23 million ringgit. It adds additional storage to the […]
MASkargo flies four tonnes of frozen durian to China
MASkargo has helped feed demand for durian by transporting four tonnes of frozen fruit to Shanghai, China. Flight MH6170 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 06.00h on 19 June with the frozen fruit and touched down at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 17.35h after a scheduled stop in Kota Kinabalu. Jason Thomas, chief commercial officer […]
Baa-rilliant, MAB Kargo flies sheep to Kuala Lumpur
MAB Kargo has carried 1,500 sheep across the Java Sea from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur on a charter flight in time for Aidil Adha. Flight MH6435 left Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport at 17.05 with 50 tonnes of livestock on board and landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 20.45. This was the first ever charter […]
MAB Kargo operates third relief flight for Rohingya refugees
MAB Kargo has flown its third relief mission for the Rohingya refugees with almost 50 tonnes of goods to set up the Malaysian Field Hospital in the Cox’s Bazaar district of Bangladesh. The medical equipment included supplies for emergencies and resuscitation, surgery, anaesthetics and intensive care unit treatment, orthopaedic procedures, labour room, basic neonatal care, […]
X2 members save Air Asia plane stranded with engine failure
When an Airbus A330 operated by Air Asia X got stuck in Perth due to a mid-flight engine failure, members of the X2 Logistics Network helped transport parts from around the world to get the aircraft back in service. Experts at AGX chartered an Ilyushin IL-76 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and a Boeing 747 […]
Confusion over ‘abandoned’ freighter ownership continues
Confusion over the ownership of three Boeing 747s parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) continues as Malaysia Airports says they are not registered to any company but Swift Air Cargo insist they own them. KLIA’s operator, Malaysia Airports has released further statements about the aircraft, after intense global media coverage. It says their then […]
Swift Air Cargo denies abandoning freighters in Kuala Lumpur
Swift Air Cargo says it has not abandoned three Boeing 747 Freighters at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), expressing its shock at the press coverage. The Kuala Lumpur based carrier says it is the owner and it has the documents to prove it has not abandoned them. Swift says it has had meetings with KLIA’s […]
Will the owner of these abandoned freighters please reclaim them
Malaysia Airports has taken out newspaper adverts asking the owner of three abandoned Boeing 747-200 Freighters at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to claim them or they will be disposed of. The airport operator put the adverts in the Monday 7 December issues of The Star and Sin Chew Daily newspapers saying it is pursuing the […]
IAG Cargo starts using Boeing 787-9 on London – Delhi service
IAG Cargo has started using its first Boeing 787-9 on its London – Delhi service, to take advantage of India’s growing pharma industry. The aircraft, operated by British Airways from Heathrow Airport, provides up to 22 tonnes of cargo capacity a day. The Boeing 787-9 has can carry seven cargo pallets, and IAG Cargo says […]
ICAO clarifies position after MH17 report
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has clarified the legal framework governing roles and responsibilities in civil aviation after what it felt were misinterpretations following the Dutch Safety Board’s MH17 Final Report. The Dutch Safety Board released its report on 13 October, where it concluded a BUK missile shot down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 […]