Handling agents – the cornerstone of air cargo in these times

Paris-based ECS Group pays tribute to the remarkable work of the teams at Global Services Handling (GSH), a French air cargo handling company based at Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport in France. Despite the difficulties GSH is facing in this period of unprecedented crisis, ECS Group is highlighting the essential nature of handling and […]

FedEx Express adds 767F to Milan – Paris route

FedEx Express continues to modernise its fleet by adding a new Boeing 767 Freighter to its serve its Milan Malpensa – Paris Charles de Gaulle route. The 767F can carry up to 41 tonnes of cargo, increasing capacity by 16% and offering better environmental performance with 9% greater fuel efficiency than its predecessor. The aircraft […]

FedEx Express to use B767F on Madrid-Paris flights

FedEx adds third East Midlands flight

FedEx Express has continued to modernise its European air services by introducing a new Boeing 767 Freighter on Madrid-Paris flights. The 767 offers 41 tonnes of cargo capacity, 16% more than its predecessor, is also 9% more fuel efficient. The aircraft operates five times a week and connects FedEx hubs in Madrid and Paris Charles […]

AFKLMP looks for some winter sun

Air France and KLM push for SAF use

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has announced its winter schedule, with new routes and increased frequencies from Paris and Amsterdam. For the winter schedule, which runs from Sunday 27 October to Sunday 29 March, there will be new flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bangalore, India three times a week and Liberia, Costa Rica four […]

Saudia Cargo awards multi-station contract to WFS

Saudia Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a multi-station contract covering a number of major airports in Europe and the USA. The contract will see WFS handling over 160,000 tonnes of cargo per year and provide ramp handling for over 5,000 passenger and freighter flights. The three-year agreement extends WFS’s existing relationships at Paris […]

WFS makes healthy pharma investment in Paris

Worldwide Flight Services has invested €10 million in a Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, making it the only ground handler to own a pharma facility at CDG. The pharma centre offers both landside and airside acceptance capabilities and will be fully GDP compliant when it opens in September. It will also be […]

ACFA’s Entente Cordiale with CATA

On July 12, the Air Cargo France Association (ACFA) received an official visit from the China Air Transport Association (CATA). The CATA delegation was able to visit CDG’s cargo installations and particularly the sorting centre of SODEXI, a member of the ACFA. At the official meeting between both associations, discussions were held about the specific […]

FedEx adds B767F to Dublin-London-Paris route

FedEx adds third East Midlands flight

FedEx Express has introduced brand new Boeing 767 Freighters on European routes, offering more capacity on Dublin – London – Paris services. The first 767F in European service for FedEx can carry 41 tonnes of cargo, a 16% increase in capacity compared to older aircraft. It is also 9% more fuel efficient than its predecessor, […]

Four axes to secure long term growth at Groupe ADP

To secure long-term growth of cargo at the Paris airports, Groupe ADP has a cargo strategy based on four axes, Marc Houalla, executive director and director of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport tells Air Cargo Week. The four axes are recovering traffic, commitment to better quality of service and a more attractive cargo zone, promotion […]

ECS to sell space on Senegal’s new airline

ECS Group’s French arm, Aero Cargo is to market freight capacity for new national airline Air Senegal across its global network. The new carrier began operating intra-African services in 2018 but plans to develop longer haul routes from its hub at Blaise Diagne International Airport. Aero Cargo is already marketing capacity on A330-NEO flights between […]

AIT Worldwide acquires ConneXion World Cargo

AIT Worldwide Logistics has extended its global footprint with the acquisition of ConneXion World Cargo, in an agreement finalised on Friday 30 November. The London-based freight forwarders’ headquarters is in Colnbrook, Berkshire near London’s Heathrow Airport, along with operational centres in Exeter and Manchester, and offices in Halifax, Canada; Hong Kong, China and Paris France. […]

Gulf Air picks Aero Cargo as GSA in France

Gulf Air has chosen ECS Group company Aero Cargo France to be its GSA for re-launched services between Paris and Bahrain. ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo is already Gulf Air’s GSA in the UK, and the French company says the partnership and confidence between the two companies will grow further with the new contract. […]

GEFCO staff get on their bikes and raise money for Children in Need

Cyclists from GEFCO UK have raised £36,273 for BBC Children in Need after riding 300 miles from Coventry to Paris in four days. The amount is expected to increase in the coming weeks as the 47 cyclists arrive back at the GEFCO UK Coventry headquarters and continue to fundraise for BBC Children in Need, which […]

Singapore Airlines renews cargo handling contracts with WFS

Singapore Airlines has renewed its cargo handling contracts with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Paris and London. In France, where the companies have worked together since 1986, WFS provides handling services for the airline’s daily Airbus A380 flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle as well as offline cargo reception points, handling and domestic trucking at […]

Air France facing strike action today

Air France adds Heathrow - Nice route

Airfreight shipments due to fly long haul services on Air France today (March 22) should not be affected by the nation-wide French labour strike. The airline has issued a statement that: “in the context of a national call for a strike in France, on Thursday 22 March 2018, French Civil Aviation Authorities gave instructions to […]

Qatar Airways achieves QEP accreditation at five locations

Qatar Airways Cargo has received Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) accreditation at Amsterdam, Basel, Paris, Chicago and its hub in Doha, Qatar. The programme recognises air cargo carriers that operate Envirotainer containers in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP), and the achievement proves Qatar Airways Cargo it credible in providing global customers […]

AA Cargo flies French orchestra’s instruments to Latin America

American Airlines Cargo has transported musical instruments for the Orchestre Nationale du Capitole’s three-city tour of Latin America. 694 pieces of cargo including violins, cellos, double basses, three harps and a conductor’s podium were shipped from Paris to Buenos Aires on a wide-bodied flight, then on to Quito and finally Sao Paulo for the Toulouse-based […]

Chapman Freeborn picks De Clercq as charter sales manager for France

Chapman Freeborn has appointed David De Clercq to the role of charter sales manager for France, overseeing cargo charters and on board courier services. In his newly created position, Paris-based De Clercq will work in close cooperation with the company’s long-established team in Belgium and offices worldwide. De Clercq has 15 years of aviation experience […]

WFS picks up five new handling contracts in France

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has scooped five new cargo handling contracts by passenger and freighter airlines in France. Four of the contracts cover Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as well as handling at WFS’ other 11 cargo stations across France. Belly carrier Vietnam Airlines has renewed its handling agreement with WFS, while CAL Cargo Airlines […]

Cargo growth slows at Changi but still up five per cent

The growth in cargo volumes at Changi Airport has slowed in October but was still up five per cent year-on-year. The airport in Singapore handled 185,800 tonnes of cargo in October 2017 compared to 177,000 tonnes in the same month of 2016. Year-on-year growth in October was lower than the previous three months; July had […]

Network growth set to continue at Turkish Cargo

Turkish Cargo has added new freighter routes this year, but is not finished yet and is eyeing more connections. In the last six months, it has started services to Sao Paulo, Paris, Johannesburg, Kano in Nigeria, Oslo and Antananarivo in Madagascar. Turkish Cargo sales vice president (Turkey), Omer Kilic (pictured) says all the new routes […]

Revenue and tonnage growth for Turkish Cargo

Turkish Cargo’s cargo revenue has grown 24.4 per cent and tonnage is up 26.1 per cent on a year-on-year (YOY) basis in the first half of 2017 to the end of June, as it continues to expand its services. The carrier says it has also grown YOY by 46.8 per cent in the Chinese market during the […]

Boeing and Airbus cash in at the Paris Air Show

Boeing just about won the order battle with Airbus at this week’s Paris Air Show as the two aircraft manufacturers picked up aircraft orders valued at $74.8 billion and $39.7 billion, respectively. At the show, Boeing launched the B737 MAX 10, the newest member of the 737 MAX family, with more than 361 orders and commitments from […]

WFS reorganises its top management team

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced new appointments, which it says will further strengthen the company’s leadership team and signal its ambition to build its cargo and ground handling operations globally. WFS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia regions will be divided into two service product regions – cargo and ground handling – to facilitate the execution […]

WFS names Clark as global head of safety & security

David Clark is to join Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) on 27 February next year as global head of safety & security. Clark will report directly to WFS’ chief executive officer, Craig Smyth, and be based in Paris. He joins WFS after spending more than 17 years with British Airways where he has held various senior management roles […]

IAG Cargo launches Paris Orly – Newark services

IAG Cargo has launched direct cargo flights between France and the US with Boeing 767-200 services between Paris and New Jersey. The route will use an OpenSkies 767-200 four times a week between Paris Orly Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport. It is expected to carry cargo including fashion and textiles, perishables and spare machinery […]

Jettainer wins more contracts and looks to expand further

Jettainer has signed a deal with Brussels Airlines to control and maintain its fleet of unit load devices (ULD) from the spring of 2017, as it continues its consistent growth. Jettainer will look after a fleet of about 1,000 ULDs over the next five years and it will set up a ULD controller at Brussels […]

Schiphol backs further projects to improve efficiency

Schiphol Cargo is backing further projects as part of the Smart Cargo Mainport Program to find innovation to improve flows through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, underpinned by transparent data exchange. The Smart Program projects centre on cargo flows, encouraging cooperation between the different parties in the supply chain, as well as data sharing. The Program steering […]

VIDEO: Developing Express Solutions

The express airfreight market has seen some major developments this year and meeting the needs and demands of e-commerce is seen as key for the future. Azura Productions speaks to SoDExI chief executive officer, Jérôme Balbi who describes developments in express solutions and especially the challenges of dealing with the online retailers. SoDExI is exhibiting at TIACA’s […]

VIDEO: France Leads with E-Freight

E-freight is equally of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the air cargo industry supply chain and an area of significant investment by operators. Azura Productions spoke CIN France’s chief executive officer, Jean François Bouilhaguet (CEO) about the combined French airports’ approach to technology and his take on the future of e-freight. CIN France is exhibiting at […]