60 Seconds with Fitsum Abadi

Ethiopian Cargo is Africa’s largest and fastest growing freight carrier and has ambitions to grow its network and offering significantly in the years to come. In June, it opened a new $150 million cargo terminal in Addis Ababa, giving it capacity of one million tonnes. Air Cargo Week spoke to Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics managing […]

Ethiopian Airlines launches two new freighter routes to Europe

Africa’s largest cargo operator Ethiopian Airlines launched two new freighter routes to Europe – in the shape of Milan in Italy on 2 April and Zaragoza in Spain on 28 March. At the moment the carrier services the European continent to Liege in Belgium using Boeing 777 Freighters with a minimum weekly tonnage of 2,200 tonnes, and […]

AENA airports post 11.2% air cargo growth in 2016

Spain was one of the fastest growing European air cargo country markets in 2016 as many gateways had a bumper year with most of the top airports posting strong growth numbers. This was due to a range of reasons including an improving Spanish economy boosting both imports and exports, increasing bellyhold and freighter capacity through […]

Qatar Airways to run Nova Scotia route packed with seafood

Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) will soon welcome Qatar Airways Cargo when the carrier launches a weekly Wednesday service to Doha with a stop in Zaragoza, Spain. The new service, set to begin on 20 July, 2016, will operate with a Boeing 777-200 freighter. The freighter can carry up to 103 tonnes of cargo. Much of […]