IAG Hangar 51 programme invites to Spain 
In collaboration with Vueling and Iberia, IAG Cargo is seeking applications for the 2019 International Airlines Group (IAG) Hangar 51 global innovation programme. Start-ups of all sizes and growth stages from around the world are invited to apply before 2 August 2019 to join the... mehr
Kenya Airways finds GSAs for new routes to Europe
Kenya Airways has appointed GACSA as the Cargo GSA in Geneva (Switzerland) with Swissport providing the warehouse element. In Rome (Italy), Air Cargo IAS has been appointed GSA and the warehouse appointment will be XPH. Both will provide cargo services for the new four... mehr
Turkish Cargo launches SVO service
Starting today, 12 June 2019, Turkish Cargo includes Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), one of Russia’s major air cargo hubs, to its direct airfreight destinations network. Located just 30 km from the capital Moscow, the area is considered an important export and import centre in... mehr
Saudia Cargo supports heavy athletes
Saudi Airlines Cargo Company once again transported 175 t of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) equipment all the way to Jeddah, from Maastricht (Netherlands) for the WWE event that took place at King Abdullah Sports City last week. The carrier provided all its logistical... mehr
Light air vehicles for Thyssenkrupp's daily business
Only a few weeks after its first official demonstration flight on 21 May 2019, a drone designed by doks.innovation is ready to make Thyssenkrupp's shipment of laboratory samples faster and safer while also reducing traffic on the plant premises. The autonomous drone... mehr
Garuda ordered to pay millions for price fixing
Australia’s federal court has ordered PT Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) to pay penalties of AUD 19 million (USD 13 million) for colluding on fees and surcharges for air freight services. The penalties follow the court action launched by the Australian competition and consumer... mehr
Miami expects more flights to the Caribbean
Miami airport (USA) is the first international destination of the recently re-established Haiti national airline, Air Ayiti. Initially, flights with a B767 widebody aircraft operated by Eastern Airlines were expected to arrive for the first time as of today, 7 June 2019. But... mehr
Gumball 3000 takes off - with cars shipped by Emirates
Starting in Mykonos (Greece) today, 7 June 2019, and finishing on Ibiza (Spain) on 15 June, this year’s Gumball 3000 sees the participation of a team from Dubai (UAE). For the second year in a row, Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of Emirates, is partnering with... mehr
Air Algérie chooses Champ supply chain solution
Air Algérie has signed for Traxon cargoHUB from Champ Cargosystems. The host-to-host solution is used for automated electronic data exchange and enables the airline to seamlessly communicate digitally with forwarders and other air cargo supply chain partners worldwide –... mehr
Etihad secures complete ownership of AVM
Etihad Airways has acquired the shares held by Armaguard Linfox Group (Australia) in the Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based joint venture Armaguard Valuables Management (AVM), becoming the sole shareholder of the company and renaming it Etihad Secure Logistics Services. In the six years... mehr