Positive cargo development at Vienna airport 
The airfreight business at Vienna airport is picking up again, with 68,058 t of airfreight handled for import and export in Q1/2024. This represents a year-on-year increase of 16%. Compared to the pre-coronavirus year 2019, the current figures represent a growth of 1,417 t... more
A third UK office
Aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service has opened its third UK office, and its first in the north of England, in Manchester, as it focuses on further expanding its client base in the region’s thriving technology and sports markets. Heading up the new office will be... more
First Airbus A321F freighter for Latin America
ACMI, cargo, and charter provider SmartLynx Airlines and Brazilian cargo solutions company Levu Air Cargo (Levu) have joined forces in a new partnership. Levu will lease an Airbus A321 freighter from SmartLynx to become the first carrier in Latin America to operate this... more
Emirates Delivers launches in Saudi Arabia
Emirates Delivers, the e-commerce delivery solution of Emirates SkyCargo, has launched in Saudi Arabia. Shoppers from the kingdom can now make their purchases online at their favourite stores in the UK, USA and the UAE and use Emirates Delivers for fast, reliable, and... more
Airfreight booking & payment simplified
Sri Lankan Cargo, the cargo arm of Sri Lankan Airlines, has partnered with digital freight solutions provider Cargo Ai to simplify and enhance its airfreight booking and payment processes, and bring more transparency and velocity for users than ever. The integration of the... more
Finnair resumes flights to Tartu
Finnair will resume flights to Tartu, Estonia, from 2 June 2024. The airline suspended flights on this service for a month so that Tartu airport could introduce an approach solution that doesn’t require a GPS signal. The approach methods previously used were based on GPS... more
Fully prepared for UAE-Placi
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, is fully prepared for the UAE pre-loading advance cargo information (Placi) regulations, ensuring that partners and customers will experience no disruptions in their shipments. Placi is an advanced security measure... more
Dubai and digital
Lufthansa Cargo, which has just added a stop at Dubai (DWC) on its B777F flight from Shanghai to Frankfurt, has signed a consulting deal with Manyone. The Copenhagen-based agency has been working on UX/UI design for the carrier for a year and a half and has now won a multi-stage... more
Sharkskin for clean air
Over the past year and a half, Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) has equipped the whole fleet of its long-haul flagship Boeing 777-300ER with Aeroshark technology. The surface film applied to the fuselage and engines imitates the aerodynamic properties of sharkskin and... more
A design first for the aviation industry
At the 34th Astrid Awards, the world's only independent awards programme dedicated to excellence in all areas of design in corporate communications and organised by New York–based Mercomm, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) picked up the best prizes. As the first... more