MNG maintains ties with Champ Cargosystems
MNG Airlines Cargo has renewed its cooperation with Champ Cargosystems for its cargo community service "Traxon cargoHUB". Using the product since twelve years, the Turkish carrier has been assisted with its digitalisation efforts, expanded its eAWB penetration, and... more
Rocking air cargo near Chicago
For Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), the year 2020 ended with the largest year-to-date landed cargo weight in the organisation’s history, growing by more than 15% to 1.225 million t of freight that landed and travelled through RFD compared to 2019. The leading... more
Bolstering Saudi Arabia's logistics
Saudi Logistics Company SAL, the logistic arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with King Abdullah Economic City, 100 km North of Jeddah, to provide support to both logistics sectors in the Kingdom and KAEC. The partnership focuses on... more
Swissport covers all of UK for Lufthansa Cargo
Swissport in the UK has won a major cargo handling contract from the Lufthansa Group for London Heathrow airport (LHR). The global provider of ground services and cargo handling now takes care of the German airline group’s cargo at all of its UK destinations. In the future,... more
Increasing regional impact
After two back-to-back record-breaking years of cargo volumes, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Aeroterm have entered into a ground lease to develop a multitenant cargo facility at the airport located in South New Hampshire, some 80 km North of Boston, until 2024.... more
More fresh flowers from South America
During the 2021 Valentine’s Day season, which, together with Mother’s Day, represents the peak of the fresh flower export trade, Latam Cargo Group carried 7% more flowers than in 2020, totalling more than 13,200 t. The good figures are due to the group’s uninterrupted... more
Vaccines from Belgium
Since the end of November, flights to more than 40 destinations have been carried out to distribute Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine from Belgium. This includes shipments via DHL Express and on commercial flights from partners such as Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways,... more
Masks to Graz
The demand for high-quality medical products - currently mainly FFP2 masks and rapid antigen tests - continues to grow significantly throughout Europe due to the new regulations. To meet this demand, the Diwa Medical Group, in cooperation with Belenos and Quehenberger... more
Expensive Russian Freighter
After the Tu-154, the last of this type of trijet in operation, the east Siberian airline Alrosa has withdrawn another iconic Russian-made aircraft from service. This time it was the freighter IL-76TD. The company told the national media that the withdrawal was due to the... more
To Paris on Fridays
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed partnerships with trucking companies to offer a fleet of temperature-controlled GDP-certified Pharma trucks to support the sustainable cold chain requirements of its airline clients moving shipments from the French provinces to Paris... more