Klagenfurt airport to become a business hub 
The majority shareholder Lilihill Capital (74.9%) intends to expand the airport in Klagenfurt (KLU, Austria) to become "the most modern, most efficient and most passenger-friendly airport in Europe until 2024". A plan to this effect, according to which funds of... more
Avianca Brasil leaves Star Alliance
The Brazilian airline Ocean Air Linhas Aéreas, headquartered in São Paulo and formerly operating under the name of Avianca Brasil, will formally leave the Star Alliance with effect from 1 September 2019. Ocean Air’s withdrawal follows several months of bankruptcy protection and... more
Emirates Skycargo wins award in Kuala Lumpur
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, was presented with the award for "Best Customer Airline 2018" by the ground handling division of MAB Kargo for having transported the largest volume of air cargo from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia)... more
Nexxiot and Unilode launch joint digitisation project
Nexxiot, a Switzerland-based enabler of the digitised supply chain, is now an official partner of Unilode Aviation Solutions. The aim of this cooperation is to implement a globally unique project: the entire fleet of Unilode's ULDs (125,000) is to be equipped with Bluetooth... more
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo to return to Zambia
In a fortnight, on 3 September 2019, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will reintroduce Lusaka to its full freighter schedule. The Zambian capital will be the thirteenth full freighter destination on AFKLMP’s existing schedule in Africa. After three years, Lusaka is being... more
Eastern Canadian airport to upgrade cargo facilities
On behalf of Marc Garneau, the Canadian minister of transport, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, minister of health, and Dominic LeBlanc, minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade, have announced that CAD 8.34 million (EUR 5.6 million) will be invested to... more
Flying horses and cows around the globe
AirBridgeCargo Airlines recently delivered nine racehorses from Moscow (Russia) to Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on board a B747-8F scheduled flight. With the horses getting ready for one of the world’s competitions, an "ABC care" dedicated team orchestrated each... more
New Russian airport reaches for the stars
Having completed validation tests between 28 July and 8 August 2019 and after a test flight scheduled yesterday, 18 August 2019, Gagarin International Airport (GSV), which serves the southern Russian city of Saratov, will begin operations tomorrow, 20 August 2019. All... more
Silk Way Airlines USA appoints exclusive GSA
Silk Way Airlines USA has announced that, effective immediately, Global Feeder Services Holding (GFS) from Fort Lauderdale (FL, USA) will serve as SWA USA's exclusive general sales agent (GSA) responsible for maintaining and further developing customer and sales activities in... more
Hyderabad attracts Spicejet's freighter
GMR Hyderabad International Airport (HYD) in India has added yet another domestic freighter to its existing range of freighter offerings, the latest entrant being SpiceJet freighter that landed at the airport on 1 August 2019. The cargo arm of SpiceJet has commenced its... more