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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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 –... more
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... more
Qatar Airways: more flights to South Africa
From next month, Qatar Airways is increasing the number of weekly flights on its routes to South Africa. Weekly flight frequencies to Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest metropolis, will increase from 14 to 18 from July, rising to 19 in August. A further two flights will be... more
