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
Space for local heroes 
Laurent Le Baler has been in the air cargo business for 20 years. Now he is the managing director in charge of operations at Airnautic, a company founded by his father Denis Le Baler in 1984. ITJ staff writer Andreas Haug paid him a visit in Paris. more
Latam Cargo signs global master lease agreement with CSafe
Latam Cargo recently signed a master lease agreement with CSafe Global, a provider of active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions, to extend alternative transportation options to its clients shipping temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals. Rodolfo Marré,... more
Turkish Cargo continues growth with dual hub approach
Maintaining its operations from Ataturk and Istanbul airports as “Dual Hub”, the global brand of Turkish Cargo continued its strong growth momentum during the first quarter of the year. During the first three months of 2019, despite a 3.1% contraction across the air cargo... more
Air New Zealand dreams of new flag ship
Boeing and Air New Zealand have announced the airline’s plans to add the largest 787 Dreamliner model to its fleet with a commitment to buy eight 787-10 valued at USD 2.7 billion at list prices. The carrier, known for its global network and long-range operations, says that the... more
Home and hub
Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, Zaragoza, Frankfurt – these are all some of Saudia Cargo’s key partners in Europe. Shortly before Air Cargo Europe in Munich, Omar Hariri met ITJ airfreight editor Andreas Haug to assess Saudia’s development. Hariri has been Saudia Cargo CEO since... more