Flying live lobsters boosts cargo business in Halifax 
Seafood from Nova Scotia accounted for 11,495 t of the record 36,938 t of cargo processed at Halifax Stanfield airport (YHZ) in 2018. The overall airfreight tonnage was 8.5% higher year-on-year, and noted growth for the fifth year in succession. Air cargo exports contribute EUR... more
Turkish Cargo to start operating from new hub
Turkish Cargo is to carry out its cargo operations via passenger flights at a temporary satellite facility, "which is completely satisfactory in terms of infrastructure at Istanbul airport", as of 6 April 2019. Maindeck operations will continue to be carried out at the... more
Hactl handling Raya Airways
The Malaysian freighter operator Raya Airways has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as its ground handler in Hong Kong. The airline operates a five times weekly B767F service between Hong Kong and its home base of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport (SZB),... more
Brussels and Montevideo set up pharma lane
To continue to share know-how and best practices and to develop new pharma certified lanes, Brussels airport and the MVD free airport of Montevideo have signed a memorandum of understanding that formalises their relationship of friendship and cooperation. Given that both... more
EDI transactions surge in Thailand
Thailand’s international freight forwarders association (Tiffa EDI Services) recently achieved an over 220 times growth in the volume of EDI transactions handled since the implementation of Kale Logistics Solutions’ ping services on their “ezyCompliance” platform in 2014. It... more
Airline brings honeybees to Ras Al Khaimah
40 tonnes of live honeybees landed recently at Ras Al Khaimah airport (RAK) in the UAE on an Egypt Air Cargo flight from Cairo for the first time in 2019. Many customers of Al Najeh Honey and Bee from Sharjah (UAE) were waiting to welcome the bees and take them to various farms... more
“One of the biggest players” 
“People don’t usually feel a vocation to start a career in airfreight,” Guillaume Halleux told ITJ editor Andreas Haug in an interview recently. The Frenchman himself soon discovered and fortified his passion for the segment in which he has now worked for 22 years. Having led... more
They went in two by two: Airline cares for pets
On 1 March 2019, American Airlines Cargo began accepting dogs, cats and ferrets into and out of Dublin (DUB, Ireland). Starting today, 1 April 2019, the carrier is partnering with Coppersmith Global Logistics to assist its customers to clear their pets through customs in the... more
Bright future beckons for Scottish airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) welcomed a new twice-weekly B747F service from the British Cargologicair, connecting Scotland with Houston and Frankfurt. Each service offers 110 tonnes of freight capacity, giving a welcome boost to the regional oil and gas, aerospace and other... more
Ethiopian Airlines arrives in Istanbul
Ethiopian Airlines has finalised all preparations to launch a direct thrice-weekly flight to Istanbul (Turkey) as of today, 1 April 2019. Istanbul is Europe’s largest city and Turkey’s historic, industrial and financial capital, and the relocation operation from Ataturk Airport... more