Security first, politics second 
Brandon Fried, a veteran with almost 40 years of experience under his belt, is a key industry player and the voice of the USA’s air cargo forwarders. He took over an Airforwarders Association mandate for the first time in the year 2000, and became executive director in 2005. In... more
ABC mandates ACG to finance a B747-8F 
California (USA)-headquartered Aviation Capital Group (ACG), an aircraft operating lessor founded in 1989, has been mandated by Airbridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) to structure, arrange, and provide a guarantee for a senior loan to finance a portion of the airline's purchase price of... more
Riga airport has cargo ambitions
With the goal of becoming "a modern and convenient north European hub", Riga Airport (RIX) wound up 2018 with an encouraging increase in its key performance indicators. The volume of cargo handled at the Latvian capital's airport increased by 10.4% to over 27,000... more
Japanese carriers to end mail codesharing with UPS
ANA All Nippon Airways and Air Japan are to cease mail codesharing with UPS effective tomorrow (2 February 2019). After the merger with ANA in 2010, Air Japan began to operate 217 cargo flights per week with a B767-300F/BCF. The main operating hubs for the cargo flights are in... more
Cleared and delivered
Passengers are not the only ones keen to get from A to B quickly. The forwarding firm Gerhard Wegmüller also wants its airfreighted consignments to reach their destination rapidly – which is why it banks on K & S Informatik‘s ‘cargo arrival’ solution at Zurich airport. more
Barig strengthens cargo component again
Cargologic Germany (CLG), a cargo airline that is currently being established, is, with immediate effect, a member of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig). At the same time, CLG has joined the cargo committee of Barig, a Frankfurt-based association... more
Paving the way for more P2F conversions
Through its Irish affiliate NGF Genesis Ltd, the Austin TX (USA)-based freighter-focused aircraft leasing and management company Spectre Cargo Solutions has closed its first round of a long-term senior debt facility led by Erste Bank for the purpose of refinancing seven Boeing... more
Flying for Saudi Arabia's first European Tour golf event
The Saudi International golf tournament, sponsored by Saudi Airlines Cargo as a formal logistics partner, is being held for the first time in Saudi Arabia from today (31 January) until 3 February 2019. The tournament’s participants include the world's top three golfers... more
Cargojet helps Elevate to celebrate first anniversary
San Francisco Bay area-based Elevate Capital Partners, a private investment and asset management firm focussing on making value-based commercial aircraft and aviation related investments, has marked its first anniversary with the successful completion of its third aircraft... more
Cefa Aviation's flight data supports Kalitta Air
Kalitta Air, a Michigan (USA)-based cargo airline founded in 2000, has selected Cefa's flight animation system (FAS) software to animate the data from the flight data recorders placed in the airline's all-freighter fleet of 24 B747-400Fs and five B767-300Fs. Dominique Mineo,... more