“We’ll continue to grow” 
The way the airfreight sector has been treated by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has caused some irritation of late. Bart Pouwels recently gave us the low-down on the hub’s long-term strategy. After ten years in the freight division he became head of cargo last year. more
First Cargologic Germany freighter lands at future base 
A B737 freighter operated by Cargologic Germany (CLG), the very first to be painted in the new airline’s colours, landed at Leipzig/Halle airport for the very first time last week. Managing director Ulrich Ogiermann (centre) and accountable manager Dierk Näther (right) welcomed... more
Nordic GSSA goes live with cargo management platform
The independent GSSA Scanpartners, headquartered in Copenhagen with offices in Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm, successfully went live with the cargo management platform provided by e-Cargoware. According to its Irish producer, thecloud-based platform is flexible, robust, easy... more
Lynden Air Cargo crosses last frontier
Lynden Air Cargo, a US airline based in Anchorage AK and Seattle WA, has joined a short list of operators that serve all seven continents by starting a new project in support of an Italian Antarctic expedition team doing research on the icy land mass. The month-long mission... more
GTA Dnata with North American first in Toronto
GTA Dnata, the joint venture company of the Dubai-based ground handling services provider Dnata in Canada, has been certified by Iata's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma handling processes and facilities in... more
Four new B777Fs for Lufthansa Cargo and Aerologic
Lufthansa Cargo will take delivery of a fourth new freighter in autumn 2019. The B777F will be leased from Boeing and operated by Aerologic at Leipzig/Halle airport (Germany). This will take the fleet of Aerologic, a joint venture of Lufthansa and DHL Express, to twelve... more
Pegasus starts working with TCM provider
Turkey-based Pegasus Airlines has signed a total cargo management (TCM) service agreement with World Cargo Solutions DMCC. From 1 January 2019, the Dusseldorf (Germany)-based GSSA began exclusively marketing the full cargo capacity of Pegasus on a global basis. The LCC carrier... more
German air service provider orders B737 p2f
The US aircraft conversion company, Aeronautical Engineers, has signed a contract with Miesbach (Germany)-based Royal Aero to provide the latter with a B737-400SF freighter. The aircraft, Royal Aero's first AEI freighter conversion of this aircraft type, will be modified at... more
Airship maker grounds prototype, plans production
As 2018 came to a close, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) received the design organisation approval (DOA) from the European Aviation Safety Agency and production organisation approval (POA) from the UK's Civil Aviation Authority. The DOA, which covers design activities and flight... more
First monthly cargo decrease for three years
The European airport trade association, ACI Europe, has released its traffic report for November 2018, during which freight traffic went into the red, losing 1.4% - the first monthly decrease for three years. Amongst the top 10 European airports for freight traffic, only Liege... more