JAL Cargo picks digital booking platform 
Webcargo by Freightos, a digital booking and payment platform for the international freight industry, has partnered with JAL Cargo, the cargo arm of Japan Airlines (JAL). Freight forwarders already using Webcargo will now be able to e-book for JAL’s air cargo capacity to Japan... more
Three more years for LUG in Germany
Delta Air Lines has extended its partnership with LUG Air Cargo Handling in Frankfurt and Munich, securing a contract extension until 2027. The Atlanta-based airline has been using LUG's services for Delta Cargo in Frankfurt for over four years and in Munich for a decade.... more
Diversifying pharma product portfolio
With its Iata Ceiv Pharma certificate and services meeting GDP standards, Turkish Cargo is now launching three products containing flexible solutions for pharmaceutical and medical consignments in various categories. With the "TK Pharma Standard", customers can... more
NCM lands new contract
Network Cargo Management (NCM) has been appointed as the GSA for Bringer Air Cargo (BAC) in the USA, effective 19 November 2023. Javier Gonzalez, NCM’s sales manager based in Florida: “I am happy to confirm that we have been appointed as Bringer Air Cargo’s GSA in the... more
Strengthening USA-Asia trade
DHL Express commenced services for the final Boeing 777 freighter deployed at the South Asia hub in Singapore last month. With a payload capability of 102 t, the aircraft joined the four other Boeing 777 freighters already deployed in Singapore to boost inter-continental... more
Preliminary trials for Liberty Lifter X-plane
The USA’s defence advanced research projects agency (Darpa) programme aims to design, build, float, and fly an affordable X-plane that demonstrates revolutionary heavy-air-lift capability from the sea. It is now taking the next step. After changing the design for the Liberty... more
Changi takes stock
Singapore Changi airport recorded 328,000 airport aircraft movements in 2023, compared to the 382,000 in 2019. Against a volatile global economic environment, airfreight throughput stood at 1.74 million t for 2023, a year-on-year decline of 6%. Aircraft movements for... more
Piloting wholesales to a new level
Amsterdam-based Wholesale By Vels (WBV) has launched Cargopilot, a trade-only wholesale airfreight booking platform. It differs from existing online booking portals in two respects: firstly, it targets non-Iata freight agents, using WBV’s own Iata licence and Cass... more
Cargo volumes rise for the third year in a row
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR), which recently welcomed Air India's first commercial flight on an A350, processed a total of 422,644 t of cargo in 2023 (+2% compared to 2022). Domestic freight traffic soared by 11%, testifying to BLR’s growing importance as a... more
GOL enters Chapter 11 process
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes and its subsidiaries have voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 in the US bankruptcy court for the southern district of New York. The Brazilian LCC, which also operates six B737-800 freighters, remembers that this process has been used successfully by... more