Emirates Group Announces 25th Consecutive Year of Profit
The Emirates Group has announced its 25th consecutive year of profit and company-wide growth ending the year in a strong position despite continuing high fuel prices and a weak global economic environment. The financial year also ended with some very positive newly reached capacity milestones throughout the business. In the Group’s 2012-13 Annual Report, the company posted an...
Lufthansa Cargo quickens the pace with eFreight
Lufthansa Cargo is pushing the electronic Air Waybill (eAWB). The cargo carrier signed an agreement with IATA enabling electronic Air Waybills to be used significantly easier and more efficiently in future. Paperless airfreight is set to become more convenient especially for customers of Lufthansa Cargo. Following the new IATA multilateral electronic air waybill standard, forwarders...
Virgin Atlantic Cargo stands firm with £230 million revenues in ‘challenging market’
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has reported revenues for the 2012/13 financial year of £230 million and thanked customers around the world for their support, which ensured the airline performed well in a global market that showed decline. After two years of record growth, Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s results in the last financial year were virtually on a par with its best-ever figures, reported...
Saudia Cargo transports 630,000 juvenile fish from Larnaca to Tabuk
Saudi Airlines Cargo has successfully transported 630,000 juvenile sea bream fish from Larnaca (Cyprus) to Tabuk (Saudi Arabia). The operation, undertaken on behalf of Tabuk Fisheries via Sagro Aquaculture, required meticulous planning and coordination due to the special nature of the cargo involved. Close coordination between the Saudia Cargo team and Sagro Aquaculture was essential...
Changi Airport welcomes the return of SWISS
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has announced the return of SWISS to Singapore Changi Airport today. The Switzerland flag-carrier will operate daily Zurich-Singapore services ultilising the 219-seat Airbus A340-300 aircraft in a three-class configuration. Singapore is SWISS’s eighth Asian destination from its Zurich hub, and its addition to its network marks a further milestone in...
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Sir Richard Branson encourages young people to explore a career in the air logistics industry
Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group, is urging university graduates, college students and school leavers to explore a career in air logistics, calling it ‘an outstanding industry that needs…
New MRO Hangar complex will help to attract more airlines to Sharjah and the Uae, says Volga-Dnepr Gulf
Volga-Dnepr Group has officially launched its new aircraft maintenance hangar facility at Sharjah International Airport in the UAE with an official opening ceremony for senior aviation industry officials. The event…
TIACA elects Oliver Evans as chairman and Enno Osinga as vice chairman
Oliver Evans, Chief Cargo Officer of Swiss WorldCargo, and Enno Osinga, Senior Vice President Cargo, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, have been elected as the new Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of…
ICAO and TIACA to strengthen cooperation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) signed a Declaration of Intent to strengthen co-operation on technical matters. The declaration was officially signed in…
Fraport Cargo Services GmbH and Leisure Cargo become Business Partners
Leisure Cargo has designated Fraport Cargo Services GmbH (FCS) as their future cargo handling agent in Frankfurt and has signed a long term Cargo handling agreement FCS will be in…
