Schiphol’s slot dilemma – and no end in sight

Leading airports focus strategically and economically on growth rather than contraction. An exception is Schiphol. There, the municipality of Amsterdam demands that the number...

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The Elephant in the Room: Defense is Reshaping Global...

While civilian supply chains continue to debate optimization, sustainability, and digitalization, defense logistics is expanding rapidly and largely outside...

How airmail gave flight to United Airlines

With 2026, United Airlines is proudly kicking off its centenary year. Very few carriers can look back on 100...

Air Europa Cargo obtains CEIV Pharma for its Madrid...

Following the successful completion of IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification process for routes between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean...

Spotlight on… Eira Mae G. De Pablo-Pacifico, Manager, Philippine...

Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ illustrates a different segment of the air cargo industry through the voice of...
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Open Ecosystems and APIs: The Backbone of Digital Logistics Collaboration

For more than a decade, the air cargo industry has discussed digital collaboration, interoperability and paperless processes. For freight forwarders, these discussions are anything...

Roland Weil moves to WFS

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is growing its e-commerce business at Frankfurt Airport, following the signing of a leasing agreement for two cargo terminals at...
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Exclusive – Karaganda emerges as new Asian cargo hub

Karaganda (KGF): located at just seven hours’ flying time from Shanghai and seven hours to Frankfurt, it offers the perfect stopover, right in the...

AERION: Air cargo’s profit engine is generating thrust

Just over half a year on since AERION’s launch (CFG reported), and the unique concept of a ‘collective profit engine for air cargo’ has...
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Kales thinks and acts like an airline

General sales agent Kales Airline Services acts, thinks and performs like a well-running airline, based on a close and confidential partnership relation. This translates...

Spotlight on… Jessica Stöber, Management Assistant, HAUS61

Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ hands the mic to someone working in one of the many different areas that make up our air...

CARGOLAND – The finals is good, bronze is better

Liège Airport (LGG) takes its inspiration and ambitions from the Olympic Games. Just being part of the show is not enough; the aspiration is...

Volga-Dnepr awaiting revival

The heavily indebted Volga-Dnepr Group is to be taken over by the EAS Group (Evraz Avia Service LLC) during the course of Q1, 2026....
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Three-way battle for TAP

The bride, TAP, is in a comfortable position: three attractive suitors are courting her. They are Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, and IAG. Following the takeover...

Fraport: E-Commerce is going through the roof

The increase is phenomenal. While a total of around 400,000 e-Com shipments per month were handled at Frankfurt Airport last year, the current monthly...

Who won with the EU PLACI programs?

The year 2025 started with an alarming sense of urgency in global trade, as tariff regulations fluctuated amid a self-initiated competition driven by the...

Paper Out, Data In: WFS Madrid’s Digital Shift

Cargo growth at Madrid-Barajas is no longer just a headline statistic – it is reshaping how cargo is handled on the ground. As volumes...

DHL GF and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) join forces to reduce CO2 emissions

The two companies have signed anew framework agreement for emission reduction rights. The contractfurther deepens their joint commitment to decarbonizing the air freight industry...

Obituary: Mr. IGLU, Günther Gasthuber has passed away

Karl Eduard Guenther Gasthuber passed away peacefully at his home in Kelsterbach near Frankfurt, on December 18, 2025, following a brief battle with cancer....

IATA looks at 2025 and 2026

On 10DEC25, international air cargo journalists were invited to an online press conference held by IATA on the fringes of its larger, more passenger...

Holy Spirit propels Hapag-Lloyd

Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT), the infrastructure division of shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, is to build a terminal facility for handling sea freight items in Brazil....

A350F is on track

Even before the European frame maker launched the A350F program, Crawford Hamilton, Head of Freighter Market at Airbus, emphasized in an interview with CargoForwarder...