The EU Commission has approved the Lufthansa Group application to acquire a 41% stake in Alitalia successor, ITA Airways for 325 million euros. The Brussels decision was preceded by numerous concessions by Lufthansa to hand over existing slots in...
For a long time, cargo only played third or fourth fiddle at the airline. However, the wind has changed since 01FEB24, when Peter Gerber, the former head of Lufthansa Cargo and Brussels Airlines, took the helm at the leisure...
The Abu Dhabi-based carrier decided to activate a purchase option signed in 2022, for three additional A350 freighters. This brings the total number of this aircraft variant ordered by EY to ten units. Management cited the increasing transport demand...
The Colombia-registered freight carrier has presented a new brand concept following three years of business consolidation. It includes 16 factors stretching from advanced eBooking strategies to ambitious sustainability activities. Primary objectives are enhanced operational efficiencies, network enlargements and improved...
The Frankfurt-based carrier has commenced round-the-world services taking off from Frankfurt to Hi Chi Minh City, across the Pacific, onto Los Angeles and back to Frankfurt. Operator of the weekly B777F flights is AeroLogic, a DHL/Lufthansa Cargo joint venture...
What could be better than taking over the management of a company where business is thriving? This is what happened to Francois Berisot, who became CEO of Budapest Airport on 06JUN24. Above all, air cargo is the showpiece. 226,000...
Last May, the Brazilian carrier LEVU became the first Latin American registered carrier to take delivery of an A321 P2F. The jetliner’s owner is SmartLynx Airlines, based in Latvia, which had inked a dry lease contract with LEVU. Next...
The South American airline decided to equip 5 of its B777 aircraft with AeroSHARK foils. This results in annual savings of up to 2,000 metric tons of jet fuel and 6,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. LATAM is...
Argentina's national carrier (IATA: AR) has been state-owned for 16 years. During that time, various governments have pumped a lot of money into the company to keep it airborne. They did that because AR is more than just an...
Earlier this month, Challenge Group received its IATA CEIV Lithium Battery certification. Challenge Group’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), David Canavan gave more details about this new milestone as well as an update on its perishables services, in an interview...
Pharma and healthcare were the key topics tabled by LATAM Cargo at the carrier’s Brussels event on Thursday (05SEP24). The trade show was attended by roughly 50 invitees, mainly managers from freight forwarding companies, but also executives from Brussels...
Frankfurt and Lisbon are 1,876 km apart. A jetliner takes 3 hours to cover the distance. That is the length of time that Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa, spent on a plane on Monday (02SEP24), to hold face-to-face talks...
The tragic accident at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, which claimed the lives of two maintenance engineers and severely injured a third when an aircraft tire reportedly exploded at the Delta Air Lines facility, highlights the many...
On Saturday (17AUG24), the freight carrier welcomed an additional Boeing 777F upon the aircraft’s arrival from the Boeing production site in Everett at its main hub Frankfurt Airport. It is the 18th B777F to join the cargo airline’s fleet,...
A gap doesn't stay unfilled for long. LATAM Cargo, last week confirmed again this age-old insight by deciding to increase its flights between the EU and destinations in South America from currently 10 to 12 per week, effective 01OCT24....
Madrid-based Air Europa joined the SkyTeam Alliance including SkyTeam Cargo, on 04SEP07 - a pact led by Delta, Air France-KLM and China Eastern. Now the Spanish carrier could become a full member of the Air France-KLM Group should the...
The route joint venture between ANA Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo is still alive and has not, as many had feared, faded away. In contrast, it is expected to be restarted at the end of Q1 2025. This was announced...
The International Airline Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, and Aer Lingus, has decided against taking over the majority in Spanish carrier, Air Europa, in which IAG holds a 20% stake since mid-AUG22. The withdrawal follows EU...
On 28JUL24, CargoForwarder reported exclusively about the cargo flight suspensions between the EU and South America planned by Qatar Airways Cargo and Martinair Cargo, coming into effect during the course of SEP24. In a LinkedIn post published yesterday (03AUG24),...
Condor has been transporting passengers to leisure destinations since 1956. Back then, it was called Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH. Its current brand, Condor, was launched in 1961. Although the company has also flown air freight shipments from day one, for...
At least partially. The two carriers intend to suspend some of their freighter services to thesub-continent. While Martinair continues serving Bogotá as sole destination south of the Panama Canal, QR Cargo pulls their B777 freighters out of Santiago and...
Finland was once a key gateway for passengers and air freight shipments on routes between northern Europe and China. In the meantime, the former flow has become a trickle. This is because the long-standing advantage of short flight times...
In Sichuan’s capital, Chengdu, leading executives of DHL Express and cargo carrier, China Central Airlines, met to agree on a cooperation. The outcome of the gathering was that both sides signed a letter of intent to start joint freighter...
The Austrian logistics company, cargo-partner, joined Japanese transport giant, Nippon Express Holdings, 7 months ago. Since then, both companies have been working on synchronizing their business activities. The claim made to CargoForwarder Global by various sources, that there has...
The British carrier has decided to terminate its London-Shanghai flights operated with Boeing 787 jetliners, due to external factors. The last flight will take place on 25OCT24, marking the end of an era that has lasted a quarter of...
