The Marseille-based logistics heavyweight has filed a bid to acquire Air Belgium’s cargo unit. Its advance follows the decision of a Belgian court that turned down the bid of Dutch Group Air One International Holdings and Peso Aviation headed...
The Group's core brand, Lufthansa Airlines, lurched into the red in 2024. This is due to multiple strikes at German airports last year, high fees and bureaucratic constraints. A turnaround program is intended to bring the airline back into...
A surprise announcement rippled across the air cargo industry on Friday, 21FEB25: Atlas Air and DHL Express announced their decision to terminate their Polar Air Cargo joint venture, 18 years after its launch. At the front of many people’s...
After the fraud scam involving excessive surcharges was uncovered 15 years ago, Schenker's owner, Deutsche Bahn, has now finally been able to close the corruption chapter. Cathay Pacific was the last of just under a dozen airlines sued, and,...
The leisure airline’s Cargo division has obtained the IATA seal of approval as CEIV Pharma carrier. This hallmark, issued by the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics, confirms that Condor complies with the globally recognized standards...
The Cairo-based national Egyptian freight carrier has been flying to Hahn Airport (HHN) in southwest Germany since 2009. This makes the cargo division of EGYPTAIR, the freight airline with the longest continuous presence at HHN. In Europe, EGYPTAIR Cargo...
Saudi Arabia's largest cargo airline carried 577,870 tons of cargo in 2024, representing a 27% growth in transported weight and a 13% increase compared to 2023. The share of e-commerce shipments amounted to 23%, which translates into 64,000 tons....
Unexpectedly, given the recent LinkedIn photos of successful Beluga operations of helicopters to Shenzhen or satellites to Florida in the past couple of months, news is out that the Airbus Beluga Transport company is no more. 75 people are...
In our last CFG issue, we featured the groundbreaking Total Management Contract (TCM) which the Paris-based ECS Group recently signed with South America’s leading low-cost carrier group: JetSMART Airlines.*In a joint release, both companies stressed that the partnership will...
For the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) watchdogs, 2025 began with two success stories. At the cargo warehouse in New York’s Champlain Port of Entry, inspectors seized multiple shipments of jewelry for trademark infringement. Over in Pennsylvania, CBP...
After plans of operating Embraer 190 P2F converted freighter aircraft went to ashes, Nairobi-based Astral Aviation intends to grow its fleet by adding Boeing freighters. “We are talking about one B737-400F joining the fleet by the end of this...
The Hungarian Civil Aviation Authority, as part of the Ministry of Construction and Transport (ÉKM), has issued an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and operating license (OL) to Hungary Airlines KFT. This was published on the regulator’s website on 08JAN25....
Who has the final say on air traffic matters: the EU Commission in Brussels or the block’s 27 member states? The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) must now clarify this controversial and hotly debated issue,...
Air Congo is the latest partner of Africa's leading airline. The Congolese state holds 51% of the shares in the newcomer based in the capital Kinshasa, whose equity is valued at USD 40 million by the responsible regulator, and...
Qatar Airways Cargo's communications department has had a busy week. On 01DEC24, they announced the partnership expansion between Qatar Airways Cargo and Cainiao. This was followed on 04DEC24 by the MoU with Japan Airlines (JAL). And just one day...
Last week, Boeing presented its new ‘Air Cargo Forecast 2024-2043’. The key findings in a nutshell: Boeing expects global air freight to grow by 3.4% annually, express will outgrow standard freight, supply chains continue to be diversified, geographically benefitting...
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...
