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Rockford and DSV launch weekly Incheon service

Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) continues to add to its international network – and particularly its Asian connections – with the launch, this week, of a scheduled DSV freighter service to South Korea’s Incheon International Airport (ICN). The weekly...

CharterDesk lifts off with first cargo charters

With the news of the CharterDesk launch still ink-fresh on the table (CFG reported), the company has already completed its first two cargo charter missions and is thus fully operational. Both flights involved Istanbul Airport (IST) – this first...

Jettainer gains GOL Linhas Aéreas ULD contract

GOL Linhas Aéreas, one of South America’s fastest-growing airlines, has awarded the ULD management tender to Jettainer. The ULD expert will manage the Brazilian carrier’s containers and pallets and help support its strategic expansion. Later this year, GOL will...

AJ Abedin is Senior Strategic Advisor to Avia Solutions Group

Avia Solutions Group has appointed AJ Abedin to its Board of Directors and named him Senior Strategic Advisor, effective 20JUL26. Based in the United States, Abedin will help strengthen the Dublin-based aviation services group’s links with U.S. capital markets...

Saudia Cargo links Riyadh (RUH) and Melbourne (MEL)

The launch of the Melbourne route comes in response to market demands, enhancing global supply chains and expanding the reach of Saudi exports to Australia, states Saudia Cargo in a release. The service reflects the cooperation between Saudia Cargo,...

Etihad Cargo doubles Paris freighter service

Etihad Cargo is expanding its French operations and adding a second weekly freighter service to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), thus increasing capacity between France, Abu Dhabi, and major markets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The...

Cargo iQ restructures Board for better representation

Cargo iQ has restructured its Board to better represent the full air cargo supply chain and accelerate adoption of industry quality standards. Three new members have joined: Jeanne-Mari Reardon, Vice President Air Product EMEA of CRANE Worldwide Logistics; Paul...

Global GSA Group gears up for additional Azul Logística A321Fs

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras is due to take delivery of four more Airbus A321 freighters, to boost capacity out of Azul’s Viracopos hub, strengthen domestic services to Manaus and Belém, and support international growth across Latin America. New and...

Turkish Cargo’s SMARTIST 2.0 supported by Lödige

Istanbul’s SMARTIST cargo hub is about to get a lot bigger. Turkish Cargo has again appointed Lödige Industries as its technology partner to expand the facility, which already ranks among the world’s largest cargo hubs at 370,000 m² of...

Chapman Freeborn Group fly 121 Mongolian horses

Three back-to-back B757F charter flights, one 38-hour window, 121 horses: Chapman Freeborn Group recently carried out a specialist live animal charter operation transporting Mongolian horses between Ulaanbaatar and Hanoi, delivered through its Asia Pacific team working alongside Intradco Global,...

Menzies Aviation brings fuel to Aberdeen

Menzies Aviation announced a new into-plane fueling and fuel farm operations launch at Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) this week, bringing its UK fuels network total to 11 airports. It officially began delivering full, end-to-end fuel services at what it...

AA Cargo establishes transatlantic pharma corridor

The corridor leverages American Airlines Cargo’s extensive daily transatlantic flight services connecting key European life sciences hubs (AMS + BRU) with major U.S. destinations via London Heathrow (LHR), one of AA Cargo’s largest international gateways. The solution is based...

Seven successful years so far for PIK

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) has turned a profit for seven years running, with earnings up 11% to GBP 3.9 million in the twelve months to MAR26. Behind these numbers is a rapidly expanding cargo network: PIK now hosts 15...

ECS Group prepares CORSAIR for pharma audit

Aero Cargo International France, the ECS Group subsidiary that has served as CORSAIR's GSSA partner for four decades, pharma logistics specialist Healthc’Air, and CORSAIR have teamed up for 20 weeks, to establish an end-to-end pharmaceutical shipment management. The initiative...

DHL expands Transpacific network with dedicated Bangkok–Cincinnati service

DHL Global Forwarding has strengthened its controlled air freight network with the introduction of a new dedicated cargo service linking Bangkok and Cincinnati three times a week. The new connection forms the backbone of the company’s TransPac Connect solution,...

Liège Airport reports double-digit cargo growth in first half of 2026

Liège Airport has continued its strong growth momentum in the first half of 2026, reinforcing its position as one of Europe's leading air cargo hubs. Between January and June, the airport handled 697,816 tons of freight, an increase of...

Kuehne & Nagel and Mondadori Group open Italy’s largest education publishing fulfilment center

Kuehne & Nagel and Mondadori Group have inaugurated a new 40,000 sqm fulfilment center in San Giorgio Bigarello, creating Italy’s largest logistics hub dedicated to educational publishing. The new facility consolidates operations previously spread across three locations and supports...

Avia Solutions Group appoints Zilvinas Lapinskas as CEO

Avia Solutions Group has named Zilvinas Lapinskas as its new Chief Executive Officer, entrusting him with leading the company's next phase of international growth. Lapinskas, who previously transformed FL Technics from a regional maintenance provider into a globally operating...

Saudia Cargo expands freighter fleet with four B777Fs

Saudia Group has ordered four Boeing 777-200 freighters to strengthen Saudia Cargo's long-haul network and support Saudi Arabia's ambition of becoming a global logistics hub under the Kingdom's Vision 2030 strategy. The first aircraft is scheduled to enter service...

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd return AE15 service to the Suez Canal

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have announced that their jointly operated AE15 service under the Gemini Cooperation will return to the Suez Canal after more than a year of rerouting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope. The move follows a...

Port Polska agrees third cargo contract, Cargo 3

The new Polish airport’s first two cargo projects were mentioned in last week’s CargoForwarder Global article (https://cargoforwarder.eu/2026/06/28/polands-port-polska-plans-are-progressing/). Now Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), the company delivering the Port Polska investment program, announced that Industria Project has been contracted to design...

Air Cargo Seafood Forum 2026 returning to Oslo

On 12OCT26, seafood exporters, airlines, airports, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and supply chain specialists will descend upon Oslo, Norway, to attend the Air Cargo Seafood Forum 2026 and discuss the future of seafood air logistics. Organized by Euroavia International,...

Condor announces new CCO and CFO

Condor has published its new executive board effective 01AUG26, made up of Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm as its new Chief Commercial Office (CCO), and new Chief Financial Officer (CFO – succeeding Björn Walther, who held the position since JUN22...

Global K9 wants UK to modernize screening rules

Global K9 is calling on UK regulators to modernize aerospace cargo screening rules, arguing that current policy is adding unnecessary cost, emissions, and complexity to the air cargo supply chain. Speaking at Multimodal 2026 in Birmingham, Chief Commercial Officer,...

Rockford rocks FAA cargo ranking

Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) is literally up and coming, having recently risen from 14th to 12th position in FAA’s newest ranking of U.S. cargo airports. This is the best result it has ever entertained thus far in the...
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