Roughly a year-and-a-half after announcing their Global Cargo Joint Business (CFG reported: https://cargoforwarder.eu/2025/06/09/iag-cargo-maskargo-and-qr-cargo-to-join-businesses/ and https://cargoforwarder.eu/2025/06/09/iag-cargo-maskargo-and-qr-cargo-to-join-businesses/) IAG Cargo, MASkargo and Qatar Airways Cargo have now successfully transported their first trilateral customer shipment. The route quite literally went ‘half-way across the...
The Gulf carrier and the Swiss ground handling and cargo services provider signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Arabian Travel Market, last week, that significantly expands their partnership – and they have hinted that this may not be...
Working in an air cargo warehouse is a highly physical job that can strain the body, as breaking down pallets involves a lot of lifting and repetitive movements. Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has put a great deal of...
Six months after starting to offer the capacity of its flights across its 145+ destinations on WebCargo by Freightos in MAR26, Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has now decided to expand to a second booking marketplace and also join...
50 Shades of Fast over at Lufthansa Cargo, these days. Three years ago, its original premium express product for very time-critical cargo, td.Flash, (premiered in 1998), was joined by td.Zoom, which was sold as the fastest time-definite speed, along...
Just one year on from celebrating its 30th anniversary, Latvian flag carrier, airBaltic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. The airline is seeking to restructure a heavy debt burden amid soaring fuel costs, engine...
Almost a year on, and CargoForwarder Global’s original title “Glasgow Airport’s China Services are growing at a pace” (See https://cargoforwarder.eu/2025/11/30/glasgow-airports-china-services-growing-at-a-pace/) is still very much relevant. Glasgow’s Prestwick Airport (PIK) celebrated the debut of yet another direct China connection on...
flydubai is diversifying its business mission and starting dedicated freighter operations next month. From 01OCT26, three Boeing 737-800 freighters will be joining its fleet through a wet-lease agreement with SolitAir, complementing its own passenger fleet of 98 Boeing 737...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed the first flight of its converted Airbus A330-300 P2F (passenger-to-freighter) aircraft, a key step in the certification process for its new A330-300BDSF (Bedek Special Freighter) program. This maiden flight, during which the...
There’s a new freighter-friendly kid on the cargo airport block, over in Chicago. In addition to O’Hare (ORD) and Rockford (RFD), Gary (GYY) has joined the throng. It celebrated the official completion of phase one of its US$ 24...
Awery Aviation Software is continuing the expansion of its management team. Last week, CargoForwarder Global reported that Gianluca Marcangelo had been appointed Executive Vice President of Global Sales. This week, the air cargo sales and technology company has announced...
“In the 100th anniversary year since the founding of the first Lufthansa, its freight subsidiary, Lufthansa Cargo, is setting the course for sustainable growth in the coming decades and positioning the company for a successful future,” the press...
Cathay Pacific and Google have launched a partnership to study contrails and their role in aviation’s climate impact. Cathay is the first Asian-Pacific airline to collaborate with Google in trialing its AI-powered contrail mitigation technology, and indeed the first...
Autonomous heavy-cargo drones are a significant step closer to becoming a commercial reality (across the Gulf Coast: Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi), as U.S.-based Elroy Air recently completed a series of flights over the course of a week in Houma,...
Avianca, part of Grupo Abra, has mobilized one of the airline sector’s largest relief operations in response to Colombia’s ongoing emergency. Since the crisis began, the carrier has transported more than 500 tons of humanitarian aid via cargo aircraft...
CHAMP Cargosystems has gained another leading Asian airline as a customer for its Cargospot neo suite, built on its neo Platform. Thai Airways International is focused on improving its customer experience through more efficient operations – which, of course,...
DHL Global Forwarding has acquired the Uruguayan logistics and freight forwarding company, Aero Cargas S.A., strengthening its presence across Latin America and creating its first foothold in the country. The move gives DHL access to Uruguay’s strategic location connecting...
Air Charter Service announced this week, that it has appointed local, Frankfurt-based Timo Kaden to head its ACS Germany office in Frankfurt as the Cargo Business Development Director for Germany. He was chosen on account of his long-standing experience...
New month, new management – at least in the field of Global Sales over at Awery. The aviation software specialist is expanding and has called in Gianluca Marcangelo as its Executive Vice President of Global Sales, effective since 01SEP26....
Menzies Aviation published the appointment of Emma Deane as Senior Vice President Commercial for Oceania & Southeast Asia (OSEA) on 03SEP26, with immediate effect. The Australian law graduate with a Master of Aviation, came over to Menzies from SATS...
dnata has given its Dubai cargo operations a major tech upgrade, transforming its existing cargo control center into a new Cargo Integrated Command Center (CICC) at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The result is a centralized hub that gives teams...
FedEx will be developing a new integrated air cargo hub at GMR Cargo City, Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, investing around USD 150 million long-term in the project. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 25AUG26, attended by India's Civil...
Global GSA Group is expanding its footprint in South America and recently announced the opening on new offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located 12 km from Ezeiza International Airport at Reconquista 1034, the team is there to support Argentinian...
Eric St Amand has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer Americas for ECS Group, as the GSSA grows its leadership team as well as its regional services. Drawing on 27 years of international experience in supply chain...
Air China Cargo has chosen to make its digital debut with cargo.one, the digital distribution partner announced on 27AUG26. In doing this, the national flag carrier of China will be offering the freight capacity of its 24-freighter fleet and...
