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Liège and Viracopos to establish Europe–Brazil cargo corridor

Liège Airport in Belgium and Brazil’s Viracopos International Airport used the backdrop of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami, to announce a commercial partnership aimed at strengthening their gateways and attracting new freighter services between Europe and South America....

Jettainer appoints Pinar Meitzner Jettainer Americas MD

Jettainer announced Shailendar Kothari’s successor at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami, last week. The new Managing Director of Jettainer Americas has been named as Pinar Meitzner. After 7 years with the company, Kothari will be retiring at the...

Challenge Group launching cargo flights to Chicago

From 04NOV26, Challenge Group will operate twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighter flights to Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), connecting India, Europe and the US. Starting out at Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMI) in India, the flight touches down in Liège...

MSN to implement Kalé GALAXY across all new stations

Guyana marks the latest step in a growth plan taking MSN Air Service, a cargo handler headquartered at New York’s JFK Airport, well beyond its home base, with a new operation at the country’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. To...

Etihad Cargo and VEDP to intensify air cargo collaboration

Etihad Cargo has partnered with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) through a Memorandum of Understanding signed at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum 2026 in Miami Beach. The agreement sets out a framework for cooperation aimed at improving international air...

Menzies Aviation’s MORSE goes AI-code

Menzies Aviation has added artificial intelligence features to its digital Safety Management System, MORSE, to improve the quality, accuracy and consistency of safety reporting and investigations. An AI Assist tool supports staff when it comes to correctly reporting incidents....

César Penciolelli leading AERION’s airline partnerships

AERION* announced the appointment of César Penciolelli as Vice President Global Airline Partnerships & Commercial Development at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami. Penciolelli, who took up the position on 01OCT26, is responsible for developing and enhancing the Group’s...

Etihad Cargo bring bears from Russia to new life in Ireland

Etihad Cargo recently demonstrated its dedication to animal welfare and conservation through a very special project, this summer: the transport of two rescued brown bears from Russia to a wildlife sanctuary in County Donegal called Wild Ireland. The two...

Trinity Airways and Jettainer renew contract plus Smart Tracking

Good partnerships deserve to keep growing, as Trinity Airways and Jettainer prove. The carrier, formerly known as T'way Air, recently renewed its ULD management agreement with Jettainer, and the two companies are now gearing up to bring IoT tracking...

TCE helps generate cargo income for holiday airline, TUI

TCE has been running TUI Airline’s cargo business since JAN19, helping the carrier turn spare capacity on its holiday flights into a commercial freight product. TUI Airline gets to focus on its core product, passenger operations, whilst TCE acts...

Davies Turner acquires landmark logistics facility near LHR

UK-based, independent freight forwarder, Davies Turner has planted its flag at Heathrow with the acquisition of a newly built logistics facility near the London airport. The move is a bold commitment to the future of its air freight business...

Cargo iQ develops door-to-door framework with European shippers

When it comes to airport-to-airport, Cargo iQ is an established industry initiative that sets common quality standards for air cargo. Defined shared milestones as stated in its Master Operating Plan (MOP) enable airlines, freight forwarders, and ground handlers to...

Francisco Hernandez is ECS Group’s COO Americas

The international GSSA group recently announced the inhouse appointment of Francisco Hernandez to Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Americas. ECS Group is in the midst of global GSA transformation and part of that strategy focuses on creating “a...

10k+ tons of pharma travel the LGG-ORD corridor

For some in the industry, the idea of a pharmaceutical “corridor” is a new concept. For CargoLand in Liège, it is already routine since launching regular flights between CargoLand by LGG and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) earlier this...

CargoAi pioneers CargoMART Strategic Hub

CargoMART Strategic Hub is CargoAi’s answer to bringing a freight forwarder or airline company’s humans, AI agents, strategy and data together in one place, so that everyone is working from the information and commercial direction. The industry-first solution requires...

LATAM Cargo uses VR training for greater warehouse safety

The great thing about using Virtual Reality in training is that staff can learn and test operations in an environment that mirrors their daily work environment, but without the risk of harm or damage. LATAM Cargo is now gearing...

Willing to pilot OLF’s Time Slot Management?

The Open Logistics Foundation (OLF) has launched an open, vendor-neutral Time Slot Management (API) interface and is now inviting interested companies to pilot it. The idea is to offer a common basis for the real-time exchange of information between...

AFKLMP Cargo and Lödige automate CDG Perishables Center

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is expanding and automating its Perishables Centre at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, in cooperation with Lödige Industries, in order to meet the rising demand for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and perishable goods. Automating cold-chain infrastructure so...

FlyUs gains Air Canada contract and opens office in SJU

Having been appointed as global General Sales and Services Agent (GSSA) to Air Canada in Puerto Rico, FlyUs Aviation Group (FlyUs), announced the opening of a new office there, to manage the carrier’s cargo operations out of San Juan...

dnata invests AED 175 million in UAE GSE modernization

Global air and travel services provider, dnata announced that it has allocated AED 175 million (c. EUR 42.4 million) to the procurement of new ground support equipment (GSE) in the UAE, since the beginning of 2026, so as to...

Unilode and Air Transat renew contract in 23rd year of partnership

ULD management and repair company, Unilode Aviation Solutions, has renewed its full ULD management agreement with Canada’s leisure airline, Air Transat, again extending a partnership that began in 2003. The airline’s network includes destinations across Europe, the Caribbean, the...

Envirotainer grows and improves Americas network

Cold-chain solutions provider, Envirotainer, recently announced that it is actively enhancing its Americas network, across both the North and the South. This expansion strategy is in response to increasingly dispersed pharmaceutical supply chains and shifting demand and trade routes....

Charters are cheaper than car plant shutdowns

Car plants never sleep, and because modern assembly lines run on just-in-time schedules, where each stage depends on the one before it, the failure of a single component arriving on time can jeopardize the entire operation. The Siemens True...

Carabao mangoes fly from Manila to Vancouver

A great many companies came together to ensure that 250 cartons of premium Philippine Carabao mangoes were sent on their way from Manila, on board of Air Canada, to Vancouver, Canada, last month. Philippine exporter, Mensch FilAm Corporation arranged...

Swissport and Riyadh Air setting up Centralized Load Control Center

Swissport Saudi Arabia and Riyadh Air, the Kingdom’s new national carrier, have agreed a long-term strategic partnership to create Saudi Arabia’s first Centralized Load Control (CLC) center in Riyadh. The CLC should be operational within eight months, and will...
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