Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, freighters, belly cargo, airports and more

Hactl goes greener with large-scale solar power installation

AJOT Newsroom | October 12, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

ong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has taken the next step in its “Green Terminal” project, with the installation of 1,300 sq m of solar panels on the roof of its SuperTerminal 1 facility in Hong Kong.

Airbus May Beat Boeing to Market With Range-Boosting Plane

Bloomberg | October 12, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

HNA Is in Advanced Talks to Sell Swissport to Brookfield

Bloomberg | October 11, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus Plans Range-Boosting Jet Before Boeing, Transat Says

Bloomberg | October 11, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Emirates SkyCargo marks two years of freighter operations to Oslo

AJOT Newsroom | October 11, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Facilitates transport of key exports and trade goods from salmon to horses, pharmaceuticals to machinery

UPS announces largest-ever expansion of UPS My Choice Service

UPS introduces UPS My Choice in Africa, Asia Pacific and the Indian Sub-continent, Caribbean and Central and South America, Middle East, and Oceania, marking the largest expansion since the service’s launch

Air Cargo

AJOT Newsroom | October 11, 2018

MIA welcomes Amazon Air as company continues to expand

The new cargo service is being operated by Atlas Air Worldwide with Boeing 767-300F aircraft, and includes an onsite facility to sort packages bound for their next destination.

UK regulator lands Heathrow slots as frst target post Brexit

Bloomberg | October 11, 2018 | Air Cargo

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | October 11, 2018

UK to vet BA-American air pact in new Brexit antitrust role

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator will reassess an alliance that lets British Airways and American Airlines operate as a single business on North Atlantic routes as the body prepares to expand its role following Brexit.

United Airbus suffers engine failure on Newark-bound flight

Bloomberg | October 10, 2018 | Air Cargo

Accused Chinese spy extradited to US in trade-secrets case

Bloomberg | October 10, 2018 | Air Cargo

Airbus grounding said to be caused by Pratt Engine gearbox issue

Bloomberg | October 10, 2018 | Air Cargo

Volga-Dnepr Airlines among the first to respond to devastating tsunami and earthquake in Sulawesi with delivery of 29 tons of vital equipment

AJOT Newsroom | October 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia to support the international humanitarian mission dealing with the cataclysmic aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi Island at the end of September 2018.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines to set up its European hub at Liege Airport

AJOT Newsroom | October 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports | Airlines

Liege Airport and AirBridgeCargo Airlines have signed an historic lease agreement for 10 years. This arrangement will bring the scale of cooperation between two companies to the next level of development, boosting air cargo volumes of ABC to/from the airport and placing Liege Airport among the top 5 cargo airports in Europe by 2020.