A bomb alert involving a parcel on board a UPS aircraft has once again opened the debate on security checks on cargo items allowed onto flights. It is reported by UK based news services that a fake bo...
The German freight carrier ACG Air Cargo Germany is planning to start flying routes to China (Hong Kong and Shanghai) from Germany (Frankfurt-Hahn) with technical landings at the International Airp...
Ruslan International, which markets and manages the combined fleet of 17 An-124 aircraft belonging to its parents Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines, has successfully flown its first An-124 c...
Undisclosed Russian customers have selected Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) to convert six Boeing 737-400s in 2011. AEI has stated it is in negotiations with another Russian carrier to convert five 737-4...
FedEx Express has deployed a Boeing 777 Freighter (777F) to service the direct connection from Hong Kong to the FedEx Europe hub in Paris, France. The 777F offers a payload improvement of 50,000 lb...
China Postal Airlines has obtained official permission to launch direct cargo flights to Taiwan, with the first run set form December 21 from Fuzhou to Taoyuan, the Ministry of Transportation and Co...
Pakistan and China have launched an air cargo service between Islamabad to Beijing with Rayyan Air Lines. Sardar Aminullah Khan, economic minister at Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing, said: “There is bi...
Cargolux has been accused by employees of falsifying safety reports, unfairly dismissing colleagues and intimidating staff. Captain George Karambilas, president of the Luxembourg Association of Pilots...
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) annual report showed that Ethiopian Airlines transported 87% of the total air freight made by African airlines in 2009. “Out of five AFRAA member airlines, whi...
Air China and Cathay Pacific is close to launching its jointly owned cargo airline agreed upon in February. The existing airfreight carrier Air China Cargo Co Ltd (ACC), previously a wholly owned subs...
A US federal grand jury indicted three former Japanese airline executives yesterday on charges of fixing rates for air cargo shipments to and from the United States. Takao Fukuchi, a former president ...
Emirates and Etihad have announced they have stopped carrying cargo from Yemen as a precaution following the bombs found aboard cargo planes in the UK and Dubai, en route from Yemen. Etihad has also c...
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