Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), in the midst of another shake-up of its cargo division reports a -8.0 per cent cargo volume decline for 2020, year-on-year at the hands of the Covid-19 pandemic. ➤
The LATAM Group completes its first service to Doha, Qatar using a B777-300ER passenger aircraft reconfigured for cargo use. ➤
The Cathay Pacific Group continues to see cargo vastly outperforming its passenger business in October, with a “buoyant” intra-Asia seeing strong perishables and rising auto-parts. ➤
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) partners Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) to jointly promote international cargo through the launch of a cargo feeder system. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two will create ➤
With ongoing passenger belly capacity constraints, Delta Cargo is strategically adding cargo capacity in Spain, Ireland and Germany. Delta launched cargo-only flights between the US, Europe, and India on 1 November to help meet customer ➤
The Cool Chain Association (CCA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) supporting the drive for the safe, sustainable transport of perishables and pharmaceuticals. CCA and IATA have ➤
IAG Cargo continues to expand its network and re-open more routes with a return to five key African cities from London Heathrow. The UK-based carrier group has now restarted regular services to Lagos, Cairo, Cape ➤
Qatar Airways is resuming passenger services to Nairobi, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), and Kigali, Rwanda’s Kigali International Airport (KGL), giving a substantial boost to cargo belly capacity. With the resumption of passenger flights ➤
Singapore Airlines sinks deep into the red with a first-quarter – ending 30 June 2020 – loss of SGD 1.12 billion (USD 810 million) as a result of the coronavirus-wrought devastation to the airline industry. ➤
United Cargo, in collaboration with food-logistics company Commodity Forwarders Inc. (CFI), moves nearly 86,180 kg of fresh produce to Guam for the US Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program. A variety of fresh fruits ➤
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