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Cargo airline’s CEO confirmed for another five years

Peter Gerber will lead Lufthansa Cargo as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board for another five years. The company’s Supervisory Board has unanimously agreed an early extension of his contract to April 30, 2022. Lufthansa Cargo has initiated a comprehensive restructuring process in recent months aimed at achieving a sustainable increase in the airline’s profitability once again. Peter Gerber has been CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo ... [+]

T.rex on the move

KLM Cargo transported the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex from the United States to the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden. The T.rex, nicknamed Trix, weighs around 6,000 kg and is around 13 meters long. The skeleton, found in Montana, landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on August ... [+]

Turkish Airways hub receives IATA CEIV for Pharma, Medical Products

The Istanbul hub of Turkish Airways has received  IATA CEIV (Center of Excellence for Independent Validators) Pharma certificates, for the transport of pharmaceutical and medical products. The certificate was awarded to both passenger and cargo arms of the airline. Turkish Cargo has totally 3000 m² special storage ... [+]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo Welcomes A350 Capacity Boost

Virgin Atlantic’s new US$4.4 billion order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft will mark the arrival of the most capable cargo aircraft in its fleet. The airline, which announced the order at the Farnborough International Airshow 2016, says the investment demonstrates the strength of the Virgin Atlantic ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Announces New Contract with FedEx

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announces that it has entered into a five-year agreement with FedEx Express to provide it with five 747-400 freighter aircraft for peak flying seasons beginning in 2017 and lasting through 2021. Peak season flying generally occurs in the month of ... [+]

CargoLogicAir Signs B747-400F maintenance contract with Volga-Dnepr Gulf

CargoLogicAir has signed an agreement with Volga-Dnepr Gulf to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter. The London Stansted-based cargo airline, a partner of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been performing charter services and servicing an ACMI contract since being awarded its Air Operator Certificate by the ... [+]

LATAM Airlines Group awards ULD management to CHEP

LATAM Airlines Group has awarded the management of its containers and pallets to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the leading global provider of outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions. This new agreement will see CHEP managing one of the largest outsourced ULD fleets in the ... [+]

NextGen Benefits at Salt Lake City International

NextGen is bringing new benefits to Salt Lake City International Airport through a technology called Data Comm. Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges. Voice communication is labor intensive, time consuming and can ... [+]

AACargo Has Record Freight Day from LHR

August 15 marked a key day for American Airlines Cargo (AACargo). That day the carrier shipped more than 575,000 pounds of freight and mail from London Heathrow (LHR) – the most it has ever handled from that station in a single day. The previous busiest ... [+]

Chapman Freeborn, Volga-Dnepr deliver logistics support for historic Solar Impulse trip

Solar Impulse 2’s historic mission to become the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the globe and to showcase that clean technologies can achieve the impossible was successfully achieved with the logistics support of Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) project chose Chapman ... [+]

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