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IAG Cargo Partners with ‘David Beckham: The Man’ Exhibition

IAG Cargo has successfully transported a unique collection of 18 portraits of David Beckham for a Hong Kong-based, VIP auction preview of “David Beckham: the Man”, in support of 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund and Positive View Foundation. The event is part of a high profile three-year global philanthropic programme and exhibition of signed contemporary photography featuring and celebrating David Beckham. The portraits travelled 6,000 miles from ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Acquires Southern Air

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has completed its acquisition of privately held Southern Air Holdings, Inc., a premier provider of intercontinental and domestic CMI (crew, maintenance and insurance) services, in an immediately accretive transaction for cash consideration of approximately $110 million, subject to customary adjustments. ... [+]

Batman’s wheels ready to fly

Hidden inside the anonymous container are the wheel’s of a superhero. Turkish Cargo transported the Batmobile from the US to London on an intercontinental cargo flight following the launch of the latest film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Neither Metropolis nor Gotham City was on ... [+]

VOLGA-DNEPR, Chapman Freeborn Deliver Welding System to Malaysian Power Station

A 19-ton portable welding system was part of a shipment delivered to Malaysia by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and air charter specialists Chapman Freeborn to support restoration work at one of the country’s biggest electricity power stations. The IL-76TD-90VD freighter flight operated to Bintulu, Malaysia, from Jakarta in ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo Joins CargoiQ

Emirates SkyCargo is taking a leading role to foster quality standards in the worldwide air cargo industry by becoming a member of CargoiQ. Henrik Ambak, Senior Vice President for Emirates’ Cargo Operations Worldwide is also taking the position as CargoiQ board member. CargoiQ is an ... [+]

FAA Proposes $52,000 Civil Penalty Against Home Depot

The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $52,000 civil penalty against The Home Depot, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations. The FAA alleges that on Oct. 3, 2014, The Home Depot offered a box containing 16 ... [+]

Shippers take Center Stage at TIACA Executive Summit

Shippers operating in the air cargo industry will be given a voice at The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)’s Executive Summit, which takes place from May 22-24 in Hollywood Beach, FL. ... [+]

Cubans to Rock to Rolling Stones; Atlas Air Delivers the Equipment

Atlas Air, Inc. provided essential cargo lift to help The Rolling Stones perform an historic concert in Havana, Cuba. An Atlas Boeing 747-400 freighter carried 97 tons of staging and musical equipment from Mexico City to Havana, with a stop at Miami International Airport, on March ... [+]

Flowers Help Flourish ABC’s February Performance

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has reported a 15% growth in its airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network in Asia, Europe, North America and Russia. The airline's FTK rose 3% over the same month last year when the airline saw ... [+]

Munich Airport Sees Growth in Freight

Strong growth in passenger traffic and the continuing boom in airfreight lifted Munich Airport to yet another very successful year in 2015. A total of 41 million travelers – more than ever before – used Munich Airport as a starting point, destination or stopover in 2015. ... [+]

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