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Cargolux Celebrates 50 Years

March 4 marked a remarkable milestone for Cargolux as the all-cargo carrier celebrates its 50th anniversary. Exactly half a century ago, Luxembourg’s national carrier Luxair, Iceland's national carrier Loftleiðir, the Swedish shipping company Salén and some private investors, founded Cargolux. With a single aircraft and a handful of employees, these ambitious investors created what was to become one of the world’s leading all-cargo carriers. Since its inception, Cargolux has lived ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo and Accuity Set New Standards in Global Trade Compliance

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, announced that it is working with Accuity, the leading global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, to help automate and streamline its regulatory compliance screening operations, increase efficiency and improve the speed ... [+]

February’s Like-for-Like Analyses Results in Near 9% Drop in Air Cargo Chargeable Weight

Global chargeable weight in February 2020 fell - on a like-for-like basis - by nearly 9% versus 2019 as the air cargo industry suffered the dramatic consequences of the novel coronavirus on world trade. Market analyses by CLIVE Data Services for last month shows ... [+]

Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic Launch Expanded JV

Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic entered into an expanded partnership that enhances carrier networks – a benefit for cargo customers. The enhanced network is built around the carriers’ hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New ... [+]

CEO of ATS to Retire

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. recently announced that Joe Hete will retire as chief executive officer of the aircraft leasing and air transport services company, effective at ATSG’s next annual meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2020. Hete, 65, is expected to remain a member ... [+]

Korean Air Launches New Direct Service to Budapest

Starting from February 21, 2020, Korean Air will commence the new scheduled cargo flight from Incheon (Seoul) to Budapest and Frankfurt, deploying the Boeing 777F freighter. To meet the growing air cargo demand to Hungary, the airline will operate cargo flights twice a week, ... [+]

United Cargo Makes Additional Schedule Changes in Asia

As reported on February 28, 2020: United Cargo is advising our customers that United is suspending some service to Tokyo Narita, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul. We are also extending the suspension of flights between our U.S. hubs and Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong ... [+]

COVID-10 Cuts Demand and Revenues for Air Freight

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its initial assessment of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak (COVID-19) shows a potential 13% full-year loss of passenger demand for carriers in the Asia-Pacific region. Considering that growth for the region’s airlines was forecast ... [+]

United Extends Suspension of Mainland China and HKG Flights

United Cargo is advising our customers that, after evaluating our operations between the U.S. and Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong and Shanghai, United has decided to suspend these flights until April 24. We will continue to monitor the situation in China and evaluate our schedule as ... [+]

American Airlines Cargo Delivers over a Million Pounds of Love

From Jan. 29 through Feb. 13, demand for Valentine’s Day flowers marks one of the busiest seasons for American Airlines Cargo, and team members around the world rose to the occasion this year. On average, the airline ships more than 1 million lbs. of flowers ... [+]

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