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DBX celebrates 58 years

When Dubai opened a tiny terminal building and an 1,800-foot-long compacted sand runway in September 1960, nobody realized that it was the first step in what was to become one of the most inspiring journeys in aviation history. Today, 58 years and 974,461,017 customers later, DXB is the world’s busiest international airport and an aviation brand loved and respected around the world. Here’s to Dubai’s visionary leadership and decades of collaboration, ... [+]

Delta Cargo to extend Bluetooth tracking to off-airport customer facilities

Following the announcement earlier in the year that Delta will be providing real-time tracking for unit load devices (ULDs), the offering has now been extended to cargo businesses based off airport. This will enable customers to have end-to-end tracking of the ULDs starting in their own ... [+]

Alaska Air Cargo now flies to Pittsburg

Alaska Air Cargo is now flying to Pittsburgh with belly cargo service to/from Seattle with easy connections across the West Coast. The service departs SeaTac daily at 8:25 am and arrives Pittsburg at 4: 10 pm. Return service departs Pittsburg at 5:20 pm and arrives ... [+]

DNATA achieves GDP certification for pharma cargo in Switzerland

Dnata has been awarded the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for the pharmaceutical handling services at the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Zürich. In achieving the certification, dnata has proven its capability of handling pharmaceutical products safely and reliably. In order to meet the requirements, dnata has ... [+]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo builds on record 2017 with 3% volume growth in 1st half of 2018

Growth in life science, express, valuable and automotive shipments all contributed to a 3% year-on-year growth in tonnage for Virgin Atlantic Cargo in the first half of 2018. Overall, the airline carried 116.3m kg to the end of June 2018, building on its strong performance ... [+]

Expanded fuel storage capacity at EIA to support cargo operations growth

Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and fuel tenant, Shell Aviation, recently broke ground on two new, two-million liter refueling tanks in EIA's Cargo Village. The new tanks will be purpose-built for handling air cargo freighters. The facilities will improve turn-around times for freighter flights because of their ... [+]

AN-225 flight brings huge payload of emergency aid to Guam hurricane victims

An ANTONOV-225 flew an emergency mission carrying supplies for the typhoon-hit island of Guam, USA, on Sept. 11th. The flight was organized within hours, once again illustrating the flexibility of ANTONOV Airlines and the suitability of its aircraft for transporting large quantities of cargo at short ... [+]

Turkish Cargo adds Mexico City to its cargo flights network

Turkish Cargo will launch air cargo flights to Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, as of October 3. Mexico City will be the 85th cargo flight destination of Turkish Cargo. Flights will be operated in two different routes by means of Boeing 777F type wide-body freighters. ... [+]

United Cargo Announces Acceptance of Cold Chain 2.0 System

United Cargo recently announced that it will further enhance both its TempControl and LifeGuard services by accepting the evo® Cold Chain 2.0™ system developed by Savsu Technologies.  TempControl is United Cargo’s leading service for pharmaceuticals and other healthcare and life science material requiring temperature-controlled transport, and ... [+]

World’s first electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration handled at Frankfurt Airport

Lufthansa Cargo, using the INFr8 platform, has handled the world’s first dangerous goods shipment with an electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Frankfurt Airport. A shipment from the globally active healthcare company Abbott based in Wiesbaden was flown on board cargo flight LH8222 to Mexico ... [+]

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