Boeing 747-230F-SCD, Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo AG and Fraport AG Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground-handling partnership at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) for eight more years. The agreement, extending from January 2018 to December 2025, covers aircraft ground handling – particularly the loading and unloading of Lufthansa Cargo’s
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Etihad Cargo launches third U.S. all-cargo route to Miami
Etihad Cargo Boeing 777F Miami International Airport (MIA) now has two all-cargo routes to the Middle East, following the launch of weekly 777-200F service by Etihad Cargo. The new scheduled freighter flights make a stop in Columbus, Ohio, before continuing to Miami, Amsterdam, and Abu Dhabi. The route launch makes MIA Etihad
First look at October cargo shows continued demand, but slowing growth
More dismal numbers from LATAM Cargo as RTKs slide
LATAM Cargo -Boeing 767-316F/ER If there’s a “Latin America turnaround” happening, it sure didn’t manifest itself in LATAM Cargo’s books in the month of October, as the struggling cargo operator’s revenue tonne kilometers (RTKs) fell 2.9 percent, dragging the year-to-date total down to 1.5 percent. LATAM Cargo is also cutting capacity, with
DHL to break ground on ‘8-figure’ freight facility near Hanover Airport
DHL Freight hub European road-freight service provider DHL Freight is making “an eight-figure investment” in a new 7,800-square-meter freight hub at the Hanover Airport Business Park in Langenhagen, Germany. DHL Freight expects its investment to translate into improvements in LTL (less-than-truckload) and FTL (full-truck-load) transport. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the beginning
Virgin Atlantic Cargo, Delta Cargo launch new pharma zone in London
Incorporated into the new Pharma facility are two walk-in pods capable of maintaining 2-8°C (COL) and 15-25°C (CRT) temperature ranges for loose pharma shipments. A new joint venture pharma zone in London is the first of many, according to partners Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo. The two air carriers opened a
London Heathrow Airport struggles with increasing cargo congestion, delays
HEATHROW CARGO TERMINAL Industry leaders have called for infrastructure changes as the airport has seen cargo volumes increase 10 percent in just one year, leading to congestion, delays and an inability to reach the airport's cargo center, according to multiple media reports. London's Heathrow Airport has long struggled with cargo congestion and
FedEx to be launch customer for new ATR production freighter
The deal will make FedEx the launch customer of ATR’s first production freighter aircraft Aircraft manufacturer, ATR, has signed an agreement with FedEx for the purchase of thirty ATR 72-600 production freighters, with options to increase the order to fifty. ATR42 ATR72 Large Cargo Door Freighter Conversions. [Video] The deal will make FedEx the
British forwarders demand ‘action, not words’ as Heathrow congestion worsens
Air cargo loading London (Air Cargo world) - Congestion at the Heathrow Airport’s cargo center has gotten so bad that local police are now turning away vehicles, prompting complaints from U.K.-based forwarders that they are “enduring misery on a daily basis,” according to Robert Keen, the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA)
MIA debuts web-based cargo flight tracker
Terminal J Miami International Airport Miami, Florida (Air Cargo World) - Soon shippers, freight forwarders and anyone else with skin in the air cargo game will be able to view real-time flight information for airfreight moving through Miami International Airport (MIA), as the Miami-Dave Aviation Department launches its MIA Cargo Flight