Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more

Ryanair cuts flights, others weigh capacity amid virus surge

Bloomberg | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Swissport renews Qatar Airways Cargo contract

AJOT | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Swissport and Qatar Airways Cargo have renewed a contract covering airport ground services and air cargo handling at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and signed new 5-year contracts for cargo handling at the airports in Manchester and Birmingham in the UK.

Price per kg dropping by 9% worldwide - volumes on the rise

AJOT | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

Since air cargo developments started to completely go “off the charts” in March 2020, every month the question arises whether the next month will be a bit more normal, whatever ‘normal’ may mean.

Bain’s revival of Virgin Australia faces growing legal obstacle

Bloomberg | August 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Israeli airline Israir seeks UAE landing permit

Bloomberg | August 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Lufthansa cabin crew vote in favor of collective agreements

Bloomberg | August 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qatar Airways resumes flights to London Gatwick

AJOT | August 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Resumption of daily London Gatwick flights starting 20 August will see the airline’s UK network expand to 45 weekly flights to four UK gateways, cementing its position as the leading international carrier providing connectivity to the UK

Sky Gates adds new Russian airfreight service

Air Freight News | August 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

As a result of successful technical landings over the last weeks, the Russian cargo airline Sky Gates Cargo Airlines is launching new scheduled airfreight services to and from Moscow Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA) in August 2020.

ATRAN Airlines expands its Chinese coverage amid growing e-commerce volumes

AJOT | August 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

ATRAN Airlines, express air cargo carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has expanded its network with bringing Shijiazhuang (China) into the loop. The carrier intends to operate the flights on a weekly basis to Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) where it is based.

Annual rise in US airlines June cargo (over 9%) largest increase since January 2018

AJOT | August 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

U.S. airlines carried 9.4% more cargo by weight in June 2020 than in June 2019, the largest annual gain since January 2018 fueled by a gain of almost 14% in domestic cargo. A 3.6% decline in international cargo was the smallest annual loss since November 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 13 of the leading cargo airlines.

Cargolux celebrates 50 years of success

AJOT | August 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Today marks 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.