IAG Cargo to transport museum pieces for Assyria exhibition

July 7, 2018
The exhibition, open to the public from November 8 to February 24, 2019, marks another chapter in the partnership between IAG Cargo and the British Museum, with the carrier supporting the BP exhibition Indigenous Australia:...

Lufthansa Group chooses WFS for ramp handling in Newark

July 7, 2018
Under the terms of the agreement, the start of each airline’s summer schedules sees the WFS team in Newark responsible for handling Lufthansa’s three flights a day serving Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich as well...

Cerberus Capital Management to acquire WFS

July 7, 2018
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ('Cerberus') recently announced that one of its affiliates has entered into an agreement to acquire Worldwide Flight Services (“WFS”) from Platinum Equity. Headquartered in Paris, WFS is the world’s largest air...

Has airline profitability peaked, asks IBA

July 7, 2018
As the Farnborough Air Show approaches, leading aviation consultancy IBA, analyses current trends and issues its predictions for the remainder of 2018 as part of its general market update.

Tigers relocate to new Shanghai facility as part of global expansion

July 7, 2018
Tigers has relocated to a new facility in Shanghai, China, complete with two warehouses to overcome space restraints in its previous operation and meet growing customer demand. The new facility, which is located close to Shanghai...

Singapore Airlines extends its cargo handling contract with WFS

July 7, 2018
Singapore Airlines has renewed its cargo handling contracts with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Paris and London.

Budapest Airport welcomes Kuehne+Nagel ahead of cargo city construction

July 7, 2018
Budapest Airport has welcomed Kuehne + Nagel, one of the leading logistics companies worldwide and the market leader in Hungary, to its cargo community, ahead of the construction of Cargo City, a new dedicated...

Emirates Engineering reconfigures second Boeing aircraft

July 7, 2018
Emirates Engineering has successfully completed the reconfiguration of the second Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet. The conversion of the aircraft from three to two cabin classes was executed fully in-house at the Emirates...

Kuwait opens new airport terminal increasing capacity to 25m annually

July 7, 2018
Kuwait International Airport inaugurated on Wednesday its new passenger terminal increasing its annual capacity to 25 million by 2022 and creating thousands of jobs for the country’s aviation industry, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)...

HNA chairman plunges to his death while having his snap taken

July 5, 2018
Chinese billionaire Wang Jian, 57, was reportedly having his photo taken in the picturesque French medieval village of Bonnieux when the accident happened. Media reports said he climbed off a ledge above a cliff...