Royal Jet adds new Boeing business jet to its fleet

December 6, 2016
Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi-headquartered, award-winning international luxury flight service provider, has taken delivery of a striking new 34 seat Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) in the latest phase of its fleet renewal programme. This...

ABC awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification

December 6, 2016
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become the first airline in Russia and the seventh in the world to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification for the global...

Volga-Dnepr looks forward to a ‘new chapter’ of AN 124 operations

December 6, 2016
Volga-Dnepr Group has confirmed that its Ruslan International An-124-100 joint venture with Antonov Airlines is to end on 31 December 2016.

Lufthansa Cargo, German Red Cross sign agreement for global aid transport

December 6, 2016
Lufthansa Cargo and the German Red Cross sign cooperation deal on the transportation of aid as air cargo in the event of humanitarian disasters.

O.R Tambo named ‘Best Airport’ at Cheapflights Travel Awards

December 6, 2016
Airports Company South Africa’s O.R Tambo International Airport was named last week by global flight and travel search platform Cheapflights as the Best Airport in the inaugural 2016 Cheapflights Travel Awards. The awards recognised...

dnata to buy stake in GTA Aviation

December 6, 2016
Dubai-based air services provider dnata has reached an agreement with Canada’s GTA Aviation to purchase a 50 percent stake in its cargo and ground handling operations at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Asiana Airlines to utilize IBS’s iCargo management system

December 6, 2016
Asiana Airlines Cargo, the freight operation of the South Korea-based carrier, has inked a 10-year, multi-million-dollar contract with logistics IT solutions specialist IBS Software for its iCargo management system.

Atlas Air partners with Nippon Cargo Airlines to fly transpacific routes

December 6, 2016
New York-based air cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has contracted with Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to operate a Boeing 747-400 freighter for the Narita International Airport-based cargo carrier, the two companies announced...

MAB Kargo expands in Thailand

December 5, 2016
MAB Kargo has expanded its presence in Thailand with the launch of new short haul freighter service to Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) in Bangkok. This new flight is a weekly freighter service operated with...

Chinese cargo airline receives AOC from Chinese Civil Aviation

December 5, 2016
Guangzhou-based China Air Cargo has provisionally secured its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).