POOR visibility owing to the severe smog that is shrouding Singapore is being cited as the reason for the closure of the city's secondary Seletar Airport, which largely handles regional electronic freight. The choking haze caused by forest fires in neighbouringIndonesia forced the closure of...

IAG Cargo announced that it will be able to offer 40 percent more freight capacity between London andRio de Janeiro due to an increase in the frequency of British Airways passenger flights from April. Beginning Oct. 28, the route will be serviced daily by a Boeing 777-300ER, replacing the...

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has taken another step in its cargo co-operation with Etihad by adding Abu Dhabi (AUH) to its freighter network. The carrier now operates two B747 freighter rotations, joining the double daily A330 service between Amsterdamand Abu Dhabi. The mid-June inauguration...

Delta Air Lines has celebrated new nonstop service from Seattle to Shanghai with an inaugural service ceremony. The flight is the latest addition to Delta's growing Asian gateway in Seattle. The service, between Seattle-Tacoma International Airportand Shanghai Pu Dong International Airport...

Russian cargo carriers reportedly are struggling with the air cargo downturn, with Polet Airlines to stop operating its IL-96-400T freighter aircraft, although it will keep its AN-124s. It has three IL-96-400Ts, but reports say they have not flown for some time. Aeroflot, too, appears to be...

FREIGHT throughput at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport's in May totalled 16,600 tonnes, an increase of 2.1 per cent compared to the same month last year, bringing to 76,200 tonnes the total freight tonnage for January-May 2013, a rise of 4.4 per cent compared to the same period of 2012. Passenger...

United Cargo has launched a daily Denver, USA Narita, Japan non-stop B787 service. The carrier currently operates between Narita and Chicago,Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York Newark, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC, serving more destinations in the Pacific Region than any other...

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has signed an agreement with Paris-Vatry Airport, located to the east of Paris, to base up to three IL-76TD-90VD freighters at the airport. The carrier recently invested more than $100 million on its fleet of five IL-76TD-90VD freighters. The craft are more fuel efficient...

Cargolux has launched weekly freighter service between Atlanta and Munich, routed through Luxembourg, on a Boeing 747-400 freighter. It serves as the carrier s first regular airfreight service to and from Munich. International freight forwarding company Senator International Spedition will...

Swiss ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it is raising rates on container shipments from...

UPS is expanding its premium air freight service into Nicaragua and Honduras, as the parcel giant...

The growth of container throughput in Chinese ports continues to lead the world, according to a...

Business is booming at ports in Northeast Asia, but growth is marginal in South China ports,...

Orient Overseas Container Line is raising rates on Asia-Europe trade lanes as part of what it calls...

Hamburg Süd will rationalise its services between North Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean in...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced it will fly daily...

China Eastern Airlines will delay the launch of a new route between Shanghai and Sendai because of...

El Al's cargo division has recently signed cooperation agreement with the cargo division of British...

Air Lease Corp has finalised an order for 33 stretched Dreamliner jets from Boeing Co for about...