a QATAR Airways Cargo is to launch its first scheduled freighter service in a five-times weekly service toDoha from one of the UK's largest freight hubs, London Stansted effective May 2014. The service will deploy a Boeing 777 freighter in the first regular service by one of the Middle East...

Cathay Pacific Airways is to expand its freighter services into Latin America by launching a three-times-weekly scheduled service to Mexico City from 1 March 2014 and increase its Guadalajara service from two to three freighter flights per week. The Mexico City service will operate on a Hong...

Emirates launched the first regular A380 service toSpain with daily flights to Barcelona replacing the Boeing 777 previously operated on the route. The airline expects the service to contribute to Spain s economic growth. The expansion is in response to strong passenger demand. Barcelona, the...

Algeria's Air Algerie has signed deals to buy three 250-seat Airbus 330-200s and also eight 150-seat 737-800s from Boeing. "This will help us reinforce domestic and international routes," Air Algerie chief Mohamed Salah Boultif said. Deliveries are scheduled from September to the end of 2016....

Cathay Pacific Airways ordered an additional 747-8 freighter as it continues to renew its freighter fleet with newer, more efficient planes in an effort to strengthen its position in the air cargo business. Cathay Pacific also ordered three 777-300ER airplanes. The order, valued at about US$1...

UAE-based Etihad Airways plans to introduce three more international destinations in 2014. It will launch daily services to Rome (Italy) and Jaipur (India), together with four flights per week to Yerevan(Armenia). The new routes will join a previously announced daily service to Los Angeles and...

IAG Cargo has unveiled new routes for its next-generation aircraft, the B787 and A380. Offering increased cargo capacity and cold-chain services, the aircraft will be deployed across a number of key routes in the IAG Cargo network throughout 2014. The B787 will launch from four locations on IAG...

Lufthansa plans to boost capacity on routes betweenGermany and Israel next year to meet rising demand and as an open skies agreement takes effect. Beginning in March, the carrier will add three weekly flights between Frankfurt and Tel Aviv and three more on itsMunich route using 190-seat Airbus...

Cathay Pacific announced that it would move its freighter operations from Dubai International to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) from February 1. Dubai is Cathay Pacific s transit hub for its European destinations including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London,Manchester, Paris...

Chinese private shipbuilder New Century Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., formerly known as the Jingjiang...

American Airlines has started a direct service between JFK International Airport and Madrid,...

COSCO Container Lines this week released a number of revisions to its bunker and currency...

All-cargo airline Cargoitalia will take delivery of its third MD-11 freighter in June, entering...

The CMA CGM Group has announced the addition, on its PC north service, a new direct call in...

Japanese ocean carrier NYK Line imposed port congestion surcharges on containerized shipments...

Emirates launched the first regular A380 service toSpain with daily flights to Barcelona replacing...

The Suez Canal Authority has announced toll increases for the coming year. While the toll structure...

COSCO Group said it held a ceremony in Ocean Plaza Dec. 30 for the signing of a shipbuilding...

South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marines said it plans to deploy six large container vessels on its...