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...

Hapag-Lloyd has announced a general rate increase effective July 1 for all cargo and container...

Etihad Airways has launched twice-weekly A320 Abu Dhabi-Erbil services, saying Iraq is a key market...

NYK Line plans to increase its trans-Atlantic freight rates on cargo moving in both directions as...

Audi has unveiled its very own magnificent seven! Stealing the limelight at the 29th annual...

Toll Royal Railway, the company that won the contract to operate the Cambodia railway system, said...

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

Shenzhen port overtook Hong Kong by container volume in the first three quarters and is expected to...

EASTERN China hinterland city recently held a promotional campaign for the planned "New Eurasian...

The Containership Co. next month will expand its Great Dragon service from China to Los Angeles by...

Myanmar has added up to 16 jetties in Yangon Port and six jetties in Thilawa Port, which together...