As well as a series of rail strikes and another affecting the court system, about some 1,900 Unite union members at Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, have started eight days of industrial action.
From next year, the USA's Wichita State University’s (WSU's) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) WERX and Erickson Precision Ventures will offer a joint A321 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion program involving staff and students.
The UK's Transport secretary has okayed a new airport at Manston in Kent, clearing the way for Riveroak Strategic Partners to invest more than GBP300 million in an air freight hub and passenger terminal.
According to June data from World Air Cargo Data (WACD), Turkish Airlines' Turkish Cargo is now in the top four cargo carriers globally.
The Air Cargo Logistics Park, a new US$36 million freight facility, has opened at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia and is doubling cold storage capacity and adding enough apron space to park five 747-sized cargo planes.
Air cargo data from WorldACD show that in the two weeks ending August 14, world-wide cargo volumes in chargeable weight decreased by five per cent (compared with the final two weeks of July) and were down 11 per cent on last year.
The IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) will focus on building resilience to further strengthen air cargo’s post-pandemic prospects.
DHL and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have received the first of five Boeing 777Fs ordered under a partnership agreement and say it will be flying between Singapore and the USA - though not direct - by the end of this month.
Global air cargo flown tonnages and prices continued their slow fall in early August, according to WorldACD Market Data.
As well as a series of rail strikes and another affecting the court system, about some 1,900 Unite union members at Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, have started eight days of industrial action.
From next year, the USA's Wichita State University’s (WSU's) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) WERX and Erickson Precision Ventures will offer a joint A321 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion program involving staff and students.
The UK's Transport secretary has okayed a new airport at Manston in Kent, clearing the way for Riveroak Strategic Partners to invest more than GBP300 million in an air freight hub and passenger terminal.
According to June data from World Air Cargo Data (WACD), Turkish Airlines' Turkish Cargo is now in the top four cargo carriers globally.
The Air Cargo Logistics Park, a new US$36 million freight facility, has opened at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia and is doubling cold storage capacity and adding enough apron space to park five 747-sized cargo planes.
Air cargo data from WorldACD show that in the two weeks ending August 14, world-wide cargo volumes in chargeable weight decreased by five per cent (compared with the final two weeks of July) and were down 11 per cent on last year.
The IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) will focus on building resilience to further strengthen air cargo’s post-pandemic prospects.
DHL and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have received the first of five Boeing 777Fs ordered under a partnership agreement and say it will be flying between Singapore and the USA - though not direct - by the end of this month.
Global air cargo flown tonnages and prices continued their slow fall in early August, according to WorldACD Market Data.
