EUR 3.3 million tax evasion racket at BOM 
The Mumbai Central Commissionerate has unearthed an INR 26 crore tax evasion racket that has been found to be transporting jewellery goods without paying GST. Certain jewellers situated in various Indian cities were supplying gold jewellery studded with or without precious... more
El Al Cargo chooses Ukraine GSA
EL AL Airlines has appointed TAL Aviation as its cargo general sales agent in Ukraine. Headed by Irina Slavitskaya, TAL Aviation's country manager for Ukraine, the GSA, which is headquartered in Israel, will be providing a wide variety of cargo and logistics services throughout... more
FAA proposes civil penalty against UPS
The USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a USD 120,000 civil penalty against UPS for allegedly violating the hazardous materials regulations. The FAA alleges that UPS, as a shipper, knowingly offered a shipment containing lithium batteries to the company’s UPS... more
From Iceland to Cyprus
Cyprus-based Avia Solutions Group has signed an agreement with BB Holding to acquire 100% of the shareholdings of the Icelandic full-cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic that operates a fleet of six B737F. Gediminas Ziemelis, founder and chairman of the board of directors of Avia... more
Bye-bye, British airports
Today, 31 January 2020, the day the United Kingdom officially leaves the European Union, it is worth looking back on last year’s air freight performance at Britain’s airports. For the first eleven months including November 2019, ACI Europe recorded the following results for... more
The (air) show must go on!
After unveiling a full scale, flight-ready "Silent Arrow GD-2000" cargo delivery drone at the defence & security equipment international show in London, in September 2019, Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has announced the design completion and specifications... more
Supporting golf at the Gulf
Saudia Cargo is sponsoring the second Saudi international golf tournament which is taking place at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)’s Royal Greens Golf and Country Club from today, 30 January 2020, to 2 February. CEO Omar Talal Hariri commended the successful... more
Emirates Group member moves diamonds to Belgium
Emirates Group division Transguard, one of the UAE's major security and logistics firms, has signed an agreement with the diamond service company Trigem DMCC to provide secure transport services. Trigem Charlotte Boiling, a JV between Trigem DMCC in Dubai and Charlotte... more
Industry pioneer renews GDP certification
Cargolux Airlines, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of operations in 2020, has successfully passed its GDP renewal audit, attesting that the company’s management system fulfils the requirements of the EU directive "guidelines on good distribution practice of... more
US Navy expects newest COD carrier
The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron, completed its first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Centre. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tiltrotor fleet, joining the MV-22 and CV-22 used by the US Marine Corps and US Air Force. The US... more