Alitalia extends GSSA contract to Germany 
ATC Aviation, which already acts as Alitalia’s exclusive cargo representative in Canada, Chile, Columbia, Peru and Switzerland, has now also won the Cargo GSA contract for Germany. The announcement, which came into effect 15 January 2020, sees ATC responsible for all cargo sales... more
Less losses at Europe's airports last November
According to European airport trade body ACI Europe, the drop in freight traffic somewhat eased at -0.3% in November 2019, thanks to a +9% increase in freight volumes at non-EU airports. The leading stations were FRA (175,000 t, -5.4%), CDG (157,000 t, -10.3%) and AMS... more
Swissport to launch its first Australian cargo terminal
Swissport has signed an initial seven-year lease on a new building with warehouse space at Melbourne airport. The facility with direct airside access and state-of-the-art cargo capabilities for the handling and storage of general cargo, animals, pharmaceuticals and perishables... more
Latam Cargo Group upgrades cool capabilities
In São Paulo Guarulhos (Brazil), Latin American air transportation provider Latam Cargo Group recently opened a perishable hub, a controlled-temperature cooler facility that will protect the quality and freshness of perishable products while en route to other destinations in... more
Record number of connections to China
Italy held bilateral negotiations on aviation services with China in Beijing a week ago. At the end of the meeting the presidents of both countries’ civil aviation authorities signed a declaration of intent. Its implementation will make Italy the country in Europe with the most... more
First A380 to donate spare parts
Tarmac Aerosave has completed the first-ever A380 dismantling project. A B check will take place in March. The French aircraft storage, maintenance and recycling company managed this project in collaboration with the aircraft owner, Dr Peters, a German leasing company, and... more
Difficult year for air freight north of the Alps
Cargo volumes at Munich airport (photo), Germany's second-biggest aviation hub, were down in 2019. The 331,000 t of airfreight handled in 2019 represented a 5.7% yoy decrease. Zurich airport reports an 8.4% decrease in freight volume in 2019 versus 2018. During the year... more
Paris stays on course 
Just before the general strike that hampered public transport in France started, the ITJ slipped into Paris, where CDG airport, Europe’s second most important airfreight gateway, put on a rather insightful afternoon. more
Sats to operate second Saudi air cargo terminal
Sats Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of one of Asia’s leading providers of food solutions and gateway services, has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, which handles close to 40% of air cargo volume in the kingdom. The... more
CAAC issues validation for converted B737-800
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), a Miami (USA)-based passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist, has received a VSTC (VSTC0933) from the civil aviation administration of China (CAAC) for the p2f conversion for B737-800. The VSTC validates the original FAA supplemental type... more