Philippine Airlines resumes Europe operations
From today (4 November), Philippine Airlines is starting a service between its Manila hub and London Heathrow (UK). The five flights per week connection with B777-300ER equipment means a return to London after a 15 year break, and Heathrow is the first European destination for... more
FCS new handling partner for Croatia Airlines 
Croatia Airlines chose Fraport Cargo Services GmbH (FCS) to act as its new partner for air cargo handling in Frankfurt (Germany), with effect from 1 November 2013. The airline’s main target is to provide customers and business partners with a fast, safe and convenient service to... more
MAS adds twelfth weekly Taipei service
From today (4 November), Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is adding a twelfth weekly service between its home base Kuala Lumpur and Taoyuan airport (photo) in Taipei (Taiwan). The new flight is available on Mondays. Together with the above service and existing flights, Malaysia ... more
Swissport acquires stake in SAS ground handling firms
Swissport International and Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) have signed an agreement that enables Swissport to purchase a 10% stake in each of SAS's three ground handling companies. The acquisition which has insignificant impact on the profitability and liquidity of the SAS... more
WFS wins major cargo contract with Brussels Airlines
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), one of the world's largest providers of cargo handling services, and Brussels Airlines have announced a close collaboration for Brussels Airport. As of 1 January 2014, WFS will handle some 280 weekly flights for the Belgian national... more
Royal Brunei reduces planned Kuala Lumpur service
Royal Brunei is reducing its planned Boeing B787 operation from its hub Bandar Seri Begawan to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in November 2013. The Southeast Asian airline now plans to operate regular, seven times per week "Dreamliner" services from 3 November to... more
IAG Cargo reinforces Hong Kong freight hub
IAG Cargo, the cargo business of British Airways and Iberia, is expanding its operations in the Asia Pacific region with the introduction of an additional air freighter service into Hong Kong. With this new link, IAG Cargo offers customers six freighter flights per week to Hong... more
Boeing delivers next C-17 to India
The Indian Air Force's (IAF) fourth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III recently departed for India from Long Beach (USA), keeping the company on track to deliver a total of five advanced airlifters to the IAF this year. Boeing will deliver five more C-17s to India in 2014 to complete... more
SkyCargo takes over tenth B777F, LH Cargo has to wait
Emirates SkyCargo has added its tenth Boeing B777F to its fleet ahead of moving its freighter operations to Dubai World Central Al Maktoum international airport in May 2014. A dedicated freighter cargo terminal that will be able to handle 700'000 t of cargo annually and various... more
Kenya Airways receives first B777-300ER
The US airframe manufacturer Boeing has delivered a B777-300ER (extended range) aircraft to GE Capital Aviation Services for lease to Kenya Airways. It is Kenya Airways' first B777-300ER and the largest in the carrier's fleet. The unit provides greater capacity, range and... more