Dry ice replenishment in the Arabian desert 
Saudi Airlines Cargo Company has announced the launch of its newest offer to the air cargo industry: dry ice replenishment services to temperature-controlled products such as perishable and pharmaceuticals which require specific temperature requirements while being transported... more
Simpson Spence Young opens office in Dubai
The shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has announced it will open a new office in Dubai (UAE) in early November. Led by Manish Pamecha, the team will focus on dry bulk chartering. "Opening in Dubai means that SSY now has 21 international offices, with our dry cargo... more
Etihad Cargo introduces winter network
Leading Etihad Cargo’s annual refresh of its winter network is the enhancement of its freighter services between Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Columbus, Ohio (USA). A weekly service, now via Europe to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, will be supported by its RFS network to... more
Jesper Kjaedegaard joins the Marcura group as senior adviser
The board of the Marcura group has announced that Jesper Kjaedegaard has joined the group as senior adviser. A highly respected shipping personality, Kjaedegaard currently serves as partner of Mercator International and has previously served as CEO of Maersk, chairman of... more
More capacity between London and Tel Aviv
Taking off today, 25 September 2019, the daily A330-300 flights of Virgin Atlantic between London Heathrow (UK) and Tel Aviv (Israel) will be handled on the cargo side by WTA Aviation and Swissport. As one of Israel’s leading air cargo GSA's, WTA will be responsible for... more
Qatar Airways to serve Luanda
Qatar Airways will launch a new service to Luanda, the capital and largest city of Angola, starting March 2020. The service, which will operate up to five times per week, will deploy a B787 aircraft with a bellyhold capacity of 8.5 t of cargo. Qatar Airways group chief... more
Airbus predicts 50% more freighters by 2038
In its global market forecast 2019-2038, Airbus sees the world’s freighter aircraft fleet set to more than double from today’s nearly 1,800 to just over 2,800 aircraft. A combination of 2,500 newly built and converted freighters will be needed with 60% for replacement and 40%... more
Greenhouse in the desert
Dava corporation is forecast to grow in the agricultural business since it has entered into a contract for a large-scale turn-key greenhouse project with the company Debets Schalke. Faisal Al Batal of Dava corporation and Wim van Weele of Debets Schalke confirmed the cooperation... more
Emirates Skycargo forms fresh partnership
The Dubai (UAE)-based start-up Seafood Souq, an online B2B marketplace application that helps seafood buyers procure products from all over the world, has entered into a partnership with Emirates Skycargo for transporting its seafood shipments rapidly from source markets to... more
ACI calls for an end to trade disputes
According to the latest World Airport Traffic Report published by Airports Council International (ACI) World, the world’s airports accommodated 122.7 million t of cargo last year. Global year-over-year volume fell by -1.7% in December 2018 against the previous year, bringing... more