Cargolux unions battle each other
Luxembourg’s LCGB union, which represents some of the pilots at all-cargo carrier Cargolux, undertook a “24-hour warning action” today, grounding...
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Battery ban?
Typical Li-Ion battery for a laptop computer. Photo: Kristoferb (Wikimedia) At the end of last week, Boeing issued guidance to...
Canadian lobsters help EU freighter operation fly
The companies behind a new freighter service between Toronto and Brussels have revealed they are ahead of their targets a...
Why AirBridge wants 20 747-8Fs
When AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ parent Volga-Dnepr Group ordered five 747-8Fs in 2006, a few eyebrows were raised. Did Moscow-based AirBridge really...
Air China Cargo flies high
Air China Cargo's seventh 777F lands in Beijing. Air China Cargo took delivery of its seventh 777F (44684) from Boeing,...
After Paris II – The changing fleet
Yesterday we looked at orders deliveries and backlogs for the four commercial jet freighters currently offered by Airbus and Boeing....
Don’t point your finger at China…
"China woes threaten air freight industry, Lufthansa warns." That is the title of a news story published yesterday by Bloomberg....
Two more 777Fs, and a new hub strategy for China Southern
The rapid expansion odf China Southern's freighter fleet includes the return to service of two stored 747-400Fs. Last week we...
