Turkish Airlines moved 810,489 tons of cargo between January and September this year – an increase of 26.8% over the same nine months of 2016. The Far East, Europe and North America led the way in terms of rising volumes of cargo and mail carried, each with around 30% more than the previous reporting period; only the Central and South America regions saw a fall in tonnage (down 5%). For the first nine months of this year, cargo revenue was up 29.6% over the same period of 201

Air Cargo Global has appointed Frankfurt-headquartered ATC Aviation Services as its cargo GSA in Germany. The Bratislava-based all-cargo airline operates scheduled direct Boeing 747-400 Freighter flights from Brussels and Prague to Hong Kong, ATC noted. News/ Picture Source:http://www.aircargonews.net/news/airline/freighter-operator/single-view/news/air-cargo-global-appoints-gsa-for-germany.html

Network Airline Management (NAM) and Astral Aviation have signed a long-term wet lease with Air Atlanta Icelandic adding a factory-built, nose-loader B747-400F to their existing managed fleet of three MD11Fs. This will enable NAM to develop their presence in Africa, and especially the Kenyan perishables market, adding capacity for flowers and vegetables from Nairobi to the UK. Sanjeev Gadhia, Astral Aviation founder and chief executive, said: “The newly acquired B747-400F fro

SIA Cargo, the freight arm of Singapore Airlines, has successfully turned the tables on its 2016-17 first-half loss of S$45m, posting an operating profit of S$32m for the same period of the 2017-18 financial year. The carrier attributed the result to higher volumes (up 6.1% year on year) as well as improved yield (up 6.7% year on year), particularly on the back of improved trade conditions in the second quarter. The cargo load factor increased by 3.2 percentage points over th