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3 weeks ago | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis
Air Partner outsize cargo project
Today’s shippers are more cost-conscious than ever, but there are still situations when airfreight is needed to fly unwieldy objects around the world.
In an ideal world, no one would take an object weighing up to 100 tonnes – or more – squeeze it into an aircraft and fly it thousands of miles to wherever it is needed.
Airfreight is expensive and often requires a lot of resources to be mobilised, to get the cargo to and from airports and on and off the aircraft.
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2 months ago | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis
Dan March, WCAworldSource: WCAworld
Dan March could fly an aircraft before he could drive and it was a love of flying that brought him into the world of airfreight – though with quite a few go-arounds before he ended up as chief executive of WCAworld, by most counts the world’s largest forwarder network.
He learned to fly through an RAF scholarship but also decided to go to university as a backup in case the flying career didn’t work out.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis
In only a generation, China has evolved from being a small niche player in international trade to the most powerful trading nation in the world. U-Freight chief executive Simon Wong was there to witness it all.
U-Freight is a freight forwarder that can truly say that it was there at the start of China’s industrial and commercial revolution.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Davies Turner Air Cargo managing director James Wheatley discusses the highs of the industry and the dynamic job environment that it offers. “Like all good forwarders, I got into the freight business by chance – but then it got into my blood and I’ve never looked back,” says James Wheatley. Returning from an extended backpacking tour of Asia in 1997, like many of us he didn’t have too much of a career plan beyond a thought that it would be great to be involved in international travel in some way.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Credit: tratong/ Shutterstock Chinese state aerospace company AVIC has unveiled a model of the country’s first uncrewed commercial spaceplane at the Zhuhai airshow. The Haoloong-1, or Sky Dragon, is described as a low-cost reusable cargo shuttle that could be used to supply the Chinese space station. Spaceplanes are mounted on top of rocket boosters to get into orbit but after completing their mission glide back to a conventional runway on Earth.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Source: Shutterstock/PKpix Canadian carrier WestJet Cargo is to use ECS Group’s TCE solution to manage elements of its customs and operational compliance. TCE will oversee customs operations and related activities including planning, day-to-day management, documentation and regulatory adherence. TCE has a dedicated 24/7 customs reporting team and will use its technology and automation to accelerate processes and enhance accuracy while minimising manual work.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
(Picture 1, f.l.t.r.: Zhu Tao, Vice President of HNA Aviation Group; Xu Gang, CEO of Airbus China; Ding Yongzheng, Chairman of HNA Aviation Group; Jordi Boto, CEO EFW;Guo Hongji, President of HNA Aviation Technic Co.,Ltd; Torsten Kühn, Senior Vice President of Business of EFW). Photo: EFW Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has announced its third business development in a week – a memorandum of understanding with carrier HNA Aviation Group.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Abdulaziz Busbate. Photo: DHL Group DHL Express has appointed Abdulaziz Busbate as chief executive of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, effective from January 1. Busbate will succeed Nour Suliman, who has stepped into a non-executive advisory role as president MENA. Bringing 24 years of management experience at DHL Express to the role, Busbate will be based in Bahrain and will report to chief executive, John Pearson.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Photo: Jaromir Chalabala/ Shutterstock Turkish Cargo is to offer capacity on flights between Liège in Belgium and Miami, Florida from November, in partnership with Avianca Cargo. The move follows the signing in April 2023 of a memorandum of understanding with the Bogotá, Colombia-headquartered carrier. Under the agreement, the two airlines said they would explore potential cooperation opportunities and strengthen air cargo connections, combining their resources and expertise.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aircargonews.net | Chris Lewis |Rebecca Jeffrey
Photo: FedEx FedEx (Federal Express) is increasing frequency of its freighter flights between Qingdao, China and the US, following the inauguration of its international gateway in the city. The flights depart from Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport and operate via Osaka, Japan, to FedEx’s hub in Memphis, Tennessee. Trials have been operating since May with a weekly service. This has now been expanded to five flights per week from Monday to Friday, using a B777 freighter.
