While the political questions about today’s vote on Heathrow’s third runway expansion is far from settled, most airfreight groups around Great Britain are applauding the decision – at least cautiously – as a victory for U.K. air cargo and world trade. “The decision to increase capacity at Heathrow is the right choice for the U.K.[…]

After years of wrangling with aviation interests, trade groups and concerned community activists, the U.K. government has made the long-awaited decision to approve a third runway at London Heathrow Airport. Since last year, Heathrow and Gatwick airports had been hanging in limbo, waiting to see which facility would get the green light on a much-needed[…]

With interest in pharmaceuticals and other perishable goods on the rise, U.S.-based freighter carrier Northern Air Cargo (NAC) ) – known mostly for serving icier climes in Alaska – said it will begin four-times-a-week charter service out of Miami International Airport (MIA) on Nov. 1 to several destinations around the Caribbean Islands. Two of the[…]

In expectation of higher demand for oil-and-gas equipment traffic, IAG Cargo said it will begin serving the New Orleans market four times a week, beginning at the end of March. The new route will be the only one flying directly from London Heathrow (LHR) hub to New Orleans (MSY). “This new route will add to[…]

Jettainer and IT specialists at Lufthansa Industry Solutions are working to develop a digital container that can “measure temperature changes, shocks and other external factors independently and provide information about its state.” Both partners are subsidiaries of the Lufthansa Group, and Jettainer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo AG. The containers under development[…]

With $1.5 million funding from FedEx, Seattle’s Museum of Flight this year opened what it calls “the world’s first air cargo exhibit.” In 2015, the museum approached FedEx Express about constructing an exhibit chronicling the air cargo story, and FedEx agreed. It took over a year (and the deconstruction of a 727 freighter) to put the[…]