Boeing says world air cargo growth will expand at a 5.8% annual rate over the next 20 years, with worldwide air freight traffic tripling through 2027.

BOC Aviation has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines for its five A330 freighters ordered direct from Airbus early this year.

Australia's competition regulator has instituted separate Federal Court proceedings against Qantas Airways and British Airways seeking penalties for alleged price fixing between 2002 and early 2006.

With the inaugural Emirates non-stop flight between Dubai and Los Angeles just two days away, Emirates SkyCargo is gearing up for what is set to be a robust route.

Qatar Airways Cargo has introduced a non-stop freighter route linking its of Doha hub with Zaragoza in northern Spain.

ABX Air Inc says it has reached an agreement with DHL on severance and retention plans for impending job reductions.

Boeing projects the global air cargo market will continue to exhibit strong, long-term growth - and customers will seek larger aircraft.

Boeing has delivered to Cargolux Airlines International  its 16th and last 747-400 F with a ceremony at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.

Maximus Air Cargo says it will invest $10 million overhauling of its fleet of Russian-built Ilyushin aircraft, extending their operating lifespan initially by seven years.

Boeing is helping Aeroflot Cargo improve its operational efficiency and adapt to growing market demands by providing three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs).

Alis Aerolinee Italiane, an Italian cargo start-up company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the acquisition of five A330-200 Freighter aircraft, plus three options.

An Antonov AN-124-100 freighter of Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered two Mir-1 and Mir-2 deep-water vehicles and other research equipment from Kaliningrad to Ulan-Ude within the preparation activities for complex scientific expedition at Baikal.

Netherlands-based leasing company AerCap has signed a firm contract with Airbus Freighter Conversion GmbH (AFC) to convert 30 of AerCap’s passenger A320/A321s into freighter aircraft (P2F).

The New Zealand government's competition regulator says it will prosecute three airlines after an investigation into p[rice fixing in the air cargo industry.

A Boeing 747-200 cargo jet bound for Miami has crashed in Colombia with the loss of two lives on the ground.

Russia’s refusal to renew Lufthansa Cargo’s permit to use air space has cost Kazakhstan 49 weekly cargo flights into its capital, Astana, worth about US$600 million to the former Soviet state.

DHL is hiring United Parcel Service for its US express cargo as part of its cost-cutting reorganisation, and because UPS has a modern, fuel-efficient fleet of delivery aircraft.

Air crash investigators have revealed the operators of a cargo plane which caught fire at San Francisco last week received a threat against an unspecified aircraft a week earlier.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says 11 new locations have been identified as ready for paperless e-freight: USA, Dubai, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway.

Emirates used the Air Cargo China 2008 show in Shanghai to promote the imminent expansion of its SkyCargo operations in China.

Qantas Airways has reached a confidential multimillion dollar settlement agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission relating to its alleged role in illegally fixing fuel surcharges as part of a global cartel, reports The Australian Financial Review.

Air France-KLM has reached agreement with China Southern Airlines, the largest Chinese carrier by fleet size, on setting up a cargo joint venture, reports The Economic Times.

Air Transport Services Group says its subsidiary ABX Air is reviewing DHL’s announced plan to restructure its US operations and to pursue negotiations to outsource its domestic air network to UPS.

A Boeing 747 cargo plane operated by US airline Kalitta Ar has broken in two after crashing upon take-off at Brussels airport.

Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has launched freighter services to Karachi, the Pakistani commercial capital.

United Parcel Service will relocate its primary intra-Asia air cargo hub from The Philippines to Shenzen, China, in a bid to cut transit times across Asia.

For the third year in a row, Singapore Airlines Cargo has been voted number one in “The Best Airline Cargo Service” category by the Federation of Asia Pacific Airfreight Associations (FAPAA).

For a record 22nd successive year, Singapore Changi Airport has been named Best Airport - Asia at the Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards in Singapore last night.

Los Angeles-based cargo airline Pacific Air Cargo has reportedly lodged the highest bid for the contract services unit of collapsed Aloha Airlines.

Britain's major airlines have weighed into the food miles war by flying African farmers to London to defend their source of livelihood before UK authorities.

TNT Airways is to become the 10th all-cargo airline to add Singapore to its route network.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission offered a $10 million settlement to Korean Air and several other airlines under investigation for price fixing in relation to surcharges on international air cargo, reports The Australian Financial Review.

Orbis International, a nonprofit development organisation dedicated to saving sight worldwide, will replace its DC-10 flying eye hospital with a DC-10 Series 30 freighter supplied by United Airlines and FedEx.

Lufthansa Cargo says it will expand its Asian schedule for the northern hemisphere summer, on March 30.

Already fined by US authorities for colluding with rival airlines to set trans-Pacific air freight charges, Qantas now faces prosecution from Australia’s competition regulator.

The two pilots of a Dragonair Boeing 747-400 freighter damaged in a heavy landing at Manchester last week have been stood down pending an incident investigation.

Boeing has completed 50% of the design releases for the new 747-8 Freighter.

Cargolux Airlines International of Luxembourg, Europe’s largest all-cargo airline, says it will add a fourth weekly frequency from Hong Kong into Budapest from February 26.

Fresh after announcing a non-stop service from Dubai to Houston, Emirates said it will increase its thrice-weekly service to a daily from February 1.

Boeing mechanics have begun major assembly of the new 777 Freighter at the company's Everett, Washington, facility.

MUMBAI, Jan 28: The Tata group, which has a 6% stake in New Delhi-based low-cost airline SpiceJet Ltd, has reportedly picked up a stake in Bangalore-based cargo airline Quikjet Cargo, which starts flying in April, reports Livemint.com.

Boeing has sold eight Boeing 777 Freighters to Deucalion Capital VII Limited, for lease to AeroLogic, a new joint venture airline formed by Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express.

Two flight crew of an Antonov 12 cargo plane were badly injured after it hit a 727 passenger jet during taxiing at Congo’s Pointe-Noire airport.

Stiff competition from European airlines has forced Air India Cargo to withdraw its cargo operations from the Mumbai-Paris route.

Air New Zealand has joined Nippon Cargo Airlines and All Nippon Airways in signing up with IBS Software Services for its freight management system iCargo.

US-based ABX Holdings Inc and All Nippon Airways have extended their eight month old cargo deal through to January 2010.

Shanghai Airlines has set up a cargo alliance, Shanghai Airlines Logistics Enterprises Group.