Schiphol’s slot dilemma – and no end in sight

Leading airports focus strategically and economically on growth rather than contraction. An exception is Schiphol. There, the municipality of Amsterdam demands that the number...

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Blocked Airline Funds: IATA has had enough!

Aviation in Africa is on the rise, at least in some of the continent’s 54 countries. However, the willingness...

Automating Air Cargo: Robo-Ops – Part 1

Automation features heavily in air cargo company visions when conference panels discuss the future of air cargo. Coupled with...

Venezuela’s Transcarga takes to the skies again

It’s a well-known saying that those who are declared dead live longer. This applies to the Venezuelan airline, Transcarga...

Spotlight on… Alexey Zotov, Managing Director, Air Cargo Green...

Each week, CargoForwarder Global shines its ‘Spotlight On…’ a different area of the air cargo industry and illustrates the...
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Gemini Alliance could inspire imitators

The Gemini network alliance between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, which has been in place since 03FEB25, could inspire other players to follow suit. This was...

“Sponsors welcome!” says Chicago’s Airport operator CDA

In the UK and Germany, it is already common practice to sell naming rights for soccer stadiums to financially strong investors. Examples include Manchester...
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The Elephant in the Room: Defense is Reshaping Global Logistics

While civilian supply chains continue to debate optimization, sustainability, and digitalization, defense logistics is expanding rapidly and largely outside the public discussion, operating under...

How airmail gave flight to United Airlines

With 2026, United Airlines is proudly kicking off its centenary year. Very few carriers can look back on 100 years of operation – and...
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Air Europa Cargo obtains CEIV Pharma for its Madrid hub

Following the successful completion of IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification process for routes between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean last fall, the cargo division...

Spotlight on… Eira Mae G. De Pablo-Pacifico, Manager, Philippine Airlines

Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ illustrates a different segment of the air cargo industry through the voice of someone working there. Air cargo...

Open Ecosystems and APIs: The Backbone of Digital Logistics Collaboration

For more than a decade, the air cargo industry has discussed digital collaboration, interoperability and paperless processes. For freight forwarders, these discussions are anything...

Roland Weil moves to WFS

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is growing its e-commerce business at Frankfurt Airport, following the signing of a leasing agreement for two cargo terminals at...
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Volga-Dnepr awaiting revival

The heavily indebted Volga-Dnepr Group is to be taken over by the EAS Group (Evraz Avia Service LLC) during the course of Q1, 2026....

CARGOLAND – The finals is good, bronze is better

Liège Airport (LGG) takes its inspiration and ambitions from the Olympic Games. Just being part of the show is not enough; the aspiration is...

Who won with the EU PLACI programs?

The year 2025 started with an alarming sense of urgency in global trade, as tariff regulations fluctuated amid a self-initiated competition driven by the...

Paper Out, Data In: WFS Madrid’s Digital Shift

Cargo growth at Madrid-Barajas is no longer just a headline statistic – it is reshaping how cargo is handled on the ground. As volumes...

DHL GF and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) join forces to reduce CO2 emissions

The two companies have signed anew framework agreement for emission reduction rights. The contractfurther deepens their joint commitment to decarbonizing the air freight industry...

Spotlight on… Jessica Stöber, Management Assistant, HAUS61

Each week, CargoForwarder Global’s ‘Spotlight On…’ hands the mic to someone working in one of the many different areas that make up our air...

Kales thinks and acts like an airline

General sales agent Kales Airline Services acts, thinks and performs like a well-running airline, based on a close and confidential partnership relation. This translates...

Holy Spirit propels Hapag-Lloyd

Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT), the infrastructure division of shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, is to build a terminal facility for handling sea freight items in Brazil....

A350F is on track

Even before the European frame maker launched the A350F program, Crawford Hamilton, Head of Freighter Market at Airbus, emphasized in an interview with CargoForwarder...