FedEx Express has placed a firm order for 30 new ATR freighter turboprops, with options for a further 20 aircraft. The global transport company has ordered the ATR 72-600F that will be delivered from the factory in a freighter configuration featuring a windowless fuselage, a forward large cargo door and a rear upper hinged cargo
Air New Zealand says it is installing more than 5,500 Bluetooth devices across its cargo containers and pallets as part of efforts to better track its shipments and equipment around the world. The devices will be read by more than 100 readers at 29 airports globally, Air New Zealand said in a statement on Wednesday.
Global freight markets maintained their strong growth experienced so far in calendar 2017 during July as improved business confidence lifts cargo demand, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said freight tonne kilometres (FTK) rose 11.4 per cent in July, compared with the prior corresponding period. It was the fourth time in the
An improvised explosive device (IED) two men planned to smuggle onto an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney would have been picked up by airport security measures, according to police. Sydney men Khaled Khayat and Mahmoud Khayat are alleged to have attempted to plant an IED on an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney Airport on July 15, smuggled
Australian manufacturer Quickstep Holdings says it will supply wing flaps for Lockheed Martin’s LM-100J commercial freighter. The company made the announcement in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday. The LM-100J is a civil derivative of the C-130J Super Hercules military airlifter. Lockheed Martin rolled out the first of the type at its
Australia’s High Court has handed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) a victory in its long-running case against a number of airlines on price fixing on certain air freight charges. In a judgement handed down on Wednesday, the High Court unanimously dismissed two appeals from a decision of the full court of the Federal
