Air Namibia picks Strike Aviation as cargo GSSA for the EU and UK

Air Namibia has awarded Strike Aviation Group the cargo GSSA contract for the European Union and the United Kingdom. The Namibian flag carrier operates daily flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek using an Airbus A330-200 with a capacity of 12 tonnes. Strike Aviation president, Frank Ziesemer says: “We are very proud to become the Cargo Representative […]

Extra China flights as Lufthansa Cargo upgrades network

Lufthansa Cargo is to upgrade its network with extra freighter flights to China, and use belly-hold capacity on passenger aircraft. Cargo operations to China will be increased with nine Boeing 777 Freighter flights a week to Shanghai, up from seven, and it will exclusively use 777Fs instead of mixing it up with Boeing MD-11 Freighters, […]

Strong growth in Munich reinforces need for third runway

Munich Airport has seen cargo volumes continuing to grow with volumes increasing by four per cent to 163,000 tonnes in the first half of 2016. The airport has seen take-offs and landings increase by 2.5 per cent to 191,000 and expects to see this increase by four per cent in 2017. Munich has seen a […]

Qatar announces 14 new routes for 2016 and 2017

Qatar Airways has announced 14 new routes across Europe, Africa and Asia, including Doha – Auckland, which it says will be the world’s longest flight when launched. The network expansion was announced at the ITB Berlin international travel fair, where Qatar unveiled services to Bosnia, Cameroon, Finland, France, Gabon, Italy, Macedonia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, […]