Air Cargo & Freight news and insight from around the United Kingdom
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) is celebrating its sixth consecutive year of profit as it continues to turn its fortunes around posting a £3.5 million operating profit for 2024/2025, up £300,000 from the previous year. This comes in part thanks to the “transformational” growth in its cargo market which has seen [read more]
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) into the crash of UPS2976 has confirmed that the No. 1 Engine detached from the wing during takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky. A harrowing sequence of images from the NTSB shows the aircraft starting to rotate from the runway when the [read more]
Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West Airlines has signed a firm contract for two additional Airbus A350F cargo aircraft, doubling its original order. The yet-to-be-certified A350F will form the backbone of Silk Way West Airlines’ fleet modernisation and growth strategy. “We are delighted to extend our partnership with Airbus on the A350F [read more]
Air China Cargo, has become the latest customer for the much-anticipated Airbus A350 freighter, the A350F. The cargo specialist, which is a subsidiuary of Chinese flag carrier, Air China, has signed a purchase agreeement for six A350F’s taking the total known commitments for the ‘yet to be certified’ freighter to [read more]
In a sweeping safety measure, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the immediate grounding of all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and MD-11F freighter aircraft, following a fatal cargo-plane crash in Kentucky earlier this month. The emergency directive requires operators to carry out detailed inspections before any further flights are [read more]
A UPS freighter has crashed while taking off from Louisville, Kentucky hitting several ground premises including a petroleum recycling business sparking a massive fire. UPS flight 2976 was being operated by a McDonnel Douglas MD11 and was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii. Officials have confirmed 12 people have been killed in [read more]
South Korean flag carrier, Korean Air, has become the latest airline to order the still in development freighter variant of the Airbus A350. Korean Air converted seven of its A350-1000 orders to the A350F as it looks to renew its cargo fleet with aircraft that will meet ICAO’s enhanced emissions [read more]
Cargo First, the dedicated Cargo division of Bournemouth Airport has completed and comissioned a brand new cargo facility at Bournemouth Airport. The new facility includes three new ICAO Code E stands and a much larger customs-bonded cargo operations centre as well as improved access. Located next to the airport’s 200 [read more]
The global freighter fleet is set to grow by more than 40% over the next two decades, according to a new forecast from IBA, the aviation market intelligence and consultancy specialist. In its Freighter Market Outlook 2025–2044, IBA projects that the fleet will expand by nearly 4,000 aircraft by 2044, [read more]
BCT Aviation Maintenance has secured a number of maintenance contracts for Boeing 777F cargo aircraft at its East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) facility. Chinese cargo carrier Central Airlines has appointed BCT to carry out line maintanance for the two Boeing 777F aircraft that it is operating into East Midlands on behalf [read more]
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