John Batten, EVP for Swissport International,crowned his impending departure from the company by accepting Air Cargo Week's Cargo Handling Agent of the Year award for the fifth consecutive year.

Readers of Air Cargo Week have voted DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight division of Deutsche Post DHL, Air Cargo Forwarder of the Year for 2013.

Air Asia has won Air Cargo Week's Customer Care Award for the third year running.

Last week 350 guests gathered at the prestigious 'h-e-a-r-t' nightclub in central Munich at an invitation-only gathering hosted by Sovereign Speed.

Munich-based logistics provider Group7 says it wants to reduce its overall company carbon footprint by 15 per cent by 2020.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is celebrating a decade of its 'Flying Paws' pet programme by working with the Canine Cookie Company to provide a 'Happy Barkday' cake for dogs on the move.

New exhibitor at Air Cargo Europe in Munich this month was Aeros, developers of the Aeroscraft airship hybrid.

As of this month, ACW has connected with Facebook in order to bring the very latest news and information to the air cargo industry.

In a bid to boost its share of the North American market, Qatar Airways Cargo is doubling its freight capacity to the US.

Etihad Cargo has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as a preferred handling partner (PHP).

BDA buys nightexpress Specialist time-critical logistics provider BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation) has acquired both NightExpress and NE NightExpress.

2013 is going quite well. 2012 was a phenomenal year for us and we expect the success to continue," syas Paul Siegel of Neo Air Charter.

Iraq, as an air charter prospect has all but dried up, and the Western military presence in Afghanistan is coming to a close.

Afghanistan has provided a number of lucrative charter contracts over the last 12 years.

Cargolux, which recorded an overall loss of US$35.1 million in 2012, is ramping up fleet enhancements to thwart future declines. 

Airfreightis big business in Hawaii, says Michael Orozco, marketing director at Aloha Air Cargo. 

Michael steen, chief commercial officer at Atlas Air Worldwide, does not buy into the belief that the freighter market is shrinking. Although he concedes that some carriers have seen declines recently, he tells ACW that Atlas Air does not fall into this category.

Freighters are in vast oversupply, said Brian Clancy, co-founder and managing director of Logistics Capital & Strategy,  during a presentation at last month's CNS Partnership Conference in Phoenix.

Less than a month after Aloha Air Cargo broke ground on its new airfreight facility at Honolulu International Airport, the carrier's marketing director Michael Orozco is speaking out about the implications of the new structure. The facility, Orozco tells ACW, is part of a multimillion-dollar airport renovation project spearheaded by Hawaiian governor Neil Abercrombie and will serve as Aloha Air Cargo's operational hub upon its early 2014 launch.