Topic: Air-freight

Cargolux sets new heavy transport record to China

Cargolux Airlines has delivered the largest single piece of freight it has ever flown into mainland China. The Luxembourg-based airline says there has been solid demand growth for this kind of transport over the past...Read more

06-09-2019|Comment|author: Tobias Pieffers

Avia Solutions buys project cargo air specialist Chapman Freeborn

Avia Solutions Group has acquired the Chapman Freeborn Group, which specialises in the charter and lease of aircraft and handles a lot of large and heavy cargoes. Under the terms of the agreement, Avia Solutions Group...Read more

21-06-2019|Comment|author: Tobias Pieffers

Sikorsky wins USD 1.1 billion US Navy contract for 12 heavy-lift helicopters

Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky has won a USD 1.13 billion deal from the U.S. Navy to build 12 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters. The latest version of this aircraft, called the King Stallion, can lift up to...Read more

27-05-2019|Comment|author: Tobias Pieffers

Mammoet opens new crane site in Leipzig

Mammoet Germany has opened a new crane site at Industriepark Mitte in the north of Leipzig. From this new location, the company, based in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, will intensify its crane and transport operations in Leipzig and...Read more

06-03-2019|Comment|author: Tobias Pieffers

British freight zeppelin Airlander cleared for production

The British airship manufacturer HAV finally has all the permits to commence production of the Airlander 10. Following a testing programme of almost two years with a prototype, both the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and...Read more

23-01-2019|Comment|author: Tobias Pieffers