Virgin Atlantic Cargo bolsters presence in Nigerian marketplace

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is responding to demand for inbound air cargo capacity to West Africa – especially healthcare products, like pharmaceuticals – by signing a five-year contract with Nigeria-based logistics company Sifax SAHCOL. Starting this week, Virgin Atlantic’s import and export cargo for the region will be handled in Sifax SAHCOL’s 22,000 square-meter, Lagos-based warehouse […]

• Nina Chamlou
• April 9, 2019

Brussels Airlines to increase West African frequencies in 2019

Brussels Airlines is adjusting its route network, reallocating capacity from its Mumbai route – which will be canceled on Jan. 6, 2019 – to increase capacity to West African destinations. The carrier said it will launch an additional three flights per week to Banjul, Gambia, on Jan. 7 and will operate three out of the […]

• Nina Chamlou
• September 20, 2018

Lufthansa to operate Brussels’ cargo capacity, while BRUcloud grows

Starting Sept. 1, 2018, Lufthansa Cargo will take the reins in selling affiliate Brussels Airlines’ cargo capacity. The move is expected to enhance two already complementary networks. Once it goes into effect, Brussels Airlines customers have access to Lufthansa Cargo’s route network, with about 300 destinations in more than 100 countries. In addition, Lufthansa’s customer […]

• Nina Chamlou
• March 29, 2018

Turkish Cargo adds second Nigeria service to Kano

In what appears to be an almost monthly occurrence, Turkish Cargo, one of the world’s fastest-growing freight operations, is expanding yet again – this time in West Africa. Starting July 4, the carrier is launching weekly cargo flights to Kano, Nigeria, also touching down in Dakar, Senegal. The added Dakar flight will double the number […]

• Lewis King
• June 30, 2017

UPS honored for humanitarian work

UPS was honored with a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Award for its humanitarian relief work battling the spread of the deadly Ebola Crisis in West Africa last year. The annual awards honor businesses that make significant and positive impacts in communities throughout the world. UPS was recognized in the “Best Disaster Response […]

• Staff Reports
• October 15, 2015

Air Partner delivers food to Central African Republic

A 747F flew directly from Liège to Bangui M’Poko International Airport Monday, to deliver vital food supplies in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), a project concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the region. Bangui is a difficult airport to access […]

• Staff Reports
• October 5, 2015

Volga-Dnepr delivers UN helicopters to Sierra Leone

To assist with the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak emergency in West Africa, Volga-Dnepr Airlines used one of its heavy-lift An-124 Ruslan freighters to transport three United Nations helicopters from Moscow to Freetown, Sierra Leone. The multi-purpose helicopters – Russian-built Mi-8’s, each weighing 7.3 tonnes empty – will be used to support the UN Mission for […]

• October 29, 2014