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Cargolux: 50 years of excellence
The history of Europe’s largest cargo ariline The anniversary year of Cargolux was overshadowed by the pandemic in 2020. However, the Luxembourg airline’s experience and professionalism were in greater demand than ever before. With its 30 cargo jumbos, it is now the largest cargo airline in Europe.
COVID19 – Swiss WorldCargo performs more all cargo flights
Swiss WorldCargo to perform more than ten cargo flights for Swiss healthcare institutions. SWISS is to perform a series of flights bringing vital protective medical equipment from China to Switzerland. The operation, which is extensively supported by the company’s Swiss WorldCargo airfreight division, is being conducted on behalf of the Zurich Cantonal Pharmacy.
Changes in Euroairport Management (Freight)
After more than eight years at EuroAirport, Gian Carlo Alessi, member of the Executive Committee and Head of Freight, will leave the company at the end of May to take up a new position in the logistics sector. In this context, Gian will cease to perform his duties as Head of Freight with immediate effect. Until […]
IATA releases: “Guidance for Safe Transport of Cargo in Passenger Cabin”.
In response to the growing demand of operating cargo flights with passenger aircrafts, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a specific documentation.
New IG Air Cargo President Switzerland
After 11 years of successful leadership of IGAirCargo Switzerland, Peter Somaglia has decided that time has come for a change and has placed the presidency in new hands. At this year’s General Assembly, Gerry Zurmühle was elected as the new president and has also taken over the office management of IGAirCargo Switzerland as of November […]
COVID19 – IMF publishes World Economic Outlook – April 2020
World Economic Outlook Reports The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 percent in 2020.
Training Luftfracht Kompakt 2nd Edition
The Luftfracht Kompakt 2019 was a great success. IG Air Cargo Switzerland will offer a 2nd seminar edition starting in April 2020 again for the greater area Zurich.
COVID19 – Cybercrime is on the rise
Reports of increased cybercrime in connection with the Coronavirus epidemic and the lockdown measures. The webpage of IATA Cargo has been cloned and our association was the target of a phishing attempt last week. We received a fraudulent email requiring us to login on a fake webpage replicating the one of our hosting provider. Luckily, we realized […]
Annual General Assembly 2023 – Payerne Airport – Air Force Base
This year’s Annual General Assembly will take place on June 21, 2023 at Payerne (VD) Airport – Air Force Base. In the name of the board, we are pleased to invite all members and guests to the Annual General Assembly 2023 at the Payerne Airport – Air Force Base.