March 2015

Six pack bellyhold for Delta and Virgin

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways are expanding their trans-Atlantic partnership with six new daily passenger services. The two…

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Hefty jump in Asian air cargo demand

Latest monthly data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that international freight tonne km (FTK) surged 20.5…

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TNT opens healthcare hub in Europe

TNT has opened a healthcare hub in the Netherlands that allows next day deliveries of medical devices to 96 per…

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Port strike is Rickenbacker’s gain

The US West Coast container port strike led to a surge in February air cargo traffic, said Rickenbacker Airport Authority. The…

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WCS: Differing messages in ULD debate

The two leading players in outsourced ULD management brought differing messages to the World Cargo Symposium in China this week….

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Finnair starts work on new cargo terminal

The Finnair board has approved a new €80m cargo terminal for Helsinki Airport. Construction work will start this month on…

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East-west rates end two-month decline

Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight’s East-West Air Freight Price Index ended a two-month decline in February, gaining 2.2 points…

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Cargolux and DB Schenker, a decade of US pharma

Cargolux has celebrated a decade of healthcare shipment flights to Indianapolis in cooperation with German logistics operator DB Schenker. Cargolux…

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AF-KLM: Neither pushed nor disgruntled

Was he pushed? Is he protesting at the direction that the company is taking? Erik Varwijk, who resigned as executive…

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One Question: ULD track and trace

Dr Ludwig Bertsch, President of CHEP Aerospace Solutions says: “If a ULD could talk, we would want to ask it:…

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Airbridge International expanding its network

GSSAs can increase their business in two ways: They can add more airline clients – or they can increase the…

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Hyderabad airport set to handle 100,000 tonnes

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) expects to cross the 100,000 tonnes milestone in the current financial year. The cargo…

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DHL’s Ly makes a Singapore comeback

DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Stephen Ly as managing director for Singapore. The former managing director for DHL Global Forwarding…

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JAL’s cool delivery to Paris

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Post are to extend their Cool EMS Service to France from April. The two partners…

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Heathrow rediscovers the regions

Heathrow has announced a package of measures to boost links between the UK regions and to reverse “a lost decade”…

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WCS: Airfreight volumes, a Chinese puzzle

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if China sneezes, the rest of the world will catch a cold, writes Martin…

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Hacis to extend mainland road feeder links

Hong Kong Air Cargo industry Services (Hacis) plans to open additional bases on the Chinese mainland to extend its logistical…

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Shippers go global

Three shipper organisations have formed a new trans-national body, the Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA). The European Shippers’ Council (ESC), the…

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Freighters to go as Thai takes a hard look at its fleet

Thai Airways is due to end full freighter operations later this month as part of a fleet reduction that will also…

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An-124 takes Siemens rotor for a spin

One of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters moved a 50-ton rotor from Germany to Mumbai, India, for engineering and technology firm Siemens….

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