Panalpina has always been a forwarder with a difference. It wetleases an Atlas B747-8F and is involved in some interesting…
April 2015
Widebody surge for Australia South Pacific says Airbus
27 / 04 / 2015
The passenger aircraft fleet serving the Australia South Pacific region will grow from some 700 aircraft today to over 1,200…
Delhi and Schiphol sign MoU to promote cargo trade lane
24 / 04 / 2015
Delhi Airport and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on and promote cargo business between…
AN-124 paint job to save $100,000 in fuel per year
24 / 04 / 2015
A fresh lick of paint for an An-124-100 will give Volga-Dnepr Airlines an expected fuel saving of over $100,000 a…
Drewry’s airfreight rate index slips in March
24 / 04 / 2015
Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index slipped 2.3 points in March to a reading of 99.5, losing the gains achieved…
Airnautic opens Nantes office
24 / 04 / 2015
French general sales agent Airnautic has opened an office at Nantes airport, located in western France. Airnautic’s new French office…
Schiphol tonnages impacted by slowing Chinese output
23 / 04 / 2015
A decline in airfreight between Asia and Europe saw Schiphol airport’s cargo volumes fall 1.8 per cent in the first…
Time critical for Dentressangle
23 / 04 / 2015
Norbert Dentressangle has launched a complete range of time critical services for urgent and specialist deliveries. The air and sea…
Swiss WorldCargo to test drone technology
23 / 04 / 2015
Swiss WorldCargo, Swiss Post and Matternet are teaming up to test the deployment of drones, including their potential use for…
FedEx-TNT deal to create third force in express
23 / 04 / 2015
FedEx’s planned takeover of rival carrier TNT would create a third force in the express market – and unlike UPS’…
Thai air cargo community set to speed up e-AWB adoption
23 / 04 / 2015
An e-freight workshop held in Bangkok was attended by airlines and a mix of independent and multinational forwarder members of…
Panalpina airfreight volumes hit by lower automotive
23 / 04 / 2015
Panalpina’s airfreight volumes grew one per cent in the 2015 first quarter to 205,000 tons – against an estimated market…
Freight bounce for Air Partner
23 / 04 / 2015
UK-based aviation charter specialist Air Partner saw full year group revenues fall 9.2 per cent to £192.1m and underlying profit…
Eric Born lands top job at Swissport International
23 / 04 / 2015
Eric Born will be the new group president and chief executive at ground handler Swissport International (SPI), taking up his…
TNT air fleet purchasers waiting in the wings
22 / 04 / 2015
FedEx has already identified potential purchasers of TNT Express’ air operations, says FedEx chief executive David Bronczek. He was speaking…
Stop obsessing about price, shippers tell carriers
22 / 04 / 2015
Discussions between shippers, airlines and transport providers too often boiled down to price, lamented panellists at a forum organised by…
Wisskirchen to be new cargo handler at Cologne/Bonn airport
22 / 04 / 2015
Wisskirchen has secured a 30-year concession for cargo handling at Germany’s Cologne/Bonn Airport, starting in July this year. The airport…
My Opinion
22 / 04 / 2015
Tex Gunning – TNT chief executive Speaking after the announcement that FedEx had made a $4.8bn bid to acquire TNT Express:…
ULD pioneer Jim Jackson enters TIACA’s Hall of Fame
22 / 04 / 2015
James ‘Jim’ Jackson, a driving force behind the standardisation of aircraft Unit Load Devices (ULD) and the supporting aircraft and…
Ecuador opens for IAG pharma product
22 / 04 / 2015
IAG Cargo has opened two stations in Ecuador for its pharmaceuticals and life sciences cargo product, Constant Climate, bringing to…
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