Cargolux Airlines and Oman Air have signed a joint venture agreement to develop Muscat International Airport as an air cargo…
April 2015
Virgin Atlantic Cargo strikes road feeder deal with Jan de Rijk
16 / 04 / 2015
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new three-year road feeder services contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics and extended its…
Qatar first class for four legs
16 / 04 / 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo has moved 40 of the world’s most admired show jumping and dressage horses for a major event…
China Airlines joins Dubai DWC migration
16 / 04 / 2015
Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved its freighter flights to the new Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC). The…
Jettainer gets ISO 9001
16 / 04 / 2015
Outsourced ULD management company Jettainer has gained ISO 9001 certification following an extensive audit of its quality management systems by…
Hong Kong carriers tail off as Euro woes mount
16 / 04 / 2015
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair saw only a modest 1.5 per cent growth in cargo and mail traffic in March compared…
Brussels freighters buck the trend
15 / 04 / 2015
Cargo volume at Brussels airport rose significantly in March to 43,785 tonnes, up 8.2 per cent on the same month…
SATS exports to go electronic
15 / 04 / 2015
SATS, the Singapore handling company, has launched a one-stop e-Acceptance initiative for export airfreight. SATS’ e-Acceptance procedure speeds up processing…
LUG ramps up Frankfurt slot management
15 / 04 / 2015
Ground handler LUG Aircargo is implementing a new ramp service and time slot management system at its Cargo City South…
Singapore handler sets up ‘cool school’ for pharma
15 / 04 / 2015
Singapore handling company SATS has launched an initiative to deepen its cold chain talent pool and “transform cargo acceptance” at…
TNT goes fully automatic in Sydney
15 / 04 / 2015
Express carrier TNT has opened a new automated hub at Erskine Park in Sydney for domestic and international shipments capable…
New man to head Dentressangle air and sea
15 / 04 / 2015
Loïc Gay has joined Norbert Dentressangle to head the forwarding group’s air and sea division. A graduate of EDHEC Business…
Airfreight helps lift Kuehne + Nagel
15 / 04 / 2015
An airfreight surge at the start of 2015 helped freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) to a two per cent…
PACTL registers strong results in the first quarter
15 / 04 / 2015
Strong import volumes helped Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) record a 12.7 per cent year-on-year tonnage…
Lufthansa Cargo sees March decrease
15 / 04 / 2015
Lufthansa’s revenue cargo tonne-kilometres fell by 6.0 per cent in March 2015 year on year, but cargo load factor fell…
IAG Cargo & Exelsius 2nd GDP Academy to take place 11-12 May 2015
14 / 04 / 2015
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international cold chain management consultancy, have teamed up again to provide the healthcare and life…
Freight jump helps ACS to record
14 / 04 / 2015
Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged just under 2,700 cargo charters in 2014, an increase of almost 29 per cent on…
Swiss sales up, load factor down
14 / 04 / 2015
Swiss WorldCargo’s first-quarter cargo load factor fell by 1.5 per cent to 79.3 per cent in the first three months…
Medicine men use supply chain to stay healthy, says FedEx
14 / 04 / 2015
More healthcare customers are using supply chains to stay competitive, according to a Frost & Sullivan report published on behalf…
Strike hits Frankfurt as Edmonton forges ahead
14 / 04 / 2015
Cargo volume at Germany’s Frankfurt airport was hit by the ongoing Lufthansa pilots’ dispute, falling 6.1 per cent to 189,546…