January 2016

Schiphol’s Cargonaut system gets funding boost

Schiphol Airport’s Cargonaut information platform will receive a funding boost of €2m in order to modernise the system. Half of…

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Hong Kong’s static cargo volumes in 2015

Asia’s dampening airfreight demand saw Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub in 2014, with near static volumes…

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Algeria links gain from Marseille upgrade by DHL Express

An €8m investment at France’s Marseille Provence Airport by DHL Express has allowed the logistics giant to add direct links…

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United boss Munoz returns home after heart attack

United Airlines boss Oscar Munoz has returned to his Chicago home from hospital after undergoing a heart transplant. Munoz said…

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Puetz joins cargo cover team

Therese Puetz has joined the DuPontTM Tyvek® Cargo Cover team as an external consultant with responsibility for market development in…

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LATAM expands IAG and American partnerships

The LATAM Group has announced it will expand its partnerships with oneworld alliance members IAG and American Airways as all…

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Volga-Dnepr helps out on mission to mars

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has helped transport equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme. The charter airline operated three An-124-100…

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Liege and Munich celebrate 2015 cargo surges

European cargo hubs Liege and Munich both reported sizeable increases in airfreight volumes for 2015 versus prior year. Belgium’s Liege…

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VIDEO: Logistics industry says India shows greatest growth potential

India has overtaken China as the emerging economy to show the most growth potential, according to a survey of logistics…

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Heathrow to ‘Go Electric’

Heathrow hosts more than 80 airlines, 300 service providers and 76,500 employees each day. It is one of the country’s…

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K+N relocates to Heathrow site

Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has relocated its main air cargo operations in the UK to its new Heathrow South Cargo Centre….

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The only way is ethics, but 46% of UK SMEs don’t agree

Just under half of UK small and medium sized (SME) companies in the transport sector said that they do not…

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Weak November for cargo at Asian and Middle Eastern hubs

Airfreight volumes remained weak in November in the Middle East and Asia, reflecting the “slowdown of the Chinese economy and…

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Etihad-airberlin codeshare ban overturned

Etihad Airways has welcomed a ruling by Germany’s higher administrative court reversing an earlier judgment that had called a halt…

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Kijac lands SEKO Logistics sales role

SEKO Logistics has appointed Carol Kijac as chief sales officer as it looks push ahead with its global expansion. Kijac…

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American air cargo carriers record 2015 demand declines

The majority of America’s major combination airlines recorded declines in cargo demand last year, with United being the only carrier…

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Davies becomes tech manager at Cargo 2000

Chris Davies has been appointed technical manager at Cargo 2000, based at the organisation’s Geneva headquarters. Davies brings over 14…

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Aeroflot to merge three airlines

Aeroflot is set to merge three of its subsidiaries to create a new airline as it looks to fill the…

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UTi shareholders vote yes for $1.35bn takeover offer from DSV

Shareholders in US logistics player UTi have voted “overwhelmingly” to approve a $1.35bn takeover bid by DSV of Denmark, a…

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Frankfurt freight figures fall in 2015

Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Europe’s number one cargo hub by volumes, saw its 2015 full year airfreight and airmail throughput fall…

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