Schiphol Airport’s Cargonaut information platform will receive a funding boost of €2m in order to modernise the system. Half of…
January 2016
Hong Kong’s static cargo volumes in 2015
19 / 01 / 2016
Asia’s dampening airfreight demand saw Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub in 2014, with near static volumes…
Algeria links gain from Marseille upgrade by DHL Express
19 / 01 / 2016
An €8m investment at France’s Marseille Provence Airport by DHL Express has allowed the logistics giant to add direct links…
United boss Munoz returns home after heart attack
18 / 01 / 2016
United Airlines boss Oscar Munoz has returned to his Chicago home from hospital after undergoing a heart transplant. Munoz said…
Puetz joins cargo cover team
18 / 01 / 2016
Therese Puetz has joined the DuPontTM Tyvek® Cargo Cover team as an external consultant with responsibility for market development in…
LATAM expands IAG and American partnerships
18 / 01 / 2016
The LATAM Group has announced it will expand its partnerships with oneworld alliance members IAG and American Airways as all…
Volga-Dnepr helps out on mission to mars
18 / 01 / 2016
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has helped transport equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme. The charter airline operated three An-124-100…
Liege and Munich celebrate 2015 cargo surges
18 / 01 / 2016
European cargo hubs Liege and Munich both reported sizeable increases in airfreight volumes for 2015 versus prior year. Belgium’s Liege…
VIDEO: Logistics industry says India shows greatest growth potential
18 / 01 / 2016
India has overtaken China as the emerging economy to show the most growth potential, according to a survey of logistics…
Heathrow to ‘Go Electric’
18 / 01 / 2016
Heathrow hosts more than 80 airlines, 300 service providers and 76,500 employees each day. It is one of the country’s…
K+N relocates to Heathrow site
18 / 01 / 2016
Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has relocated its main air cargo operations in the UK to its new Heathrow South Cargo Centre….
The only way is ethics, but 46% of UK SMEs don’t agree
18 / 01 / 2016
Just under half of UK small and medium sized (SME) companies in the transport sector said that they do not…
Weak November for cargo at Asian and Middle Eastern hubs
18 / 01 / 2016
Airfreight volumes remained weak in November in the Middle East and Asia, reflecting the “slowdown of the Chinese economy and…
Etihad-airberlin codeshare ban overturned
15 / 01 / 2016
Etihad Airways has welcomed a ruling by Germany’s higher administrative court reversing an earlier judgment that had called a halt…
Kijac lands SEKO Logistics sales role
15 / 01 / 2016
SEKO Logistics has appointed Carol Kijac as chief sales officer as it looks push ahead with its global expansion. Kijac…
American air cargo carriers record 2015 demand declines
15 / 01 / 2016
The majority of America’s major combination airlines recorded declines in cargo demand last year, with United being the only carrier…
Davies becomes tech manager at Cargo 2000
15 / 01 / 2016
Chris Davies has been appointed technical manager at Cargo 2000, based at the organisation’s Geneva headquarters. Davies brings over 14…
Aeroflot to merge three airlines
15 / 01 / 2016
Aeroflot is set to merge three of its subsidiaries to create a new airline as it looks to fill the…
UTi shareholders vote yes for $1.35bn takeover offer from DSV
15 / 01 / 2016
Shareholders in US logistics player UTi have voted “overwhelmingly” to approve a $1.35bn takeover bid by DSV of Denmark, a…
Frankfurt freight figures fall in 2015
15 / 01 / 2016
Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Europe’s number one cargo hub by volumes, saw its 2015 full year airfreight and airmail throughput fall…