Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub, experienced “mild growth” of 1.1% year on year in March to…
April 2016
Saudia to add bellyhold links
18 / 04 / 2016
Saudia will add bellyhold cargo services to new destinations Munich and Maldives in the coming weeks, with services to Ankara…
Microchip machines on the move via Moscow
15 / 04 / 2016
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) moved some microchip production machines from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for forwarder, DB Schenker. They travelled…
Brazil and Chile added to Pelican cold-chain logistics
15 / 04 / 2016
Pelican BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packaging specialist, has added Brazil and Chile to its cold chain network. It has announced partnerships…
Delta sees first quarter air cargo revenues slide
15 / 04 / 2016
Delta Air Lines continued to see cargo volumes and revenues decline during the first quarter of the year. The US…
TNT signs pharma duo for Medpak service
14 / 04 / 2016
TNT has signed up two global customers for its new cold chain packaging and shipping solution, Medpak VI°C. The Europe-based…
Airfreight rates slide for the fourth month in a row
14 / 04 / 2016
Airfreight prices declined for the fourth month in a row in February and the tough market conditions are expected to…
Jon Harston nets Kewill role along with three other new appointees
14 / 04 / 2016
Supply chain software provider Kewill has made four new appointments to its finance, legal, IT, and product management teams. Jon…
CSafe adds Puerto Rico service centre in response to pharma growth
14 / 04 / 2016
Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre in Puerto Rico. The new dedicated service…
Cargolux adds frequency to Ho Chi Minh service
14 / 04 / 2016
Cargolux has added a third weekly frequency to its Ho Chi Minh operation in response to growing demand from the…
Detection dogs fail to sniff out crime at airport, but do hunt down sausages
14 / 04 / 2016
Air Cargo News claims no expertise in the deployment of detection dogs to sniff out drugs and explosives at airports,…
Ceva recruits Panama healthcare and IT specialist
14 / 04 / 2016
Ceva Logistics has appointed Rodrigo Jaén Cabalcagary as its country manager for Panama. Based at the Panama City office and…
Airport figures the latest to point to weak start to the year for airfreight
14 / 04 / 2016
Airports Council International (ACI) traffic data for February is the latest information to point towards a difficult start to the…
First freighter for Canada-Latin America route
13 / 04 / 2016
Air Canada and Cargojet Airways are finalising a commercial arrangement to operate the only direct scheduled freighter service between Canada…
Shanghai is China’s centre of cool
13 / 04 / 2016
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has officially opened a new cool centre, certified to IATA CEIV Pharma standards…
Kerry raises stake in Indian forwarder
13 / 04 / 2016
Asia-based Kerry Logistics has signed a memorandum of understanding to increase its stake in Chennai, India-based Indev Logistics. The announcement…
February freight surge at DXB
13 / 04 / 2016
Freight volumes at Dubai International (DXB) increased 3% in February, rising from 191,002 tonnes in 2015 to 196,730 tonnes in…
Dnata adds Heathrow air cargo facility for Cathay Pacific
13 / 04 / 2016
Cargo handler dnata will open a new cargo location at London Heathrow to cater for customer Cathay Pacific. Dnata UK…
BT brings intelligent IT to Panalpina
13 / 04 / 2016
Panalpina has signed a contract with BT to streamline its IT systems, replacing a string of existing local and regional…
Alitalia approves cargo tracker
13 / 04 / 2016
OnAsset Intelligence’s Sentry500 FlightSafe cargo monitoring and tracking device has been approved for carriage on all Alitalia flights. It follows…
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