Global logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has said that it continues to prioritise its pharma and healthcare offerings…
June 2017
Avolon snaps up CIT Group’s aviation leasing business
19 / 06 / 2017
Avolon Holdings, the Ireland-based international aircraft leasing company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the aircraft leasing business…
Dachser acquires majority interest in Irish partner, Johnston Logistics
19 / 06 / 2017
Dachser has become the majority shareholder in its Irish partner, Johnston Logistics, allowing German supply chain operator Dachser to expand…
DSV airfreight outpaces market on UTi acquisition
19 / 06 / 2017
DSV recorded improvements in profits, revenues and airfreight demand during the first quarter of the year as it continued to…
Panalpina snaps up Danish and Kenyan forwarders
19 / 06 / 2017
Panalpina has announced two acquisitions: a Danish logistics operator with a seafreight focus and a Kenya-based perishables specialist in the…
UPS to acquire Ireland-based Nightline Logistics
19 / 06 / 2017
UPS has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Nightline Logistics Group, an express delivery and logistics companies in…
Handler touches down in the US
19 / 06 / 2017
Middle East-owned handler dnata has broken into the US market with its purchase from Lynx Holdings to acquire its AirLogistix…
Qatar Airways comments on benefit of wildlife declaration
17 / 06 / 2017
Qatar Airways was one of the 40 signatories to the United for Wildlife declaration who met on March 16 at…
Lions’ rescue, a roaring success
17 / 06 / 2017
The story of 33 lions that went from circus cages to freedom, is told in a new video by Animal…
Hactl and Air Canada team up for Arctic Foxes
17 / 06 / 2017
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has handled four Arctic foxes travelling from Hong Kong to Montreal, Canada. Chi…
A charter operation with a real porpoise
17 / 06 / 2017
Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged a charter to help rehome two dolphins from Harderwijk Dolphinarium, just outside Amsterdam, to…
Liege’s LACHS ‘inn’ the saddle for the Olympic Games
17 / 06 / 2017
Liege Air Cargo Handling Services (LACHS) has been awarded a three-year contract to manage the Horse Inn at Liege Airport….
ACS is a ‘Bear Charter Service’
17 / 06 / 2017
Air Charter Service has arranged a charter to fly three orphaned bear cubs from Georgia to a specialist sanctuary in…
Cargrrrrowl..lux flies endangered tigers to Vietnam
17 / 06 / 2017
Cargolux has flown four tigers to Hanoi in support of an effort to ensure the survival of the endangered animals in…
Lufthansa Cargo gets seal of approval from German Equestrian Federation
17 / 06 / 2017
Lufthansa Cargo is to become a ‘Premium Partner’ of the German Equestrian Federation (known by its international name as Federation…
Happy result for pathetic pooch’s online plea
17 / 06 / 2017
A decision by Asian budget airline Nok Air to abandon its pet delivery service has had unintended consequences. A dog…
IAG Cargo invests in animal capabilities at Madrid hub
17 / 06 / 2017
IAG Cargo has enhanced its animal handling capabilities at Madrid-Barajas Airport with increased veterinarian support. From this month, every pet…
Forwarder a.hartrodt steps in on rhino transport
17 / 06 / 2017
The live animal department of freight forwarder a.hartrodt’s Belgian aifreight division helped organise the transport of a young 1,100kg rhino….
Wild horses not holding Atran Airlines back
17 / 06 / 2017
As part of an effort to recreate a population of a particularly rare breed of horse called Przewalski’s horse back…
Royal seal of approval for Schiphol Joint Inspection Center
17 / 06 / 2017
The Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander has officially opened the Joint Inspection Center (JIC) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The JIC is said…