Europe’s busiest cargo airport, Frankfurt, saw airfreight demand increase by 1.8% in 2016 despite the effect of strikes and weather…
January 2017
American Cargo Monthly: The full-year demand results are in
13 / 01 / 2017
The leading US airlines ended 2016 with cargo demand performance continuing to diverge, as United and American posted improvements on…
Carousel’s new head of national operations
13 / 01 / 2017
Logistics firm Carousel has appointed Andrew Lowery as its new head of national operations. Lowery joins the company from TNT…
Cargo revenues and demand down at Delta
13 / 01 / 2017
Delta Air Lines ended 2016 with declines in both cargo revenues and demand once again. The US airline saw cargo…
Stansted to study impact of proposed changes to noise restrictions
13 / 01 / 2017
Stansted Airport has said it will study the impact of proposed changes to night time noise restrictions that will restrict…
Dachser USA moves to new LA office on demand growth
13 / 01 / 2017
Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics has moved to an expanded Los Angeles office close to the city’s main airport…
Crate expectations: Japan Airlines wins Hactl forklift competition
12 / 01 / 2017
The 2017 Hactl International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition was dominated by Japanese airlines as Japan Airlines won and Nippon…
Expanding Air Caraïbes Atlantique signs CHEP ULD deal
12 / 01 / 2017
Air Caraïbes Atlantique has chosen CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage containers and pallets for its growing aircraft fleet….
SIA Cargo is Asia-Pacific’s first carrier to achieve CEIV Pharma certification
12 / 01 / 2017
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has become the first airline in the Asia-Pacific to be awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence…
WCA and alibaba.com collaborate on cross-border e-commerce shipments
12 / 01 / 2017
Logistics network WCA and e-tailer Alibaba.com have signed a co-operation agreement that will see approved WCA member companies integrated into…
ABC becomes Schiphol’s largest all-cargo airline
12 / 01 / 2017
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has become the largest all-cargo airline operating out of Schiphol airport, while it remains the second largest cargo…
Rio earns CEIV pharma certification
11 / 01 / 2017
RIOgaleão, Rio de Janeiro’s international airport, has been awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certificate. Certification…
ACS looks forward to 2017 after record November
11 / 01 / 2017
Air Charter Service (ACS) had a record month for revenues in November with increases across all of its divisions. The…
Oil and gas continues to pump up the volumes says Volga-Dnepr
11 / 01 / 2017
Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including its latest delivery…
Heathrow cargo volumes up 3% in 2016
11 / 01 / 2017
London Heathrow airport handled 1.54m tonnes of cargo in 2016, a 3% increase on prior year. Heathrow, the fourth largest…
American Airlines’ daily widebody link to San Juan pharma hub
11 / 01 / 2017
American Airlines Cargo will have access to daily non-stop bellyhold capacity to the growing pharmaceuticals hub of San Juan from early…
Liege logs a 2016 cargo rise
10 / 01 / 2017
Belgian hub Liege Airport saw a 1.7% rise in cargo volumes in 2016 to 660,665 tonnes, up from 649,829 tonnes…
Air cargo demand improvements set to continue in 2017
10 / 01 / 2017
The recent recovery in air cargo demand could last into the first half of this year after another month of…
Additional pharma packaging solution
10 / 01 / 2017
Peli BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packing specialist for the pharma and life sciences sector, has launched its CoolPall Vertos Advance. The…
Budapest volumes surge 22.7% in 2016
10 / 01 / 2017
Budapest Airport recorded a 22.7% surge in cargo throughputs in 2016 to around 112,000 tonnes. René Droese, director property and…