January 2017

Frankfurt records cargo demand improvement in 2016

Europe’s busiest cargo airport, Frankfurt, saw airfreight demand increase by 1.8% in 2016 despite the effect of strikes and weather…

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American Cargo Monthly: The full-year demand results are in

The leading US airlines ended 2016 with cargo demand performance continuing to diverge, as United and American posted improvements on…

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Carousel’s new head of national operations

Logistics firm Carousel has appointed Andrew Lowery as its new head of national operations. Lowery joins the company from TNT…

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Cargo revenues and demand down at Delta

Delta Air Lines ended 2016 with declines in both cargo revenues and demand once again. The US airline saw cargo…

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Stansted to study impact of proposed changes to noise restrictions

Stansted Airport has said it will study the impact of proposed changes to night time noise restrictions that will restrict…

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Dachser USA moves to new LA office on demand growth

Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics has moved to an expanded Los Angeles office close to the city’s main airport…

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Crate expectations: Japan Airlines wins Hactl forklift competition

The 2017 Hactl International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition was dominated by Japanese airlines as Japan Airlines won and Nippon…

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Expanding Air Caraïbes Atlantique signs CHEP ULD deal

Air Caraïbes Atlantique has chosen CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage containers and pallets for its growing aircraft fleet….

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SIA Cargo is Asia-Pacific’s first carrier to achieve CEIV Pharma certification

Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has become the first airline in the Asia-Pacific to be awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence…

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WCA and alibaba.com collaborate on cross-border e-commerce shipments

Logistics network WCA and e-tailer Alibaba.com have signed a co-operation agreement that will see approved WCA member companies integrated into…

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ABC becomes Schiphol’s largest all-cargo airline

AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has become the largest all-cargo airline operating out of Schiphol airport, while it remains the second largest cargo…

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Rio earns CEIV pharma certification

RIOgaleão, Rio de Janeiro’s international airport, has been awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certificate. Certification…

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ACS looks forward to 2017 after record November

Air Charter Service (ACS) had a record month for revenues in November with increases across all of its divisions. The…

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Oil and gas continues to pump up the volumes says Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including its latest delivery…

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Heathrow cargo volumes up 3% in 2016

London Heathrow airport handled 1.54m tonnes of cargo in 2016, a 3% increase on prior year. Heathrow, the fourth largest…

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American Airlines’ daily widebody link to San Juan pharma hub

American Airlines Cargo will have access to daily non-stop bellyhold capacity to the growing pharmaceuticals hub of San Juan from early…

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Liege logs a 2016 cargo rise

Belgian hub Liege Airport saw a 1.7% rise in cargo volumes in 2016 to 660,665 tonnes, up from 649,829 tonnes…

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Air cargo demand improvements set to continue in 2017

The recent recovery in air cargo demand could last into the first half of this year after another month of…

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Additional pharma packaging solution

Peli BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packing specialist for the pharma and life sciences sector, has launched its CoolPall Vertos Advance. The…

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Budapest volumes surge 22.7% in 2016

Budapest Airport recorded a 22.7% surge in cargo throughputs in 2016 to around 112,000 tonnes. René Droese, director property and…

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