American Airlines could take a stake in China Southern Airlines, according to press reports. The state-owned Chinese carrier, one of…
March 2017
Lights out
27 / 03 / 2017
A small gesture, perhaps, but Qatar Airways switched off the lights for an hour at its corporate HQ to mark…
A tale of two airports: Heathrow and Schiphol
27 / 03 / 2017
It was a tale of two cities and their airports, when the cargo chiefs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and London Heathrow took…
Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded
27 / 03 / 2017
IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi….
Rolling back the years
27 / 03 / 2017
Hard to believe, but commercial aviation can nowadays look back on over a century of history. Miami International Airport and…
Wood chopped as Cargolux goes greener with cardboard fibre substitute
24 / 03 / 2017
Cargolux Airlines has signed an agreement with Trinkaus-Solutions to use its squAIR-timber product that results in more payload and lower…
DHL eCommerce expands in South China
24 / 03 / 2017
DHL eCommerce is increasing its presence in South China through the introduction of e-commerce logistics services in the Fujian province….
Asia Cargo Monthly: Demand takes off in February
24 / 03 / 2017
Asian air cargo carriers recorded a demand boom in February, with Cathay Pacific citing improvements in imports from North America…
‘Hospital with wings’ lands in Doha
23 / 03 / 2017
Qatar Airways welcomed the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital to Doha International Airport with an official reception. The medical training facility…
Carriers see Europe-Asia demand surge as box lines feel a capacity pinch
23 / 03 / 2017
A surge in airfreight demand on the Europe-Asia trade has seen IAG Cargo suggest that a capacity crunch in ocean…
Time:matters adds digital platform for on-board courier service
23 / 03 / 2017
Time:matters has added a new digital platform for customers using its on-board courier service offering instant quotes. The Lufthansa-owned time-critical…
Kerry set for CIS forwarding acquisition as it offloads HK airfreight terminal
23 / 03 / 2017
Kerry Logistics increased its profits and revenues last year and has also revealed plans to offload a stake in a…
Ethiopian adds India’s Ahmedabad to its freighter network
22 / 03 / 2017
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest cargo operator, will add Ahmedabad as its fifth cargo gateway in India with a direct freighter…
IAM and American Airlines Cargo step up in time of crisis!
22 / 03 / 2017
March 17 is St Patrick’s Day, and one of the most important days in the Irish calendar requires celebrating on…
Focus: Miami targets sea-air
22 / 03 / 2017
A 10-ton consignment of snow peas on board a vessel from Guatemala saw the launch of a pilot programme to…
Agility invests S$25.5m in Singapore warehouse
22 / 03 / 2017
Logistics firm Agility has acquired a two-storey warehouse close to Changi International Airport, giving it more than 600,000 sq ft…
FAA forecasts 3.1% average total annual RTM growth for next 20 years
22 / 03 / 2017
US aviation regulator FAA has issued its long term forecast for domestic and international cargo revenue ton miles (RTMs) over…
Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo’s new Cool Center
22 / 03 / 2017
Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations,…
Five more years for von Hoensbroech at Lufthansa Cargo
21 / 03 / 2017
Alexis von Hoensbroech has been appointed board member products and sales of Lufthansa Cargo for a further five years. The…
Forwarders keep you hanging on the telephone
21 / 03 / 2017
Freight forwarders’ call handling standards have come into question as the result of a major new study into telephone practice….