Air cargo needs to begin the process of moving beyond peer-to-peer data sharing to multi-user systems. Speaking during a session…
March 2018
LATAM revenues rise
15 / 03 / 2018
LATAM Airlines Group has revealed the first annual revenue expansion since the combination of LAN and TAM in 2011, reporting…
Virgin Atlantic Cargo doubles Jo’burg flights
15 / 03 / 2018
On October 28, Virgin Atlantic Cargo will double its services between London and Johannesburg with the launch of a second…
DHL gears up for Formula 1 season
15 / 03 / 2018
DHL and Formula 1 are extending their global partnership ahead of the start of the 2018 season, which will open…
Nimbus paves Yakutsk runway with gold
15 / 03 / 2018
Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed that a Nimbus Antonov 12 aircraft spilled part of its 9-ton cargo of precious metals…
Brussels load factor dips
15 / 03 / 2018
Brussels Airlines has posted a slight decline in its cargo load factor for February, down 1.8 percentage points year on…
Call for harmonisation of air cargo screening device requirements
15 / 03 / 2018
The air cargo industry would like to see greater harmonisation of rules and regulations around air cargo scanning devices to…
Call for data-sharing to speed up e-commerce
15 / 03 / 2018
A senior manager at Alibaba’s logistics subsidiary has called for greater data-sharing among airfreight stakeholders, while an official at the…
DHL to build ‘mega parcel centre’ near Brandenburg
15 / 03 / 2018
Deutsche Post DHL Group is building a new 165,000 sq m “mega parcel centre” in Ludwigsfelde near Brandenburg, which is…
Lufthansa achieves best results yet
15 / 03 / 2018
Lufthansa Group achieved its best-ever results in 2017, with total revenues up 12.4% to €35.6bn and earnings growth primarily driven…
Spohr to stay on as Lufthansa CEO
15 / 03 / 2018
Carsten Spohr is to remain in his post as chief executive of Deutsche Lufthansa for another five-year term. The group’s…
Ontario: double-digit cargo growth
15 / 03 / 2018
Ontario International Airport has posted year-on-year growth of 19.8% in its cargo throughput for February. The double-digit rise in volumes…
IATA e-DGD: “a powerful step forward”
15 / 03 / 2018
IATA has adopted e-Dangerous Goods Declaration (e-DGD) standards at the World Cargo Symposium taking place in Dallas, Texas on March…
SkyCargo latest to receive Cargo iQ certification
15 / 03 / 2018
Hot on the heels of the IATA Cargo iQ certifications awarded on March 13 (to Menzies Aviation, Qatar Airways Cargo…
ABC sticks with Unilode
15 / 03 / 2018
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its ULD management agreement with Unilode until mid-2023. The partnership dates back to…
Unilode: digitising ULDs
15 / 03 / 2018
ULD provider Unilode Aviation Solutions intends to implement a ULD tracking system in cooperation with OnAsset Intelligence and a leading…
‘Giant step forward’ for dangerous goods compliance
14 / 03 / 2018
IATA has launched a new digital solution, Dangerous Goods AutoCheck (DG AutoCheck), that allows the air cargo supply chain to…
Air cargo told to step up its perishables performance
14 / 03 / 2018
Air cargo must improve its performance if it wants to take advantage of the growing perishables market and avoid losing…
Air France-KLM adds summer capacity
14 / 03 / 2018
Air France-KLM is upping its long-haul passenger capacity this summer, resulting in additional belly space on a number of routes….
Schiphol data sharing platform blooms
14 / 03 / 2018
As part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is now linking critical flower shipment data to…