French freight forwarder Geodis has begun offering online quotations and bookings for air and ocean shipments via its Intelligent Real-time…
March 2018
CHAMP joins Air Cargo Belgium
13 / 03 / 2018
IT solutions provider CHAMP Cargosystems has joined Brussels-based airfreight community Air Cargo Belgium, the organisation that aims to advance all…
dnata selects iCargo suite
13 / 03 / 2018
Ground handler dnata is to implement IBS Software’s iCargo terminal operation suite throughout its network. The rollout across dnata’s network…
Frankfurt cargo traffic improves
13 / 03 / 2018
Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport totalled 163,121 tonnes in February, up by 2.2% over the same month of last year….
Everts Air orders two AEI MD-83SF conversions
13 / 03 / 2018
Alaska-based Everts Air Cargo has engaged Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) to provide two MD-83SF freighter conversions for delivery in August…
CCI fines three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges
13 / 03 / 2018
On March 7, the Competition Commission of India penalised three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges on air cargo transport. Jet…
Blockchain has “exciting potential”, says DHL
12 / 03 / 2018
DHL and technology consultant Accenture have produced a report regarding the potential of blockchain technology in logistics – including initial…
Qatar signs up for more WFS services in Paris
12 / 03 / 2018
Qatar Airways has extended its contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), which already provides cargo handling services to the airline…
Transport logistic China’s twin focus
12 / 03 / 2018
This year’s transport logistic China exhibition (which includes the air cargo China event) is looking busy already, with more international…
IATA highlights “robust” pace of air cargo growth
12 / 03 / 2018
IATA has released its latest Cargo Chartbook, which indicates that during the quarter ended January 31 air freight tonne-km (FTK)…
Freight growth uptick in Europe
12 / 03 / 2018
Freight traffic growth at European airports picked up in January, improving by 8.4% year on year according to ACI Europe….
DHL to amalgamate Vienna operations
12 / 03 / 2018
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, have signed a contract to purchase land near…
Cargojet: strong Q4 financial performance
12 / 03 / 2018
Canadian overnight all-cargo carrier Cargojet has posted revenues of $118.2m for the fourth quarter ended December 31 2017 – an…
E-commerce helps Budapest reach new high
12 / 03 / 2018
Budapest Airport saw its cargo throughput reach a record high of 127,145 tonnes in 2017. The figure represents a rise…
Benschop to replace Nijhuis as CEO of Schiphol
12 / 03 / 2018
Royal Schiphol Group has appointed Dick Benschop as its new chief executive effective May 1, when Jos Nijhuis will retire…
Panalpina’s Boehringer moves to customer development
12 / 03 / 2018
Panalpina’s chief executive for Europe, Volker Boehringer, will become the freight forwarder’s global head of strategic customer development on June…
Growth continues at UK gateways
12 / 03 / 2018
The UK’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, saw its cargo performance soar in February. Up by 5% year on year, the…
Protek Pharma expands into Europe
12 / 03 / 2018
Passive temperature protection solutions provider Protek Pharma Worldwide has opened a new production facility in Verona, Italy in order to…
Peli BioThermal launches flexible solution
12 / 03 / 2018
Temperature-controlled packaging manufacturer Peli BioThermal is to launch its new CoolPall Flex bulk shipper product at the Clinical Trial Supply…
Lufthansa scrapes slight growth in cargo load factor
12 / 03 / 2018
The Lufthansa Group saw the cargo load factor across all its airlines increase by 0.2 percentage points year on year…