The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the Institute for Apprenticeships’ (IfA) final approval of the new International Freight…
April 2018
K+N reports rapid airfreight growth boosted by acquisitions
24 / 04 / 2018
Kuhne+Nagel (K+N) continued to report strong growth in its airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year thanks in…
time:matters sales revenue up 55% in 2017
24 / 04 / 2018
Express logistics provider time:matters saw 2017 sales revenue up 55% prior year to €108m as the Lufthansa Cargo-owned company targeted…
Former Amazon supply chain executive Wagers joins XPO Logistics
24 / 04 / 2018
XPO Logistics has appointed ex-Amazon logistics executive Kenneth Wagers as chief operating officer, with responsibility for the company’s operations in…
UK air charter broker Hunt & Palmer buys Aircraft Chartering Services
23 / 04 / 2018
UK air charter broker Hunt & Palmer (H&P) has acquired Aircraft Chartering Services Ltd upon the retirement of the founder,…
DoKaSch appoints new Americas chief executive
23 / 04 / 2018
DoKaSch Americas has appointed Douglas Wettergren as chief executive. Wettergren’s main duties will be sales and business development for DoKaSch’s…
European cargo monthly: Demand growth weakens in March
23 / 04 / 2018
European airlines saw cargo demand growth continue to weaken in March as some of the region’s top airlines registered demand…
Panalpina sees airfreight growth slow but profits takeoff
23 / 04 / 2018
Freight forwarder Panalpina saw airfreight volume growth slow in the first quarter of the year, but profitability at the company…
NATO confirms Volga-Dnepr notice to quit SALIS
23 / 04 / 2018
NATO has confirmed the withdrawal of a Volga-Dnepr subsidiary from its contract for Strategic Air Lift International Solution (SALIS), which…
Saudia picks ATC Aviation as GSSA for South Africa
23 / 04 / 2018
ATC Aviation Services has been appointed as the general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Saudia Cargo in South Africa,…
BARIG intensifies cooperation with Zeitfracht
23 / 04 / 2018
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) and Zeitfracht Luftfahrt are to "intensify their cooperation" in air cargo and…
TAC Index to offer free data access to qualified parties
23 / 04 / 2018
TAC Index has launched a new promotion to industry qualified parties granting full free access to TAC Index’s rate data…
CEVA listing to take place on May 4
23 / 04 / 2018
CEVA Logistics has announced its listing on the Swiss stock exchange will begin on May 4 and the company looks…
Second UK enterprise award for Peli BioThermal team
23 / 04 / 2018
Temperature controlled packaging specialist Peli BioTherma has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2018. The company is…
Volga-Dnepr to withdraw from An-124 freighter uplift contract for western military
20 / 04 / 2018
Russia-based freighter aircraft group Volga-Dnepr has served notice that it is to quit the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) contract which…
Turkish to launch weekly Brussels freighter
20 / 04 / 2018
Turkish Airlines Cargo is adding Belgium’s Brussels airport to its European network with a weekly Airbus A310 freighter, starting on April…
Swissport signs up for new cargo facility at Frankfurt
20 / 04 / 2018
Fraport and Swissport signed a long-term lease agreement for a new air cargo facility in CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport…
Ancra gains FAA certificate for B737-800SF loading system
20 / 04 / 2018
On-board loading equipment specialist Ancra International has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the first Boeing 737-800SF cargo loading system The Ancra B737-800SF…
Luxembourg goes digital for road feeder services
20 / 04 / 2018
The Luxembourg state has signed-off on the first electronic consignment note (CMR) for a road transport, carried out by Arthur…
Record cargo first quarter for Leipzig/Halle airport
20 / 04 / 2018
Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 298,500 tonnes of airfreight in the first three months of 2018, a 12.3% increase on same period…