FedEx is the latest freighter operator to add a new service to Vietnam as it looks to capitalise on an…
July 2018
Revenues and income increase at UPS in Q2
25 / 07 / 2018
UPS saw revenues and net income increase during the second quarter of the year, while operating profit for the period…
European cargo monthly: Demand slips in June
25 / 07 / 2018
Cargo traffic at some of Europe’s major combination carriers declined in June, a reflection of the strong market this time…
AAC and NAC pilots vote in favour of new agreement
25 / 07 / 2018
Pilots with Aloha Air Cargo (AAC) and Northern Air Cargo (NAC) voted to ratify an agreement providing wage increases, benefit…
Cathay Pacific homes in on real-time cargo tracking
25 / 07 / 2018
Cathay Pacific is ramping up the trial of a new track and trace technology for cargo shipments after a successful…
United signs pharma ULD lease agreement
25 / 07 / 2018
United Cargo has signed a global lease agreement with temperature controlled ULD firm Sonoco ThermoSafe. The agreement enables United Cargo’s…
Germany retains top spot in Global Performance Index by World Bank
24 / 07 / 2018
Germany has retained its pole position in the 2018 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) published by the World Bank. The biennial…
Asia airlines see cargo growth slow in June
24 / 07 / 2018
Airlines in the Asia Pacific region saw cargo demand growth weaken in June in line with a slowdown in the…
Panalpina swoops on another perishables forwarder while profits rise in Q2
24 / 07 / 2018
Panalpina has again expanded its perishables network with the acquisition of a majority stake in South African firm Skyservices, while…
Swiss WorldCargo achieves CEIV Pharma for its airline business
23 / 07 / 2018
Swiss WorldCargo has received IATA’s Center for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification encompassing the airline. The certification was awarded following…
Turkish Cargo approves CSafe RAP
23 / 07 / 2018
Turkish Cargo has approved CSafe RAP, launched for use in high volumes shipments by CSafe Global, a supplier of active…
AirBridgeCargo adds Ho Chi Minh City to its network
23 / 07 / 2018
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched a freighter service to Ho Chi Minh City, one of the busiest cities in Vietnam…
ECS Group adds to Americas network with BCS Air acquisition in Brazil
23 / 07 / 2018
ECS Group has acquired BCS Air, the Brazil-based general sales and services agent (GSSA), a partnership that will provide airlines…
Technology can unlock Heathrow’s latent airfreight capacity
23 / 07 / 2018
Heathrow has Parliamentary approval for a future third runway but the airport’s head of cargo, Nick Platts, believes that better…
Leisure Cargo joins cargo.one portal
23 / 07 / 2018
Virtual airline Leisure Cargo is the latest airfreight provider to begin offering its services through online portal cargo.one. The tie-up…
Air cargo as a UK engine of growth in a post-Brexit world
20 / 07 / 2018
As Britain heads for the exit door to leave the European Union (Brexit), the head of UK flag carrier CargoLogicAir…
Silk Way West Airlines pursues strategic co-operation with JAL Cargo
20 / 07 / 2018
Japan’s JAL Cargo will access freighter capacity operated by Silk Way West Airlines under a co-operation agreement signed by the…
NCA hit with business improvement order, while operations continue to restart
20 / 07 / 2018
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has been hit with a business improvement order from Japan’s ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and…
LOT Cargo logs on for CHAMP’s Cargospot Quotes and DataAnalytics
20 / 07 / 2018
Poland’s LOT Cargo has signed for two new CHAMP products, Cargospot Quotes and DataAnalytics. LOT Cargo has purchased eleven Boeing…
Descartes acquires Velocity Mail
20 / 07 / 2018
Descartes Systems Group has acquired certain assets of Velocity Mail, a network that provides global air carriers with mail and parcel…