January 2019

Pharma and horses perform well for LuxairCargo

Pharma shipments at Luxembourg Airport surged by 22% in 2018 to reach 36,830 tons, although overall cargo tonnages at the…

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Airfreight rates see growth narrow in December

The latest figures from consultant Drewry show that airfreight rate growth narrowed as 2018 drew to a close. The consultant’s…

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UPS revenues up but profits down in Q4

UPS saw revenues increase during the fourth quarter on the back of "record shipments" but its profits took a hit…

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AF-KLM recertification for CEIV Pharma

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has become the first major airline group to pass the IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification process…

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Swissport extends HNA loan as first half 2018 cargo revenues rise 7.3%

Swissport has again extended the collection date on the €286m balance of a loan to parent company HNA Group, while…

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Freighter losses pull down cargo traffic at Schiphol

Schiphol Airport saw total cargo volumes decrease by 2.5% year on year to 1.7m tonnes in 2018 as a result…

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Irish sandwich maker to airfreight rocket and spinach in a no-deal Brexit

Shippers are continuing to make plans to utilise airfreight in case the UK leaves the European Union in March without…

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Cathay confident on e-commerce and economic trends

Cathay Pacific Cargo expects a quarter of all global retail sales to be from e-commerce "within the next few years"…

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Volga-Dnepr carries satellites for affordable internet project

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has successfully completed the first delivery of satellites for the OneWeb constellation project that aims to provide affordable…

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Cargolux horse sense sees record equine numbers

Cargolux Airlines International handled a record number of live animal moves in 2018, resulting in a 15.7% increase in its…

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DHL launches medical express service for Brazil-US pharma products

DHL Express has launched the DHL Medical Express Service (WMX) between Brazil and the US for the pharmaceutical and clinical research sector. DHL said…

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GEFCO adds new time critical control centre

GEFCO has launched a Mission Control Centre (MCC) in Amsterdam to manage global Time Critical Solutions. The MCC will monitor…

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Japanese investors sign up for Cargolux B747-400 freighter lease

Cargolux Airlines International has closed its first Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCO) transaction for a Boeing 747-400 freighter…

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LATAM to open new cool facility at Guarulhos

LATAM Cargo Brazil has started the construction of a cooler facility at Guarulhos (Brazil) to offer more capacity for “the…

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ECS allows airlines to customise with TCE

Sales agent ECS has launched a new product that will allow airlines to pick and choose from its various services….

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West Atlantic announces change of chief executive as Groth steps down

Fredrik Groth has stepped down as chief executive of Sweden-based freighter operator West Atlantic, to be replaced by Lars Jordahn….

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Peli Bio Thermal opens new LA station

Temp-control packaging firm Peli BioThermal has opened a new network station and service centre in Los Angeles to service, refurbish,…

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Project cargo leads the way for CargoLogicAir in 2018

Stansted-hubbed freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) saw its cargo traffic increase by 36% in 2018 to 780,000 freight tonne kms, while…

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Miami airport and Brazilian Post Office launch expedited shipping for e-commerce

Miami International Airport (MIA) and Brazilian post office Correios have launched an expedited shipping service for e-commerce packages. The Compra…

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New Asian role for B&H Worldwide’s Chris Allen

B&H Worldwide has appointed Chris Allen to the newly created position of business development manager, Asia.  Based in Singapore, at…

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