January 2020

SATS scoops Riyadh cargo terminal contract

Cargo handler SATS Saudi Arabia has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh,…

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Flexport alters air cargo strategy as supply chains diversify

Flexport has signed block-space agreements (BSAs) on freighter services from several Asian origins and cancelled its dedicated all-cargo service in…

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Vote for your favourite cargo airline

Calling all freight forwarders and shippers: It’s time to cast a vote for your favourite cargo airline as part of…

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A tough end to the year for cargo at Europe’s major airlines

The end of year traffic figures from European airlines sum up what a tough year 2019 was for the air…

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BelugaXL freighter enters into service

Airbus’ BelugaXL freighter has entered into service after making its first operational flight on January 9. The aircraft will provide…

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Emirates SkyCargo looks forward to a more positive year

Following the challenges that 2019 presented to the industry, Emirates SkyCargo is hoping for a more positive year ahead, boosted…

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Air cargo contracts expected to be at lowest level for four years

The baseline price of airfreight ACMI and block-space agreements are expected to be negotiated at their lowest level in four…

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US carriers prohibited from Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf airspace following military action

CLICK HERE FOR LATEST UPDATE US airlines, including freighter operators, have been banned from flying over certain areas of the…

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Brussels Airport to restructure and expand cargo team

Brussels Airport has centralised the entire responsibility of all activities in the cargo zone within the cargo business unit and…

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Qatar Cargo to launch freighter service to Japan

Qatar Cargo will enter the Japanese market with a new freighter service to Kansai International Airport in Osaka. The scheduled…

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SOL ups stake in forwarder Scanlog

Svenska Orient Linien (SOL) has taken a majority shareholding in logistics firm Scandinavian Logistics Partners (Scanlog). Until now, the shipping…

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Welcome Airport Services adds new Warsaw cargo facility

Poland-based Welcome Airport Services has opened a new cargo handling facility at Warsaw Chopin Airport. The new facility, which began…

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New report calls for improvement in leadership in forwarding

New research into forwarding and logistics has found that businesses need to give more attention to the human side of…

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EmbraerX and Elroy Air collaborate on drone delivery systems for booming e-commerce market

EmbraerX, the Brazilian planemaker’s innovation subsidiary, has signed a collaboration agreement with Silicon Valley drone delivery startup Elroy Air for the…

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DHL Global Forwarding re-validated as C-TPAT approved

DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) has been re-validated in the US government’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programme. The re-validation was…

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GebrĂ¼der Weiss announces new managing director air and sea

Transport and logistics company GebrĂ¼der Weiss has named Lother Thoma as the new managing director of its air and sea…

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Peli BioThermal software update enables temperature tracking of mass shipments

Temperature-controlled packing specialist Peli BioThermal has released an update of its CrÄ“do ProEnvision tracking software. Utilising Internet of Things (IoT)…

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LATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance

The challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of…

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IAG chief executive Willie Walsh to retire

International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of IAG Cargo, has announced the upcoming retirement of its chief executive Willie…

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AAPA reflects on another decline in airfreight demand

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has revealed in its preliminary figures for November that demand for air cargo…

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