All articles by Damian Brett – Page 202
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NewsDHL Supply Chain appoints Foreman to e-commerce role
DHL Supply Chain has appointed Kraig Foreman as president of e-commerce in North America.Foreman will focus on building out the operational and commercial platform that DHL Supply Chain has established in recent years to support e-commerce supply chains, which already includes 25 dedicated e-commerce sites shipping 150m units annually.“DHL Supply ...
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UK handlers ask for clarity over job retention scheme
Three of the UK's main ground handlers have welcomed the government's decision to extend its job retention scheme but are urgently seeking clarity about how the scheme’s implementation will change in August.They argue that bringing forward to June some of the measures proposed for August, such as allowing staff to ...
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NewsCharter sector expected to be busy over coming months
Dan Morgan-Evans, Air Charter ServiceCharter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) is expecting demand for cargo charters to remain strong over the coming months despite an uncertain demand outlook.Group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans explained that although demand was likely to come under pressure, airlines could take their time restarting the passenger ...
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NewsJD.com launches freighter operation
JD.com B737-300F, Zhejiang Loong AirlinesOnline marketplace JD.com has re-launched its dedicated all-cargo operation from Shenzhen to Wuxi on May 7 through a new partnership with Zhejiang Loong Airlines.The company said that the dedicated Boeing 737-300F, which is branded with the JD Express logo, will enable it to provide faster and ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo volumes fall by almost 50%
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo volumes decline by 48.3% year-on-year in April, but since then it has ramped up capacity.The decline meant that the Hong Kong-hubbed airline group handled a total of 84,634 tonnes during the month.Meanwhile, cargo and mail revenue tonne kms slipped 37.3% year on year in April ...
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Emirates SkyCargo continues network expansion
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations, up from 65 last week.Some of the destinations recently included in Emirates SkyCargo’s network include Colombo, Conakry, Dakar, Dhaka, Dublin, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Perth and Quito.In addition, Emirates SkyCargo has also upped the frequency of flights ...
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United carries out first cargo-in-the-cabin flight
United Airlines has carried out its first cargo-in-the-cabin flight following approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).The airline's inaugural cargo-in-cabin flight flew from London Heathrow to Chicago (ORD) carrying almost two tonnes of mail in the passenger cabin, plus a full payload of freight in the belly of the ...
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NewsQatar Cargo teams up with CEVA and SkyCell for pharma shipment
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported 56 SkyCell containers with vaccines from one of the largest vaccine manufacturers worldwide on its scheduled freighter and belly-hold cargo flights for its customer, CEVA Logistics.The 54 tonne shipment consisting of pneumococcal and varicella vaccines were flown from Brussels to Mumbai via the carrier’s hub ...
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UK's young forwarders rise to the challenge with virtual bake off
The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Young Forwarder Network (YFN) will be relaunched online later this month, with members asked to prove themselves with a virtual ‘Bake Off’.BIFA said that “The virtual ‘Bake Off’ will be the first of various online events that will be held including web-based quizzes, guest ...
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Covid-19 outbreak pushes DHL e-Commerce volumes to peak season levels
DHL eCommerce Solutions has seen its volumes reach peak season levels as consumers turn to online shopping as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.The company said that consumers in the US have been ordering health, wellness and home office supplies over the last five weeks.As a result, the DHL division ...
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NewsIndiGo sets new cargo record for A320 passenger aircraft
Airline IndiGo has set a new record for the amount of cargo carried on an A320 passenger aircraft.Data from Spire Aviation shows that the airline broke the record twice in one week, with the second flight carrying 20.2 tonnes, by loading cargo on the seat of the aircraft.Spire data shows ...
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NewsCoronavirus pandemic: DAMCO outlines response to crisis
Zera Zheng, head of Damco business resilience and securityZera Zheng, head of business resilience and security at DAMCO, outlines how the freight forwarder responded to the coronavirus outbreak to keep supply chains movingOur business resilience (BR) program kicked into play at the beginning of January when we started to monitor ...
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NewsAzul begins PAX-freighter flights with cargo in the cabin
Azul Covid-19 A320neo flightsAzul has carried out its first PAX-freighter flight using the cabin following the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) allowing cargo to be transported on seats during the Covid-19 pandemic.The first flight took place on May 9 on the Campinas — Belém route, in an A320Neo aircraft, ...
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NewsDachser expands China charter network to the US
Freight forwarder Dachser is adding dedicated charter flights from China to the US as it looks to offset the ongoing air cargo capacity crunch.The company said that effective immediately, it will charter several B777 passenger flights via American Airlines with flights departing from both Hong Kong and Shanghai and arriving ...
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Transpacific airfreight capacity now ahead of last year
Cargo capacity on the transpacific trade lane is now higher than it was a year ago.Figures from Seabury Consulting, part of Accenture, show that metric tonne cargo capacity from Asia Pacific to North America was last week 18% higher than a year ago, while in the opposite direction space for ...
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NewsDP DHL says the outlook is cloudy as forwarding revenues take a hit
Deutsche Post (DP) DHL said the coming months are difficult to predict due to the coronavirus outbreak, while its airfreight forwarding business saw revenues and profits decline in the first quarter.DHL Global Forwarding saw its first quarter airfreight revenues fall by 3.9% year on year to €1.1bn, volumes declined by ...
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Asia-Europe airfreight rate growth shows signs of slowing
Airfreight rate increases between Asia Pacific and Europe showed signs of slowing down last week as coronavirus lockdown measures began to be eased.Data from TAC Index shows that last week average airfreight rates from Shanghai Pudong to Europe declined by 4.5% on a week earlier to $9.98 per kg.This is ...
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NewsQatar Airways Cargo adds extra European flights
Qatar Airways Cargo has added flights between Vietnam and France, and to and from Scandinavian cities Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.The Vietnam operation will see 11 Boeing 777 freighters fly from Hanoi in the month of May and four weekly freight-only Boeing 777 passenger aircraft will operate from Ho Chi Minh ...
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NewsNetwork Airline Group operates flowers freighter
Network Aviation Group added an extra B747F flight to meet the demand for Mother’s Day flowers out of Nairobi.The aircraft was loaded with 100 tonnes of fresh-cut flowers bound for Liege, ready for onward trucking across Europe into various towns and cities.Andy Walters, commercial director of Network Airline Management, said: ...
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Consultant SASI adds US subsidiary
Air cargo consultant Strategic Aviation Solutions International (SASI) has launched a new subsidiary based in the US: SASI USA.SASI, which is based in Hong Kong and Montreal, said it has launched SASI USA to ensure that it has a firm foothold in the US and can respond quickly to US ...