All Europe Articles – Page 130
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Volga-Dnepr steppes in for rare Russian horses
Volga-Dnepr Group has flown six endangered Przewalski horses from France to Russia as part of a project to reintroduce the animals to the Ural steppes of Russia.One of the Group’s Boeing 737-400SF freighters carried the rare horses from Montpellier in France to Orenburg, located on the Ural River some 1,500km ...
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Flower power purchase: Panalpina goes with the Airflo in Kenya
Panalpina is boosting its presence in Kenyan flower logistics by acquiring a majority stake in Airflo from the Dutch Flower Group (DFG), the world’s largest flower and plant trader.The acquisition, subject to conditions, reflects Switzerland-based Panalpina’s continued expansion in Africa and its increasing focus on the perishables business.Peter Ulber, Panalpina’s ...
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Platts' ambitious plans to develop Heathrow as a European cargo hub
Heathrow Airport cargo boss Nick Platts is a man on a mission: to make Heathrow the preferred European air cargo hub of choice, and he has the money to realise that ambition.Platts, previously head of ground handling at Heathrow, was appointed cargo boss in May at the UK’s number one ...
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Value of UK goods exported from Heathrow up almost 10%
The value of UK exports via Heathrow has increased 9.7% over a 12 month period as vaccines for medicine experience almost 100% growth and Chinese demand for UK products continues to grow.New data, produced to celebrate British Export Week, has revealed that over £7bn worth of British exports travelled to ...
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October tonnage declines for Frankfurt and Heathrow
Frankfurt, Europe’s number one air cargo hub by volume last year, and fourth placed London-Heathrow both recorded a decline in tonnages for October.The German hub saw volumes fall by 1.5% to 185,222 tonnes, the eighth month in a row that Frankfurt has seen red ink for its monthly throughputs versus ...
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Chapman Freeborn and Airbroker announce new partnership
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has launched a new strategic partnership with Oslo-based Airbroker to further enhance both companies’ offerings in the international air charter market.The agreement sees Chapman Freeborn become the exclusive partner for all of Airbroker’s charter requirements outside of its home market of Norway.“The new agreement has been established ...
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ACS helps out on world record attempt
Air Charter Service helped a team complete ‘Cape to Cape 2.0’, a world record attempt driving from the southernmost point in South Africa to the northernmost in Norway.With Syria being out of the question to travel through, the team, driving a VW Touareg from Cape Agulhas to Nordkapp, was given ...
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Brussels' cargo up in October but Ethiopian move will have "negative" effect
Brussels Airport handled 43,763 tonnes of cargo in October, a 7.3% rise in freight volumes versus the same month in 2014.The maindeck freighter segment showed “particularly strong growth” of 27.1% to 13,295 tonnes, thanks to the arrival of new airlines at the Belgian hub.However, the switch by Ethiopian Airways of ...
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Lufthansa adds freighter flights to counter strike action
Lufthansa Cargo is deploying extra freighter capacity in order to mitigate the effects of a cabin crew strike taking place today.The strike by the cabin crew has now entered its fourth day and is estimated to be costing Lufthansa at least €10m per day.While the strikes are not affecting Lufthansa ...
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FTA: Invest in Belfast or lose air cargo to rivals
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for investment in an enterprise zone and road improvements at Belfast International Airport to encourage investment and prevent it losing air cargo volumes to competitors.The FTA argues that Belfast is the third largest handler of air freight in the UK outside of ...
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Gunning to become chief financial officer at British Airways
Steve Gunning, the current chief executive of IAG Cargo, will become chief financial officer at British Airways in April next year, replacing Nick Swift who is leaving the airline to pursue other opportunities.Gunning will work with Alex Cruz, who is replacing Keith Williams as chairman and chief executive of British ...
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ICAO proposes 30% lithium battery state charge limit
New safety recommendations covering lithium battery shipments carried on passenger and freighter aircraft have been agreed by the Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).“The proposal to require lithium batteries to have a state of charge of 30% or less, when carried in shipments on commercial ...
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Frankfurt see 2.4% dip in cargo volumes
Frankfurt airport's cargo volume fell by 2.4% to 1.56m tonnes in the first nine months of 2015 versus prior year, mainly reflecting “the overall weak global trade environment and a slowdown in emerging economies”.The German airport remains Europe’s largest cargo hub, handling 2.2m tonnes in 2014.Group revenue grew markedly, rising ...
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IAG Cargo taps into Accenture software
IAG Cargo has upgraded its cargo reservation technology with software from Accenture to deliver more flexible reservation processes for all commercial cargo operations worldwide.Accenture Air Cargo Reservation software, part of the Accenture Air Cargo Suite, offers IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, "improvements both in functionality ...
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Turkish adds to freighter network
Turkish Cargo has launched freighter services to Atlanta, New York, Kinshasa, London Stansted, Amsterdam and Doha.The Atlanta, New York and Kinshasa flights will use Airbus A330 freighters, with Stansted and Amsterdam served by an Airbus A310 freighter.As from the beginning of the winter schedule 2015, Turkish Cargo will provide cargo ...
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Alban François appointed as new VP Cargo Brussels Airlines
Alban François has been appointed vice president of global cargo at European carrier Brussels Airlines.From January 2016 he will roll out the new commercial strategy of the growing Brussels Airlines Cargo department, together with commercial partner Air Logistics Group.“Cargo is a key growth pillar for Brussels Airlines”, says Brussels Airlines ...
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UK shippers back Heathrow plans for cargo investment
UK shippers have welcomed plans to double cargo volumes at London's Heathrow Airport.Chris Welsh, Freight Transport Association director of global and European policy, said: “Heathrow’s planned investment and increased freight capacity is excellent news, and exactly the type of commitment that FTA has long been asking for.“The significance of airfreight ...
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WFS completes Frankfurt cargo handler deal
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has completed its acquisition of a 51% shareholding in Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) for airfreight handling at Frankfurt Airport, the 2014 number one European airfreight hub at 2.2m tonnes.Air cargo handler WFS, with annual revenues of €750m, signed an agreement with FCS parent Fraport in July ...
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Geodis completes OHL takeover
French global forwarder Geodis has received regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of US-based OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) based in Nashville, Tennessee.Terms of the deal, announced in August, were not disclosed, but OHL is one of the leading third party logistics (3PL) companies in the US, with annual revenue in excess ...
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Heathrow's £180m blueprint for cargo growth
UK exporters are set to benefit from the doubling of cargo volumes at Heathrow as part of a 15 year vision to invest around £180m in “revolutionising” the UK hub’s airfreight facilities, including a new pharma storage area.The blueprint plans were developed with key stakeholders and announced by Heathrow chief ...