All Europe Articles – Page 151
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Copenhagen tops for FedEx
FedEx is expanding its presence in Europe with a new gateway facility at Denmark's Copenhagen Airport that has undergone its 'roof-topping' and completion of the external structure.The 8,000 sq m sortation hub will process 11,500 packages per day, incorporating areas for dangerous goods and cold storage when it opens at ...
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Growth is in the air for Thermotraffic
Temperature-controlled logistics specialist Thermotraffic is to open a branch office at Frankfurt Airport’s Perishable Center in April.The on-airport location, says Thermotraffic, will guarantee rapid handling of all temperature-controlled cargo with cross docking between flights and ground transportation. An on-site IATA agent will support the operation.Thermotraffic says that more and more ...
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Six pack bellyhold for Delta and Virgin
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways are expanding their trans-Atlantic partnership with six new daily passenger services. The two airlines begin their summer schedule this weekend and will offer up to 39 return trans-Atlantic flights a day between the UK and 15 destinations across North America.The joint schedule now ...
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TNT opens healthcare hub in Europe
TNT has opened a healthcare hub in the Netherlands that allows next day deliveries of medical devices to 96 per cent of Europe’s 16,000 hospitals.The 2,000 sq m transport hub in Heerlen is located near the European distribution centres of 80 major medical device manufacturers.In service 24 hours a day, ...
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WCS: Differing messages in ULD debate
The two leading players in outsourced ULD management brought differing messages to the World Cargo Symposium in China this week. Jettainer released details of a new lightweight pallet design while for CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the key priority is tracking and tracing missing or damaged units.CHEP estimates that 380,000 containers and ...
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Finnair starts work on new cargo terminal
The Finnair board has approved a new €80m cargo terminal for Helsinki Airport.Construction work will start this month on a 35,000 sq m site near the Finnair technical operations area, with an opening scheduled for Spring 2017.The terminal is Finnair’s second largest investment after acquisition of new A350 wide-bodied aircraft ...
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AF-KLM: Neither pushed nor disgruntled
Was he pushed? Is he protesting at the direction that the company is taking? Erik Varwijk, who resigned as executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo with effect from March 1, insists that neither is the case.“It was a personal decision,” he says. “I decided that at the age of ...
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Airbridge International expanding its network
GSSAs can increase their business in two ways: They can add more airline clients – or they can increase the amount of business they do with existing airline customers.Airbridge International (AI) is in the happy position of being able to do the latter, says general manager, Europe, Mark Andrew – ...
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JAL's cool delivery to Paris
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Post are to extend their Cool EMS Service to France from April.The two partners hope to tap into the country’s restaurant trade, as well as serve the many Japanese restaurants that have opened in Paris.Following its launch in Europe’s premier foodie market, the plan is ...
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Heathrow rediscovers the regions
Heathrow has announced a package of measures to boost links between the UK regions and to reverse “a lost decade” in which regional connections to long-haul markets have been squeezed out of the UK’s hub airport.The owners of London’s main gateway admit that, at the moment, Amsterdam Schiphol airport has ...
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Shippers go global
Three shipper organisations have formed a new trans-national body, the Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA).The European Shippers’ Council (ESC), the Asian Shippers’ Association (ASA) and the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation in air and sea freight and trade facilitation.The GSA ...
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Lufthansa lauds benefits of ANA partnership
More routes, more direct flights and faster service recovery are among the benefits of the new partnership between Lufthansa and All Nippon Airlines, said Matthias Brazel, director of business development at the Germay carrier.He said that the joint venture had effectively created two extra flights between Frankfurt and Tokyo every ...
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Jones in at BIFA
The UK’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) has confirmed the appointment of Mike Jones as policy and compliance advisor to look after issues related to air, aviation security and dangerous goods.Jones started his career in freight forwarding in 1977 when he joined Pandair Freight Ltd as a break bulk & ...
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Lufthansa - Decision on B777F option this year
The B777F was the best – virtually the only – aircraft for Lufthansa's needs, says Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber, writes Chris Lewis.While the B747-8 suited carriers with long over-water stretches such as Cathay Pacific, for carriers such as Lufthansa for whom range was not an absolute priority, it ...
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Lufthansa 'may sign another joint venture this year'
Putting together the joint venture with Japan's ANA in 2014 had not been an easy task – it had taken a year to settle the legal issues alone – but the effort had been worthwhile.Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber predicted that the German carrier would sign another, similar but ...
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IAG Cargo adds Cuba and Colombia to LatAm network
IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America network by utilising a new passenger route into Colombia and a reopened route into Cuba.The A330 bellyhold services by the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia will connect Cali and Medellín in Colombia and Havana in Cuba to IAG Cargo’s worldwide network ...
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Vertannes joins SmartKargo
IATA's ex-head of cargo, Des Vertannes, has joined air cargo software company SmartKargo as a strategic adviser.Vertannes, who now divides his time between UK and Portugal, was at IATA for four years and before that led airline cargo teams at British Airways, Air Canada, and Etihad, in a career spanning ...
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Transavia man steps into the breach for Air France KLM Cargo
Transavia chief Bram Graeber has been appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo, following the departure of current chief executive Erik Varwijk.Graeber was number two at KLM Cargo between 2003 and 2007, before leaving to head up Transavia, the leisure airline arm of the Air France KLM ...
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Swissport promotes Knudsen
Swissport International has promoted Nils Pries Knudsen to executive vice president global cargo services, with immediate effect.He will continue to report to Per Utnegaard, group president and chief executive at the provider of ground and cargo handling services.With 4.1m tonnes of airfreight handled per year, the cargo division is the ...
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Schmitt takes up Swissport role for Germany & Austria
Swissport International (Swissport) has named Dirk Schmitt as chief executive cargo services for Germany & Austria.He will be responsible for Swissport Cargo Services (SCS) Germany, employing approximately 400 staff.The task will include running Swissport’s cargo operations at nine online airports as well as several subcontracted European stations.Schmitt will take over ...