All Middle East Articles – Page 33
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Etihad launches service for cool customers
Etihad Cargo has unveiled a TempCheck solution for sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including blood plasma, pills, medicines and anaesthetics.The UAE-based carrier has already upgraded the temperature-controlled storage facilities at its Abu Dhabi hub, and refurbished its existing cool rooms to meet pharmaceutical-safe specifications, but new purpose-built facilities are scheduled ...
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The spectre of further rate wars...
AIR CARGO operators are warning against knee-jerk rates wars amid Eurozone stagnation in the second quarter impacted by deepening global political unrest, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“The main concern is that political instability, mainly between Russia and Europe/USA will escalate further and subsequently will affect the already fragile economic recovery,” ...
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Nothing sheepish about growth, says WorldACD
Asia Pacific single-handedly lifted air cargo growth in February 2015, says analyst WorldACD Market Data.While the region did well in all directions, as did intra-Asia, volumes from all other areas except Africa decreased.Asia Pacific chalked up a year-on-year improvement of 28 per cent in volume and three per cent in ...
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Hong Kong retains crown as top cargo hub
Hong Kong remained the world's top cargo hub, as preliminary data from Airports Council International showed that global airfreight volumes rebounded 4.7 per cent in 2014 after three years of stagnating growth.World airfreight volumes ended the year with an increase of 5.6 per cent in December. On an annualised basis, ...
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Agility's 2014 airfreight yields improve
GLOBAL forwarder Agility’s full-year 2014 financial results saw a net profit of KD50.9m, an increase of 10 per cent over prior year, as revenues edged down one per cent to KD1.36bn.Agility’s airfreight yields improved in 2014, offsetting continued margin pressure in ocean freight.Tarek Sultan, Agility’s vice chairman and chief executive, ...
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Qatar Cargo freighter ready for Mexico
QATAR Airways Cargo begins its twice-weekly B777 freighter service to Mexico City this month, marking the start of operations in the continent.“This is a historic moment for us, as it heralds the beginning of our operations in Latin America,” says Ulrich Ogiermann, chief officer, cargo.“It demonstrates that we are well ...
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Qatar freighter is LA bound
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a new freighter service to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) from April.The twice-weekly B777F to Los Angeles will become Qatar Airways Cargo’s fourth US freighter destination, alongside Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.Qatar Airways uplifted over 49,000 tonnes of airfreight from the US market in 2014 and it ...
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Duggan joins Saudi as charter sales director
Saudi Airlines Cargo has appointed Mike Duggan as director of charter sales, based in Jeddah.Duggan brings over 23 years of aviation experience, mainly in London and Dubai, including business development, aircraft wet leasing, and freighter management in several companies.Saudi Airlines Cargo operates a fleet of dedicated freighters and sells the ...
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Scholten joins FLS in Dubai
Peter Scholten, former Saudia Cargo vice president commercial, has been appointed chief executive of Fast Logistic Solutions Group (FLS), based in Dubai.FLS was founded in January 2015 as a holding company for Fast Forward Cargo, First Priority Cargo, Fast Forward Solutions and several other companies.FLS Group is a global transportation ...
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Ambak joins Emirates SkyCargo
Henrik Ambak has joined Emirates SkyCargo as senior vice president, cargo operations worldwide.Ambak, a Danish national, joins the freight division of Emirates with 27 years of experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for companies such as Novia, CSLux and Cargolux Airlines.He started his career as a freight forwarder, ...
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ACS promotes Nick Harris
Nick Harris of Air Charter Service (ACS) has returned to the company’s Dubai office to take up the role of cargo director for the region.Harris, who started his ACS career in the London headquarters almost eight years ago, previously worked in the Dubai office as a cargo manager between 2009 ...
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Emirates to launch Boston service
EMIRATES Airline is expanding its transatlantic belly cargo offering with services to Boston in the USA.Daily flights from the carrier’s Dubai hub to Boston Logan International Airport will be serviced by a passenger B777-200LR.It is the airline’s eighth route into the United States, its ninth into North America and twelfth ...
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2014 'a challenging year for air cargo'
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of a world recession.IATA figures show that cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year, but acceleration took root in the latter half of 2013, eventually ...
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Fast cargo connections for Emirates’ Dubai switch
EMIRATES SkyCargo’s plan to complete the transfer of its freighter base to Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) by May has gathered momentum with the signing of a five-year trucking contract.Under the deal, Dubai-based Allied Transport will provide road feeder services between the congested old Dubai International (DXB) airport and the new ...
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Saudia Cargo boosts belly capacity this summer
SAUDI Airlines Cargo is increasing its belly cargo capacity on new B777 international routes to Manchester in the UK and Los Angeles, USA from April.The direct services offer new cargo opportunities – up to a maximum of between six and 12 tonnes – to the destinations, both of which will ...
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Ruslan International moves giant power station rotor
RUSLAN International, which manages and markets the combined fleets of its shareholders Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines, has carried this giant power station rotor from Kuwait to Singapore, using one of the 17 An-124 aircraft under its management.Loading and unloading the rotor – weighing 99 tonnes on its custom-designed ...
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Emirates flies to Taipei
TAIPEI has become Emirates’ newest B777-300ER passenger destination from Dubai International Airport.“Emirates and Taipei began their partnership in 2003 when Emirates Skycargo launched freighter services from Dubai. I am proud that we have been able to increase our commitment and begin daily, non-stop passengers services from today,” says His Highness ...
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Cathay Pacific: The declining role of freighters in air cargo
If Cathay Pacific had stuck to the plans it had at the end of 2011, it would have had a fleet of 35 freighters by the end of 2016: 10 B747-8Fs, eight B777Fs, six B747-400ERFs, six B747-400Fs and five B747-400BCFs.That was always the most optimistic scenario, and probably Cathay would ...
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Celebi acquires Aviapartner in Germany
ÇELEBI, a Turkish ground-handling, cargo and warehouse operator, has made a major advance into the German air cargo business with the purchase of Aviapartner Cargo GmbH.The €4.6 million acquisition is part of its strategy to expand in the international arena, says the Istanbul-based company.Aviapartner Cargo is currently active at Frankfurt ...
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Work on DB Schenker's new Dubai facility under way
GLOBAL transportation company DB Schenker has started construction work on a new logistics facility in Dubai.It will offer general cargo warehousing, distribution and value-added services, with a warehouse space of 8,500 sq m and a total storage capacity of 8,500 pallet positions with two mezzanine levels dedicated for value added ...