Region – Page 177
-
News
Heathrow tonnages rise 13% in August
Cargo flowing through London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK’s largest gateway, climbed 13% to 139,000 tonnes in August, marking the 13th consecutive record month for volumes at Europe’s number four airfreight hub.For the 2017 year to date volumes, Heathrow has recorded a 10.3% rise for the first eight months of this ...
-
News
dnata signs up Siemens for dock side IT systems
Ground handler dnata has signed up to use Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics' (SPPAL) software platform for its operations in Dubai.The appointment system will allow all land transport processes up to the hub’s dock side to be handled digitally."The benefits for dnata will include significantly increased transparency and the ...
-
News
Fraport launches new innovation website: www.innoFRAtor.com
Frankfurt airport operating company Fraport has launched a new dedicated innovation website: www.innoFRAtor.com.The aim of the new website is to provide an information platform for the industry and other interested members of the public on the latest innovation topics from the areas of aviation, transport and logistics.The website is bilingual ...
-
News
Forwarder Panalpina confirms completion of Air Connection deal
Freight forwarder Panalpina has confirmed it has completed the acquisition on Kenyan perishables forwarder Air Connection.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder first announced the deal in May but had been waiting for approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya, which, as reported by Air Cargo News, it received earlier this week.Conditions are ...
-
News
Takeover of Kenyan perishables forwarders to go ahead, with conditions
Kenya’s competition watchdog has approved “with conditions” the takeover of two specialist perishables forwarders in the African country by European logistics giants Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and Panalpina.The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the acquisition of Air Connection by Panalpina Airflo Ltd, Panalpina Airflo BV and Panalpina Kenya Ltd, but ordered ...
-
News
Salguero joins AIA Cargo in worldwide network role
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) has appointed Jaime Salguero as worldwide network and commercial vice president, reporting to the cargo management company's chief executive, Mark Andrew.Salguero joins AIA with 24 years professional background as executive director in the airfreight industry, with management experience of cargo general sales and services agents ...
-
News
UK government seeks further consultation on Heathrow's third runway
The UK government has called for further consultation on its selection of a new north-west runway at London's Heathrow airport.A statement today from the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, on the extension came as the government published Sir Jeremy Sullivan's interim report on consultation on the draft Airports ...
-
News
Boeing raises Chinese new aircraft forecast
Boeing has increased its forecast for the number of new aircraft that China will need over the next 20 years.The airframer has predicted that in total, China will need 7,240 new aircraft to be delivered by 2036 if it is to meet demand growth projections. This is a 6.3% increase ...
-
News
Qatar Airways outlines its cargo response to air space "blockade"
Qatar Airways, facing an air space embargo by its Middle East neighbours since June this year, chartered in extra freighters and increased its own maindeck capacity on key trade lanes to maintain urgently needed food supplies and traditional cargo flows.Despite a 160% rise in cargo volumes at its Doha home ...
-
News
Ethiopia's airline and airports merge to form single aviation group
Ethiopian Airlines Group has merged with Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to form the African country's new Aviation Holding Group.The consolidation, which follows regulation approved by Ethiopia's Council of Ministers on July 14 this year, sees the formation of a new holding group comprising EAE, Passenger Airline, Cargo Airline & Logistics ...
-
News
Time critical firm GBA expands into Germany
Time-critical logistics firm GBA Services has continued with its European expansion, adding a operations covering the German market.The company, which is already present in the UK, Poland and Austria, will add a new office in Bremen from where it will provide the full portfolio of GBA’s services – including time-critical, ...
-
News
Mühlenkamp takes over as director of operations at Jettainer
ULD outsourced management and maintenance company Jettainer has appointed Frank Mühlenkamp as its new director of operations, responsible for around 90,000 containers and pallets worldwide.Mühlenkamp launched his career at the ground operations department at the Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt. After spending two years at Augsburg Airways, he returned to the ...
-
NewsVolga-Dnepr mulling possible Ruslan successor
The following article, written by Evgenia Kolyada, appears with the kind permission of Russian Aviation Insider (www.rusaviainsider.com)Volga-Dnepr, Russia’s biggest cargo airline, is not only devising technical specifications for the modernisation and continuation of its fleet of Antonov An-124-100 airlifters but is also investigating the prospects for the creation of a ...
-
News
Kerry Logistics eyes Singapore expansion as H1 revenues grow
Hong Kong-headquartered Kerry Logistics saw revenues “surge” in the first half of the year thanks to market growth and acquisitions.The fast-growing logistics firm saw first-half revenues increase by 31% year on year to HK$13.7bn, while core net profit was up 5% to HK$1bn.The revenue improvement came despite tough market conditions ...
-
News
Air Partner in time-critical automotive flight
Air Partner recently carried out a time critical lift of 3,044kg of spare car parts to Stockholm via two separate German airports.The first request from the client was for the urgent transportation of 1,676kg of cargo to be transported from central Germany to Stockholm."The client chose the more cost-effective option, ...
-
News
DB Schenker acquires SB Global to expand New Zealand presence
Freight forwarding giant DB Schenker will expand its presence in the New Zealand market through the purchase of SB Global Logistics.The two companies, which have been working together for more than 20 years, said that operations of SB Global Logistics Christchurch will continue "business as usual" under new owners, DB ...
-
News
Changi on course for record cargo year
Singapore Changi Airport saw airfreight throughput grow 11.2% in July to reach 179,550 tonnes, compared with the same month last year.For the current year to date, the key Asian hub has seen a 7.5% increase in cargo volumes to just under 1.2m tonnes for the first seven months of 2017.If ...
-
News
Suparna adds new B747 Xi'an-Hahn flight
Suparna Airlines, formerly Yangtze River Airlines, has added a new China-Europe service using a Boeing 747 freighter.The Xi'an Xianyang International Airport-hubbed airline's second service to Europe will call at Hahn in Germany each week and comes in addition to its existing Xi'an-Amsterdam flight.The service will mainly carry electronic and mechanical ...
-
News
Emirates SkyCargo says it with flowers
Emirates SkyCargo's Boeing 777 'Rosie' freighter has marked Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Indian festival of Onam with special deliveries.The Dubai-based carrier's rose-liveried freighter arrived at Shanghai’s Pudong International airport in the early hours of August 28, on the day of the Qixi festival to mark what is known as ...
-
News
Cargolux expands African network on machinery and high-tech demand
Cargolux is adding two new destinations to its Africa network as it looks to capitalise on demand for mining equipment and high-tech consumer goods.The Luxembourg-based airline said it would add a new call to Douala in Cameroon on October 3 and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on ...