Air Cargo News | Air Freight, Aviation, Logistics News: April 2017

Saturday, April 29, 2017

DHL taps Malaysia's booming e-commerce industry

DHL eCommerce has launched its domestic delivery operations in Malaysia with a range of customer-centric services catered to Malaysia's growing e-commerce market. Malaysian online retailers will also benefit from DHL's range of cross-border s

Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to reduce logistics emissions to zero by 2050

The world's leading mail and logistics company, Deutsche Post DHL Group, rolls out the ambitious plans for the current year with a target to raise operating profit from EUR 3.5 billion to around EUR 3.75 billion in 2017. The Group's medium-te

Kenya Airways launches Cargo Express Centre at Jomo Kenyatta Airport

Kenya Airways has opened a Cargo Express Centre for premium cargo at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Centre is aimed at improving KQ cargo revenue as part of the turnaround strategy, Operation Pride while catering for premium cargo clients nee

DP World sails again in Q1 2017 after seeing profits in 2016

Global trade enabler DP World has handled 16.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first quarter of 2017, with gross container volumes growing by 5.7 percent year-on-year on a reported ba

Friday, April 28, 2017

CMA CGM

CMA CGM, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s leading port infrastructure developer and part of the Adani Group, have signed a joint venture agreement, to operate a new container terminal (CT4) at Mundra Port, for next 15 years wi

China Southern Airlines orders 20 A350 XWBs

China Southern Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-900s, becoming the latest customer for the aircraft.

LUG’s Integrated Management System certified

The LUG aircargo handling GmbH has been certified according to ISO 9001:2015 in April 2017. The TAPA B certification is imminent.“The certification to the standards and guidelines of DIN EN ISO 9001:2015

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Ivory Coast handles another oversized shipment

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Ivory Coast has launched water transport vehicles in the Ebrié Lagoon. Six water buses, which will be operated by Société de Transport Lagunaire (STL), each measuring 27.88 m long, 8.36 m wide and 4.7 m high, were handled by Bolloré Transport & Logistics Ivory Coast lifting teams.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Aerospares 2000 picks B&H Worldwide to manage forward stocking in Miami and Singapore

B&H Worldwide, the leader in aerospace logistics, has been appointed by Aerospares 2000, to handle its extensive inventory of rotable spare-parts in the USA and Singapore.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol sees strong cargo growth in Q1 2017

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has enjoyed a strong first quarter in 2017, handling a record 420,168 tonnes from January to March, up eight percent on the same period last year.March figures grew 9.5 percent to 154,000 t

Dachser acquires majority interest in its Irish partner Johnston Logistics

Dachser becomes majority shareholder of its partner in Ireland, Johnston Logistics to expand and strengthen its logistics network in northwestern Europe.“Our customers in Ireland benefit from uniform services a

AFI KLM E&M signs long term agreement with North American OEM Moog

AFI KLM E&M has signed long term strategic component maintenance agreement with Moog, the North American OEM. Under the terms of the agreement, AFI KLM E&M provides repair services, parts supply and assistance with capability development for Moog-designed products.

SF Airlines brings in another B757-200F

SF Airlines has taken delivery of its 17th B757-200 freighter, bringing the total number of freighters to 39.The freighter aircraft arrived at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on April 17, 2017.

Qatar Airways Cargo increases Pharma Express flights from Basel

Qatar Airways Cargo will commence its fourth Pharma Express freighter service operating from Basel, effective May 8. The additional freighter brings the total Pharma Express flights to 10 each week, providing dedica

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Cargolux flies profitably through volatile 2016

Luxembourg based Cargolux’s net profit for 2016 totaled $5.5 million while scheduled freight tonne kilometres grew by 10 percent versus a market growth of 3.8 percent. Its worldwide market share reached 3.9 percent.The all cargo airli

PEMCO and Mitsubishi Aircraft sign MRO licensing agreement

Aviation maintenance and engineering company PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has finalised and signed an MRO licensing agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation to be a preferred MRO servi

WOW air takes delivery of its first A320neo

Iceland’s WOW air has taken delivery of its first A320neo on lease from Air Lease Corporation. WOW air is an all Airbus operator with 12 aircraft in its fleet to date.

Qatar Airways to increase frequency to Bangkok from June this year

Qatar Airways plans to introduce a fifth daily nonstop service from Doha to Bangkok from June 1, 2017. The new daily flight will be served by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.The inc

PEMCO launches B737-700 FlexCombi

Aviation maintenance and engineering company PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group has launched its Passenger-to-FlexCombi and Passenger-to-Freighter conversion programmes for the Boeing Next Generati

Etihad Airways names Robin Kamark as CEO airline equity partners

Robin Kamark has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airline Equity Partners.Kamark will be responsible for leading and developing the Group’s minority equity investment strategy, which incl

Cargo handler WFS inks new contracts with airline cargo customers in Los Angeles

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has integrated the cargo handling operations of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Swiss WorldCargo and LOT Polish Airlines at Los Angeles International Airport in just four days.The contracts w

Abu Dhabi Airport sees decline in cargo volumes in Q1 2017

Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) has seen decline in cargo volumes in the first three months of the year, according to the traffic report issued by the airport. This major gateway has handled 189,340 tonnes of cargo volume, 1.1 percent decline compa

Asia Airfreight Terminal receives pharma certification from IATA

Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has successfully obtained the CEIV Pharma Certification from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).The certification helps the industry establish a network of pharmaceutica

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

100,000 tonnes of cargo pass through Fraport AG’s Speed Gate

Lufthansa Cargo has loaded the 100,000th tonne of cargo via Fraport AG’s Speed Gate at Frankfurt Airport, on April 24, 2017. Lufthansa Cargo AG uses Speed Gate at CargoCity South, Europe’s largest hub for global cargo logistics, since autumn

Cargo volume at Dubai International up by 3.5 percent in Q1 2017

Dubai International (DXB) has seen 3.5 percent increase in cargo volume in the first quarter of 2017, according to traffic results released by Dubai Airports. The airport has handled 636,479 tonnes this year from the 615,144 recorded during the same peri

Asiana Airlines receives first A350-900

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350-900, becoming the 12th airline to operate the world’s newest and most efficient twin engine widebody airliner.Asiana’s A350-900 is

Yusen Logistics to launch two new projects in Benelux

Yusen Logistics has announced its plan to launch two major new projects in the Benelux, offering logistics service in the pharmaceutical

Monday, April 24, 2017

Cargo volume increases for Singapore Changi Airport in March

Singapore Changi Airport has handled 188,630 tonnes of cargo in the month of March this year. This represents a robust growth of 10.2 percent, compared to the same period last year.For the first quarter of this year,

The WACO System expands footprint across Americas and along the Silk Route

The WACO System, an exclusive global freight network for independent forwarders, has appointed three new members across the Americas and along the Silk Road.

Oman Air adds new B787-9 to its fleet

Oman Air continues to expand its fleet with new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which joined recently on April 22, 2017. This is in addition to the new 737-800s and 787-9 which were added to the fleet in 2017.With the additi

Qatar Airways launches third daily direct flight to Bali Denpasar

Qatar Airways will operate a third daily non-stop route from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Bali Denpasar, beginning May 7, 2017.Bali has long been a popular dest

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Voyageur Aviation unveils Dash 8-100 Package Freighter

Voyageur Aviation has rolled out the first-of-its-kind Dash 8-100 Package freighter (PF) conversion aircraft in a special event at its corporate headquarters in North Bay, Ontario. The company has also announced that the first two Dash 8-100 PF conversio

NileDutch to use ClearMetal predictive logistics technology

Breakbulk shipping company NileDutch and ClearMetal, the predictive logistics company has recently announced an engagement to unlock new efficiencies for global trade. Nile Dutch will use the machine learning and artificial intelligen

Cargo volume up by 4.5 percent for PANYNJ in February this year

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) administered airports see region’s total cargo activity continue its improvement trend in February with a solid 4.5 percent growth rate.Both domestic and i

Friday, April 21, 2017

Panalpina’s air, ocean freight vertical’s volume increases; margins remain under pressure

Panalpina’s group gross profit decreased 9 percent to CHF 332.7 million in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2016: CHF 364.9 million), while total operating expenses were reduced by 7 percent to CHF 305.7 million (Q1 2016: CHF 328.7 million) year on ye

FedEx Express inaugurates Logistics Centre in Panama

FedEx Express has inaugurated new FedEx Logistics Centre in Panama Pacifico to expand its presence in the Latin American and Caribbean region.The facility has temperature-controlled capabilities of 15ºC-25º

Cathay Pacific’s cargo business continues to see positive growth in March

Cathay Pacific Airways has released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for March 2017 that show a decrease in the number of passengers carried and an increase in cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2016.

Chemical Industry Association VCI extends contract with Dachser

The Chemical Industry Association (Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. or VCI) has extended its purchasing alliance with Dachser for another two years. The partners have enjoyed a successful collaboration on European groupage shipments from Germany sin

Airbus delivers A321neo to Virgin America

Airbus has delivered the latest generation aircraft A321neo powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to US based airline Virgin America.The new A321neo will become the largest aircraft in Virgin America

Kenzo appoints GEODIS as global logistics partner

GEODIS is stepping up its growth in the retail fashion sector as proven by a new partnership with KENZO, the luxury prêt-à-porter company owned by the LVMH group.

Leipzig/Halle Airport opens new refrigerated warehouse for temp-sensitive goods

Leipzig/Halle Airport’s World Cargo Center (WCC) has started operations at new cold storage for airfreight shipments. The warehouse has direct access to the apron and thus guarantees short transport routes to and from the aircraft as well as for tr

Global air cargo on a strong start in 2017, says IATA

The latest report on air freight growth published by International Air Transport Association (IATA) has painted a very optimistic picture with supporting data on the global air freight. Notwithstanding an easing

Thursday, April 20, 2017

ACI releases top cargo airport rankings

Airports Council International (ACI) has recently published the top 20 rankings for the cargo airports for 2016 along with the preliminary world airport traffic rankings.According to the data released by

Brussels Airlines Cargo implements solution for temp-sensitive pharma

Brussels Airlines Cargo has decided to transport its pharma shipments requiring temperature control using the ‘Airside Pharma Transporter’.The Airside Pharma Transporter uses a new type of cooling technol

SATS Coolport to provide meat transshipment services between New Zealand and the EU

Singapore’s SATS is the world’s first ground handler to receive European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for the provision of meat transshipment services between New Zealand and the EU.

Sea freight and air freight verticals place Kuehne Nagel on a strong pitch in Q1 2017

The Germany based Kuehne Nagel Group had a good start in Q1 2017 by gaining significant market share in two of its prominent business verticals. Sea Freight and Air Freight segments are the ones that fuel

United Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo enter into cargo JV

United Airlines (UAL) and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a joint venture agreement for extensive cargo cooperation on routes between the US and Europe. The cargo joint venture partners plan to provide a wide range of benefits to customers by cooperating on