Emirates launches Hub Monitor to reduce aircraft turnaround time

Dec 28, 2018: Emirates Engineering has developed Hub Monitor, a new innovative application built in-house by Emirates, for passengers travelling from or transiting through Dubai International Airport (DXB) expecting fewer instances of delays associated with aircraft turnaround.Hub Monitor is being used by Emirates’ operational staff in Dubai to share a

Saudia Cargo carries 60 tonnes equipment to Riyadh for Janadriyah festival

Dec 28, 2018: Saudi Airlines Cargo Company has transported equipment for the inauguration ceremony of 33rd National Festival for Heritage and Culture (Janadriyah), organised by the Ministry of National Guard, Riyadh on December 20. Saudia Cargo shipped 60 tonnes of equipment, tools, screens, and cables from Chalons Vatry International Airport, France to K

Republic Airways confirms order for 100 E175 jets

Dec 27, 2018: The world's largest E-Jet operator Republic Airways has confirmed order for 100 Embraer E175s, worth USD 4.69 billion. The two companies signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the Farnborough Airshow, in July. The contract also includes purchase rights for an additional 100 E175s, with conversion rights to the E175-E2, bringing the total

Yusen Logistics establishes new corporation in Laos

Dec 26, 2018: Yusen Logistics has established new corporation in Laos, People's Democratic Republic, to meet the anticipated demand for logistics in the landlocked country. Yusen Logistics (Lao) Co., Ltd will commence operations in January 2019. The new company will have its headquarters in Vientiane and its branch in Pakse to provide a range of logi

UPS Taiwan gets new MD

Dec 26, 2018: Atlanta-headquartered logistics firm UPS has announced the appointment of Sam Hung as the new MD of UPS Taiwan beginning January 1, 2019. In his new role, Hung will drive UPS’s express business in Taiwan and joins the team following his most recent role as director of Sales for UPS North Asia District, where he was instrumental in driving

Dubai’s Emirates expands codeshare with South African Airways

Dec 26, 2018: Emirates, one of the biggest Middle Eastern airlines, has announced that it is expanding its strategic cooperation with South Africa’s flag carrier South African Airways (SAA). Pending governmental approval, SAA and Emirates have signed an enhanced commercial partnership which will see the relationship between the two carriers strengthen t

CEVA ropes in Gianclaudio Neri as managing director of Italy cluster

Dec 26, 2018: Gianclaudio Neri has been named as the managing director of CEVA Logistics’ Italy cluster. Neri, who brings more than 30 years' experience in senior roles across businesses in Italy to his new role, takes up his position with immediate effect.Based in Milan, he

Amazon inks deal with ATSG for ten more Boeing 767-300 freighters

Dec 24, 2018: Amazon Air has entered into new deal with US based aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) to lease further ten Boeing 767-300 freighters, with options for even more.The company will lease these ten aircraft from Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. (CAM), ATSG’s leasing subsidiary, and place them with an ATSG airline for operation

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport continues to see positive freight development

Dec 24, 2018: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport continues to see expansion in cargo business as the airport has been connecting Europe with China through new freight routes, since early December. The new routes are part of an air freight agreement concluded by the Chinese company China Aerospace International Holdings Limited (CASIL) to distribute Asian flows of goo

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo enhances its myCargo online booking portal

Dec 24, 2018: Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has expanded its online booking tool myCargo with the ability to make instant 24/7 bookings of up to four tonnes and also it can now also handle pharma shipments. In addition, we launched an API (Application Programming Interface) capability that will enable our customers to directly connect our “Quote

Panalpina joins the Plug and Play Supply Chain

Dec 24, 2018: Logistics giant Panalpina is now part of the global innovation platform me Plug and Play, themost active accelerator program me in the area of supply chain and logistics.Founded in 2006, Plug and Play connects the largest corporations to the world's best startups through industry-focused accele

Frontier Airlines adds 11th A320neo aircraft to its fleet

Dec 24, 2018: Denver-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of its eleventh A320neo aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The aircraft lessor, that previously financed nine A321ceos with Frontier, has delivered this new A320neo aircraft via Sale-Leaseback (with commitments for an additional five in 2019).

Qatar Airways starts services to its third Vietnamese destination Da Nang

Dec 24, 2018: Last week, Qatar Airways’ first flight from Doha to Vietnamese city Da Nang touched down at Da Nang International Airport. The Doha-based airline will operate its Da Nang service four-times weekly with a Boeing B787-8 aircraft, featuring 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class.

Cathay Pacific’s November cargo traffic figures show slight decline

Dec 24, 2018: Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon have seen a slight drop in cargo and mail uplifted in the month of November, according to the traffic figures released by Cathay Pacific Group.

Saudia Cargo brings the international Cirque du soleil equipment to Riyadh

Dec 21, 2018: Saudi Airlines Cargo Company has recently transported 400 tonnes of equipment and supplies from Zagreb, Croatia to Riyadh for the international event Cirque du soleil. To complete the operation, the airline has operated four freighter flights to deliver the cargo to the Saudi Capital, where the event is currently taking place from December 1

ATSG inks deal with lessor Jetran to acquire 20 B767 passenger aircraft

Dec 21, 2018: US based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is to acquire twenty Boeing 767-300 extended-range passenger aircraft from lessor Jetran over the next three years. ATSG currently expects to begin freighter modification of six of the twenty 767-300s during 2019, up to nine during 2020, and no fewer than five in 2021. The company operates B767s

Emirates SkyCargo carries close to 10,000 tonnes of Irish exports in 2018

Dec 21, 2018: Emirates SkyCargo has carried close to 10,000 tonnes of Irish exports, from Dublin, during 2018, according to the figures released by the airline on its Irish operation. The carrier offers up to 25 tonnes of cargo capacity on each of its Boeing-777 passenger aircraft that operate the Dublin route.

AA Cargo moves Argentinian beef just in time for seasonal festivities

Dec 21, 2018: American Airlines Cargo recently has been busy delivering wide range of seasonal foods by air as worldwide Christmas and New Year celebrations begin.In the months of October and November, the US carrier delivered record tonnages of chestnuts to New York JFK.

KLM and IndiGo name Swissport as their ground handler in the Middle East

Dec 21, 2018: Swissport has recently entered into new contracts with Dutch airline KLM and the Indian carrier IndiGo to provide them with ground handling services in the Middle East.As of February 1, 2019, Swissport will be providing the full range of ground services from passenger services to ramp operations to the Dutch airline KLM for its ten weekly f

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol makes major move to transport key commodity for Netherlands efficiently

Dec 20, 2018: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol recently took a major move to support the sustainability in the shipment of flowers by working with Holland Flower Alliance (HFA) to implement the Ideal Flowerbox, standardized packaging solution for flower shipments. Explaining it in detail, the airport states in its release, “The Ideal Flowerbox, funded by HFA,

India will need 2300 new airplanes over the next 20 years, predicts Boeing

Dec 20, 2018: India will require 2,300 new aircraft worth $320 billion over the next 20 years, said US based commercial jets and freighters manufacturer Boeing, as it raises last year’s prediction of demand of 2,100 jets until 2036. The manufacturer cites unprecedented domestic passenger traffic and rapidly expanding low-cost carriers (LCCs) as the reas

AEI gets Transport Canada approval for CRJ200 SF freighter conversion

Dec 20, 2018: Freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received Transport Canada approval for the AEI CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion. The Transport Canada approval (SA18-130) allows for the operation of Canadian registered CRJ200 SF freighters.

Panalpina raises own bar with new air freight handling record

Dec 20, 2018: Freight forwarder Panalpina has handled 1 million tonnes of airfreight in a year for the first time and to set this new record, it was helped by a fashion customer for which Panalpina operated three charter flights to New York. On December 18, Panalpina completed its third charter to New York City from Italy and Switzerland in less than a

Munich’s first GDP pharma certificate awarded to Cargogate

Dec 20, 2018: In September 2018, German audit company DQS GmbH has awarded cargo handler Cargogate with GDP (Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use – 2013/C 343/01) certification. Cargogate, a 100 percent subsidiary of

ANA unveils Japan’s first A380 jet

All Nippon Airways (ANA)’s first Airbus A380 has recently rolled out of the Airbus Paintshop in Hamburg, Germany. This new aircraft which is Japan’s first Airbus A380 will be delivered to the airline in March 2019. On May 24, 2019, the inaugural flight is scheduled to depart from Tokyo Narita Airport and travel to Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu.

GA Telesis, Tokyo Century, ANA in JV to tap global jet engine leasing demand

Dec 20, 2018: Aerospace and aviation specialist GA Telesis, together with its shareholders Tokyo Century Corporation and ANA Trading Corp, USA, a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways Trading Company (ANATC), have formed Gateway Engine Leasing, LLC (Gateway) to capitalise on the rising demand from airlines worldwide for long-term jet engine leases.

IAG Cargo returns to the Pakistan market after a long hiatus

Dec 19, 2018: Today IAG Cargo has announced that starting from June 2019, it will commence new direct service from London Heathrow, UK to Islamabad, Pakistan. The airline has decided to deploy Boeing 787-8 on the route, as it has a temperature-controlled hold ideal for the increased demand for pharmaceutical shipments expected on the route.

AirBridgeCargo and Unilode extend ULD management partnership

Dec 19, 2018: ULD management provider and Russian all cargo airline AirBridgeCargo Airlines have extended their partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) for ULDs - pallets and containers. The equipment, which is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v.5.0) tracking and sensing device, will be firmly mounted to ULDs sup

Cargo tonnes carried expected to reach 65.9 million, up from 63.7 million in 201

Dec 19, 2018: After the profitability for the global airline industry was squeezed by rising costs in 2018, there are finally some factors that will cause relief to the mode of transport in 2019. In its recent report, International Air Transport Association

Boeing delivers first 737 MAX airplane from new Zhoushan facility

Dec 19, 2018: Boeing and joint venture partner Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd (COMAC) together delivered the first airplane from the new 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, China.Chinese carrier Air China received the first plane from

U-Freight expedites power cables delivery to light up Chad

Dec 19, 2018: Dutch transport group, Van der Vlist, recently utilised U-Freight Holland’s expertise to handle multimodal shipment of electricity power cables from Europe to Chad, Africa.

The 16 rolls of transmission cables were transported on behalf of Van der Vlist’s client SwitchGear Company.

Air Charter Service sets new monthly revenue record in November

Dec 19, 2018: Aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported record revenue of more than £60 million in November, beating the previous best of £52 million.

The company saw substantial increases across all three of its main divisions: cargo, private jets and commercial aircraft, with a total of 31 percent increase in revenue on last November.

Siemens, Gaussin cooperate on airport logistics and cargo handling services

Dec 19, 2018: Yesterday Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) announced about the new cooperation agreement with French engineering company Gaussin Manugistique for the global commercialisation of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) for the transportation of unit load devices (ULDs) at airports.

Air France names Anne Rigail as new CEO

Dec 18, 2018: Anne Rigail, previously EVP Customer at Air France, has now been appointed as the CEO of the French flag carrier. She replaces Benjamin Smith, who was appointed acting CEO of Air France through the end of 2018.Subsequent to the proposal of Benjamin Smith, CEO Air Franc

Kuehne Nagel opens new pharma facility in Slovenia

Dec 18, 2018: Logistics services provider Kuehne + Nagel continues to expand its global KN PharmaChain network with a new dedicated pharma & healthcare warehouse in Slovenia. The new GxP compliant facility is strategically located in close vicinity to the Ljubljana Airport.

Imperial Logistics opens new hazmat storage facility

Dec 18, 2018: One of the leaders in chemical logistics in Germany Imperial Logistics has opened a new, state-of-the-art hazardous materials warehouse near Osnabruck (Lower Saxony, Germany) to meet the unsatisfied need for hazardous goods warehousing in the region.

LATAM Cargo takes delivery of first 767-300BCF

Dec 18, 2018: One year after signing the contract between LATAM Cargo and Boeing for the conversion of three 767-300ER (Extended Range) passenger aircraft to 767-300BCF (Boeing Converted Freighters), the carrier received the first converted aircraft, allowing it to end the year with an expanded fleet of 10 freighter aircraft. The LATAM Cargo Group will su

Hong Kong Airport sees 2 percent y/y decline in cargo traffic in November

Dec 18, 2018: Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has handled 466,000 tonnes of cargo and airmail throughput in November, according to the latest traffic statistics released by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA). This represents a decrease of 2 percent year-on-year. The airport has witnessed passenger traffic of six million passengers with a year-on-ye

Volga Dnepr joins hands with Cainiao Networkto increase e-commerce footprint

Dec 17, 2018: Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, with the aim to strengthen its position in the area of cross-border shipments in the market and jointly build a global smart logistics network to meet upgrading demands. With the booming surge of e-commer

Lufthansa Cargo steps up its digitalisation game

Dec 17, 2018: Lufthansa Cargo has unveiled its latest digital offering for dangerous goods transport. The new DGD.online offering will strongly support shippers and can be used in equal measure for shipments sent via air, road and sea. The developers, using input from pilot customers, focused on achieving a very user-friendly application with validation and convenience features designed to add value.

Budapest Airport outlines new China growth strategy

Dec 17, 2018: Budapest Airport (BUD) has unveiled an ambitious new growth strategy for Asia that is to launch in the new year, and includes additional direct freighter and belly cargo routes to China as well as enhanced e-commerce capabilities at the Hungarian hub.The plans align with the airport’s ongoing BUD20:20 expansion programme, which includes t

Siemens Digital Logistics merges with LOCOM Software

Dec 17, 2018: The corporate merger of Siemens Digital Logistics GmbH, LOCOM Software GmbH and LOCOM Consulting GmbH was successfully completed on December 14, 2018. The merged entities will operate under the brand name Siemens Digital Logistics, which is the legal successor firm of the former LOCOM companies. The merger applies retroactively as of October 1, 2018.

Spreading the season’s cheer, 140,000 tonnes of Christmas cargo flies through Heathrow

Dec 17, 2018: A whopping 140,000 tonnes of Christmas cargo is expected to fly through Heathrow, the UK’s biggest port by value during the holiday season.  New data reveals Christmas trees, snow ploughs and blowers, felt hats, walnuts, rose bushes and electric blankets exports have increased in the anticipation for Christmas. CEBR analysis reveals almos

Cargolux connects Hong Kong and Mexico with new twice-weekly service

Dec 17, 2018: European all-cargo airline Cargolux has launched a new transpacific service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Mexico City (MEX).The connection will be operated twice weekly with flights leaving from Hong Kong on Saturdays and Mondays to arrive in the Mexican capital on Sundays and Tuesdays. The Monday flight will also include a stopover in Guadal

time:matters appoints Lars Krosch as new MD&COO – Operations & Finance

DEC 17, 2018: time:matters Group has named Lars Krosch as its new managing director and chief operating officer. Krosch who was previously vice president - sales & product development will now be responsible for operations and finance.

Cargolux, Panalpina win the first stage of Cargo iQ’s first data quality challenge

Dec 14, 2018: Freight forwarder Panalpina and Luxembourg-based all cargo airline Cargolux have won the first stage of the Cargo iQ’s Q Rally challenge. They worked together to significantly improve data quality and performance at Luxembourg Airport and jointly were able improve the quality rating at the hub from 69 to 94 percent in just six months, beating the target that they set for themselves by nine percentage points.

Goric Playgrounds picks Bollore as their logistics partner

Dec 14, 2018: Bollore Logistics Boston has been chosen by Belmont-based Goric Playgrounds for their transportation and brokerage needs in July 2017.

Kirk Shaffer appointed as the Associate Administrator for Airports at US FAA

Dec 13, 2018: Yesterday US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the appointment of US army veteran D Kirk Shaffer as the FAA Associate Administrator for Airports, effective December 17.

Cargo tonnes carried expected to reach 65.9 million in 2019, up from 63.7 million in 2018: IATA

Dec 13, 2018: After the profitability for the global airline industry was squeezed by rising costs in 2018, there are finally some factors that will cause relief to the mode of transport in 2019. In its recent report, International Air Transport Association

Cargo volume declines for Frankfurt Airport in November

Dec 13, 2018: Frankfurt Airport has seen another month of decline in November when it comes to cargo traffic. The airport informs the cargo throughput