FROM MAGAZINE: Trade Tensions To Propel Cargo Charter Business

The cargo charter market is constantly evolving with an ever-changing geographical demand, economic instability, fleet, and competition. The escalating trade war between the US and China and Brexit generate more prospects for cargo charters to explore newer markets.From now on, the 76,000 people of Addu Atoll in th

IndiGo to fly from Delhi to Riyadh & Kuwait starting Oct. 11

August 31, 2019: Low-cost carrier IndiGo will begin flying on the Delhi-Riyadh and Delhi-Kuwait routes effective October 11. The airline already has a direct flights on the Mumbai-Jeddah and Mumbai-Kuwait routes.

DSV Panalpina transports first shipment of aircraft engine parts

August 31, 2019: DSV Panalpina transported its first Charter Network shipment since the takeover. The US Aerospace team of DSV flew aircraft engine parts on the 'Spirit of Panalpina' from Huntsville to Luxembourg on August 29. The onward journey of the shipment was done on truck to Airbus’ production plant in Toulouse, France.

Korean Air Cargo takes Viracopos flights to 3 on Boeing 777-F

Aug 31, 2019: Korean Air Cargo has added a third flight to Viracopos International Airport in Campinas (Sao Paulo). The Korean company introduced the Saturday frequency to Campinas, in addition to the scheduled flights on Sundays and Thursdays on the Korea-Miami-Viracopos route. The new Korean Air Cargo flight, operated on a Boeing 777-F, is scheduled to

JetBlue partners with Aeronex Cargo to launch US cargo services

Aug 30, 2019: This week JetBlue announced launch of cargo service in partnership with Miami-based consultancy Aeronex Cargo. To start with, the airline will operate cargo service to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), followed by plans to expand operations to five US cities by the end of 2019.

CEVA Logistics expands Ho Chi Minh City operations

Aug 30, 2019: CEVA Logistics has doubled the size of its Ho Chi Minh City operations with new facility.The new facility is located close to the two cargo terminals of the country's busiest airport Tan Son Nhat International. Also, it is a short drive from the container port of Cat Lai.

Cargex acquisition to generate growth opportunities in Latin America: FedEx

Aug 30, 2019: FedEx Corporation confirmed that it will acquire freight forwarding firm Cargex SA. Headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, Cargex has operations in Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena, Buenaventura, and Santa Marta, and would operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Logistics upon closing.

Cargo handler WFS to open new pharma centre at Paris CDG Airport

Aug 30, 2019: Cargo handling company Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is investing €10 million, including equipment and supplies for the next 10 years, in new pharma centre, at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The 2,400 m² pharma centre, located in the heart of CDG airport’s cargo area, is opening in September and will be offering both landside

Azul Cargo Express inks shipping deal with Latin America’s e-commerce giant

Aug 30, 2019: Azul Cargo Express, Azul’s cargo unit, has signed a commercial agreement with Mercado Libre, Latin America's largest e-commerce company. With this deal, Azul Cargo Express becomes the only air-shipping partner within Brazil for purchases made on Mercado Libre's website, informed the Brazilian airline.

TIACA appoints Celine Hourcade as project manager

Aug 30, 2019: The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Celine Hourcade as the new project manager to support its transformation programme. The first two priorities for Hourcade will be the development of TIACA’s Sustainability Program, including the first Sustainability Award, and the delivery of the Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) obje

PANYNJ registers dip in H1 cargo volume for the first time since H1 2016

Aug 29, 2019: Cargo volumes handled by the administered airports of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) decreased by 1.8 percent year-on-year, for the first half of 2019.

Air France-KLM, K N join forces to integrate electronic booking process

Aug 29, 2019: Kuehne Nagel, logistics solutions provider and air cargo carrier Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have joined forces to improve integration of their electronic booking processes.

Bollore delivers mining equipment from Ghana to Burkina Faso

Aug 29, 2019: Societe des mines de Sanbrado (Somisa), a subsidiary of West African Resources, called upon Bollore Transport

Cargojet gains ISO recertification

Aug 29, 2019: Ontario-based cargo operator Cargojet has achieved recertification of its ISO 9001 Quality Standard Accreditation, for the seventeenth consecutive year. The carrier informs in its official release that it is ‘the only air cargo carrier in Canada with this accreditation’.

Emirates SkyCargo says it’s been a busy summer season transporting perishables, pharma

Aug 28, 2019: Emirates SkyCargo announced that it has transported a large volume of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and perishables, this summer. The freight division of Emirates moved over 150,000 tonnes of perishables and 27,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals through Dubai between the beginning of April and mid-August 2019.

DB Cargo equips half of its wagon fleet with smart sensors, telematics

Aug 27, 2019: DB Cargo has reached half way point of digitalising its freight wagon fleet as it fitted its 34,000th wagon with state-of-the-art telematics and smart sensors. The wagon rolled out of the refitting facility in Seelze near Hanover yesterday.The German rail freight opera

Ryan Companies CEO Brian Murray resigns from Roadrunner’s BOD

Aug 27, 2019: US-based logistics services provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems (RRTS) reported that Brian C Murray has resigned from the Board of Directors (BOD). He served as the chair of the audit committee.He decided to resign due to the increased demands as CEO of Ryan Companies. Brian has been the chief executive officer of Ryan Companies sinc

B&H Worldwide passes BSI audit

Aug 27, 2019: B&H Worldwide, aerospace logistics provider, has upgraded its ISO accreditation to EN AS 9120b – the specialist industry standard for the aviation, space and defence industry.

Budapest Airport looks at boosting China e-commerce flow

Aug 27, 2019: Budapest Airport (BUD), swiftly developing international air cargo hub, organised workshop events in Shanghai and Hong Kong for representatives from Chinese air cargo and e-commerce companies. Chinese e-commerce giants Yunda Express, STO Express and SF Express, Qingdao and Xi’an airports, and the Consul General of Hungary in Shanghai, atte

Asia Pacific airlines witness significant decline in July cargo demand: AAPA

Aug 27, 2019: Asia Pacific airlines have registered a 7.7 percent fall in air cargo demand in July, according to traffic statistics released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). The air cargo demand continues to decline impacted by falling exports and a worsening trade outlook.

Arbitrator rules in favor of Atlas Air in its labor dispute with pilots

Aug 27, 2019: Atlas Air pilots, who fly packages for companies such as Amazon and DHL, lost the legal battle to secure a new work contract. A statement from the parent comp

ECS Group expands Europe network with office in Porto

August 27, 2019: GSSA ECS Group has expanded its presence in Europe by setting up an office in Porto (OPO), Portugal. “Opening an office in Portugal was a necessity in order to meet growing market demand on the Iberian peninsula, to offer even more options to our clients, and, of course, to continue our group’s development in Europe,” said Sauro Mar

Qantas Freight receives Boeing 747-8F; 2nd freighter to follow soon

August 27, 2019: Qantas Freight has added the first of two Boeing 747-8F freighter aircraft that touched down in Sydney. The second 747-8F aircraft will enter service later this week. Each aircraft offers 20 per cent more freight capacity and space for seven extra cargo pallets compared to the 747-400F. The 747-8’s iconic nose door allows easier loading

Agility Ventures commits $18 million to green supply chain technologies

August 27, 2019: Agility Ventures, a corporate venture arm of global logistics provider Agility, has committed to an ambitious environmental strategy by investing18 million in green supply chain technologies so far. Agility also launched its latest sustainability report, 'Values into Action'. Agility Ventures has made green technologies one of its four core investment areas.

APEX partners with Asiana Cargo to introduce Rickenbacker freighter services

Aug 27, 2019: Asiana Cargo completed its inaugural scheduled flight between Wuhan, China, and Rickenbacker International Airport on August 24.Hence, the Seoul-based freighter operator commences weekly scheduled flights between

Yusen Logistics opens new Koper office

Aug 27, 2019: Yusen Logistics (Hungary) Kft. has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of new branch office in Koper, Slovenia. According to the Port of

CP Cases lists down Europe’s upcoming freight hubs

Aug 26, 2019: A recent research conducted by CP Cases, who specialises in custom flight cases for air cargo and freight, reveals Europe’s biggest airports not only for freight, but which are the up-and-coming hubs to watch out for. On the world map, Europe continues to evolve as a global, interconnected hub of goods trade. The growth is taking place ami

Aviation industry to discuss ways to shape a sustainable future at 2019 WFS event

Aug 26, 2019: For this year’s World Financial Symposium (WFS), IATA has unveiled the theme as shaping a sustainable future together. The event will be held in Miami next month. In addition to this, IATA informed that the opening plenary of the two-day event, will feature an address by Anko Van der Werff, CEO of Avianca, on the vision for the future. In keeping with the theme, an invitation-only seminar will look at top challenges for sustainability with a focus on the environmen

Amazon enters into strategic deal with Canada’s Cargojet

Aug 26, 2019: Cargojet has entered into a new strategic agreement with a subsidiary of Amazon.com. Inc, Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC.

Footwear company Allbirds appoints Geodis to manage its European e-commerce

Aug 26, 2019: Supply chain specialist Geodis will support San Francisco-based footwear company Allbirds, with European expansion, as the two companies recently entered into partnership. Geodis will service sales for Allbirds through its newly launched e-commerce website. The e-commerce website caters to 12 European markets, including Germany, France, the

Singapore’s Changi Airport records negative cargo growth in July

Aug 26, 2019: Changi Airport, the main international airport of Singapore, has handled 170,000 tonnes of cargo volume, in July. This represents a decline of 7.2 percent year-on-year.

MSC successfully ships table grapes from Spain to Vietnam

August 24, 2019: MSC has delivered a first-time shipment of table grapes from Spain to Vietnam. The grapes were loaded in Murcia in collaboration with the transport company Mosca Marítimo, using Cold Treatment (CT) protocol. MSC applies Cold Treatment in the Spanish market and has become the first company to ship table grapes from Spain to Vietnam.

Panalpina downsizes executive board after acquisition by DSV

August 24, 2019: Supply chain solutions company Panalpina has announced changes to its executive board. Chief commercial officer (CCO) Karl Weyeneth, chief legal officer (CLO) and corporate secretary Christoph Hess, chief information officer (CIO) Ralf Morawietz, executive vice president, air freight Lucas Kuehner, executive vice president, ocean freigh

Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019 panels discuss omni-channel presence, regulation

August 24, 2019: Panel discussions at the inaugural Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019, organised by Indian Transport & Logistics News (ITLN), offered interesting insights into the growing and changing ecommerce logistics segment. The Summit was held on August 22 at ITC Gardenia in Bangalore. The Summit was sponsored by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), Air India SATS, Air Menzies Bangalore, DHL India and GreyOrange.

Customer centricity emerges as most important at Ecommerce Logistics Summit

August 24, 2019: The inaugural Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019 held at ITC Gardenia in Bangalore on August 22 saw participation from around 150 industry stakeholders representing 100 organisations to discuss and deliberate upon issues to the ever-changing ecommerce industry. The Summit was organised by Indian Transport

Unilode completes trials for in-flight tracking solution

August 24, 2019: Unilode Aviation Solutions has achieved another important milestone in the implementation of its award-winning digital transformation programme. The winner of the 2019 IATA Air Cargo Innovation Award has successfully completed an in-flight trial of its ULD tracking solution.Unilode, in collaboration with its strategic partner OnAsset Int

Hong Kong Airport obtains high court order to continue interim injunction

Aug 23, 2019: Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has obtained a high court order for the continuation of the interim injunction.

Temperature and shock records can now be tracked through Unilode’s latest solution

Aug 23, 2019: Unilode customers can now get access to ULD tracking data and additional information such as temperature and shock records, as it has completed an in-flight trial of its ULD tracking solution.

SATS, TUMCREATE join hands to develop robotic air cargo system

August 23, 2019: SATS, a Singapore-based ground handler and Singaporean research platform TUMCREATE will be working together to explore commercialisation opportunities for their artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system, SPEEDCARGO. SPEEDCARGO is a system comprised of three of the companies’ products – CARGO EYE, CARGO MIND, and CA

LATAM Cargo enhances Colombia and Peru freighter services

Aug 23, 2019: LATAM Cargo Group, Latin America’s leader in cargo transportation, has announced that it will double operations between Colombia and the United States, and enhance operations to Peru. The carrier has planned to add 12 frequencies between Bogota and Miami. As a result, the operations between Colombia and the United States will double. Also,

DP World posts double-digit growth in revenue in H1

Aug 23, 2019: DP World, global ports operator, stated revenue growth of 31.9 percent year-on-year, as it announced its half-year results yesterday. Acquisitions and growth in non-containerised revenue helped revenue climb to $3.46 billion, although on a like-for-like, constant currency basis the revenue increase was 11 percent, said the Dubai-based compan

Halifax Stanfield Airport set to open new air cargo logistics park in early 2021

Aug 22, 2019: Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) is set to construct a new air cargo logistics park that will benefit the entire region. Federal government has contributed $18 million to the construction of facility, whereas the provincial government has contributed $5 million. In addition to this, HIAA has also contributed $13 million.

Air New Zealand CFO Jeff McDowall appointed as interim CEO

Aug 22, 2019: Air New Zealand has decided to appoint chief financial officer Jeff McDowall as the acting CEO. He replaces Christopher Luxon, who retires from this role on September 25. Meanwhile, the final phase of recruitment is underway. McDowall is not seeking permanent appointment to the role, informed the airline.

UPS expands express freight services in Slovenia

Aug 22, 2019: UPS’ Slovenia customers can now get enhanced enhanced access to UPS’s smart global logistics network for urgent heavy shipments. The Atlanta-based logistics giant has expanded its

Descartes acquires BestTransport, expands transportation management footprint

Aug 22, 2019: Descartes Systems Group, software solutions provider, has acquired Columbus-based BestTransport, for $11.2 million. BestTransport is a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) provider focused on flatbed-intensive manufacturers and distributors.

Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific extend strategic agreement

Aug 22, 2019: New Zealand officials have allowed two major carriers, Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific, to reauthorise their joint venture alliance. The alliance has been extended for a further five years to October 31, 2024.

Cathay Pacific’s cargo business suffers decline in July

Aug 22, 2019: Cathay Pacific’s cargo business continued to face headwinds in the month of July as the Hong-Kong based airline has reported drop of 8.2 percent year-on-year, informed Cathay Pacific Group, comprising of Cathay Pacific an

MoCA’s Vandana Aggarwal set to inaugurate Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019

August 21, 2019: STAT Trade Times’ sister publication Indian Transport and Logistics News' (ITLN) will organise the Ecommerce Logistics Summit 2019 at ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru tomorrow (August 22). The Summit will be inaugurated by Vandana Aggarwal, economic advisor, ministry of civil aviation (MoCA). Apart from Aggarwal, the Ecommerce Logistics S

United Airlines to increase services to Tokyo, Haneda in 2020

Aug 21, 2019: United Airlines will operate flights between four of its US hubs and Tokyo's Haneda International Airport, starting March 28, 2020. The carrier, in its official release, says that with flights beginning next spring, it will be able to offer convenient service for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Korean Air to reduce flights to Japan as trade tensions escalate

Aug 21, 2019: As trade tensions between Japan and Korea escalate, Korean Air has decided to adjust the frequency of some Japan routes.At the same time, the airline will increase the frequency of routes in the Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Chinese markets.