DRONAMICS signs MoU with Sofia Airport before upcoming Black Swan unveil

 The UK and Bulgaria-based unmanned aircraft developer and operator DRONAMICS and SOF connect, the operator of Sofia Airport today has announced a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on collaborating on innovation initiatives at the airport.

SOF Connect’s CEO Jesus Caballero and COO Henning Pfisterer signed today the agreement with Svilen Rangelov CEO and co-founder and Konstantin Rangelov, CTO and co-founder of DRONAMICS.

The two companies will collaborate on the upcoming global unveiling of the first unit of the full-scale Black Swan unmanned drone. The event is planned to take place on the airfield of Sofia Airport where the DRONAMICS team will present to the world the first manufactured unit in Bulgaria and plans to expand globally.

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DB Schenker breaks ground for Incheon global distribution, logistics center

 DB Schenker announced the ground-breaking of a unique eight-story warehouse named Korea Global Distribution and Logistics Center, in short KLC2, positioned in Seoul, South Korea. 

KLC2, to be built near Incheon Airport, within the IFEZ (Incheon Free Economic Zone) utilizes space and special features unique to other warehouses. The state-of-the-art facility focuses on sustainability, innovation, and creating a safe and sophisticated working environment. The operation is geared towards the future with special emphasis on automation to ensure lean processes and highest quality standards.

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Air Century implements CHAMP’s Traxon Global Security solution

 Air Century implements CHAMP Cargosystems’ Traxon Global Security (TGS) solution to meet the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ACAS security requirements. 

TGS is a regulatory compliance service and platform that operates like its cousin Traxon Global Customs (TGC), which allows airlines, GHAs, and forwarders to access, use, and input all the necessary and relevant data required by the customs and security authorities. Users can track the progress and success of the shipments easily and efficiently with automated alerts triggered every step of the way. TGS is specifically designed to support multiple Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI) schemes from the same platform delivering a consistent and complete solution for security compliance.

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WFS signs new contract with Copenhagen Airport for new cargo centre

 WFS signs a contract for a new Terminal 3 cargo centre. The 3,700m² warehouse facility will open in Q4 2022. Copenhagen Airport has acknowledged Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) latest investment to expand its cargo handling facilities as enabling ‘future airfreight growth’ for the airport and its airline clients.

In the meantime, to support its airline customers’ growing volumes, WFS has taken a 12-month lease on an additional facility to provide the additional capacity it needs in the short term, until construction of the new cargo centre is completed next year.

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JAS APAC appoints new Pharma and Healthcare Sales VP

 JAS Worldwide APAC announces Derek Lee as the new VP, Pharma and Healthcare, APAC. With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare supply chain and logistics management, Derek has a wide breadth of pharma and medical device experience in the region. 

During his previous endeavours at various healthcare and logistics companies, he has set up and managed multiple supply chains, and developed healthcare recommendations and support solutions that built strong synergies between product, operations, and fulfilling customer needs. His leadership and in-depth knowledge of the industry trends and requirements are key drivers to meeting customer requirements and constantly developing innovative and compelling solutions for future demands.

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MMI Asia announces Transport Logistics and Air Cargo Trade Fair venue

 The Southeast Asian edition of Transport Logistics and Air Cargo will take place in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 13 to 15 September, 2023. MMI Asia, the regional subsidiary of Messe Muenchen (MMG), announced the dates together with key industry stakeholders Changi Airport Group, SATS Ltd and DHL Express. This edition is the latest in the leading series of transport logistic and air cargo shows which include, India, China, Turkey, the United States and the world’s largest logistics event and parent show in Munich.

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and MMI Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 November 2021, to organise the Southeast Asian edition of Transport Logistics and Air Cargo for multiple biennial editions in Singapore, starting from 2023. This partnership includes the development of new content, programme and exhibition components for the tradeshow, marketing and publicity efforts, and areas of collaboration in industry knowledge exchange.

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Brussels Airport shipped more than 750 million vaccines in a year

 Brussels Airport has been delivering vaccines since 27 November  2020 and has shipped almost 750 million vaccines now. 

“I'm very proud that we can yet again live up to our role as the most important pharmaceutical hub in Europe and that we can make an important contribution to this pandemic. Thanks to our many years of experience and on-going investments in the handling and shipment of pharmaceuticals, we are able, together with our partners, to support the vaccination programmes worldwide. And we continue our efforts, day after day, to guarantee a  streamlined and safe chain for these essential transports. From the very first flight with Covid vaccines one year ago to the shipments that we now handle daily, together with our cargo partners we guarantee smooth transport in the best possible conditions,” says Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport Company. 

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FedEx Express expand rewards program in India

 FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp has expanded the My FedEx Rewards (MFR) program in India, a point-based loyalty program designed to reward customers for choosing FedEx. 

FedEx Express is the largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories.  FedEx Express uses a global air-and-ground network to speed delivery of time-sensitive shipments, by a definite time and date.

The rewards program is open to owners of corporate shipping accounts, enabling them to earn points for all eligible shipments.

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Emirates SkyCargo transport premium oysters from UAE to Moscow

 Over the last one year, the cargo division of Emirates SkyCargo has been transporting premium oysters from the UAE to some of the restaurants in Moscow.

Dibba Bay Oysters, a UAE start-up based in the emirate of Fujairah, has been growing premium oysters since 2016, currently harvesting around 200,000 oysters every month and set for exponential growth in the coming years. Around 50 percent of Dibba Bay's oyster produce is exported and Emirates SkyCargo has been facilitating the exports of these oysters from the UAE to Russia, currently the most important export market for Dibba Bay Oysters. 

To support companies such as Dibba Bay Oysters and other premium food exporters from around the world catering to an international audience, Emirates SkyCargo has introduced Emirates Fresh, a three-tiered product to help maintain freshness of the food items during transportation by air. Emirates SkyCargo also has a fleet of cool dollys in Dubai dedicated to transporting food under temperature-controlled conditions.

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First test flight for EU project on drone movements underway in Poland

 As a part of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) large-scale demonstration, the first series of test flights with drones began in November in Rzeszów, Poland. The project is co-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme within the framework of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, an EU public-private partnership that coordinates all air traffic management research and innovation activities.  Poland is one of the four EU countries where the trial flights are conducted.

The flights in Poland are carried out by Dronehub - the European leader in the drone-in-a-box systems - with the support of Honeywell, which provides equipment and sensors for drones, and the Altitude Angel, responsible for the software. 

The Uspace4UAM consortium is implementing a project commissioned by the SESAR Joint Undertaking (Single European Sky ATM Research), which is developing the solutions for delivering smart and sustainable aviation. Drone flights over Poland will therefore contribute to the development of EU-wide regulations and systems that will allow increasing the number of flights by aircraft - including drones - in the EU skies in the coming years, while improving safety.

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Drone Delivery Canada awarded Sixth patent for drone delivery solutions

Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) is pleased to announce that on November 23, 2021, the United States Patent Office granted a patent 11,181,933 for DDC’s patent application titled ‘Location for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing and Taking Off’.  This patent is related to DDC’s previously granted U.S. patents 10,625,879 and 11,027,858.

The 11,181,933 patent is directed to DDC’s drone delivery technology and processes related to managing access to one or more UAV zones. One or more UAV zones can include a landing zone, a loading zone and/or a take-off zone, as well as battery charging zones for charging the UAV. The patent further relates to controlling access to the UAV zones in collaboration with a flight management system that is responsive to requests by users to allow access to a selected UAV zone.

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Air Charter Service record almost 1500 cargo in August to October

 Air Charter Service announces the quarter numbers and the result has recorded its busiest ever quarter for its cargo division, with 1,445 cargo charters in the period August to October, 2021. This, combined with its other divisions, resulted in the highest ever revenue for the company in one quarter – a total of £321.1 million (US$430 million).

Dan Morgan-Evans, Group Cargo Director at ACS, commented, “Over the past three months we have had the busiest period in our history. On average the cargo division had one charter departing every 90 minutes over the course of the month. Manufacturers and retailers who have historically relied on shipping to move the bulk of their orders are now considering charters as the only solution to hit impending deadlines and, in particular, Christmas. The bulk of air cargo is traditionally carried in the belly of scheduled passenger airliners, but that network will not be up to its full capacity for some time yet, and now is the time to turn to charter.

“We also had some large humanitarian projects in the period, flying in shelter kits from the UK government and aid from other nations to Haiti following the devastating earthquake in the country. We arranged transportation of several hundred tons of relief goods, including medical kits and food supplies to Afghanistan following the troubles in the country in July and August. Our group charter division also helped to evacuate almost 25,000 people out of the region in that same period.

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Skyports announces to develop Europe’s first test vertiport in France

 Skyports, the leading designer, developer, and operator of vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) is developing Europe’s first test vertiport in France, as a significant step towards launching commercial Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This is the first development of its kind in Europe and is being supported by DGAC, the French Civil Aviation Authority and EASA, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

The programme is part of the Re.Invent Air Mobility initiative led by French airport operator Groupe ADP, global mobility company RATP Group and Choose Paris Region, a French agency for business and innovation.

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Swissport partners with Speedcargo to improve logistics and cargo capacity

 Swissport has signed a proof-of-concept agreement with Speedcargo for its artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions Cargo Eye and Cargo Mind to support Swissport's digitization drive, help improve overall logistics efficiency and increase cargo capacity in warehouses and on flights.

Swissport will launch proof of concept trials of the Cargo Eye sizing system and the AI-powered Cargo Mind software solution at its Johannesburg and Tel Aviv air cargo warehouses. The Speedcargo solutions enable full 3D scanning at the time of acceptance of a shipment and ensure immediate and optimized planning and utilization of the available cargo space, while considering applicable regulations and other constraints.

Dirk Goovaerts, Head of Middle East & Africa and Global Cargo Chair, Swissport commented, “I am confident that the implementation of Cargo Eye and Cargo Mind will support the digital transformation of our cargo operations. With this technology, we expect to optimize cargo loads on our customers' flights and ULD containers by 5 percent, representing a significant increase in revenue for both the airline and the handler."

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Brussels Airport launches Stargate project for greener aviation

 Brussels Airport officially launches Stargate project, which has received a grant within the European Green deal. In the next five years, Brussels Airport will be working with a consortium of 21 partners on some 30 concrete projects to make aviation and airports greener and more sustainable. Stargate includes building a biofuel blending installation at the airport, electric ground handling material and testing a new innovation that will make engine test runs much quieter. 

At the end of 2020, following a call of the European Commission, Brussels Airport took the initiative to submit an ambitious programme (“Stargate”) together with 21 partners, including three European airports, airlines, mobility and knowledge institutes and local authorities, to develop innovations and initiatives for an accelerated transition to greener aviation. Brussels Airport’s Stargate project was selected and has received a 24.8 million euros grant within the European Green Deal to implement these projects in the coming years.  

"With Stargate we want to show, together with our partners, that more sustainable aviation is possible, and that we want to take the lead in this. Through partnership and innovation, we want to address the climate challenges we are facing. Within the Stargate project, we will develop biofuels for aircraft on the airport's grounds, make the ground operations more sustainable, and turn airports into intermodal hubs, where alternatives for the car are even more accessible. By exchanging knowledge and experience with our partners, we can learn from each other, and our fellow airports will be the first to roll out the specific actions that proved successful at Brussels Airport. And within Stargate we are also looking at opportunities to cooperate with the local residents, for example regarding renewable energy. In addition,  the initiatives around the modal split will of course have a positive impact for them as well.”, says Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport. 

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MENA Cargo collaborates with Awery Aviation Software

 MENA Cargo, Bahrain-headquartered air cargo airline, partners with Awery Aviation Software to streamline operations across its scheduled and charter services. Awery ERP is a web-based, customisable platform, which MENA Cargo will initially use for flight and crew operations, and charter sales management.

MENA Cargo will use Awery’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) product, as well as its CargoBooking tool. The CargoBooking tool delivers instant quotes, manages bookings, and has full Application Programming Interface (API) integration.

“We are confident that this is just the beginning of a strong and successful partnership with MENA Cargo, and we are grateful for the opportunity,” said Vitaly Smilianets, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Awery Aviation Software.

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GEODIS expands its footprints with new center and office in Belgium

 GEODIS, a France-headquartered global transport and logistics services provider announces a new sorting center in Schoten, near Antwerp, as well as a new office within the airport of Liege. The first will facilitate the expansion of one of its largest international e-commerce customers into the Belgian market. The second is intended to reinforce GEODIS' e-commerce footprint in Europe.

In Schoten, the new 6300 m2 sorting center will host between 100 to 150 express trucks per day. In order to process up to 20,000 parcels daily (140,000 per week) and ensure the fastest possible delivery times, the facility will operate 24/7.  

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dnata expands into Africa with major investment in Zanzibar aviation industry

 dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, has signed a concession agreement with The Government of Zanzibar, along with Emirates Leisure Retail and SEGAP, a joint venture between airport infrastructure and operations specialists Egis, and private equity fund manager AIIM.

Under the partnership, dnata will oversee the operations of Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport's (ZNZ) newly-built international terminal (T3), with SEGAP supporting the Zanzibar Airports Authority (ZAA) in a management capacity. Emirates Leisure Retail will partner with MMI as master concessionaire for all food and beverage, duty-free and commercial outlets at T3. 

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Data-driven sales approach positions ECS as more than just a GSSA

 Cédric Millet, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer of ECS Group, speaks to The STAT Trade Times about how digital technologies rolled out under “Cargo Digital Factory” are deployed to meet the changing needs of customers.

What are the strategic changes you are making to make ECS ever ready for the digital era and keep yourself ahead of the competition in the GSSA segment?
Covid accelerated the need for a digital transformation in the cargo industry, which has been lagging behind for decades compared to other sectors. Many cargo industry players are today in a reactive mode when it comes to adapting to the new reality, but ECS started its digital transformation in 2018, way before the pandemic. We had three objectives in mind: harmonize & simplify, digitize to automate and develop new service offerings for our airline customers.

We significantly invested in expert resources, both coming from the cargo activity of renowned airlines and from the technology fields. Thanks to these expert resources and taking as a benchmark the “best in class”, we anticipated the evolution of the airlines’ needs, and implemented new solutions accordingly. The increased commercial success of ECS Group compared to its competitors GSSAs is not a coincidence: it is of course linked to its commercial strength, but also to its business transformation which makes ECS able to offer today an extensive and unrivaled scope of new services.

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Wiremind enhances its Skypallet ULD and flight optimisation system

 SkyPallet introduces three services that are of particular interest and help to bridge the gap in knowledge and experience within an airline’s air cargo teams, resulting in greater process conformity, higher revenues and improved flight safety are given that applicable regulations and restrictions are automatically considered by the system.

Wiremind recently expanded its air cargo software and the data-science team has spent the past months enhancing the company’s trusted capacity steering platform. SkyPallet, which counts over 1200 users in 100 countries – among them leading, international air cargo stakeholders such as Emirates, Atlas Air, United, Qantas, ECS Group, and Chapman Freeborn – offers several service modules that can be used together or individually.  

SkyPallet’s 3D Volume Calculator supports sales staff in pricing decisions for quotations, as it determines within seconds how much space a non-standard shipment would be occupying given available capacity options. To do so, it automatically considers contours and restrictions, thus eliminating several manual process steps that not only slow down the quotation process, but can also result in inaccurate and inconsistent data, and therefore reduced revenue potential. The 3D shipment visualisation can be shared with all involved parties, an appropriate rate can be established, and the airline benefits from an increase in revenues.

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Air Canada adds 45 per cent extra cargo capacity into and out of Vancouver

 Air Canada has increased cargo capacity into and out of Vancouver between November 21 and 30 from its hubs in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary as it works to ensure that the vital economic supply chain links in British Columbia are maintained following the impacts of last week's flooding. 

In total, Air Canada is adding 586 tonnes of cargo capacity an increase of 45 per cent over originally planned levels, representing 3,223 cubic metres to support B.C.'s economic supply chain and the needs of its communities. The additional capacity is equivalent in weight to approximately 860 adult moose.

"The economic supply chain is vital, and to help support the urgent transport of goods into and out of British Columbia, we have increased capacity to our YVR hub by using the flexibility of Air Canada's fleet to reschedule 28 passenger flights from narrow-body aircraft to be operated with wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Boeing 777, and Airbus A330-300 aircraft. These changes will allow an additional 282 tonnes of goods to be moved across the country on our scheduled passenger flights," said Jason Berry, Vice President, Cargo, at Air Canada.

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Harald Gloy to leave the Lufthansa Cargo Executive Board

 Harald Gloy, chief operations and human resources officer at Lufthansa Cargo, resigns from the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, effective from 28 February 2022 for personal reasons and will devote himself to new professional challenges outside the Lufthansa Group. A decision on a successor will be made in due course.

The 49-year-old industrial engineer has been chief operations officer since January 1, 2019. In his role, Harald Gloy was responsible for handling at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs as well as for Global Handling Management, Flight Operations, and Security. Since March 1, 2021, Gloy has also been responsible for human resources on the Executive Board and thus assumed the role of Labor Director.

"Harald Gloy has served more than 20 years and very successfully in various positions, first in the top management of Lufthansa Technik and since 2019 on the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo.", said Dr Michael Niggemann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Lufthansa Group. "With his extensive experience in aviation and logistics as well as in managing large business units, he has continued to lead Lufthansa Cargo towards the future as part of the Executive Board team and contributed to Lufthansa Cargo's current great economic success.”

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“Sales are part of our DNA, but clients are the air we breathe”

 In the rapidly changing world of commerce and trade aided by modern, easy-to-use digital tools, general sales and service agents for cargo carriers are modernising their customer interaction to help them improve revenue and reduce cost. Some of the GSSAs are ahead of the others and one of them is ECS Group. Reji John talks to Adrien Thominet, Executive Chairman of ECS Group, and finds out what they do differently and how they want to set new benchmarks in the GSSA space.

You have been with ECS Group for 25 years and had moved up the leadership position remarkably well from COO in 2011 to CEO in 2017 and now executive chairman. What will change in your current leadership role? How do you intend to take ECS Group through one of the most challenging phases of the aviation industry?

Yes, I’m immensely proud to be at the head of the group that has shaped me. But ECS Group has always been more than the person in charge – it’s a truly collective effort. Like my predecessor, I will continue to rely on the group’s strengths and the wide range of skills it has. My appointment was planned, but it’s a coincidence that it comes at a time when the entire industry is changing. I’m extremely excited to be taking on this new responsibility at such a crucial moment for the group. I’m determined to cement our group’s commercial strength and to highlight even more clearly the added value it offers in terms of the support we give to our clients. While sales are part of our DNA, our clients are the air we breathe. That’s why I’m extremely proud to be able to launch our new concept – the Augmented GSA. ECS Group’s service offering is now built around our driving forces, with four fundamental pillars: New Abilities, Technology, Commercial, and Sustainability. The New Abilities pillar contains 10 individual modules, such as the established Total Cargo Management (TCM) solution, which covers all operational requirements, a data-scanning service, and a quality and safety management component, for example. With the Technology pillar, ECS Group enables process efficiencies across the transportation chain through specially developed in-house digital solutions, while the Commercial pillar makes use of these technologies to provide solid business figures and ultimately greater financial success. The Sustainability pillar tackles environmental, diversity, and social responsibility issues through various approaches. I’m confident about the future.

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American Airlines Cargo offers new resources for animal shippers

 American Airlines Cargo introduces American PetEmbark, to further enhance its pet program that now offers customers last-mile solutions, new tools and resources and will soon include a more seamless booking process – making pet travel on American easier than ever.

Part of the PetEmbark program includes a new video guide that offers step-by-step instructions for booking a pet on American, ranging in information from kennel guidelines to approved travel conditions to drop-off and pick-up timing. 

“With American PetEmbark, our customers have more access to tools and resources that make shipping their pet as seamless as possible,” said Vittal Shetty, Head of Cargo Strategy for American Airlines Cargo. “These enhancements not only make it easier for pet owners to do business with us but it helps to ensure a safe and stress-free journey from start to finish.”

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flypop partners with Hi Fly to meet cargo demand

 flypop announces the partnership with Hi Fly airline to commence its zero Layout of Passenger Accommodations (LOPA) cargo operations.

flypop is focused on serving the Indian and South Asian diaspora communities living in the UK and their visiting friends and relatives. flypop believes the most effective way to start flying operations is with cargo until the frequency cap on UK-India flights is increased.

(Nino) Navdip Singh Judge, CEO and Principal of flypop, commented, “This is another major milestone in the flypop journey as we have inducted the first of our four aircraft.  We hope our cargo routes will assist with the global demand for cargo and help to alleviate cargo shortages for the Christmas holidays and beyond.”

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SpiceJet’s Boeing 737 MAX resume operations after more than two years

 Spicejet’s Boeing 737 MAX aircraft returns to operations after around two-and-a-half years. The return of these aircraft aims to be sustainable and play a major role in expanding the network. The airline will be deploying these aircraft on both domestic as well as international routes.

SpiceJet celebrated the return to service of the 737 MAX with a special flight from New Delhi to Gwalior on November 23 with the union minister for Civil Aviation, Shri. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, CMD SpiceJet, Ajay Singh, President, Boeing India, Salil Gupte, senior aviation ministry officials and media persons on board.

SpiceJet had signed a $22 billion deal with Boeing for up to 205 aircraft in 2017 and has 13 of these planes in its fleet at present.

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Logistics, SCM moves up the MBA, Masters value chain

 Moving things along the world efficiently and in a timely manner, has never been more critical than it is today. From being just another business function, supply chain and logistics management have slowly moved up to the top of the pile of systems that enable a company to operate successfully in a highly competitive modern-day work environment. In fact, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and logistics encompass a company’s entire product or service lifecycle from development right up to sales, making it a valuable subject to learn and master.

This doubled with the recent boom in the e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, aviation, and FMCG sectors has ensured a large scope for job opportunities across sectors for a graduate of SCM. The pandemic has further brought into sharp focus the centrality of logistics and supply chains in a world filled with uncertainty. 

With a large requirement of trained professionals needed to power this widespread industry, there has been a spate of colleges and institutions across the world offering a mainstream MBA or a Masters in Supply Chain Management (SCM), which is about the management of the flow of goods and services along with PG diplomas, certified short-term courses and distance MBAs.

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Stefan Paul to be Kuehne+Nagel CEO, Dr Tregzger to step down

 Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Board of Directors, initiated top management changes with the appointment of Stefan Paul as the CEO of Kuehne + Nagel International AG, effective August 1, 2022.

At the same time, the current CEO, Dr. Detlef Trefzger, will step down for private reasons. It is planned to appoint Dr. Trefzger to the Board of Directors of Kuehne + Nagel International AG, with the term following completion of his successful nine-year leadership.

Stefan Paul (born 1969) is a German citizen and has been a member of the Kuehne + Nagel Management Board since 2013, currently responsible for Road Logistics and Sales. He started his career at Kuehne + Nagel in 1990. Between 1997 and 2013, he held management positions at various logistics companies in Germany and the UK, among others. In 2013, Stefan Paul returned to Kuehne + Nagel, where he assumed responsibility for all Road Logistics activities and was able to expand and globalise the business while increasing profitability. Later, he also took over the responsibilities for global sales in the management team.

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Count us for digitalisation, sustainability: Benelux air cargo industry

 Benelux is one of the most logistically connected and established markets in the world and specifically Europe. The heavily interconnected region offers huge capacity for business in the countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg through some of the most important European airports it has in Amsterdam, Brussels, Liege and Luxembourg.  

The air cargo commodities moved to and from the Benelux region have a high concentration of perishables and pharmaceuticals while there are high-tech and e-commerce shipments increasingly occupying the available capacity.  

Flowers, Covid vaccines, chips

Bernard Geersing, director Benelux, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, said, “Perishables are very important, especially for the Dutch market. We export a lot of flowers, fish and vegetables while we import flowers and fruits from South America and East Africa.”

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Chapman Freeborn appoints Malcolm Dsouza as director, India

 Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Malcolm Dsouza as its new director, India.

Malcolm joins the business following over 10 years at Jeena & Company, India’s freight forwarder in the global market. He also has over 18 years of experience working with international airlines, 10 of which were in senior management roles in their cargo divisions.

Based in the Chapman Freeborn Mumbai office, Malcolm’s focus is to develop the business into the leading charter broker company in India. He plans on gaining a strong and comprehensive understanding of customers’ requirements, and further building upon the solid cargo and passenger brokerage teams to service these needs.

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CHAMP MarketAnalysis interests 26 airlines and forwarders for air cargo insights

 CHAMP Cargosystems new service called MarketAnalytics has attracted 26 airlines and forwarders that have been working with CHAMP to review the company’s new air cargo insights service.

Rather than using monthly accounting updates or files, MarketAnalytics uses systems integration to get daily updates from across the air cargo supply chain. With that transformational approach, it offers more detailed information and potentially greater coverage than traditional services and can help clients to respond to market developments more quickly. 

CHAMP’s MarketAnalytics service provides market data and dashboards across key air cargo metrics to spot changes and opportunities. The ability to look at information by commodity and type of handling, in particular, is proving to be very popular. Insights are delivered as daily files, which carriers and forwarders can embed in their own data warehouses. The service also has Power BI dashboards which help managers to drill into data and to get alerts for their areas of interest.

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DHL Global Forwarding Europe appoints Tobias Schmidt as new CEO

 DHL Global Forwarding announces that Tobias Schmidt took over as CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, effective November 1, 2021. He succeeds Thomas George, who has successfully managed the European organization since 2016. 

Schmidt will report to Tim Scharwath, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, and continue to lead the German and Swiss organization in a dual function. Thomas George will focus on his global function as chief commercial officer, which he was appointed earlier this year, and continue to report to Tim Scharwath as a member of the Global Forwarding Board. 

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2022 will be the year of digitalisation and sustainability: Global Pharma Logistics Summit 2021

The Global Pharma Logistics Summit 2021 in Mumbai concluded on an enthusiastic note with some positive messages, encouraging the air freight and the logistics companies to work harder and rise to a new challenge each day.

The one-day industry conference was presented by Cargo Service Center with FedEx, Frankfurt Airport, Turkish Cargo, Etihad Cargo, Skyways Group and Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) as partners. 

The first panel discussion traveled back 20 months ago when the pandemic hit and the logistics and supply chain industries had to work harder, stepping odds to make sure the pharmaceuticals and vaccines are delivered on time.

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CMA CGM Air Cargo agrees to purchase 4 new A350 freighter aircraft

CMA CGM Air Cargo, a part of CMA CGM and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purchase of four A350F freighter aircraft. The order will be finalised in the coming weeks and will lift CMA CGM’s total Airbus fleet to nine aircraft, including five A330-200F.

"I am proud to announce the acquisition of 4 new Airbus A350F, which will supplement our existing fleet. We will become the launch airline of this brand new aircraft. This investment in an efficient and future-proof full freighter is a strong evidence of the commitment of the CMA CGM Group towards air freight and providing agile solutions to take care of your cargo in better ways. The A350F will also be a major milestone towards more sustainable air cargo, with an improved fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions,” announced Olivier Casanova, CEO, CMA CGM on Linkedin.

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