• Demand for air cargo up 8.2 percent y/y in October

    Air freight demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 8.2 percent year-on-year in October, according to data released by The International Air Transport Association (IATA).

  • Another record breaking year for Budapest Airport as cargo volume exceeds 100,000 tonnes

    Hungarian gateway Budapest Airport expects to break annual record of cargo volume this year with more than 100,000 tonnes already handled between January and November.

  • LATAM Airlines to launch its longest non-stop flight ever between Santiago and Melbourne, Australia

    Latin America based carrier LATAM Airlines will operate a new, non-stop service between Santiago and Melbourne, Australia, from October 5, 2017.

  • India gives a strong start to IAG’s performance in the peak season

    IAG Cargo’s e-commerce prioritise from India has given it a very good start into the peak season.

  • IAG Cargo launches new Paris to New York route through OpenSkies

    IAG Cargo has launched the start of a new Paris Orly to Newark New Jersey route, its first ever direct cargo route between France and the USA.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Freightos opens up WebCargo Sky for free access to digital rates, e-booking

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The company said that the solution makes for efficient booking, shaving days off transit time, reducing costs, and improving service for shippers. Air Cargo

June 14, 2019: Freight digitalisation specialist Freightos has opened up its WebCargo Sky platform to offer freight forwarding agents free access to digital rates and real-time e-booking on select airline groups. It is making the free platform available to IATA certified airfreight forwarders, who can access digital rates and real-time e-booking on it.

Steven Polmans, Sanjeev Gadhia to take over as chairman, vice chairman at TIACA

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Vladimir Zubkov, secretary general, TIACA, Steven Polmans incoming chairman of TIACA and director Cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport Company, and Sanjeev Gadhia, incoming vice chairman of TIACA and founder and CEO of Astral Aviation. Air Cargo

June 14, 2019: The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) will have a new chairman and vice chairman from July 2019.Steven Polmans, director cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport Company will take over as chairman , while Sanjeev Gadhia, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Astral Aviation, will become the vice chairman starting next month

Singapore Airlines inks three-year deal with SkyCell for temperature-controlled pharma containers

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SIA offers air cargo services to more than 130 destinations with the SIA Group’s modern passenger fleet of more than 190 aircraft, in addition to seven freighter aircraft. Air Cargo

June 14, 2019: Taking its range of solutions for pharmaceutical cargo a notch higher, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a lease agreement with shipment container provider SkyCell, for leasing of temperature-controlled pharma containers, effective May 1, 2019. This is a step in the right direction for SIA thus expanding its THRUCOOL quality corridor network.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Time-critical air charter bookings platform CharterSync ready for flight

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CharterSync is a time-critical air charter bookings platform Air Cargo

June 13, 2019: CharterSync, a platform for time-critical air charter bookings, has been recently launched at this year’s Air Cargo Europe event in Munich.Founded by two airline pilots, the platform managed to capture attention of the air charter operators and freight forwarders.

CEVA, CMA CGM launch unique solution for cross-border ocean freight containers

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CEVA Logistics is a Switzerland-based freight forwarding and logistics company Shipping

June 12, 2019: CEVA Logistics and CMA CGM have launched a new cross-border service for ocean freight containers used by customers between Thailand and Laos. The new service provides imaginative solutions for both import and export customers and helps them reduce their carbon footprint as empty containers no longer have to be returned to their origin.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

IAG Cargo seeks applications for Hangar 51 innovation programme

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IAG Cargo is the single business created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo in April 2011 Air Cargo

June 12, 2019: International Airlines Group (IAG) Cargo is offering start-ups of all sizes and growth stages from around the world a chance to play key role in transforming the airfreight sector through IAG’s Hangar 51 innovation programme. IAG has launched its latest accelerator programme in collaboration with its subsidiary carriers Iberia, Vueling an

Canada’s WestJet Airlines renews ULD contract with Jettainer

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Jettainer is a German airfreight container management company Air Cargo

June 12, 2019: Airfreight containers solutions provider Jettainer extends cooperation with Canada-based WestJet Airlines. The German ULD specialist will thus continue to manage and maintain WestJets’s ULD fleet over the next five years. The contract was extended prematurely two years before expiration.
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