Airports
HKG’s Hactl launches new system-wide nerve centre
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) opens its new Integrated Hactl Control Centre (iHCC), creating a single command centre that is manned 24/7/365. ➤
Month: November 2021
Carriers
Qatar Airways first carrier on IATA CO2NNECT platform
Qatar Airways Cargo, in partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), will become the first cargo carrier to join the IATA CO2NNECT platform. ➤
Chartering
Chapman Freeborn taps Russian market with new Moscow office
Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions Group, opens a Moscow office to support growth and expansion plans in response to fast-developing Russian market. ➤
Asia Pacific
DHL Express jumps Asia Pacific capacity on surging demand
DHL Express is expanding its airfreight capacity by 2,000 tonnes a week to cater to “surging shipment volume” both intra-Asia and between Asia Pacific and the US. ➤
Asia Pacific
J&T Express primes e-commerce service with two new warehouses
J&T Express Singapore is opening two new warehouses in Singapore at Changi Airfreight Center and Penjuru, amid what it says is growing demand for domestic and international e-commerce delivery services. ➤
Carriers
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo begins commercial operations
The world’s newest cargo airline – Bahrain-based MENA Cargo, a unit of MENA Aerospace Enterprises – began commercial operations from 1 November. ➤
Aircraft Manufacturers
A.P. Moller-Maersk acquires air forwarder, leases and buys freighters
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipping line announced today it intends to acquire Germany-based air freight forwarding company Senator International, as well as acquire air cargo freighters. ➤
Asia Pacific
GEODIS invests in mobile robots for HK facility
Transport and logistics provider GEODIS is deploying Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) from Geek+, a global technology company, at its Yuen Long Warehouse Distribution Centre (YLDC) in Hong Kong. ➤
Asia Pacific
Hactl back to normal ops after single COVID-19 case
Hactl has returned to full staffing and normal operations, following the reporting on Oct. 7 of a single case of COVID-19 in the company’s ramp handling team. ➤
Airports
AA Cargo ramps up transatlantic winter schedules
American Airlines (AA) Cargo is furthering enhancing its transatlantic services for cargo customers this winter with direct service from London Heathrow (LHR) to nine key US cities starting in November. ➤