SF Airlines makes maiden Europe flight with B747F
China’s SF Airlines made its maiden flight to Europe with its B747-400ERF on 15 September, kicking off its first intercontinental route operated with its own aircraft. The flight departed Wuxi (WUX) with a stop in […]
U-Freight Hong Kong gains off-airport screening accreditation
The U-Freight Group (UFL) has become one of the first freight forwarders to have one of its logistics hubs in Hong Kong certified for off-airport screening. by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) as […]
Hong Kong airport continues to suffer trade war fall-out
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo throughput drop 11.5 per cent year-on-year to 382,000 tonnes in August on the back on of the ongoing US-China trade war. Transhipments and imports declined by 19 and […]
Swissport awarded load control contract by Swiss to 2024
Swissport is awarded a five-year contract to perform load control services for all continental flights of Swiss International Air Lines. Swissport’s ‘Centralised Load Control’ unit (CLC) will provide Swiss with some 21,000 load-sheets yearly across […]
Cargolux delivers heaviest single piece of cargo to Zhangzhou
Cargolux Airlines successfully transported a 10-metre long shaft with a total gross weight of 43 tonnes from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zhengzhou (CGO). It was the largest piece Cargolux has ever transported to its second hub […]
WFS sets “new standard” with Copenhagen pharma opening
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has set a new standard for the handling of pharmaceutical products in Copenhagen Airport (CPH) with the official opening of its new state-of-the-art pharma facility, says Morten T Mortensen, the airport’s […]
Korean Cargo signs 3-year extension with LUG at Frankfurt
Korean Air Cargo, a member of SkyTeam Cargo, has extended its contract with LUG aircargo handling at Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) for a further three years to 2022. LUG aircargo handling has partnered Korean Air […]
Pouwels warns of AMS’ diminishing attractiveness to forwarders, carriers
On the back of a slot restriction and trade war-induced 16.4 per cent plummet in cargo volumes in H1 2019, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s head of cargo is warning the airport “may become less attractive for […]
Hermes powers digitalisation at Slovakia’s Bratislava
Hermes Logistics Technologies has helped Slovakia-based ground handler, CHS Trade to digitalise its cargo processes at Bratislava Airport (BTS) with its Hermes 5 (H5) Cloud Cargo Management System. CHS Trade is using H5 to digitise […]
WFS invests €10 million in new CDG pharma centre
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is investing EUR 10 million in a new Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to expand its range of services for airline and freight forwarder customers. This investment […]
Emirates enjoys successful summer of perishables, pharma
Emirates SkyCargo has securely transported a large volume of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals and perishables through Dubai to other parts of its global network this summer. In total, the air cargo carrier moved over 150,000 tonnes […]
BUD looks to grow e-commerce flows with Shanghai, HK workshops
Budapest Airport (BUD), in collaboration with AirBridgeCargo Airlines, has organised workshop events in Shanghai and Hong Kong for representatives from Chinese air cargo and e-commerce companies. Among those attending the event were Chinese e-commerce logistics […]
China’s APEX ties up with Asiana for Rickenbacker service
Asiana Cargo made its inaugural scheduled flight between Wuhan, China and Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) marking the entry into Columbus, Ohio, for both the airline and freight-forwarder APEX Logistics. Apex Logistics is a logistics company […]
Air Canada expands cool chain handling at Toronto Pearson
Air Canada is extending its collaboration with GTA dnata at its new facility in Toronto (YYZ) to include all perishable shipments booked as AC Fresh. Effective 16 September 2019 all AC Cool Chain shipments originating […]
ACI reports half year global cargo volumes down -3.2%
Airports Council International (ACI) World statistics show continuing declines with total freight volumes declining -3.2 per cent for the first half of the year, year-on-year, after falling -2.8 per cent in May and worsening to […]
HKIA gets injunction extension against protests
Hong Kong’s Airport Authority has obtained a High Court order for the continuation of the injunction granted on 13 August aimed at preventing further protests at the airport. The airport, one of the world’s busiest […]
Halifax Stanfield breaks ground on new logistics park
Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) is set to construct a new Air Cargo Logistics Park aimed at tapping five consecutive years of record air cargo exports. Leading these exports are live lobsters and other seafood, […]
SATS, TUMCREATE eye commercialisation of AI cargo system
Ground handler SATS and TUMCREATE are exploring commercialisation opportunities for the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system, SPEEDCARGO. Using SPEEDCARGO, airlines would be able to optimise their cargo hold based on […]
Virgin, Delta significantly boost UK-US services from 2020
Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are boosting flights between the UK and US from next summer in a move which sees Delta join Virgin Atlantic at Gatwick Airport (LGW) for the first time together. […]
Swissport successfully settles its debt refinancing
The Swissport Group has successfully closed and settled its debt refinancing, using the net proceeds from the refinancing to repay existing debt. The refinancing includes EUR 410 million of senior secured notes, EUR 250 million […]
Cathay Pacific says cargo schedule returning to normal
Cathay Pacific Cargo says its flight schedule has been progressively returning to normal since 13 August, following the stoppage of passenger flights through the airport earlier this week as a result of democracy protests. Cathay […]
Forwarders warn further airport disruption will undermine HK’s reputation
The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) warns that if protests continue to disrupt operations at Hong Kong International Airport, the territory’s reputation as an international transportation hub and the world’s busiest […]
UPDATE: Chaotic scenes at HKIA as riot police break up protest
In an unprecedented turn of events, riot police swarmed into Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) last night just before midnight to disperse thousands of protesters, resulting in numerous scuffles, but without the level of violence […]
BREAKING: Protesters close Hong Kong Airport for second day
Hong Kong’s airport authority has canceled all flights for a second day as hundreds of protesters staged a fifth consecutive day of protests at the busy airport. There is no word on freighter operations, although […]
HKIA resumes flights, delays expected to ripple through today
Flights resumed at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) today after a massive pro-democracy rally involving thousands of protestors ground the busy aviation hub to a complete halt on Monday with protestors vowing to return to […]
New Manila airport concession awarded to San Miguel Corp
The long-overdue, much discussed and oft-delayed new Manila airport looks set to finally take off with San Miguel Corporation’s Bulacan airport project gaining approval. The unsolicited proposal by the diversified food, drinks and infrastructure conglomerate […]
Cathay between a rock and a hard place over HK protests
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has capitulated to China’s demands that it suspend any staff supporting pro-democracy protests in the territory, suspending a pilot and two ground staff. On Friday the Civil Aviation Administration of China […]
Brussels sees cargo volumes drop 10.5% in July
Brussels Airport saw cargo volumes fall sharply in July, down 10.5 per cent compared to the same month last year. Brussels noted this decline can be seen in all segments of the industry and is […]
Swissport extends Heathrow Cargo Centre lease
Swissport International extends its tenure at Heathrow Airport (LHR) after signing a 10 year lease for a 9,662 sqm warehouse unit at SEGRO’s Heathrow Cargo Centre. SEGRO is an owner and manager of airside cargo […]
HK protests force over 250 flight cancellations including cargo
Mass protests and strikes in Hong Kong on Monday forced airlines to cancel over 250 flights flights, including 27 freighter flights, yesterday and today as lack of air traffic controllers cut take off and landing […]
Swiss WorldCargo to begin Osaka service in 2020
Swiss WorldCargo, the air freight division of Swiss International Air Lines, will begin nonstop services to Osaka, Japan (KIX) and Washington, US (IAD), in March 2020. Flights to the two destinations will be operated by […]
Hacis taps new bridge for western Pearl River Delta service
Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited (Hacis) has extended its SuperLink China Direct (SLCD) scheduled road feeder services to Zhuhai and the western Pearl River Delta (PRD). Hacis is the value-added logistics arm of […]
Hyderabad Int’l adds SpiceXpress freighter service
GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport has added another domestic freighter operation to its existing range of freighter offerings, with the addition of SpiceJet’s cargo arm, SpiceXpress. SpiceXpress began the B737-700F service from 1 August connecting Hyderabad […]
Munich appoints successor to stalwart Kerkloh
The Supervisory Board of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), the Munich Airport operating company, has selected Jost Lammers as the airport’s next president and CEO. Lammers has been appointed for a five-year term effective as of […]
HKG exploring new transhipment/intermodal facilities
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is exploring the development of new transhipment and intermodal air cargo handling facilities in the airside Eastern Support Area of the three-runway system. The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) says […]
BREAKING NEWS: Hong Kong International Airport site of latest protest
Over 1,000 demonstrators are currently staging a sit-in at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in protest against the recent violence in the Yuen Long district of Hong Kong. Flight attendants and […]
WFS doubles-down on its Copenhagen investment
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is future-proofing its cargo handling operations at Copenhagen Airport (CPH) with the lease of a further facility to support the growing volumes of its airline and freight forwarding customers. On 1 […]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo sees 2% growth in cargo for 1H 2019
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) reports a 2.0 per cent growth in cargo volumes in the first six months of 2019, year-on-year. In total, the airport processed 148,000 tonnes of cargo and 22,000 tonnes of mail […]
Dnata introduces regional CEOs under new setup
Air services provider, dnata, is introducing a new management structure to reflect what it says is the robust expansion of its International Airport Operations division. The new structure, which has been implemented gradually, includes three […]
PIT euphoric over EFL, Qatar partnership in Pittsburgh
Sri Lanka-based freight forwarder EFL is giving Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) a boost as it commits to making the airport its key US East Coast and Midwest cargo distribution gateway in conjunction with a Qatar […]
New Geodis AMS Gateway caters to volume growth
Geodis Netherlands opens its new Airside Gateway at Schiphol, in order to meet the “tremendous growth in volumes” it is experiencing. The facility promises the beginning of faster and safer airfreight handling, the logistics provider […]
Dubai Airports installs solar power cutting T2 load by 29%
Dubai Airports, operator of the world’s third busiest international airport, and Etihad Energy Services Company (ESCO), have successfully installed a solar energy system comprising 15,000 photovoltaic panels at Dubai International’s Terminal 2 – the largest […]
HKIA sees worsening cargo slide, -8.6% in June
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reported drop in cargo throughput by 8.6 per cent in the month of June, year-on-year, to 387,000 tonnes. The decrease in throughput in June was attributed to weaker performance in […]
China’s Plant Box sets roots at EIA’s Airport City
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is set to be the North American entry point and logistics hub for a China-based Plant Box, a company specialising in LED lighting systems for indoor plant growth. An agreement was […]
Menzies Aviation latest to sign on to ULD code
Menzies Aviation is the latest company to sign up to ULD Care’s Code of Conduct, promoting safe and efficient handling of unit load devices (ULDs). The code of conduct was established in 2018 and derived […]
Swissport invests in new Brussels cargo facility
Swissport is investing in a state-of-the-art air cargo facility at Brussels Airport including specialist pharma handling facilities in the new Swissport Pharma Center. Brussels Airport Company is constructing the building, with Swissport has signing a […]
SF Airlines begins B757-200F service Urumqi-Almaty
SF Airlines yesterday launched a new two-times weekly freighter service linking Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Almaty in Kazakhstan. The service follows closely on the heals of SF Airlines’ launch […]
Kuehne + Nagel preferred partner at Vienna’s pharma centre
Vienna International Airport (VIE) signs a partnership agreement with Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) on pharma freight handling at its new 1,600 sqm Vienna Pharma Handling Center (VPHC). K+N is now utilising this highly specialised service […]
Sheremetyevo welcomes first Vietnam Airlines flight
Vietnam Airlines has made its inaugural flight to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport from Hanoi (HAN) using B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The carrier shifted its operations from Moscow’s Domodedovo (DME) to Sheremetyevo (SVO) starting 2 July 2019 […]
Swissport opens second Vienna airport facility
Swissport International opens its second air cargo warehouse at Vienna International Airport (VIE). The new cargo facility will cover an area of 2,100 sqm, bringing Swissport’s total cargo space to 7,000 sqm at Vienna International. […]