Hactl scores a ‘hat trick’ with latest CEIV Live Animals cert
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s major independent handler – has achieved certification under IATA CEIV Live Animals. As a result, Hactl becomes one of the very first companies to have […]
MASkargo races against the clock on urgent medical cargo
MAB Kargo (MASkargo) has been working around the clock to ensure that Malaysians will have access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies as COVID-19 virus infections deepen in the country. The MASkargo team has been […]
Frankfurt Airport facilitates air cargo during COVID-19 crisis
Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) cargo infrastructure is at the ready as it helps preserve key supply chains, as empty passenger aircraft increasingly are being used for this purpose. “The rapid spread of the coronavirus has far-reaching […]
WFS joins coronavirus relief effort to help save lives in Italy
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) team at Milan’s Malpensa Airport are supporting the urgent medical effort to saves the lives of coronavirus victims in Italy by expediting the handling of time-sensitive materials destined for hospitals and […]
WFS’ new Paris Pharma Centre handles record shipment
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has handled its biggest single shipment so far of 34 temperature-controlled containers for customers AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Kuehne + Nagel. Maintained […]
Schiphol lifts slot restriction rule due to Covid-19 crisis
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s (AMS) slot procedure has changed after Airport Coordination Netherlands (ACNL) temporarily lifted the Local Rule 2 (LR2) due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. The purpose of LR2 at AMS is to provide […]
Cathay’s 2019 profit down, warns of “substantial” H1 loss
On Wednesday the Hong Kong carrier reported an attributable profit of HKD 1.7 billion (US$220 million) for 2019, a 28 per cent drop from the HKD 2.3 billion it made in 2018. Cargo revenue in […]
Coronavirus will hit sustainability of Asia-Pacific airports: ACI
Air traffic in the Asia-Pacific region is suffering the greatest impact of the Coronavirus with traffic plummeting as much as 24 per cent, wiping out USD 3.0 billion in revenue for the region’s airports, according […]
LUX goes with Nallian for cargo community system
With rising cargo volumes reaching nearly 900,000 tonnes in 2019, Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is engaging Nallian to implement a cargo community system (CCS). The CCS represents an important component of the Luxembourg Single Window for […]
Fraport slashes spending as the coronavirus situation develops
In the face of the increasing toll the coronavirus outbreak is having on aviation worldwide, Fraport has begun slashing costs. “Passenger and cargo traffic with China, and Asia overall, has already slumped massively. This is […]
Finnair adds DEL, LAX frequencies for peak summer 2020
Finnair is adding three weekly frequencies to Delhi once the peak travel season for summer 2020 begins at the end of June. Finnair currently flies four weekly frequencies to Delhi. As of 1 July, the […]
Air Canada Cargo set to begin Toronto–Brussels service
Air Canada Cargo is set to begin a new non-stop five-days a week service between Toronto (YYZ) and Brussels (BRU) offering belly capacity on B787-8 aircraft. The year-round flights start 1 May, complementing the carrier’s […]
Swissport moves to Bluetooth-equip all its warehouses
Swissport is working with Unilode and Descartes to track and monitor Unit Load Devices (ULD) using Bluetooth technology at its cargo warehouses. The cargo handling division will equip its 115 cargo warehouses with tracking sensors […]
Korean Cargo kicks off new BUD maindeck service
Budapest Airport sees its first direct Seoul-Budapest cargo flight after Korean Air’s B777F was welcomed on the apron of Budapest Airport’s new BUD Cargo City on 21 February. The aerial connection is not only an […]
Qatar Airways uplifts 25 horses for annual race
Qatar Airways flew some of the world’s finest thoroughbred and Arabian horses to Qatar for the annual H.H. the Amir Sword Festival horse race last week. More than 25 horses from all over the world […]
LuxairCARGO posts a 6.7% drop in cargo in 2019
Overall cargo volumes at Luxembourg Airport (LUX) during 2019 decreased by 6.7 per cent year-on-year to a total of 893,090 tonnes handled exclusively by LuxairCARGO. By the end of last year, LuxairCARGO completed the GDP […]
French Groupe ADP acquires 49% of India’s GMR Airports
Groupe ADP, formerly Aéroports de Paris, acquires 49 per cent of India’s GMR Airports, increasing the French airport group’s footprint across Asia. The stake was acquired at an estimated INR 107.8 billion (EUR 1.36 billion). […]
Cargo-partner’s iLogistics Center gains organic certification
Cargo-partner’s iLogistics Center next to Prague Airport (PRG) has been certified for the storage and handling of organic products according to the EU Eco-regulation. The modern logistics facility provides a total of 10,900 sqm of […]
Cargo continues decline at BRU, down 10.5% in January
Freight transport at Brussels Airport (BRU) fell by 10.5 per cent in January 2020 compared to a year earlier. Brussels says the negative trend over recent months continued, in line with trends in Europe and […]
HKG cargo declines in January on back of CNY, coronavirus
Traffic figures at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw decreases in January 2020, with cargo down 10.4 per cent compared to the same month last year, to 359,000 tonnes as the traditional Chinese New Year […]
Worldwide Flight Services earns IATA CEIV at CDG Pharma Centre
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certification for its new EUR 10 million Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) for the handling of temperature-controlled healthcare and life science […]
Lufthansa continues pared-down freighter services to China
Lufthansa Cargo plans on maintaining freighter operations to and from mainland China “as long as possible,” but at only at one third of its regular schedule, the carrier says in a customer update. While the […]
AF-KLM, Delta, Virgin launch mighty trans-Atlantic JV
Air France-KLM Cargo, Delta Air Lines Cargo and Virgin Atlantic Cargo launch their expanded trans-Atlantic joint venture covering a mighty 23 per cent of total capacity on the trade. The airline partners are promising cargo […]
Korean Air launches new maindeck service to Budapest
Korean Air is launching a dedicated cargo service to Budapest (BUD) from 21 February 2020, deploying a B777F. The airline says the new cargo route is in response to growing air cargo demand to Hungary. […]
China flights suspended over Wuhan virus, cargo begins taking a hit
The death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus continues slowly climbing, passing 130 as of today with China saying its patient count is now over 6,000, as airlines have begun cancelling flights to China hitting belly […]
Aeroflot returns to Japan’s KIX after 17 years
Aeroflot Russian Airlines is set to resume a non-stop service connecting Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) and Japan’s Osaka Kansai (KIX) from 2 June, after an absence of 17 years. The continuously growing Kansai International Airport will […]
Swissport wins Air Tanzania cargo contract for DAR, JRO
Air Tanzania has commissioned Swissport to handle the carrier’s entire hub operation including cargo at the Tanzanian airports of Dar es Salaam (DAR) and Kilimanjaro (JRO). The new agreement includes a comprehensive service catalogue for […]
Hong Kong records 6% cargo decline for full year 2019
Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) declined 6.1 per cent to 4.8 million tonnes in 2019, a year that posed significant challenges to Hong Kong’s air cargo community. Vivian Cheung, executive director of […]
GMR, ESR in JV to develop HYD logistics, industrial park
GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis Limited (GHAL) forms a joint venture with ESR Hyderabad 1 Pte Limited (ESR), a subsidiary under the Hong Kong headquartered ESR Cayman to develop a logistics and industrial park at the Hyderabad […]
Kansai Int’l Airport welcomes Qatar Cargo to Japan
Qatar Airways Cargo is set to begin two weekly scheduled B777F cargo flights from Doha to Kansai International Airport (KIX) and from KIX to Hong Kong (HKG) from 15 January, marking its entry into the […]
Liège Airport bucks global trend with record 2019 cargo
Despite the ongoing global economic slowdown, Liège Airport (LGG) has achieved a new cargo record with over 900,000 tonnes of goods transported in 2019. Liege Airport continues to develop, with a new record of 902,480 […]
Brussels closes out year with 8.8% cargo decline
Brussels Airport (BRU) closed out 2019 with cargo volumes registering 667,000 tonnes for the full-year, a significant drop of 8.8 per cent in line it says, with the European average. Full freighter volumes, a sector […]
Singapore Changi sees Nov cargo dip 6.1%
Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) handled 178,000 tonnes of cargo for the month of November 2019, down 6.1 per cent year-on-year. Cummulative cargo volumes for the first 11 months came in at 1.84 million tonnes. Last […]
Saudia launches new ground handling, logistics provider
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) launches the Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL) Co., a new independent entity within the Saudia Group focusing on cargo ground handling and logistics services across Saudi airports. SAL aims to provide integrated […]
Hartsfield–Jackson, Kale unveil cargo community system
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) along with the airfreight community in Atlanta have gone live with North America’s First New Generation Air Cargo Community System in partnership with Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale). The Kale team […]
DHL partners Abu Dhabi Airports for expanded express hub
Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone Authority signs an agreement with Middle East General Enterprises (MGE) to support the expansion of DHL Express in the Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone (ADAFZ). Running for 27 years, the […]
Trump’s trade war gives Rickenbacker FTZ a lift
Rickenbacker International Airport’s Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 138 has moved up the ranks, now placing 7th out of 195 active US FTZs, thanks in part to the US-China trade war. According to a recent US federal […]
AirAsia-SATS joint venture launches KUL air cargo hub
Ground Team Red (GTR), a joint venture between AirAsia and SATS, launch its air cargo hub at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) Air Cargo Terminal 1 (KACT1). Located at the former low-cost carrier terminal […]
More of the same for Hong Kong airport’s cargo numbers
Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) November cargo throughput fell 3.4 per cent year-on-year to 450,000 tonnes while the first 11 months of the year have seen cargo down 6.6 per cent, all impacted by the […]
IATA launches new cargo handling audit with SATS, SIA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launches its new cargo handling audit programme aimed at simplifying the audit process while raising global standards. The Smart Facility Operational Capacity (SFOC) programme aims to reduce audit complexity […]
Hong Kong forwarders welcome Cathay terminal discounts
The Hongkong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) welcomes the announcement by Cathay Pacific of the introduction of a new Terminal Charge (TC) concession, effective 1 April 2020, to which the Airport Authority will […]
Cathay, HK airport authority offer cargo discounts as protests continue
The Cathay Pacific Group is boosting the competitiveness of Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) as a global cargo hub by introducing a new Terminal Charge concession, effective from 1 April 2020, as months of protests […]
Brussels Airport, Nallian further empower forwarders
Extending its open ecosystem of collaborative applications for air cargo, Nallian has launched its Acceptance & Delivery mobile application at Brussels Airport’s cargo community this week. The application is an addition to the existing BRUcloud […]
BCUBE implements CHAMP’s Cargospot at OST
BCUBE implements CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling solution to provide support in its operations at Ostend–Bruges International Airport (OST). CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling is a comprehensive cargo operations and terminal management system that is straightforward and efficient for […]
New Swissport Air Cargo Warehouse at Frankfurt gets its cornerstone
Fraport and Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland lay the foundation stone for Swissport’s new airfreight facility at Frankfurt Airport (FRA), marking another milestone in the future development of FRA as a key airfreight hub. The building […]
Record October cargo volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Cargo handling hit a new record in October at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Europe’s fifth largest air cargo hub, with a total of 112,587 tonnes of cargo handled. This represents a year-on-year increase of 6.5 per […]
Abu Dhabi Airports, Etihad Cargo unveil major cargo strategy
Abu Dhabi Airports and Etihad Cargo announce a major project to enhance Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) into a state-of-the-art global air cargo “centre of excellence”. The two companies plan to implement a multi-phased cargo […]
CSafe Global expands cold chain offerings in China
CSafe Global expands its cold chain service offerings in China by opening a new service centre at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). The company says the move enables it to serve a higher volume of […]
Liege Airport signs deals with Qatar, Alibaba and Orange
Liege Airport (LGG) signs three major partnership agreements with Orange Belgium, Alibaba Cloud and Qatar Airways. The Belgian airport signed the agreements at the WeCargo event, a collaborative effort with investment fund Leansquare, which brought […]
Virgin Australia to add Brisbane-Tokyo Haneda
Virgin Australia will add Japan to its international cargo network in March next year with the launch of daily services between Brisbane (BNE) and Tokyo-Haneda (HND). Commencing on 29 March 2020, cargo space on the […]