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 […]
China Airlines to start Mumbai maindeck service
Taiwanese carrier, China Airlines will begin maindeck service to Mumbai on 16 November, as the carrier expands into the India-Europe market. The carrier says the decision was based on anticipations of the strong growth potential […]
DHL, UNDP takes GARD to Nepal’s local airports
Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nepal today rolled out its first Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) Local workshops. Over the next four days, nearly 40 airport staff in […]
United partners WFS for new nonstop New York-Cape Town
United Airlines is partnering with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its cargo handling provider for the first-ever nonstop service by a US carrier between New York/Newark and Cape Town. WFS in Cape Town has been […]
Hactl sets record with 104 freighters in single day
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has broken its all-time record for the number of freighters handled in a 24-hour period. On 3 November, Hactl handled […]
Hactl picks up Southern Air’s ramp handling business
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has been awarded the contract to provide ramp handling for Kentucky (US)-based freighter operator Southern Air Inc. Southern Air – […]
KIX enjoys healthy September cargo growth
Kansai International Airport (KIX) enjoys September cargo growth despite the dismal global trade environment, with volumes more than doubling – up 119 per cent – compared to 2018 and up 6.0 per cent compared with […]
Swissport opens Brussels Airport pharma centre
Swissport International opens its state-of-the-art Pharma Center for temperature-sensitive cargo shipments at Brussels Airport (BRU). The new facility offers 3,620 sqm of temperature-controlled warehouse space, providing clients with an end-to-end cool chain. Once completed the […]
SVO highlights Moscow Cargo-Customs partnership
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) highlights the beneficial cooperation between Moscow Cargo and Sheremetyevo Customs as e-commerce grows rapidly. The cooperation, highlighted at the recent Russian Customs Day, is aimed at creating favourable conditions for companies […]
Hamad International’s expansion plans include cargo
Hamad International Airport (DOH) unveils its plans for a second expansion phase which includes the construction of a new cargo terminal and supporting infrastructure. The new cargo terminal will increase capacity handled to an estimated […]
WFS gains GDP certs for Joburg, Cape Town facilities
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has become the first air cargo handling company in South Africa to be awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certifications for its temperature-controlled pharma facilities, in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This latest […]
Menzies Aviation opts for Hermes 5 for global network
Menzies Aviation selects Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) to provide the Cargo Management System (CMS) for its global network. The most recent version of HLT’s flagship CMS, Hermes 5 (H5), will be rolled out at Menzies […]
Network Airline Management, Liege Airport extend contract
Network Airline Management (NAM) and Liege Airport (LGG) extend their already long standing working relationship for a further three years. Since Network moved their freighter operation to Liege in 2014, cargo levels have strongly increased […]
Virgin, Delta open new tech-inspired export facility at Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have opened a state-of-the-art export facility at London Heathrow (LHR) to future-proof the joint venture’s growth plans in the UK market. This is supported by new technologies that will […]
ViaEurope opens new e-Hub in Liège Airport
ViaEurope, a European e-logistics, tech start-up continues to expand with the opening of its new e-Hub in Liège (LGG) Belgium. This new platform is the second of its kind for the firm whose headquarters are […]
Worldwide Flight Services names Nils Andersen as chairman
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) announces the appointment of Nils Andersen as chairman of the WFS Board of Directors, effective 19 September 2019. Andersen joins WFS to work with the management team to build upon the […]
Virgin calls for fair competition at LHR with 3rd runway
Virgin Atlantic aims to challenge IAG’s dominance at London Heathrow with 84 new flights once the third runway is complete, but only if there are changes to the way Heathrow slots are allocated, it says. […]
E-commerce at Leipzig/Halle accelerated by Dakosy solution
E-commerce shipments arriving at Leipzig/Halle Airport are now handled completely digitally and through automated processes with Dakosy’s ZODIAK Customs software. The software, developed by the Hamburg software specialist is approved for all ATLAS Customs procedures. […]
Smiths Detection launches new air cargo scanner
Smiths Detection launches a new scanner specifically designed to meet the demands of air cargo screening as international e-commerce and fast freight continue to grow. Several advances in technology have been combined to support accurate […]
Swissport speeds air freight with self-serve kiosks
Swissport is speeding-up the air freight handling processes at its global cargo warehouses by introducing newly developed self-services kiosks. The digital innovation reduces waiting times and increases the quality of the air freight documentation. Swissport’s […]
Mitchell Cotts selects Kale’s GALAXY solution at NBO
Kale Logistics Solutions has been selected by Mitchell Cotts – a Kenya-based freight forwarding, warehousing and transport business – to digitise their air cargo handling operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi. This […]
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 […]