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  • [ 02/February/2022 ] ABC’s digital bookings soar 270 per cent in 2021 Carriers
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  • [ 06/January/2022 ] Supply chain issues, Omicron dampen December peak By the Numbers
  • [ 19/December/2021 ] Emirates SkyCargo crosses 600 million COVID-19 vaccine doses Carriers
  • [ 17/December/2021 ] BEAM Plus rating shines light on Hactl’s sustainability Asia Pacific
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MIA
Airports

MIA is busiest gateway for Valentine’s Day flowers

09/February/2022 Donald Urquhart Airports, Latin America, US & Canada 0

Miami International Airport (MIA) will handle 91 per cent of all US flower imports for Valentine’s Day. ➤

Fraport
Airports

Frankfurt racks up record cargo volumes in 2021

18/January/2022 Donald Urquhart Airports, Europe & CIS 0

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) handled record volumes of cargo last year despite the ongoing reduction in bellyhold capacity across the industry. ➤

Hactl refurbished office
Asia Pacific

BEAM Plus rating shines light on Hactl’s sustainability

17/December/2021 Donald Urquhart Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers 0

Hactl has been awarded a Platinum rating, the highest level under the coveted BEAM Plus Interiors Version 1.0, for its recently-completed office refurbishment. ➤

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals
Airports

HKG’s Hactl launches new system-wide nerve centre

19/November/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers 0

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. ➤

Greater Bay Airlines (GBA)
Asia Pacific

HKG start-up carrier GBA chooses Hactl for cargo handling

18/November/2021 Donald Urquhart Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers, Carriers 0

New start-up carrier Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) has appointed Hactl as cargo ground handler at its Hong Kong home base. ➤

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals
Asia Pacific

Hactl back to normal ops after single COVID-19 case

02/November/2021 Donald Urquhart Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers 0

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. ➤

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Airports

AA Cargo ramps up transatlantic winter schedules

01/November/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Europe & CIS, US & Canada 0

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. ➤

Rickenbacker
Airports

Rickenbacker’s upgraded runway opens amid supply chain crunch

21/October/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, US & Canada 0

The primary runway at Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) is now open after completing upgrades that were aimed at growing operations of large freighters such as the B747-8Fs operated by Cathay Pacific, Cargolux and other carriers. ➤

Cainiao West Europe sorting center
Airports

Cainiao set to double parcel sorting in Europe

19/October/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, E-commerce, Europe & CIS, Express, Logistics - 345PL 0

Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of the Alibaba Group is launching parcel sorting centres in Spain, France, Germany, and Italy, in order to boost e-commerce parcel delivery in these countries. ➤

Skyport engine
Airports

Skyport handles aircraft engine for Ural Airlines

19/October/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Czech ground handling specialist Skyport recently handled a complete aircraft engine at Prague Vaclav Havel Airport for transportation to Yekaterinburg, Russia, on board a Ural Airlines aircraft. ➤

Emirates ICAO
Cargo Handlers

Emirates signs ground handling diploma MOU with ICAO

06/October/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Middle East, Regulators 0

Emirates Group Security signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to provide ICAO-recognised Diploma programmes provided by EGS and Edith Cowan University (ECU). ➤

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Airports

Gerry’s dnata wins Gulf Air handling contract in Pakistan

12/September/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Middle East 0

Pakistan ground services provider, Gerry’s dnata has been awarded a multi-year contract by Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. ➤

HKIA
Airports

Hong Kong airport sees double-digit growth in Aug

10/September/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific 0

Hong Kong’s air cargo throughput recorded a year-on-year increase of 15.5 per cent in August year-on-year to 429,000 tonnes according to the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK). ➤

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Airports

Cargolux supports Changi community in Indonesia Covid-19 aid

19/August/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

As a member of the Singapore Changi airport community, Cargolux has contributed to a vital initiative to support Indonesia in the fight against COVID-19. ➤

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Airports

Leipzig/Halle Airport begins H2 with solid volumes

10/August/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, E-commerce, Europe & CIS, Express 0

Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Europe’s fourth-largest air cargo hub, are continuing to grow, with July cargo volumes up 9.1 per cent over the same month in 2020 to 133,873 tonnes. ➤

Kerry Huntsville HSV
Airports

Kerry Logistics launches own-controlled trans-Pacific air link

03/August/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Logistics - 345PL, US & Canada 0

Kerry Logistics Network introduces a new Trans-Pacific air freight service to connect multiple Asian locations to the US in order to capture the heightened demand in the pandemic-hit air freight market. ➤

LATAM B767-300ER BCF
Cargo Handlers

LATAM Cargo extends WFS’ Barcelona contract

26/July/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Europe & CIS, Latin America 0

LATAM Airlines has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a cargo handling contract extension at Barcelona Airport (BCN). ➤

emirates MIA
Airports

Emirates gives cargo a boost with new Dubai-Miami service

23/July/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Middle East, US & Canada 0

Emirates launches its first-ever Dubai-Miami nonstop service utilising a B777-300ER giving a boost to SkyCargo’s existing cargo services into the city. ➤

DDC-Sparrow
Airports

Drone Delivery Canada wins delivery contracts at EIA

08/July/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Disruption, E-commerce, Express, IT & Disruption, Logistics - 345PL, US & Canada 0

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) enters into commercial agreements with Edmonton International Airport (EIA), Apple Express Courier and Ziing Final Mile to deploy its drone delivery solution at the airport.  ➤

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Aircraft Manufacturers

Aviation leaders partner on India relief flight

15/June/2021 Donald Urquhart Aircraft Manufacturers, Airports, Chartering, Express, Indian Sub-Continent, Leasing ACMI 0

The coordinated efforts of a group of aviation leaders have resulted in a B747 freighter carrying 50 tonnes of urgently-needed Covid relief aid, including life-saving oxygen machines, arriving in New Delhi this week. ➤

B777 Big Twin
Airports

IAI does deal for B777 freighter conversions in South Korea

04/May/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Middle East, MRO & Conversion 0

Driven by demand expectations, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is expanding its B777 freighter conversion capacity with a new facility in Incheon, South Korea. ➤

Singapore Airlines B747-400F Brussels
Airports

Worldwide Flight Services wins new SIA contract in Brussels

02/May/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, By the Numbers, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) expands its partnership with Singapore Airlines with the awarding of a new contract by the carrier in Brussels (BRU). ➤

skyport
Airports

Ventus, Sky Logistica acquire Prague’s top handler Skyport

28/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Europe & CIS 0

Infrastructure investment firm Ventus and Singapore’s Sky Logistica acquire Prague Airport’s Skyport cargo handler. ➤

fedex memphis
Airports

Top 10 airports see 3% cargo growth, Memphis edges out HK

23/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports 0

Air cargo volumes in the top 10 airports grew by 3.0 per cent in 2020 according to Airports Council International (ACI) World’s preliminary world airport traffic rankings. ➤

Lufthansa Cargo hub modernisation
Airports

Lufthansa Cargo moves forward with cargo hub modernisation

22/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Equipment Providers, Europe & CIS 0

Lufthansa Cargo is pushing ahead with the modernisation of its Frankfurt (FRA) logistics centre signing a major contract for a new high-rack storage system. ➤

WFS pharma facility CDG
Cargo Handlers

WFS continues pharma certification across global network

21/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Cool Chain, Europe & CIS 0

Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) stations in Madrid and Barcelona obtain Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification. ➤

HK Air Cargo Vivo fire
Airports

HK Air Cargo bans Vivo phones, forwarders after HKG fire

13/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Carriers, Forwarders 0

Hong Kong Air Cargo is suspending carriage of Vivo smartphones as well as banning two freight forwarders after pallets of smartphones and accessories caught fire at Hong Kong airport. ➤

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Airports

Brussels inaugurates new Brucargo logistics facility

12/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Europe & CIS, Forwarders, Logistics - 345PL 0

Brussels Airport (BRU) officially opens its new 50,000 sqm logistics facility after two years of construction. ➤

Rickenbacker LCK
Airports

Rickenbacker sees 500th ‘preighter’ as capacity still tight

01/April/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, US & Canada 0

Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) handles its 500th passenger-freighter since the start of the Covid–19 pandemic. ➤

WFS Milan-Malpensa
Airports

Worldwide Flight Services gains Customs status at MXP

30/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Europe & CIS 0

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is the first cargo handler at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) to be awarded Authorised Receiver status by Italy’s Customs authority. ➤

ASL Aviation ATR
Airports

ASL Airlines UK becomes worlds newest cargo airline

29/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

ASL Airlines UK receives its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and its Operating Licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, becoming the world’s newest cargo airline. ➤

CMA-CGM-air-cargo
Airports

CMA CGM Air Cargo opens two more US destinations

26/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Europe & CIS, US & Canada 0

CMA CGM Air Cargo, the ocean shipping group’s new dedicated air freight division, is building on its initial service offering of Liege (LGG) – Chicago (ORD) with New York (JFK) and Atlanta (ATL). ➤

blockchain
Airports

GMR Hyderabad, StaTwig bring blockchain to vaccine shipments

25/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Indian Sub-Continent, IT & Disruption, IT Providers 0

GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) and Singapore-based technology startup StaTwig are teaming up to bring blockchain-based real-time tracking to vaccine shipments. ➤

Ukraine International Airlines
Cargo Handlers

Worldwide Flight picks up Ukraine Int’l cargo in Milan

19/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Ukraine International Airlines awards Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) an 18-month cargo handling contract in Milan. ➤

BRU_airsidepharmatransporter
Airports

Vaccines help boost Feb cargo at Brussels Airport

16/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, By the Numbers, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Building on a successful start to the year, Brussels Airport saw further growth in air cargo volumes, up 21 per cent in February compared to the same period 2020. ➤

Emirates cargo-only
Airports

One year since Emirates SkyCargo began ‘preighter’ ops

16/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Cool Chain, Middle East 0

Emirates SkyCargo marks one year since it began operating cargo-only flights using passenger aircraft. ➤

Amerijet Covid-19 Vaccine Arrival Guyana
Airports

Amerijet uplifts Covid vaccines to Caribbean, Central America

09/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, US & Canada 0

Amerijet continues its role in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, with recent deliveries to the Caribbean and Central America on behalf of Odyssey Logistics. ➤

Qatar Airways Cargo vaccine
Cargo Handlers

Qatar Airways Cargo hits 10 million Covid vaccine milestone

09/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Middle East 0

Qatar Airways Cargo recently surpassed a milestone with 10 million COVID-19 vaccines transported globally. ➤

CHR LoI
Airports

Vallair prepares for Q4 surge with new Châteauroux facility

09/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Europe & CIS, MRO & Conversion 0

Vallair has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Centre-Val de Loire Region and the Châteauroux Centre Airport Establishment for a new MRO and conversion facility at Châteauroux (CHO).  ➤

dnata
Cargo Handlers

Dnata reaches milestone with over 5,000 ‘preighter’ flights

07/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Cargo Handlers, Cool Chain, Middle East 0

Dnata achieves a cargo milestone in Dubai (DXB) handling over 5,000 cargo-in-cabin flights comprising 50,000 tonnes since March last year.   ➤

dnata cebu pacific
Airports

Dnata, Cebu Pacific extend Asia Pacific partnership

04/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers, Carriers 0

Dnata and Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) expand their long-standing partnership in Asia Pacific with Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore. ➤

Airports

Volga-Dnepr, Leipzig/Halle team up over humanitarian hub

02/March/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) partner on setting up an Emergency Logistics/Humanitarian Hub. ➤

Cathay HK vaccine
Airports

Cathay delivers first Fosun Pharma/BioNTech vaccines to HKG

28/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, Cool Chain, Europe & CIS, Latin America 0

The first batch of one million Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines, co-developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech, to be supplied to Hong Kong were delivered by Cathay Pacific from Frankfurt on Saturday. ➤

SQ
Airports

SIA gains CEIV Fresh cert, launches perishables product

23/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Carriers, Cool Chain 0

Singapore Airlines (SIA) launches new THRUFRESH perishables product following its IATA CEIV Fresh certification. ➤

SpiceXpress SIN
Airports

India’s SpiceJet launches scheduled freighters to Singapore

22/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Carriers, Cool Chain, Indian Sub-Continent 0

SpiceXpress, the dedicated cargo arm of India-based SpiceJet, launches scheduled cargo flights connecting Mumbai (BOM), Bengaluru (BLR) and Chennai (MAA) with Singapore (SIN). ➤

af-klm
Airports

AF-KLM uplifts first vaccine shipments to Bonaire, Aruba

16/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Cool Chain, Europe & CIS, Latin America 0

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo uplifts its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bonaire and Aruba in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ➤

WFS pharma facility CDG
Airports

WFS forges temp-controlled pharma truck fleet for CDG

08/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Cargo Handlers, Europe & CIS 0

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is expanding its pharma capability in France through partnerships with trucking companies for temperature-controlled trucking. ➤

EVA Air B787
Asia Pacific

EVA Air, WFS extend global partnership with new Seattle contract

04/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Asia Pacific, Cargo Handlers, Carriers, US & Canada 0

EVA Air signs a new three-year cargo handling contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Seattle (SEA), extending more than 15 years of partnership in North America. ➤

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Airports

Air Belgium gives cargo a nod with maindeck move

02/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Following up on its statements several months ago, Air Belgium announces it will soon introduce four freighters to its fleet. ➤

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Airports

Silk Way West to begin new Baku-Narita service with NCA

01/February/2021 Donald Urquhart Airports, Asia Pacific, Carriers, Europe & CIS 0

Azerbaijan’s Silk Way West Airlines is set to begin a new twice-weekly service to and from Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT), alongside partner Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), from 11 February. ➤

 

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GEODIS’s new tractor units aid expansion of Asian road network

09/February/2022 11:24 pm | By Donald Urquhart

GEODIS has taken delivery of seven Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units as it expands its Asian road network but warns more cooperation on border clearance is needed. ➤ Read more →

Körber acquires Siemens’ global mail and parcel business

Körber acquires Siemens’ global mail and parcel business

09/February/2022 9:38 pm | By Donald Urquhart

International technology group Körber has signed an agreement to acquire Siemens Logistics' global mail and parcel business. ➤ Read more →

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B&H provides urgent AOG service to New Zealand

09/February/2022 7:04 pm | By Donald Urquhart

Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has provided urgent AOG services to help get New Zealand’s Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) Sikorsky S-76 rescue helicopters back in the air. ➤ Read more →

MIA

MIA is busiest gateway for Valentine’s Day flowers

09/February/2022 4:23 pm | By Donald Urquhart

Miami International Airport (MIA) will handle 91 per cent of all US flower imports for Valentine’s Day. ➤ Read more →

ABC

ABC’s digital bookings soar 270 per cent in 2021

02/February/2022 8:00 am | By Donald Urquhart

Volga-Dnepr Group’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has seen a 274 per cent increase in digital bookings in 2021 compared with 2020. ➤ Read more →

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