Airports
GMR Hyderabad, StaTwig bring blockchain to vaccine shipments
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) and Singapore-based technology startup StaTwig are teaming up to bring blockchain-based real-time tracking to vaccine shipments. ➤
Indian Sub-Continent
Airports
India’s SpiceJet launches scheduled freighters to Singapore
SpiceXpress, the dedicated cargo arm of India-based SpiceJet, launches scheduled cargo flights connecting Mumbai (BOM), Bengaluru (BLR) and Chennai (MAA) with Singapore (SIN). ➤
Asia Pacific
Dimerco delivers critical telecoms cargo Guangdong-Lahore
International transportation and logistics specialist Dimerco delivers oversized cargo for a leading telecommunications client to Lahore (LHE), Pakistan from Guangdong (CAN), China. ➤
Carriers
SpiceJet adds two more wide-body freighters to its fleet
SpiceJet inducts two more wide-body aircraft – a B767F and A330F – to its cargo fleet. With the latest induction SpiceXpress, the airline’s cargo arm, will have a dedicated fleet of 19 freighters, including five wide-bodies. ➤
Airports
SpiceJet strengthens vaccine delivery network with AMD
As India launches what is set to be one of the largest mass Covid-19 vaccination drives in the world, SpiceJet and its cargo arm SpiceExpress have added another airport partner in the country. ➤
Carriers
Emirates SkyCargo transports Brazilian satellite to India
Emirates SkyCargo successfully executes a cargo charter to transport the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos (SJK), Brazil to Chennai (MAA), India. ➤
Carriers
Jalan Kalrock consortium reviving bankrupt Jet Airways
Bankrupt Indian carrier, Jet Airways may take to the skies as early as summer 2021 if the partners are successful in regaining domestic slots. ➤
Asia Pacific
DHL Global Forwarding helps ‘loneliest elephant’ to new life
Kaavan, the by-now famous ‘world’s loneliest elephant’, is now settling in his new home in Cambodia after the journey from Pakistan through the efforts of partners including DHL Global Forwarding. The 36-year old Asian elephant ➤
Airports
Qatar Airways Cargo returns to Pittsburgh Int’l
Qatar Airways Cargo and its freight forwarding partners resume flights to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) from 4 December. Connecting PIT with Bangladesh (DAC), the carrier will be conducting weekly flights into PIT for the next ➤
Airports
Virgin Atlantic Cargo kicks off new UK-Pak’n services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo commences flights between the UK and Pakistan from 7 December, supporting growing trade volumes between the two countries. ➤