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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 »

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

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 »

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

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

Boeing today launched the new B777-8 Freighter with an order for up to 50 aircraft from one of Qatar Airways. ➤Read More »

Onboard Courier (OBC) services are thriving on the back of cargo capacity constraints due to the ongoing reduction in global flights. ➤Read More »

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

December demand in the general air cargo market put a final dampener on 2021 peak season volumes with a -5.0 per cent fall in chargeable weight in the final month of …Read More »

Emirates SkyCargo crosses a major milestone in the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines with 600 million doses flown on its flights. ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

Silk Way West Airlines is set to enable Digital Air Cargo real-time pricing and eBooking for thousands of forwarders on air cargo booking platform WebCargo. ➤Read More »

Air Canada's first dedicated B767-300ER freighter aircraft was put into service today and operated its inaugural flight from Toronto to Vancouver. ➤Read More »

Supply Chain Solutions (UPS SCS) today officially opened its first innovation centre globally, connecting businesses in Asia with emerging technologies in logistics. ➤Read More »

DHL Global Forwarding has become the first international forwarder to launch a two-way rail freight service between Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos. ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

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

Qatar Airways Cargo, in partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), will become the first cargo carrier to join the IATA CO2NNECT platform. ➤Read More »

Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions Group, opens a Moscow office to support growth and expansion plans in response to fast-developing Russian market. ➤Read More »

DHL Express is expanding its airfreight capacity by 2,000 tonnes a week to cater to "surging shipment volume" both intra-Asia and between Asia Pacific and the US. ➤Read More »

J&T Express Singapore is opening two new warehouses in Singapore at Changi Airfreight Center and Penjuru, amid what it says is growing demand for domestic and international e-commerce delivery services. ➤Read More »

The world's newest cargo airline – Bahrain-based MENA Cargo, a unit of MENA Aerospace Enterprises – began commercial operations from 1 November. ➤Read More »

A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world's largest shipping line announced today it intends to acquire Germany-based air freight forwarding company Senator International, as well as acquire air cargo freighters. ➤Read More »

Transport and logistics provider GEODIS is deploying Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) from Geek+, a global technology company, at its Yuen Long Warehouse Distribution Centre (YLDC) in Hong Kong. ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

Prolonged congestion at major shipping ports and associated global supply chain disruptions have benefited Asia Pacific carriers, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). ➤Read More »

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, …Read More »

Outsized and super-heavy air cargo transporter, Antonov Airlines, has delivered 110 tonnes of Covid-19 testing kits from Tianjin, China, to Linz, Austria, on the unique AN-225 ‘Mriya’ for use in Austrian …Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

Jettainer, a global unit load device (ULD) management provider will sib provide global ULD management and maintenance services for Swiss International Air Lines, including its air cargo division Swiss WorldCargo and …Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

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). ➤Read More »

FedEx Express has boosted its intra-Asia network capacity by replacing B757 narrow-body freighters with B767 wide-body freighters and added additional services between Asia and Europe/US. ➤Read More »

Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) plan to create additional capacity for the B767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) with two additional conversion lines next year. ➤Read More »

A new online tool – CargoBooking.aero – supports airlines and their General Sales Agents (GSAs) to deliver instant air cargo quoting and booking with Application Programming Interface (API) integration to freight …Read More »

International air cargo markets remained resilient in August, propelled by ongoing expansion in e-commerce and demand for intermediate goods, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) in its latest statistical …Read More »

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLM Cargo) and sustainable aviation fuel programme Total Touch Cargo Holland (TTC) are partnering within the framework of the airline’s sustainable aviation fuel programme. ➤Read More »

DHL has passed the one billion mark in terms of COVID-19 vaccines delivered since the vaccine campaign began in December 2020. ➤Read More »

Kenya Airways has signed an aircraft lease agreement for two Embraer E190 and begun operating a cargo codeshare partnership with Congo Airways. ➤Read More »

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named Philip Goh as its regional vice president for Asia-Pacific with effect from Sept. 13. ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

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). ➤Read More »

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. ➤Read More »

Ethiopian Airlines Group establishes a global cargo conversion program to convert the B767-300ER passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft in partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). ➤Read More »

Global airlines managed the traditional summer slack season for air cargo space in July by constantly tweaking capacity levels to address flat demand during the month versus pre-Covid levels, says CLIVE …Read More »

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 …Read More »

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. …Read More »

DHL Express places a ground-breaking order for 12 fully electric Alice eCargo planes from Eviation, the Seattle-area-based global manufacturer of all-electric aircraft. Delivery of the aircraft will take place in 2024. …Read More »

Asia Pacific air cargo markets remained resilient in June as passenger markets continued to be battered by rising infections from the Covid-19 Delta variant which has resulted in further border restrictions, …Read More »