Aerts to succeed Polmans at Brussels Airport

Geert Aerts will succeed Steven Polmans as director cargo & logistics at Brussels Airport. With a background as industrial engineer,

Brussels Airport sees 2.2% cargo growth

Brussels Airport has released the latest performance figures for 2020. A total of 6,743,395 passengers passed through Brussels Airport in

Etihad prioritises safety

Etihad Airways has been awarded the Diamond status in the inaugural ‘APEX Health Safety, powered by SimpliFlying’ audit, for efforts

Chassin joins InstaFreight

Adam Chassin, former head of business for Uber in Europe and the former head of strategic business development at Amazon,

Swissport to serve AFKLMP until 2025 in Saudi Arabia

Swissport has announced it will be serving Air France-KLM Group in Saudi Arabia until 2025. The new contract is valid

DHL Express purchases eight Boeing 777 Freighters

DHL Express has announced it has placed an order for an additional eight new Boeing 777 freighters. The investment marks

ABC receives the Bembel prize

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been awarded the Bembel prize which is presented by Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) every year to

Matthew Tomkinson joins Softbox

Softbox, innovator and provider of passive temperature controlled packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, life science and cold chain logistics industries,

Delta Cargo bolsters commercial and operations leadership

Delta Cargo has announced two key leadership positions in the organisation. Jannie Davel joins the airline as managing director–commercial, and

Qatar Cargo & DHL fly active pharma shipment

Qatar Airways Cargo and DHL Global Forwarding have flown 246 containers of active pharma shipments from Milan, Italy to Chicago,

Etihad Cargo beats 2020 on time performance targets

Etihad Cargo has announces it has beaten its 2020 on time performance targets, achieving 87% on-time-performance (OTP) during 2020 –

A zero emission first for AFKLM Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel

To tackle the ongoing climate crisis, the industry has made ambitious targets to cut net aviation carbon emissions by half

Haskins takes the reins as B&H head of global sales

B&H Worldwide today announced the appointment of Michael Haskins as its head of global sales. The position is effective January

Need for speed with GEODIS City Delivery

GEODIS’ new digital platform is setting speed records with its delivery times. Thanks to a combined delivery network of traditional

Descartes enhances air cargo tracking

Descartes Systems Group has announced that to support the growth of the Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network, it

CEVA acquires ASTI Group in Morocco

CEVA Logistics’ has announced its acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco.The companies have been long-term partners for more than two

IAG Cargo celebrates 1000th charter flight

IAG Cargo ended 2020 with the departure of its 1000th charter flight since March that year. The new charter flights

Hobbis joins BIFA Board

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) Board and Council recently approved the promotion of Carl Hobbis as an executive director.

Hurricane: Early Brexit problems “tip of the iceberg”

Problems in the first few days since Brexit are the “tip of the iceberg”, according to cross-border eCommerce trade expert

CharterSync go from strength to strength

CharterSync have gone from strength to strength since the company launched back in 2019 and despite the challenges of 2020

Qatar increase São Paulo services

Qatar Airways has increased São Paulo services to 10 weekly flights and expanded codeshare cooperation with LATAM Airlines Brazil. The

Davis Turner Ireland add ISO9001 accreditation

Davies Turner Ireland recently added ISO9001 accreditation as part of its wider campaign to reduce any risk of supply chain

Frankfurt Airport embarks on mass testing

Starting the first week of January, three major air cargo companies, FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services, LUG aircargo handling and Perishable

Kivnon launch new website

Kivnon, the specialists in innovative mobile robotics, have launched their brand new website Kivnon.com. The new sleeker portal is available

Airbus’ Maveric may be a glimmer of green hope

Airbus’ remote controlled Maveric aircraft may be a glimmer of green hope for aviation, an industry that is under scrutiny

Testing now mandatory for UK arrivals

With England in another national lockdown, airports are once again taking the brunt of closures. The UK government has today

Cathay Pacific launches freighter service to Riyadh

Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched a new scheduled freighter service between Hong Kong and Riyadh (RUH) which started 5th January

BBAM receive A321 P2F

ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) today redelivered an A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to BBAM Limited

Ridgemont Equity Partners invest in SEKO

SEKO Logistics has selected Ridgemont Equity Partners, a Charlotte-based middle market buyout and growth equity investor, as its newest investment

Schiphol to restructure Cargo Division

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is restructuring its Cargo Division, bringing it into its new Aviation Business Development Division under the umbrella

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