Gebrüder Weiss takes over Koler, Kuhn & Merk
Gebrüder Weiss has taken over Koler, Kuhn & Merk Speditions after owner Dietmar Koler wanted to retire and had no successor. The purchase agreement was signed on Tuesday 27 August and applied retroactively to 1 January 2019 for the Reutte, Tyrol based company. The two companies have a long-standing partnership and have agreed not to […]
Senger-Weiss to leave Gebrüder Weiss board
Heinz Senger-Weiss will resign from the Gebrüder Weiss management board, leaving the Austrian logistics company on 31 December 2019. The managing director of Air & Sea is leaving for personal reasons having held various roles with the company. Following various international activities, Senger-Weiss took up the role of regional managing director Air & Sea in […]
Solar panels power Gebruder Weiss warehouses
Gebruder Weiss has committed to sustainable energy by leasing the roofs of its Maria Lanzendorf warehouses to a solar energy company. Around 2.4 million kilowatt hours have been generated since the beginning of the year using a surface area of 21,500 sq m, the equivalent of 1,300 three-person households in Austria. Solar energy is being […]
K+N opens exclusive handling area at Vienna Airport
Kuehne + Nagel has been given its own exclusive handling area at the 1,600 sqm Vienna Pharma Handling Center (VPHC). The pharma centre was opened in December 2018, and is part of the Air Cargo Center with direct access from both land and airside areas. The facility provides two separate temperature-controlled areas, with a 1,600 […]
Swissport opens second Vienna airport warehouse
Swissport International has opened its second air cargo warehouse at Vienna International Airport, bringing its total space to 7,000 square metres. The Swissport operated facility, which has a surface area of 2,100 square metres, has direct airside access, allowing shipments to be transported to be transported to and from the aircraft much faster than before. […]
DHL combines services at Vienna Airport campus
DHL has opened its new campus at Vienna Airport, combining overland, air and ocean freight services for optimal handling and transportation of goods. The Vienna Airport hub in the county of Fischamend adds another important logistics hub and gateway to the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight worldwide network, opening up Austria and Eastern Europe. Prominent guests […]
Vienna Airport embraces Nallian’s data platform
The cargo community at Vienna International Airport is embracing Nallian’s open data sharing platform to help reduce congestion and improve efficiency. Vienna is developing an Airport City with the opening of the Pharma Handling Center and more projects underway, but says land availability is not endless so digital transformation and collaboration are the way to […]
Cargo down 3% at Linz Airport in 2018
Cargo volumes at Blue Danube Airport Linz fell by almost 3% in 2018 with transit freight declining while local cargo traffic increased. Volumes fell by 2.9% to 52,414 tonnes with the Ljubljana-Linz-Leipzig cargo connection being unbundled, with the entire capacity of the Upper Austrian market being made available. The airport says this led to a […]
cargo-partner plays in symphony for orchestra tour
cargo-partner has transported all the instruments for an internationally renowned symphonic orchestra from Austria for their tour of Japan. The logistics provider was approached by a concert tour organiser to manage the shipment from Austria to Japan, having successfully collaborating on a number of projects before. The shipment comprised of the orchestra’s instruments and special […]
Blue Danube Airport Linz is on the road to success
Cargo at Blue Danube Airport Linz experienced strong growth of more than 20 per cent in 2017 driven by the road feeder service segment. The airport serving Austria’s third largest city handled 53,976 tonnes of air cargo in 2017, the majority of which was transported on road services. Cargo travelling by air declined but the […]
cargo-partner inaugurates Vienna Airport iLogistics Center
Three months after the launch of operations, cargo-partner has celebrated the opening of its iLogistics Center near Vienna Airport with a colourful event. The celebration took place at the company headquarters in Fischamend on 26 September with 250 guests, with the facility opening on 1 June 2018, exactly one year after the ground-breaking of the […]
DHL breaks ground at DHL Campus Vienna Airport freight hub
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started construction of the DHL Campus Vienna Airport, a freight hub for Austria and Eastern Europe. The two divisions are building an advanced freight terminal and office building with a total of around 12,000m2 of warehouse space and around 3,500m2 of office space, pooling competencies for air and […]
ENGEL centralises spare parts logistics with cargo-partner
Machine manufacturer ENGEL has centralised its spare parts logistics with cargo-partner at its iLogistics Center near Vienna Airport. The Schwertberg, Austria-headquartered manufacturer of injection moulding machines and parts handling automation has had rapid business growth over the past year, and storage space at its three production facilities in Austria were no longer sufficient to accommodate […]
cargo-partner stops premium chocolate making a sticky mess
When Austrian chocolate manufacturer Zotter Schokoladen opened its Chocolate Theatre in Shanghai, cargo-partner was on hand to ensure the premium organic produce reached its destination in perfect condition. cargo-partner has been handling Zotter’s exports since 2014, the year it started operating a “Chocolate Theatre” in Shanghai, China combining a chocolate factory, speciality store, café, cinema […]
Finnair Cargo appoints R-BAG as GSSA for five European countries
Finnair Cargo has appointed R-BAG Group as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) for five central European countries. From 1 May 2018, R-BAG will provide cargo sales, marketing, customer service, administration and operational support across Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Austria. The airline says the agreement is a timely development as Finnair […]
DHL to open up Eastern Europe with new logistics hub in Vienna
DHL has purchased 60,000 square metres of land at Vienna Airport to act as a freighter hub for Eastern Europe and open up the region to all modes of transport. The contract was signed by DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight, and starting in the summer of 2018, the DHL Campus Vienna Airport will be […]
Positive year for Vienna Airport with cargo growing 1.9%
Vienna Airport has had a positive year with total cargo volumes growing 1.9 per cent to 287,962 tonnes. Operating company, Flughafen Wien Group says air cargo alone was up 1.9 per cent to 206,918 tonnes and trucking volumes by 1.7 per cent to 81,044 tonnes, helping push up total volumes by 1.9 per cent to […]
EzyCustoms supports Thai Airways cargo declarations on new Vienna route
THAI Airways is submitting electronic cargo declarations on its new flight services to Vienna to Austrian Customs for advance clearance using EzyCustoms. The product validates the shipment data according to the Customs requirement before the submission of the Entry Summary Declaration. The system also allows THAI Airways to receive the acknowledgement and status messages returned […]
Vienna Airport expands its cargo capabilities and adds pharma centre
Vienna Airport has added 13,000 square metres of cargo capacity and opened a new Pharma Handling Centre to meet growing air cargo volumes and demand. The developments are part of a €17.9 million investment by operator Flughafen Wien to expand its cargo capabilities and it says further facility expansion of air cargo and locating of […]
New GSA for Air India in Austria
Mondial Airline Services – the Austrian office of the Global GSA Group – has been appointed as the new general sales agent (GSA) of Air India in Austria. Air India currently flies three times a week utilising a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Vienna to Delhi. Mondial Airline Services managing director, Aytekin Saray says: “Air India is […]
Thomsen takes over as Salzburg branch manager for Gebruder Weiss
Michael Thomsen has taken over as branch manager of Gebruder Weiss Salzburg, succeeding Peter Schafleitner, who will focus on his role as director of the Central Region. The 35-year old, who was originally from Flensburg, started his career with Gebruder Weiss in 2006 after completing his studies at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in Business […]
Revenue and tonnage growth for Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo’s cargo revenue has grown 24.4 per cent and tonnage is up 26.1 per cent on a year-on-year (YOY) basis in the first half of 2017 to the end of June, as it continues to expand its services. The carrier says it has also grown YOY by 46.8 per cent in the Chinese market during the […]
Dachser investing €6.5 million in new Austrian facility
Logistics provider Dachser is investing €6.5 million in a new 20,000 square metre facility in Stans in Tyrol, Austria. Dachser Austria has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new terminal, which is scheduled to begin operations in late 2017 and will create 40 new jobs. The logistics center in Tyrol will provide customers with transport […]
Vienna Airport to expand Air Cargo Center by one third
Vienna Airport is to spend €16 million ($16.7 million) expanding its Air Cargo Center by one third, and will have one of Austria’s largest photovoltaic facilities on its roof to provide electricity. Space at the Air Cargo Center will increase by a third adding 15,000 m2 and should be operational by the end of 2017. Vienna […]
UPS expands European ground network to Switzerland
UPS has expanded its European network from six European countries to Switzerland as part of a redesign and $2 billion network investments across Europe. The express freight firm says investment in its ground network improves trade opportunities. Customers in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland and Sweden can now benefit from a faster, cost-effective UPS Standard service improvement […]
AIA wins GSSA deals with Aerolineas Argentinas and Pegasus
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) has won two general sales and service agent (GSSA) contracts. The GSSA will sell cargo for Aerolineas Argentinas on services in the UK/Ireland and for Pegasus Airlines on services to Austria. Both contracts started on 1 September. Aerolineas operates a daily widebody flight ex Madrid and also four to five a week connections via Cancun (Mexico) and Punta Cana (Dominican […]
Alpine country standing tall in tough market conditions
The Austrian market is a challenge, but despite the difficult conditions there was an increase in overall air cargo tonnage of more than four per cent in 2015. Austrian Airlines, which is part of Lufthansa Cargo, has seen good growth, driven by its expanding network and fleet upgrades. Lufthansa Cargo regional director for Austria, East […]
Swissport and Graz Airport start new joint venture
Swissport International and Flughafen Graz Betriebs, the operator of Austrian airport Graz – started a new cargo services joint venture on 1 February. Swissport Cargo Services Graz will see Swissport holding 51 per cent and Graz Airport 49 per cent, and will initially have 12 employees providing extensive cargo services. It is expected to handle about 10,000 tonnes […]
