GTA dnata awarded IATA CEIV Pharma in Toronto
GTA dnata has been certified by IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) for its pharma handling processes and facilities in Toronto. The joint-venture company in Canada is the first ground services provider to be awarded the certification for warehousing as well as ramp handling and ground transportation services in North […]
Swissport adds Montreal to CEIV Pharma network
Swissport has added Montreal to its IATA CEIV Pharma certified network, making it the first cargo handler receive the award in Canada. The certified was awarded to Swissport Cargo Services Montreal at Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport, guaranteeing airfreight customers the highest quality and temperature control standards for pharmaceutical products. Swissport International chief commercial officer, Nils […]
AIT Worldwide acquires ConneXion World Cargo
AIT Worldwide Logistics has extended its global footprint with the acquisition of ConneXion World Cargo, in an agreement finalised on Friday 30 November. The London-based freight forwarders’ headquarters is in Colnbrook, Berkshire near London’s Heathrow Airport, along with operational centres in Exeter and Manchester, and offices in Halifax, Canada; Hong Kong, China and Paris France. […]
$23m logistics park to be built at Halifax Stanfield
An air cargo logistics park will be constructed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, at a cost of C$23 million. The project involves developing new cargo facilities at the airport and new buildings for cargo handling. The logistics park will have easy access to the regional highway system, Burnside Business Park in Halifax and cargo facilities […]
EHL makes Edmonton its North American hub
EHL International Logistics has signed a deal with Edmonton International Airport (EIA) to make the airport its North American logistics consolidation centre for goods from China. The subsidiary of the Henan Provincial Government will operate flights from Zhengzhou to Edmonton and continue to the US. Trial Boeing 747-400 flights through Edmonton are underway in preparation […]
TSB investigates Sky Lease runway overrun in Halifax
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a runway overrun by a Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 Freighter at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. At 05.05 local time on 7 November, the aircraft coming from Chicago O’Hare International Airport overran Runway 14 coming to a rest 210 metres off the end of the runway. There […]
Air Canada breaks ground for new Edmonton facility
Air Canada has broken the ground for its new facility at Edmonton International Airport, housing ground support equipment services and cargo teams. Terracap Group will construct the 50,000 square foot building, with the ground support team occupying 30,000 square feet and Air Canada Cargo utilising the other 20,000 square feet. The facility is expected to […]
Chapman Freeborn partners with GTA Air Solutions
Chapman Freeborn has launched a partnership with GTA Air Solutions to further enhance their reach in the cargo charter market. The agreement will give Canadian customers enhanced access to charter services and strengthen Chapman Freeborn’s coverage in North America. The deal was signed at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Toronto. As Chapman Freeborn’s representative […]
O Canada! Envirotainer adds Toronto to RAP e2 network
Envirotainer has added Toronto, Canada to its RAP e2 network, making it the ninth station in the Americas in the e2 network. Head of sales Americas, Brian Cooper says Canada is a growing market for Envirotainer, and adding Toronto to the list of RAP e2 boosts its ability to support partners in a secure and […]
DHL to provide Holt Renfrew with airfreight and customs services
Canadian speciality retailer of luxury brands Holt Renfrew has picked DHL Global Forwarding as its sole logistics provider for airfreight and customs brokerage services. The multi-year deal includes airfreight shipments of designer brand clothing, accessories, beauty products and fragrances from Europe, the USA and Asia to the retailer’s nine stores in Canada. DHL Global Forwarding […]
Edmonton to pursue IATA CEIV Pharma certification
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) will be the first airport community in Canada to pursue IATA CEIV Pharma certification. The International Air Transport Association Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA CEIV Pharma) certification provides consistent standards for shipping pharmaceuticals using airfreight by working alongside industry stakeholders and regulators to harmonise the supply […]
New Canadian international ownership rules for airlines come into force
New rules concerning international ownership of Canadian airlines have come into force after Royal assent. Canadian federal minister of transport, the Hon. Marc Garneau has announced that, following the Royal Assent of the Transportation Modernisation Act, new rules for airline ownership have officially come into force. These changes increase international ownership limits from 25 to […]
Coming together for air cargo
According to the Oxford English Dictionary an association is “a group of people organised for a joint purpose” and in virtually no other industry is this more important than in air cargo, writes Stuart Flitton. While there are several bodies working in individual sectors of airfreight, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is the only […]
TIACA internship programme nurtures young talent in Canada
TIACA is expanding its Air Cargo Supply Chain Internship this summer to develop talent among young airfreight professionals in Canada. The programme is being headed by Air Canada Cargo and involves staff from a number of Toronto-based logistics companies taking part in a series of visits at each other’s sites to learn and explore new […]
No need to look west to find the right gateway
The East Coast of the USA and Canada is a crucial cargo trade lane linking some of the biggest cities in North America to European, Asian and South American economic hubs, writes David Craik. Miami International Airport (MIA) is one example, with most recent figures revealing that it recorded four per cent growth in freight […]
Cargolux supports Arctic solar powered boat trip
Cargolux has once again taken part in a pioneering solar powered transportation project by providing the transport for a prototype boat heading to Calgary, Canada for an Arctic expedition. The Solar Arctic project was initiated by DreamTime, a non-profit organisation dealing with environmental awareness and climate issues. The expedition, undertaken by French navigator Anne Quemere, […]
Peli BioThermal brings Credo on Demand to Toronto
Peli BioThermal has partnered with ATS Healthcare to bring its Credo on Demand rental programme to Canada, with its first drop point in the country. Located at the ATS Healthcare headquarters in Toronto, the drop point serves the further expansion of Peli BioThermal’s Credo on Demand rental programme by providing an additional point of return […]
Halifax Stanfield geared for growth as a Canadian gateway
Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) reflected on 2017 as a year of “significant” accomplishments, with the airport well positioned for future growth in 2018 and beyond. That was the message at a public meeting from HIAA president and CEO, Joyce Carter. She said: ““Last year was memorable for many reasons, with record-breaking cargo activity. In […]
AEI to convert another 737-400 for Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Vx Capital Partners with an additional Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, MSN 27673 will be the 23rd AEI provides to Vx, and will commence modification in June 2018 and be redelivered in October 2018. KF Aerospace, an AEI Authorised Conversion Centre based in Kelowna, Canada […]
WFS gets off to flying start with new and renewed contracts
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has got off to a flying start in 2018 by winning and renewing a number of contracts in North America. The handling agent won the freight contract at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to service Turkish Airlines’ twice-weekly flight to Istanbul, extending WFS’s existing relationship with the airline. It has also […]
ANA and United add routes from America to joint venture
All Nippon Airways and United Airlines are expanding their cargo joint venture to include routes from the US and Canada to Japan. The airlines started joint sales and enhanced operation of shipments originating in Japan bound for the US and Canada in July 2016, and the upgrade will take effect on 6 February. The Japanese […]
SEKO brings air freight home
SEKO Logistics has launched a new Airfreight+ Final Mile service in North America to give retailers, marketplace merchants and consumer brands a home delivery solution for bigger, bulkier products. This delivers air cargo to their door at the speed of e-Commerce. It is already in operation by a major electronics retailer in the US southeast. […]
Air Canada Cargo to end freighter partnership with Cargojet
Air Canada Cargo is to end its partnership with Cargojet, cancelling freighter services across Mexico, the USA, South America and Germany. The two airlines started their first flight on 10 June 2016, with flights to Bogota in Colombia and Lima in Peru using a Boeing 767-300 Freighter, providing 52 tonnes of cargo capacity. Services to […]
AEI wins contracts for two conversions with Pinnacle Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to Pinnacle Partners. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7421) will commence modification in November with redelivery scheduled for March 2018. The second CRJ200 will commence modification in December, with redelivery scheduled for April 2018. Both freighter conversions will take place at Commercial […]
Royal Air Maroc launches new service with ECS Group
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) Cargo has launched a new service working with the ECS Group – dedicated to the shipment of personal belongings from the US and Canada to an extended number of countries in Africa. This initiative will have special promotional rates for all freight bookings made until the 15 November. This service will […]
Cargojet and Canada Post renew agreement until 2025
Cargojet has extended its agreement with the Canada Post Group of Companies (CPGOC) to 31 March 2025. The two companies signed an agreement in February 2014, initially running until 31 March 2022, with three additional 36 month renewal terms, and both parties have chosen to exercise the first renewal. Cargojet president and chief executive officer, […]
New cargo facility opens at Edmonton International Airport
A new state-of-the-art $10 million Canadian ($7.9 million) cargo and logistics warehouse opened on Friday, 20 October at Edmonton International Airport (EIA). The new 50,000 square-foot cargo facility is the third building owned by Aeroterm and construction began in Spring 2016 and it opened earlier this month. Local media also reported on Friday, that Korean […]
Antonov Airlines flies compressors to Turkmenistan
Antonov Airlines has transported four compressor skids on behalf of Bollore Logistics China from Calgary, Canada to Mary, Turkmenistan. The compressor skids were transported for a Chinese oil & gas engineering, procurement and construction company on four separate flights for a gas field in Turkmenistan. The consignment included a main skid measuring 13.7 metres long, […]
Icing led to Wasaya Airways crash in Pickle Lake, TSB Canada concludes
Ice accumulation and operating in icing conditions led to a cargo aircraft crashing in Ontario in December 2015, a report released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found. The Cessna 208B Caravan operating as Wasaya Airways flight 127 left Pickle Lake Airport, Ontario at 09.00h on 11 December 2015 for Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport, […]
IATA FIATA program launches in Canada
The new IATA FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) has been launched in Canada and will be rolled out globally after the Canadian pilot. The new program replaces the existing Cargo Agency Program, and will be jointly managed by forwarders and airlines as equal partners in the decision-making process. A new IATA-FIATA Governance Board (IFGB) has […]