Kale to digitalise cargo at Chicago Rockford Airport
Kale Info Solutions (Kale), the US subsidiary of Kale Logistics Solutions, has entered into a partnership with Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), USA, to implement its Airport Cargo Community System (ACS), the pair announced at the 13th annual Air Cargo Handling & Logistics conference. Kale’s ACS implementation will reduce manual documentation and data entry time […]
RFD recognised for excellent financial reporting
For the 22nd consecutive year, Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) presented a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to the Greater Rockford Airport Authority for its Annual Budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2020. GRAA deputy director of finance and administration, Michelle Cassaro and the finance staff produced the award-winning […]
Air Charter Service lands in the Windy City
Aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has invested further in its US operations, by opening a new office in Chicago, its tenth in the Americas. The office will be headed by Caitlin Uhlmann, who has worked for ACS for nine years, and opens 1 March. “Chicago has been on our radar as a natural location […]
DHL opens American innovation centre in Chicago
DHL has opened its Americas Innovation Center in Chicago to exhibit technologies and test future solutions to improve productivity and efficiency. The 28,000 square foot facility provides space for DHL to work with customers, technology partners and academics and work on innovations from employees. The opening event attracted more than 300 guests including technology and […]
Japan Airlines launches codeshare with Kalitta Air
Japan Airlines has launched a freighter codeshare with Kalitta Air, operating three times a week between Tokyo and Chicago. The flights between Tokyo Narita and Chicago O’Hare started on 1 August and are operated by one of Kalitta Air’s Boeing 747-400 Freighters. The services leave Chicago on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving in Tokyo the […]
SEKO Logistics triples footprint in Chicago
SEKO Logistics has marked the latest stage of its transition to a period of acquisition growth with the opening of its Chicago global gateway. Tripling the size of SEKO’s Chicago hub follows the acquisition of Chicago-headquartered customs broker and freight forwarder GoodShip International in January. The move, which followed the purchase of a majority shareholding […]
Emirates SkyCargo upgrades global pharma services
Emirates SkyCargo has upgraded its pharma capabilities with a new facility in Chicago, pharma corridors and GDP recertification in Dubai. The Chicago facility is dedicated solely to pharmaceutical shipments, spread over 1,000 square metres with scope for additional expansion. It provides protection for pharma cargo through temperature controlled zones for acceptance and delivery, build up […]
DB Schenker launches Chicago – Sydney flights
DB Schenker has launched Direct Express – Australia, offering scheduled air cargo services from Chicago, USA to Sydney, Australia using a Boeing 777 Freighter. The weekly Boeing 777-300 Freighter service from Chicago’s O’Hare airport will offer shippers in the Midwest with faster, more reliable air cargo services to Australia. The 777F, which has a payload […]
Lufthansa Cargo adds summer freighter connections
Lufthansa Cargo will be adding freighter connections for the summer, putting the two new Boeing 777 Freighters into service. Capacity will increase 10% with increased flights across Asia, the Americas Africa utilising Lufthansa Cargo and AeroLogic’s freighter capacity on the summer schedule starting on 31 March. In Asia, two flights a week will be added […]
LATAM Cargo connects Chicago with Campinas
LATAM Cargo has opened a direct link from Chicago to Campinas, Brazil cutting transit times to less than 17 hours. The Wednesday and Sunday Chicago-Campinas route will have the capacity to carry 100 tonnes per week using a Boeing 767-300 Freighter. Chicago is the 7th gateway to the US, together with Miami, Orlando, New York, […]
MSA Security to open three training facilities in 2019
MSA Security has expanded rapidly in 2018 and plans to open three more regional training centres in 2019 to keep up with market demand for Explosive Detection Canine Teams. Four new offices and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) licenced canine training facilities were opened in Hong Kong; San Diego, California; Memphis, Tennessee […]
LATAM Cargo to open Santiago – Chicago route
LATAM Cargo will open a cargo route between Santiago de Chile and Chicago on 19 February, the airline’s sixth destination in the US. Chicago’s connectivity with Asia is expected to expedited services, reducing transit times to less than 35 hours, improving temperature control and decreasing cargo exposure. Chile is a major exporter of salmon, with […]
SEKO starts 2019 with acquisition of GoodShip
SEKO Logistics has started a ‘transformative year’ by making its first full acquisition, with the purchase of Chicago-based GoodShip International. Goodship provides customs brokerage, compliance, and air and ocean freight services to clients with an emphasis on Eastbound Trans-Pacific routes. Clients vary from recognisable brands to start-ups spanning industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics, FMCG, healthcare, […]
Budapest shows off opportunities to US businesses
Budapest Airport and LOT Polish Airlines have met with US business people and logistics companies to describe the opportunities on offer in the region. The opportunities come from LOT launching year-round services from Budapest to New York and Chicago offering 10-12 tonnes of belly cargo on each flight. The connections offer opportunities for American companies […]
Ground broken at Chicago Rockford’s new cargo centre
Ground has been broken on the $10.5 million, 120,000 square foot building expansion at the Chicago Rockford International Airport Cargo Center. The event also celebrated the start of construction of a new $3.5 million ramp for cargo aircraft parking, and the ceremony was attended by government representatives including City of Rockford mayor, Tom McNamara; state […]
Chicago and Doha among the stellar performers
Cargo volumes at the 20 busiest airports grew by 6.8 per cent in 2017. These airports handled a combined 51 million tonnes, about 43 per cent of global air cargo volumes, writes Neil Madden. Of particular interest was the double-digit growth recorded by three of the top 20. Shanghai’s throughput was up 11.2 per cent, […]
WFS earns new contracts with five airlines in the US
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed up five airlines for passenger, ramp and cargo handling services across the US. WOW Air has picked WFS to provide ramp, passenger and cargo services for its three Airbus A330-300 flights a week from Dallas Fort Worth to Keflavik International Airport, serving Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik. The three-year contract […]
Exclusive: ECS Group’s Globe Air Cargo signs up Finnair stateside
In a key move in the Americas, ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo will represent Finnair Cargo in the United States from May 1. The airline, which serves major gateways at Chicago, Miami, New York and San Francisco directly from Helsinki, will utilise an Airbus 350 on the routes. The A350 has a maximum cargo […]
Peli BioThermal adds eight US return points for Credo on Demand
Pelican BioThermal is expanding the reach of its growing Credo on Demand rental programme by providing additional points of return for reusable shipping assets to eight more US destinations. The temperature controlled packaging company has established new drop off points in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington. It says […]
Flexport continues US expansion with office in Chicago
Flexport is continuing to expand in the Americas with its fifth US office due to open in Chicago in March. The office is located in Fulton Market, a neighbourhood known for start ups and established technology companies. Flexport expects to add over 100 new jobs to the Chicago metropolitan area over the next two years […]
Qatar Airways achieves QEP accreditation at five locations
Qatar Airways Cargo has received Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) accreditation at Amsterdam, Basel, Paris, Chicago and its hub in Doha, Qatar. The programme recognises air cargo carriers that operate Envirotainer containers in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP), and the achievement proves Qatar Airways Cargo it credible in providing global customers […]
ABC completes multi-modal pharma shipment trial with DHL
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a multi-modal shipment trial for DHL Global Forwarding to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami using an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain standards. For the trial, ABC’s pharma logistics practitioners opted the abcPharma product using an Envirotainer RKN unit, replacing real […]
DHL Global Forwarding receives IATA CEIV at seven US airports
DHL Global Forwarding has certified seven of its airfreight stations in the USA to International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) in Pharmaceutical Logistics standards. DHL began the certification process of its global stations to IATA CEIV Pharma standard in the third quarter of 2016. Following independent audits by third […]
Delta Cargo expands coverage of DASH Critical & Medical
Delta Cargo has expanded the coverage of its DASH Critical & Medical service to 15 US locations, with further expansion planned next year. DASH Critical & Medical is the first fully GPS-enabled, same-day product offered by a US freight and passenger carrier, providing real-time tracking and monitoring of any eligible shipment, and customers can ship […]
Cargo at Gatwick grows 23% as profits pass £140m
Cargo volumes have increased 23.3 per cent at Gatwick Airport and profits before tax are up to £140.7 million ($186.7 million). For the six months ending 30 September 2017, cargo was up helped the airport’s expanding long haul network, including flights to Singapore, Seattle and Denver operated by Norwegian, and RwandAir flights to Kigali. Before […]
DHL opens $10m air shipment facility at Chicago O’Hare
DHL has opened its new $10 million international air shipment facility at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in the presence of mayor Rahm Emanuel. The facility on the Northeast cargo campus at O’Hare is on track to be the largest cargo development built at a US airport in more than a decade when completed in the […]
WFS targeting even more US growth as volumes rise 17%
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) total volumes across its near 60 cargo stations across the US rose by more than 17 per cent in the first seven months of 2017. WFS won a further 37 new airline contracts in the period as well as 10 contract renewals from existing customers. In 2016, it handled over 1.8 […]
Gebruder Weiss USA starts operations in five locations
Gebruder Weiss has formed a country organisation in the USA in five locations following expansion projects in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The brand commenced operations in the USA on 3 July, taking over Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles from a former US joint venture and opening two further locations in New York and […]
Cargolux expands services between China and the US
Cargolux Airlines has added Atlanta in the US to its destinations served from its Zhengzhou (CGO) hub in China. The North American city becomes the second destination, after Chicago, to receive direct connections to and from Cargolux’s Chinese hub. The service from CGO to Atlanta, in combination with Chicago, on its flight CV9765 that originates […]
Volga-Dnepr combines services to cut costs of gas turbine delivery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines used a combination of a Boeing 747 scheduled service and an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter to cut the cost of delivering a 12.6 tonne gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, Myanmar. The 560x260x250cm turbine started its journey on board an AirBridgeCargo Airlines scheduled service from Chicago to Hanoi before being transferred to […]
