HNA Modern Logistics Group established with flights from Xi’an

HNA Modern Logistics Group has been officially established in Xi’an with European and American routes to support China’s ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’. Two intercontinental freight flights have been established on Shanghai – Xi’an – Amsterdam and Xi’an – Shanghai – Anchorage – Chicago routes following one month trials. The flights have been transporting imports and […]

Emirates flies luxury Jaguar Land Rovers from Birmingham to Chicago

Emirates SkyCargo has put its SkyWheels product to good use by transporting exclusive Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cars to Chicago. The cars flew on flight EK9923 from Birmingham Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport to deliver them for further testing, with Metro Shipping on hand to coordinate the logistics of the shipment. Emirates SkyCargo senior […]

Navitrans hopeful perishable focus will pay off in 2017

US air charter firm Navitrans had a challenging year in 2016 but is hopeful a move into the perishables market and a global focus will lead to a better 12 months in 2017. The company operates a round-the-world freighter service connecting the US, Europe and China, which chief executive officer, Shen Hong (pictured above) says […]

Strong peak season helps Virgin freight volumes grow 1.8% in 2016

Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s freight volumes rose 1.8 per cent in 2016 helped by a strong second half of the year and high peak season, with revenue of £174 million ($218.4 million). The airline carried 218,000 tonnes but says growth was offset by price pressure driven by overcapacity in the market and weakness of the pound, […]

DHL gains IATA CEIV in Bogota, 7 US stations to follow by Q2 2017

DHL Global Forwarding is to certify seven of its 11 US stations by the end of the second quarter of 2017 to IATA CEIV Pharma standards following certification in Bogota, Colombia. The air and ocean freight specialist is to certify its Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and San Juan to International Air Transport […]

Bollore Logistics gains IATA CEIV in Singapore

Bollore Logistics Singapore has gained International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) at its platform in the Airport Logistics Park. The company aims to gain certification on other sites in Asia-Pacific, including Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and says the certificate shows it is committed to the highest quality standards […]

Hippos, calves and jet engines help Budapest grow 23% annually

Budapest Airport’s cargo volumes have grown almost 23 per cent annually, transporting goods as varied as aircraft jet engines, a baby hippopotamus and several hundred calves. The airport serving Hungary’s capital handled over 112,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016, and on certain days would have three Boeing 747 Freighters parked on the apron. It says […]

ABC adds Seattle to its US freighter network

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched twice-weekly Boeing 747 Freighter services from Moscow to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, its sixth route within the US. The carrier says Seattle is not only one of the biggest cities in the Pacific Northwest region – but also a major gateway for trade with Asia. The new flight from Seattle will […]

Gagne appointed SEKO president, Wascher to become chairman

SEKO Logistics has appointed James Gagne as president, taking over from William Wascher on 1 January 2017. Gagne joined SEKO in 2014 as chief operating officer – ASPAC, based in Hong Kong, and in his new role will be moving to the global headquarters in Chicago. Wascher, who has been president and chief executive officer […]

Trix the T.rex flies to the Netherlands with KLM

KLM welcomed a very special guest onboard flight 612 from Chicago to Amsterdam when it transported the 66 million year old fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Trix, as the remarkably well preserved remains of the T. rex has been named, will be displayed at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. The skeleton, which […]

Record freight day for American Airlines at Heathrow Airport

American Airlines Cargo shipped more than 575,000 pounds (260 tonnes) of freight and mail from Heathrow Airport in a single day, setting a new daily record for the station on Sunday (14 August). The previous busiest day for the London cargo team was in October 2015 when they shipped 565,857 pounds (256 tonnes) from the facility. Key […]

New Chicago service centre for DHL

DHL has expanded its operations in Chicago with the opening of a new service centre facility which sits just north of Chicago Midway International Airport. The $1.3 million investment was primarily driven by heavy demand and international shipment growth from local businesses trading internationally, e-commerce shipping and major customers based in Illinois. The new 38,000 square foot […]

DHL to spend $137m to cater for booming cross border e-commerce

Deutsche Post DHL Group is to spend $137 million on upgrading US domestic and cross-border e-commerce capabilities, to cater for the market that is expected to be worth $1 trillion by 2020. The $137 million will be spent on expanding fulfilment capabilities with eight new distribution centres and enhancing two existing facilities in Los Angeles […]

American Airlines Cargo preparing for busy summer in Ireland

American Airlines Cargo is preparing itself for a busy summer schedule in Ireland with flights from Chicago, Charlotte, Philadelphia and New York to Dublin, and linking Shannon with Philadelphia. The Dublin services to Chicago, Philadelphia and Charlotte will benefit from an Airbus A330-200 with up to 15 tonnes of cargo capacity until the end of […]

Qantas Freight adds Dallas to China – US round trip

Qantas Freight has added Dallas Fort Worth to its weekly round trip connecting Australia with China and US. The Boeing 747-400 Freighter service will stop in Dallas from 9 June, and then every Thursday after that. Qantas says the Dallas stop will be ideal for bringing electronics, e-commerce and general cargo into the USA from […]

AirBridgeCargo launches Houston – Abu Dhabi services

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) expanded its network further with weekly services between Houston and Abu Dhabi. The weekly flight departs Houston on Monday evenings via Chicago and Luxembourg to Abu Dhabi, returning to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. ABC will offer trucking services from Luxembourg, covering continental Europe, and from Abu Dhabi, connecting both Dubai International Airport and […]

United launches San Francisco – Xi’an services

United Airlines has increased services to China with the first trans-Pacific service to Xi’an from San Francisco, launched on 8 May. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner service will operate three times a week between 8 May and 27 October. The outbound flight will depart San Francisco International Airport at 13.25h on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving […]

China Eastern orders 15 787-9s and 20 A350s

China Eastern Airlines has finalised its order for 15 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and 20 Airbus A350-900s. The Boeing order, worth nearly $4 billion, will go with China Eastern’s Boeing 777s and increase the airline’s cargo payload on existing routes. The 787-9 has a fuselage six metres longer than the 787-8, and uses 20 per cent less […]

Virgin targets US Midwest with daily Chicago service

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to re-start daily flights on 27 April, 2016 to and from Chicago, as part of its strategy targeting the US Midwest. The carrier says it gives cargo customers doing business in the “buoyant” US Midwest market an even wider choice of services with the flight from Heathrow Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The airline […]

China Eastern to link Chicago and Shanghai

China Eastern Airlines is to increase US services with daily flights between Chicago and Shanghai from 18 March. The airline will use a Boeing 777-300ER on the service between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport, making it the only Chinese carrier to director connect Chicago and Shanghai. China Eastern Airlines chief marketing […]

US carriers apply for permission to serve Cuba

US carriers are looking to take advantage of the US and Cuba agreeing to resume scheduled services by applying to the US Department of Transportation for approval for non-stop flights. So far, Alaska Airlines would like to operate twice daily flights between Los Angeles and Havana with a Boeing 737-900ER, while Delta Air Lines want […]