M7 fully lets Air Cargo Centre, Castle Donnington, setting record new headline rent

M7 Real Estate, the pan-European investor and asset manager, has completed five new lettings totalling about 5,000 sq m at the Air Cargo Centre in Castle Donnington in the UK, which is now at full occupancy, on behalf of a global institutional investor. The asset, which comprises a total of about 14,2000 sq m of […]

DHL electrifies New York City and cleans up

ABB FIA Formula E celebrated its season finale in New York City on July 13 and 14, 2019 with a double header, two races in one weekend. As a founding and global logistics partner, DHL handled the entire logistics process. As part of a joint environmental initiative, in the run-up to the race weekend, DHL […]

Driving to the future

ROAD freight vehicles may lag behind passenger cars in terms of electric and driverless technology … but they are catching up fast   Many industry outsiders consider that airfreight spends 100% of its time on an aircraft but few realise that it will spend 100% of its time being moved to an from an airport, […]

First of 14 new B777F joins DHL’s fleet

DHL has taken delivery of the first of 14 new Boeing 777 Freighters, with N-705GT taking off from Cincinnati on Saturday 25 May. The aircraft took off from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport bound for Bahrain on its commercial maiden flight. Replacing older intercontinental flights, the 777F, which is operated by Southern Air, will strengthen DHL’s […]

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 […]

Amazon breaks ground on CVG air cargo hub

Amazon has broken ground on its $1.5 billion Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport air cargo hub, as pilots continue to highlight workplace issues. Ground was broken on 14 May in a ceremony attended by delegates including the founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos. The air hub is scheduled to open in 2021 and create more than 2,000 […]

ATSG extends leasing and operating deal with DHL

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has extended agreements to lease 14 Boeing 767s to DHL and operate eight of those in North America for three years. The agreement includes extending 11 leases between DHL and ATSG’s leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management. Leases for six 767-200s operated by a DHL affiliate airline in the Middle East […]

DHL fastest off the grid

Start of Formula 1 season: Valtteri Bottas clocks fastest lap of race and gets an extra world championship point for first time since 1959 New rule introduced for 2019 season rewards drivers for fastest lap of race The DHL Fastest Lap Award was launched in 2007 for drivers posting the most fastest race laps Official […]

DHL provides logistics for Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy

DHL has launched a global partnership with the Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy Series, to transport race cars, ABB charging systems, garages, spare parts and technical equipment around the world. In its inaugural season, the eTrophy will visit nine cities around the globe, and is the world’s first all-electric championship for production-based cars. Jaguar Racing and DHL […]

Cargo pilots concerned about how airlines are run

Pilots contracted to fly for Amazon Air and DHL are concerned about the way their airlines are being run, survey results have found. More than 1,200 pilots at Atlas Air Worldwide subsidiaries Atlas Air and Southern Air, and Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary ABX Air were asked questions about hiring, retaining, scheduling and more. […]

DHL Parcelcopter delivers medicine to rural Africa

DHL and partners have carried out 2,200 kilometres of drone flights to deliver medicine to an island in Lake Victoria. The Parcelcopter 4.0 completed the 60 kilometre flight from the mainland in an average of 40 minutes, with 2,000 flight minutes recorded during the pilot project. The three experts in their respective fields were DHL, […]

Success is no fairy tale for Denmark

When it comes to Danish airfreight, Copenhagen airport dominates. It handles 90 per cent of total Danish exports and imports compared to other airports in the country and is used by global logistics providers such as DHL, Kuehne & Nagel and Fedex as their Nordic airfreight hub, writes David Craik. In 2017, the airport handled […]

FIA 2018: DHL inks double-digit Triple-Seven order

Express service provider DHL placed an order for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters, which also includes options and purchase rights for seven additional aircraft at Farnborough International Airshow on Monday. The delivery of the first four aircraft are expected to be completed next year. “The acquisition of the 14 Boeing airplanes reflects a gradual replacement of […]

Gatwick Airport goes on a summer recruitment drive

Gatwick Airport is going on a recruitment drive with more than 1,200 vacancies available, including more than 400 jobs for ground handling agents. The ground handling agent jobs will be with companies providing check-in desk assistance for passengers as well as loading and unloading luggage and cargo onto aircraft for firms including DHL, Menzies, Airline […]

DHL delivers clean water to India

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, recently transported a unique integrated water purification vehicle from Israel to India. The first-of-its-kind vehicle from GAL Water Technologies produces high-quality drinking water from contaminated water within seconds and was a gift from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to India’s prime […]

DHL extends global partnership with Formula 1

DHL has extended its global partnership with Formula 1 and strengthened its motorsport team with the acquisition of Delivered On Time (DOT). The two companies have been partners since 2004 and within the framework of the agreement, DHL remains the Official Logistics Partner and becomes the first official partner of the F1 eSports Series. Other […]

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 […]

Oslo soars as it feeds global hunger for Norwegian seafood

Cargo volumes at Avinor Oslo Airport soared in 2017 with growth of 35 per cent as it satisfied global demand for Norwegian seafood. In 2017, 185,000 tonnes of air cargo were flown in and out of Oslo Airport, an increase of 35 per cent, with a number of cargo airlines choosing to add the Norwegian […]

Lobster’s a tasty business at Halifax Stanfield

Millions of dollars’ worth of Nova Scotia lobster and other seafood products will be shipped overseas once again during the holiday season. “This has traditionally been the busiest time of the year for our cargo business. By the end of the month, we estimate $30 million in lobster will have been shipped from Halifax Stanfield […]

Leipzig/Halle breaks records as it flies past the million tonne mark

Leipzig/Halle Airport continues to break records with freight volumes passing 100,000 tonnes in a month, as it flew past the one million tonne barrier again. It handled 105,110 tonnes of freight in November, an increase of 9.4 per cent compared to the previous year, marking the first time the airport more than 100,000 tonnes in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Oslo Airport in a strong position with 32% growth

Airfreight volumes at Oslo Airport have grown 32 per cent in the first half of 2017, and director of cargo at airport operator Avinor, Martin Langaas says there is much to be positive about. Oslo has welcomed new freighter services from Emirates SkyCargo, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Cargolux Airlines International, Turkish Cargo, CAL, DHL and Atlas Air, […]

Unilode expands its global ULD repair network 

Unilode Aviation Solutions has further expanded its global repair network by opening a new FAA Part 145 certified repair centre at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. This new facility will primarily support and expand the ULD firm’s partnership with DHL, specifically for ULD repairs and assembly, in addition to supporting Unilode’s existing ULD management and repair customers. […]

DHL starts flying seafood from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai

Oslo Airport is continuing to gain new routes with DHL launching two flights a week to Seoul and Shanghai. The Boeing 747-400 Freighter service was launched on 8 September, and will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays. The hub serving the capital of Norway has seen cargo growth of 32 per cent this year, and has […]

DHL expands Parcel Europe network into Ireland and Romania

DHL has added Ireland and Romania to its Parcel Europe network for cross border e-commerce, with Bulgaria and Croatia to join later this year. The countries have joined the network through partnerships with Ireland’s An Post and Romania’s Urgent Cargus. When Croatia joins it will be through the postal service Hrvatska Posta and in Bulgaria […]

Near 10% growth at Billund as it targets more freighters

Billund Airport is looking to add another freighter to its roster and is sure it can attract new carriers after the success of Turkish Cargo, Justin Burns writes. Growth of the twice a week Airbus A330 service by Turkish from Istanbul and express operators UPS, TNT, DHL and Lufthansa Cargo owned time:matters have led to […]

Cherry bloom helps to drive tonnage at Sea-Tac

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) has bloomed this year as a bumper cherry harvest and increasing seafood shipments have helped drive tonnage. In the first half of 2017, volumes were up 19.6 per cent as it absorbs additional capacity from four new services added in 2016 and embarks on a potentially record-breaking cherry export season. Cargo […]

Seafood tonnage at Oslo Airport set to double in 2017

Seafood freight through Oslo Airport in Norway is on the up and the gateway expects to handle double the amount of fresh fish in 2017. Oslo Airport is now served by 17 weekly cargo flights exclusively serving the Norwegian seafood market. In the last eight months, Emirates Sky Cargo, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Cargolux, Turkish Cargo, CAL […]

HAE to make investments in technology

Technology is the main area of the business that HAE will continue to make investments in and is the central focus. HAE UK & Ireland director, John Ward says staff are already working on using its self-developed web portal, which will be expanded to integrate with airline partners to give customers as many options as […]