Chapman Freeborn celebrates 25 years of success in Poland
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has marked 25 years of business in Poland with a celebration at The View located on the 28th and 32nd floor of Warsaw’s Spectrum Tower. The company has had a presence in Poland since 1993 when it opened its office in Warsaw to serve local charter clients and expand specialist activities in […]
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 […]
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 […]
TNT customers continue to feel the affect of cyber-attack
FedEx says TNT Express customers are still “experiencing widespread service and invoicing delays” three weeks after the cyber-attack on 28 June, which had significant impact on TNT’s worldwide information systems. FedEx says the attack has affected its financial performance, but it is “still evaluating the financial impact of the attack”, but it is likely it will be material. […]
Budapest posts huge tonnage growth of 26.8% in January
Budapest Airport recorded significant growth in air cargo traffic during the first month of 2017, as it posted an increase of 26.8 per cent in January, compared to the same month in 2016. Arriving and departing cargo traffic reached 5,114 tonnes in January 2016, but was 6,487 tonnes last month. Budapest Airport says the underlying factors include the strong […]
Budapest positioning itself as the hub for Eastern Europe
Budapest Airport is positioning itself to be the air cargo hub of Eastern Europe having seen growth of 11.3 per cent so far in 2016. The growth has come from both freighter aircraft and passenger services with bellyhold capacity. Cargo development manager, József Kossuth says a significant proportion of the growth has come from Qatar […]
11.3% uplift at Budapest Airport this year
Airfreight passing through Budapest Airport has increased by 11.3 per cent since the beginning of this year. The gateway in Central Europe says the bulk of this was transported by all-cargo carriers, but bellyhold cargo volumes grew just as strongly. Budapest has handled 6,770 tonnes of air cargo every month so far in 2016, and the […]
Chapman promotes Puchalski in Poland
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has promoted Radoslaw Puchalski to the position of head of its business in Poland. Puchalski has held the role of charter sales manager at Chapman Freeborn since 2012 and will oversee the strategic growth of the company’s aircraft chartering and on-board courier services in Poland, as well as the expansion of activities […]
HAE becomes GSSA for Blue Air in Ireland
UK air cargo service provider HAE has announced a new general sales agent agreement in a working partnership with Romanian airline Blue Air. The company says it will be responsible for all sales and customer service activities for the carrier in the Republic of Ireland. Blue Air operates four flights per week from Dublin direct […]