Multimodal to host meeting of Cargo iQ Working Group
Multimodal 2017 seminars will include a series of debates focused on air cargo challenges and opportunities, and the event will play host to a meeting of Cargo iQ’s Working Group. Air cargo leaders from across the globe, including Heathrow Airport’s Nick Platts, DB Schenker’s, Lothar Moehle, Air Canada Cargo’s, Mark Olney, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s, Jonas van […]
DHL Express appoints Reckling as new CEO for Germany
DHL Express has appointed Markus Reckling as the new chief executive officer (CEO) for Germany, and he took the helm from January. He has taken responsibility for further expanding the express division’s business in Germany and will continue to drive the focus on customer service, quality and employee engagement. Reckling takes over from Wolfgang Albeck, […]
Swissport wins handling contract with Emirates in France
Swissport Cargo Services France has won a contract to handle cargo at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Lyon Airport and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport for Emirates SkyCargo. The agreement will be effective from 1 April 2017. It covers the complete scope of cargo handling services including full freighter and warehouse handling. Swissport International senior vice president […]
BIFA urges caution when seeking Brexit advice
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is encouraging its members to carefully consider the options when seeking advice on the likely implications to their business and services of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). Director general, Robert Keen says: “There has been a huge volume of announcements and press coverage on the […]
New pharma flights added by Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched additional Pharma Express flights from the pharmaceutical hubs of Basel (EuropAirport) and Brussels Airport to Doha. Basel and Brussels are both home to the headquarters of major pharma companies, while the Swiss chemical exports are largely shipped out of Basel. Qatar has added an additional weekly frequency, operating on Fridays, […]
Frankfurt Airport looks to innovate as it targets a bright 2017
A strong final quarter boosted Frankfurt Airport (FRA) to a pleasing airfreight result in 2016. Senior vice president for cargo, Dirk Schusdziara (pictured below) says after a very slow start to the year, it got better and better, handling 2.2 million tonnes in 2016 – 2.1 million tonnes of freight and 85,000 tonnes of mail. […]
Garcia appointed as CFO by WFS
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Pedro Garcia (pictured below) as chief information officer. He will be based in Paris and joins after spending 10 years with Swissport, including the last five years in the role of vice president for cargo information systems. At WFS, he is responsible for the development of robust, sustainable and standardised […]
More strong growth in January at Leipzig/Halle
Leipzig/Halle Airport started 2017 as it ended last year as its cargo tonnage surged by 6.9 per cent in January. Germany’s second busiest air cargo gateway and Europe’s fifth busiest – handled 84,782 tonnes, as it continued the strong growth it achieved in 2016. Last year, Liepzig/Halle handled more than one million tonnes for the […]
Etihad and Lufthansa extend cooperation
Etihad Aviation Group and Lufthansa Airlines have unveiled details of a new commercial partnership – and are looking into further cooperation including freight operations. The two airline groups have concluded a $100 million global catering agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. Both are also exploring further cooperation in […]
Pony Express Courier completes Ireland’s 1st drone delivery
Ireland’s first Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) approved parcel delivery by drone was completed this weekend, in Dun Laoghaire – Dublin. The flight was performed by Pony Express Couriers, Ireland’s largest same-day courier and took two minutes to complete from take-off to parcel drop, with the drone (a DJI Inspire 1) taking the parcel, weighing 250 grammes, […]
European investment in technology vital, says Hermes’ Montgomery
The consolidation of ground handlers and airlines is set to continue in Europe, according to Hermes’ chief cargo officer, Steve Montgomery (pictured above). He believes the current European air cargo marketplace is as competitive as ever with “very tight margins” and pressure is increasing on the continent’s carriers from expanding Middle East airlines. Montgomery notes […]
Volga-Dnepr’s van de Weg resigns from his role
Volga-Dnepr Group’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, Robert van de Weg has resigned after three months in the role. The Russian air cargo operator says he will continue to co-operate with the Group on a strategic level. He was appointed in October last year. Van de Weg looked after the commercial side for […]
Crane Worldwide opens office at Amsterdam Schiphol
Crane Worldwide in the Netherlands has invested in a brand new head office facility at the heart of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The new facility houses the country’s head office staff, as well as an active airfreight operation offering dedicated client support. The warehouse facility offers value-added services such as storage, pick and pack operations, labelling and […]
India the ‘darling’ emerging market, Agility Index finds
The Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2017 has ranked China as top once again while India is seen as having the “most logistics potential” ranking in second, up one place from last year. Analysis and research firm Transport Intelligence (Ti), compiled the Index, which says India was an “Index darling for the second consecutive year”, while […]
ACS names D’Cruz as regional director for European offices
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Tracy D’Cruz to regional director for the company’s European offices. She will start her new role in February and chief executive officer, Justin Bowman explains: “Since Tracy joined ACS almost 10 years ago she has worked in both the marketing and sales teams in the UAE and UK offices, before starting […]
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo now under one roof at FRA
Cathay Pacific Cargo is relocating its local cargo handling activities at Frankfurt Airport to the Lufthansa Cargo terminal as part of the cooperation agreement between the two airlines. The relocation of Cathay Pacific Cargo’s freight handling into the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt is a core element of the carrier’s joint business agreement (JBA) […]
ECS appoints Bittner as new MD of Globe Air Cargo
ECS Group has announced the appointment of Martin Bittner as its new managing director (MD) of Globe Air Cargo, Germany. Bittner assumed the role on 1 January, taking over the helm from Mark Grinsted who will retire after serving 14 years with the group. Grinsted will hang his boots up on 31 March shortly before […]
Charter packed with automotive parts flown to Turkey
An urgent shipment of automotive parts have been chartered from Romania to Turkey by the X2 Critical Member EAS Group. The 25-tonne payload was transported by the freight forwarder using an Airbus A310 Freighter, and was deemed ‘top urgent’ in order to avoid any production delays in the car manufacturer’s factory. EAS development director, Marco Muggianu says: “The […]
Lufthansa Cargo looking to China and India in the Far East
China and India are the targets for Lufthansa Cargo as it sees these being the strongest Far East markets for cargo in 2017. The carrier says it expects the strongest relative growth of export and import to come from both these countries. Aside from the Far East it will focus its attentions on the North […]
Double-digit volume growth but yields keep falling
After a slow start to 2016, growth picked up in September with a surplus of business like never before in December, Kales Group chief executive officer, Peter Kales (pictured above) tells Air Cargo Week (ACW) staff writer, James Muir. He says volumes grew 15 per cent but yields narrowed month by month, and growth would […]
Freight fall in 2016 at Milan Bergamo Airport
Orio al Serio International Airport also known as Milan Bergamo Airport saw freight fall by 2.7 per cent in 2016 – as it handled just over 117,000 tonnes in the year – down on the 121,000 tonnes in 2015. The Italian gateway did have a good peak season seeing a 3.7 per cent uplift in December on the same month […]
Leipzig passes one million tonne tonnage mark for 1st time
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport in 2016 passed the magical one million tonne mark for the first time as the airport handled 1,052,372.4 tonnes. This was a 6.5 per cent increase over the previous year at Europe’s fifth largest cargo hub, Germany’s second busiest by volumes after Frankfurt Airport. The sterling year for tonnage was […]
Americas, Asia and technology focus for ECS
The ECS Group made some key moves in 2016 as it acquired a majority stake in the AVS GSA Group and won a general sales and service agent (GSSA) contract with Singapore-based carrier Jetstar Asia. Chief executive officer, Bertrand Schmoll (pictured below) says the deals have enabled it to develop its network and grow in […]
ACI: Consumer electronics help airfreight surge 8.1% in November
Worldwide airfreight volumes grew 8.1 per cent driven by consumer electronics and global digitisation, Airports Council International (ACI) says. It says international airfreight was up 9.2 per cent while domestic volumes grew 5.6 per cent, with the global electronics market generating a surge in demand due to close release dates for competing consumer products. ACI […]
ACT says no technical faults recorded with B747F that crashed
The board of directors of ACT Airlines has released an extended statement after the tragic crash of a Boeing 747-400 Freighter in Kyrgyzstan this morning, believed to have killed 37 people. The aircraft operates under the myCargo brand and came down near Manas Airport on its way from Hong Kong at 01.20 local time and had 85,000 kilogrammes of general […]
The Far East drives Luxair Cargo tonnage in 2016
Freighter rotations were up 9.7 per cent to 5,400 turnarounds in 2016 for Luxair Cargo at Luxembourg Airport (LUX), which helped drive tonnage. Executive vice president, Laurent Jossart (pictured) says 821,000 tonnes were handled last year, an uplift of 8.2 per cent compared to 2015, with the third quarter up eight per cent and last […]
Record tonnage year for Amsterdam Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ended 2016 with a record as it handled 1.66 million tonnes, up 2.5 per cent on 2015. Europe’s third largest air cargo hub had a strong end to the year, with December figures up 10.4 per cent on the same month in 2015 at 149,000 tonnes. Cargo until November was up 1.8 per […]
IATA: Profits grow in third quarter but momentum weakening
The airline industry had a solid third quarter with profits up on the same period last year but there are signs the momentum for profitability has weakened, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. In its Airlines Financial Monitor December 2016, IATA says third quarter (Q3) profits are up to $13.3 billion compared to $12.8 […]
1.8% tonnage rise in 2016 at Frankfurt Airport
In 2016 cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) increased by 1.8 per cent to 2.15 million tonnes, while aircraft movements declined by 1.1 per cent to 462,885 takeoffs and landings. Last year, FRA was affected by pilot strikes and the hub’s operator Fraport says without the effects resulting from strikes and weather-related flight cancellations, the number of […]
Liege Airport continues its annual tonnage growth path
Liege Airport handled 660,604 tonnes of freight in 2016 compared with the 649,829 tonnes it processed in 2015, which was a rise of 1.7 per cent. The Belgian gateway is the 8th busiest tonnage wise in the Europe region and Belgium’s largest airfreight hub. Liege Airport managing director, Luc Partoune says: “There has been sustained business growth for […]
