ACI: airfreight volumes remained sluggish in July
Airfreight markets were left behind the passenger traffic growth of 5.4 per cent recording a 1.9 per cent growth in total freight during the month of July, the Airports Council International (ACI) reports. ACI says there was an “optimistic” 3.9 per cent growth in international freight, which was counterbalanced by a 2.7 per cent decline […]
ACF video projects in Paris attracting great interest
AZura Productions’ ‘Industry Views’ video project at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Paris is attracting a variety of interest with some of the industry’s leading companies already taking up the option. Air cargo businesses interested still have the chance to sign up for a video, which will involve short interviews conducted during the show […]
Brussels cargo grows for first month since March terror attacks
Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport have grown for the first time since the hub serving the Belgian capital was hit by terrorist attacks in March. Volumes in August were up 6.6 per cent year-on-year to 39,848 driven by the full-freighter segment, which benefitted from the development of Ethiopian Airlines Cargo. Freighter cargo grew by 13.3 […]
MAG’s big three gateways see cargo growth in August
All three of the Manchester Airports Group’s (MAG) biggest gateways saw increases in cargo in August. Manchester Airport, boosted by rising bellyhold traffic through network development handled 9,837 tonnes, which was an 11.9 per cent rise on the same month last year. August was the busiest month of the year for passenger traffic at Manchester […]
ACI World: Hong Kong retains spot as world’s busiest cargo airport
Hong Kong International Airport retained its spot as the world’s busiest cargo airport as the whole market registered modest growth of 2.6 per cent in 2015, Airports Council International (ACI) says. In its 2015 ACI World Airport Traffic Report, the association reports that air cargo growth was slower than the passenger division due to subdued […]
Network expansion helps Schiphol grow tonnage
Tonnage at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was up two per cent year-on-year (YOY) in the first seven months of 2016 – as July boosted the figures when YOY growth was 4.4 per cent reaching 139,650 tonnes. During the period, Europe has performed strongly, up YOY by 42.6 per cent and driven by the addition of new […]
Finnair’s network expansion helps it grow in August
Finnair’s cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in available tonne kilometres (ATK) grew by 4.9 per cent, and revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) increased by 8.7 per cent year-on-year (YOY) in August. ATK was 121.8 million, while RTK was 69.4 million and for the year so far ATK is 923.4 million, a YOY rise of 7.1 […]
Pharma investments made by IAG Cargo paying off
IAG Cargo’s Constant Climate (CC) product has been running for 10 years and continues to go from strength to strength, providing a boost in a challenging marketplace. The temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals market is a growing area of premium cargo and has seen 8-10 per cent growth. IAG Cargo’s global head of pharmaceuticals and life sciences, Alan […]
IAG Cargo upgrades animal handling capabilities in Madrid
IAG Cargo has today unveiled its enhanced animal handling capabilities at Madrid-Barajas Airport. From this month, every pet travelling through Madrid will benefit from a full veterinary check-up and a new 25-strong care team dedicated to ensuring the safe transit of each animal. The veterinary check-up, undertaken by qualified staff from the Hospital Veterinario Alberto […]
IATA: July a “positive month” but global trade remains subdued
Airfreight has had “a positive month” in July with Europe posting the strongest growth for only the fourth time in a decade, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. The association says freight tonne kilometres (FTK) grew by five per cent, the fastest pace since early 2015 and despite the subdued global trade backdrop, carriers […]
Gatwick CFO said there was flaws with commission’s runway expansion report
Gatwick Airport’s chief financial officer, Nick Dunn said yesterday there were flaws with the Airport Commission’s figures concerning the potential economic benefits the UK would gain from expansion at Heathrow Airport over Gatwick. He was speaking at the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum seminar – ‘What now for airport expansion in the South East?’ […]
Heathrow CEO sure it will get the backing of UK Government
Heathrow Airport chief executive officer John Holland-Kaye said yesterday he feels it has finally come to a point where the government will make a decision to back Heathrow expansion, while also questioning whether Gatwick can meet the needs of British exporters. He was speaking at the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum, which held a […]
New fulfillment centre for va-Q-tec
va-Q-tec has opened a new Fulfillment Centre for its serviced rental business at the company’s headquarters in Wuerzburg. At the site, various high-performance packaging systems, from thermal transport boxes to airfreight containers, are prepared for each customer’s transport requirements – meeting the demands of pharmaceutical and temperature-sensitive cargo. va-Q-tec says healthcare companies are particularly dependent on […]
Chapman Freeborn remains flexible during sudden mini-peaks
Recent years have been all about sudden mini-peaks in demand, as the traditional Asian ‘peak season’ has not materialised, Chapman Freeborn group cargo director, Reto Hunziker tells Air Cargo Week. Alongside the sudden mini-peaks, Hunziker says project-based work has been one of Chapman Freeborn’s key focuses and he is pleased how 2016 has gone so […]
Markets grow modestly in July, says WorldACD
Air cargo markets saw modest growth in July with year-on-year (YOY) weight growth of 1.8 per cent worldwide, according to WorldACD Market Data. The analyst says the industry “did not consolidate the upswing witnessed in June” – when there was YOY growth of almost three per cent. WorldACD says while the southern hemisphere origins of […]
Phillips to manage Virgin Atlantic Cargo European sales
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has promoted Claire Phillips to the role of regional sales manager – Continental Europe, where she will be responsible for revenue and budget attainment in the region. Phillips, who has worked for the airline for five years, will work closely with Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s customers in the region and be the direct […]
CSafe expands footprint into Europe buying Kalibox
CSafe Global has completed the acquisition of France-based cool chain packaging firm Kalibox – extending its footprint into Europe. The move continues CSafe’s global expansion plans adding over 5,000 square metres of manufacturing in two European locations to its current six North American locations that total over 20,000 square metres. These are CSafe’s first owned facilities in the […]
Lufthansa Cargo extends Peter Gerber’s contract
Lufthansa Cargo has extended chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Gerber’s contract for another five years. Gerber will lead the carrier as CEO and chairman of the executive board after the supervisory board unanimously agreed an early extension of his contract to 30 April 2022. Lufthansa Cargo says it has initiated a comprehensive restructuring process in recent […]
Finnair Cargo partners with HUB logistics for terminal at Helsinki
Finnair Cargo has selected HUB logistics to operate its new ‘next-generation’ cargo terminal at Helsinki Airport from December this year. The carrier is scheduled to open its new, state-of-the-art, 37,000 square metre COOL Nordic Cargo hub in May 2017, and will work with HUB logistics to ensure a smooth transition and optimised usage of the new automated terminal. […]
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 […]
Turkish hub at Istanbul awarded CEIV pharma certificate
The Istanbul hub of Turkish Airlines has gained the International Air Transport Association’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certificate for the airline itself and its cargo operations. Turkish Airlines says CEIV crowns its “success in all processes of the air transportation of healthcare products during the cargo operations it carries out under […]
60 Seconds with Dirk Schusdziara
60 Seconds with Frankfurt Airport’s senior vice president of cargo, Dirk Schusdziara Justin Burns, ACW: How has business been so far in 2016? Schusdziara: In the first half of 2016, cargo volumes grew 0.7 per cent to 1.05 million tonnes. While the worldwide cargo market started slow into 2016, we saw signs of recovery at […]
Chapman Freeborn expands OBC team
Chapman Freeborn’s OBC has made a series of new appointments as it continues to expand its global hand-carry services to meet increasing demand. The Cologne-headquartered on-board courier (OBC) specialist has promoted Pasquale Bellarosa to director of sales and operations, and hired Tobias Riener, who has joined in the role of director of business development and is introducing hand-carry services to […]
LATAM awards ULD management to CHEP
LATAM Airlines Group has awarded the management of its unit load devices (ULDs) to CHEP Aerospace Solutions. The agreement will see CHEP managing one of the largest outsourced ULD fleets in the industry, and will meet LATAM’s ongoing objective to deliver operational efficiencies. Following the acquisition of LATAM’s existing 13,000 ULDs, CHEP will start operations […]
ACI: growth in volumes sluggish in 1H of 2016
The Airports Council International (ACI) says airfreight markets were “substantially weaker” than passenger markets in the first half of 2016, posting marginal 0.5 per cent growth in total freight on a year-to-date basis. This the airport trade association says was largely due to a subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies and a modest […]
WFS names Smyth as new chief executive
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed former Menzies Aviation chief Craig Smyth as its new chief executive – replacing Olivier Bijaoui who stepped down from the position in July. Smyth will take the helm at the global cargo and ground handler on 29 August. He was the former chief executive officer of Menzies, where he spent […]
Runway to be closed at East Midlands for seven weekends
East Midlands Airport is to undertake a full length runway refurbishment project during November and December 2016, which will see the runway closed over each weekend in the months. Beginning on 5 November 2016 and concluding on 19 December 2016, the project will see around 360 workers every weekend laying 50,000 tonnes of specially formulated material […]
e-AWB progress being made as US hubs make the switch
The electronic air waybill (e-AWB) is gaining momentum but adoption is still short of targets and below where many in the industry want to see it. The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) e-AWB360 conferences are aiming to further drive penetration rates and launched the e-AWB360 program to help airlines, freight forwarders, ground handling agents (GHA) […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo welcomes capacity uplift from A350
Virgin Atlantic Cargo says its new $4.4 billion order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft will boost its cargo capacity and in turn provide added benefits to customers. The airline says the investment demonstrates the strength of its commitment to customer experience as it continues to focus on delivering sustained profit in the long term. It is part […]
Muller to replace Reuter at Dachser from January 2018
Jochen Müller will take over from Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer (COO) of the Air & Sea Logistics business arm at Dachser from 1 January 2018. The 52-year-old will replace Thomas Reuter as COO and during the transition period, Müller will work on developing projects, which he will start on 1 October this year. Reuter will remain […]
