DHL opens pharma centre at Amsterdam Schiphol
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new logistics centre for life science and healthcare products at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The Life Science Competence Center is located next to the airport at the business park Schiphol Southeast. It serves as a hub for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport follow-up of active and passive […]
GEFCO sees turnover rise, but EBITDA fall
The GEFCO group generated a turnover of 4.2 billion euros ($4.7 billion) in 2015, up three per cent on the 4.05 billion in 2014. However, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) in 2015 was 131 million euros, an 18 per cent fall on the 160 million euros achieved in 2014. Higher turnover it says […]
Transhipments help Hong Kong grow in April
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has seen cargo volumes increase by 1.2 per cent in April to 365,000 tonnes, with Europe and Mainland China seeing the largest growth, and transhipments increasing. The airport has continued its recovery, which started in March, following a slow start to the year, with January and February seeing declines. Cargo […]
DHL Global Forwarding appoints Wu in Cambodia
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Oliver Wu as country manager for Cambodia, with effect. In his new role, Oliver will report directly to Clement Blanc, managing director of DHL Global Forwarding for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Based in Phnom Penh, Wu will lead and manage DHL Global Forwarding’s business activities in the country, and be responsible […]
Pegasus Cargo to hold 6th conference in Izmir
Pegasus Cargo is to hold a 6th conference bringing the logistics sector together with university students, this time moving away from Istanbul to hold it in Izmir (Turkey). The International Transport and Logistics Conference will take place from 12-13 October, in partnership with Dokuz Eylul University’s Maritime Faculty Department of Logistics Management, and it will take place at the […]
ACI: International freight weak while domestic volumes grow
Worldwide freight grew by 1.1 per cent in March, with domestic growth making up for international weakness, Airports Council International (ACI) says in its March 2016 FreightFlash. International volumes were down by 2.1 per cent in March, with North America down by 11.9 per cent, followed by Latin America-Caribbean at 4.1 per cent, with Asia […]
Milan Malpensa on target to continue strong expansion path
Business is rosy at Milan Malpensa Airport and Italy’s principle air cargo gateway goes from strength to strength and growth looks a given. Malpensa saw a nine per cent uplift in tonnage in both 2014 and 2015, reaching 500,000 tonnes last year and has a 55 per cent market share of Italian air cargo, while […]
Milan boosting Cargolux bottom line
Cargolux Italia is planning on increasing freighter frequencies between Milan and its new hub in Zhengzhou (China). The Luxembourg carrier is targeting more services into the city where it launched its new venture – Cargolux China. Asia is where its sees growth and Cargolux Italia sees the ripest opportunities to be picked in Japan and […]
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo enter joint business agreement
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo have entered into a joint business agreement, which they say brings numerous benefits to customers from joint network between Hong Kong and Europe. Both carriers explain it means more direct connections, greater flexibility and time savings combined with service enhancements, which are just some of the benefits customers will enjoy thanks […]
Boost for Frankfurt as volumes rise 5% in April
Frankfurt Airport operator, Fraport has seen cargo rise in April – making it the first month it has risen in 2016 after struggled in the first quarter (Q1). In market contrast to passenger traffic, which fell by 2.5 per cent, freight soared by five per cent to 181,948 tonnes. Fraport says: “Far East traffic was […]
Strong April for cargo across MAG airports
The MAG Group has seen cargo volumes surge in April compared to the same month last year at Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport and Stansted Airport. Manchester handled 9,202 tonnes, a year-on-year (YOY) rise of 8.9 per cent, Stansted processed 20,826 tonnes, a YOY uplift of 12.6 per cent and East Midlands handled 27,198 tonnes, […]
Simonet named as new president at Liege
Marie-Dominique Simonet has been named as the new president of Liege Airport, succeeding José Happart, who becomes senior vice president. The decision was made yesterday at the gateway’s general meeting. Happart had been president since 2004. Simonet was born on 18 November 1959 in Liege. A law graduate, she was called to the Bar of Liege in 1983 […]
Former Transaero aircraft moved as sea cargo in Ireland
A Boeing 767 that was used by former Russian carrier Transaero Airlines that will be transformed into glamorous holiday campsite facility is being hauled up Irish West Coast in barge. The decommissioned Boeing767 aircraft is set to make land on the Irish West Coast tomorrow morning after being moved by barge on the high seas in […]
ASL Switzerland seeing high demand for DGR shipments
ASL Airlines Switzerland is seeing high demand for specific dangerous goods transportation across the globe. Managing director, Harald Vogels tells Air Cargo Week this presents opportunities and one of ASL’s niche products is to organise the movement of specific high value goods, requiring special approvals. On the ad-hoc charter side, Vogels says demand is a little […]
Call for standardisation of pharma handling across supply chain
CAL Cargo Airlines has long been at the forefront of the movement of temperature sensitive cargo. The Israeli carrier has its main hub at Liege Airport and was the first to gain the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) pharmaceutical certificate across both airline and ground handling operations. CAL […]
TNT Express to sell its overnight delivery arm – TNT Innight
TNT Express is to sell its overnight distribution subsidiary TNT Innight to the private equity firm Special Situations Venture Partners III (SSVP). The company says the sale is motivated by TNT’s strategy to concentrate resources on strengthening its core express delivery activities. TNT Innight provides night-time distribution services in Europe to companies in sectors such as […]
SEKO Logistics opens first UK excellence centre at Farnborough
SEKO Logistics has opened its first UK Aerospace & Aviation ‘Centre of Excellence’ at Farnborough Airport to deliver logistics and technology services for companies serving global customers in the sector. The company already has centres of excellence in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific and Farnborough was chosen as the location for its UK team of specialists because […]
IATA: Volumes and load factors keep tumbling in March
The airfreight market has faced another challenging month in March with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) falling by two per cent while load factors keep tumbling, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports. The results have been exaggerated by the comparison with a particularly strong start to 2015 when airfreight received a boost due to the […]
Liege opens ‘Horse Inn’ ready for the Olympic Games
Liege Airport has opened a ‘Horse Inn’ a new infrastructure designed to upgrade its overall service provision for the transportation of horses and give horses on the move a first-class stopover. The gateway says there is a “real need” for a specific rest and loading area for horses, which is only set to increase and says it is […]
Air Partner appoints Mike Hill as director of freight
Air Partner has appointed Mike Hill as director of freight, with responsibility for freight across the entire Group. Hill has been with the Group since 2007, when he joined to set up Air Partner’s freight office in Germany from scratch. In 2014 he was promoted from a business development position to Regional Freight Director – Europe. Hill will […]
Brussels Airlines Cargo’s figures hit by terrorist attacks
Brussels Airlines Cargo’s March figures were strongly impacted by the shocking terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport on 22 March. The carrier says cargo activity was obviously “heavily influenced” by the attacks and until 21 March, the cargo load factor had amounted to 69 percentage points. The cargo traffic was largely interrupted after 22 March. A […]
WorldACD: few bright spots in a slow market
WorldACD says March offered some “hope of a change for the better” in a few of the world’s air cargo markets, but year-on-year (YOY) yields in US dollars still dropped by 18 per cent. The industry market analyst says although YOY volumes dropped by 0.9 per cent worldwide, the flows from Asia Pacific to Europe and […]
Etihad to develop cargo services from Parma Airport
Etihad Airways and Parma Airport have signed an agreement to develop cargo traffic at the airport of the central Italian city. The exclusive agreement initially includes the establishment of a cargo transit centre at Parma Airport to receive cargo for forwarding to Milan Malpensa Airport for onward transport. The project will be developed in conjunction […]
Express and charter sectors driving Leipzig to new heights
Leipzig/Halle Airport expects tonnage growth to be boosted this year through the even closer links it has forged at the airport between rail and road. One area it is looking for further business is as a result of handling the Emons freight trains from Hamburg and Bremerhaven, which have been operating on working days since […]
Volumes and revenue fall in Q1 at IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo’s volumes were down 1.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, while yields decreased 6.9 per cent at constant exchange. IAG’s commercial revenue of 262 million euros over the period from 1 January to 31 March, 2016, was a decrease of 1.5 per cent compared to 2015. Adjusting the prior year’s figures to reflect […]
Lufthansa Cargo drives on with digital innovation
Lufthansa Cargo is going to closely collaborate with promising technology start-ups as it looks to move forward with its digital innovation plans. The carrier’s logistic division is the first freight airline globally to participate in the new ‘Logistics Tech Accelerator’ program in co-operation with US-American company RocketSpace. The company has been helping tech start-ups and […]
Virgin appoints Ellis as head of GSA territory management
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Ryan Ellis as head of GSA territory management – to lead and manage the airline’s 40 general sales agency partners in 25 countries. Based at the airline’s cargo headquarters close to Gatwick Airport, Ellis is responsible for all of Virgin’s GSA management across the network. He will also manage and drive key […]
Norwegian Cargo appoints dnata as new UK freight handler
Norwegian Cargo has appointed dnata as its new cargo handler in the UK with the cargo handler providing services from 1 May. dnata will provide Norwegian with a full range of cargo handling capabilities at all UK airports served by Norwegian – Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. dnata will also manage Norwegian’s regional handling and […]
Ireland’s ’designated’ cargo hub looking to keep growing
Shannon Airport says the large proportion of Irish export air cargo leaving by road to British or continental European airports presents both a challenge and an opportunity. Shannon Airport Authority group strategy director, Patrick Edmond explains to Air Cargo Week: “Today there is no statistical data to quantify the scale of this surface leakage, but […]
Heathrow needs a new runway, Priority Freight urge
The expansion of a new runway capacity at Heathrow Airport is essential to the future success of UK exporters, in the view of most freight forwarders. Priority Freight general manager at Heathrow, Kevin O’Shea explains that a third runway is vital for the business so it can grow its airfreight sector. “The expansion of the […]
