Airfreight demand at DSV reaches ‘new heights’
Danish freight forwarder DSV says airfreight “reached new heights” in 2015 as profit and revenue increased. The figures come hot on the heels of the firm being given approval last month for its takeover of UTi Worldwide. DSV reports net revenue was 50,869 million DKK ($7.6 billion), up 4.7 per cent and gross profit was 11,201 million DKK, […]
Finnair Cargo sees January recovery
Finnair Cargo has seen volumes increase by 14.9 per cent to 10,742 tonnes in January, putting its volumes near where it was in the same month of 2014. All areas of the world saw double digit increases compared to January 2015, with Asian tonnage rising the most, 16 per cent to 6,758 tonnes. European cargo […]
Seeing growth in remarkable locations
Global Airline Services saw its tonnage and yield up to November increase by 18.5 per cent in 2015, its managing director, Jasper de Bruijne tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). De Bruijne says Dutch export tonnage grew by 9.5 per cent due to growth to the US, which surprised him as he says the US is […]
Volumes continue to fall at Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport’s cargo tonnage volumes continue to slide, which is in stark contrast to passenger traffic that rises fast again. In January, the gateway handled 5,231 tonnes of freight, a fall of 9.7 per cent from the 5,796 tonnes in the same month last year. The moving annual total is even more significant, and cargo […]
Germany’s Airport Association expects 1.7% cargo growth in 2016
The German Airports Association (ADV) says cargo was stagnant across Germany in 2015, despite positive economic fundamentals, and forecasts airfreight will grow by 1.7 per cent in 2016. Germany – Europe’s air cargo powerhouse – saw cargo volume decline slightly by 0.1 per cent, ADV reports, and gateways across Germany handled a total of 4,438,589 tonnes. ADV’s […]
Finnair Cargo signs agreement with Mercator for new management system
Finnair Cargo has signed a strategic agreement with Mercator for a new air cargo management system. The Finnish carrier will now use the firm’s airfreight system, SkyChain, which is set to be implemented by October 2016, six months ahead of the opening of Finnair’s new 80 million euro Cool Nordic Cargo terminal in spring 2017. This […]
Swissport and Graz Airport start new joint venture
Swissport International and Flughafen Graz Betriebs, the operator of Austrian airport Graz – started a new cargo services joint venture on 1 February. Swissport Cargo Services Graz will see Swissport holding 51 per cent and Graz Airport 49 per cent, and will initially have 12 employees providing extensive cargo services. It is expected to handle about 10,000 tonnes […]
The US continues to prove valuable
The USA is continuing to be Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s largest market, something it expects to continue as it increases services, according to senior vice president, John Lloyd. Lloyd tells Air Cargo Week: “2015 was a significant year of network change that saw us grow our destinations and total capacity to and from the US.” In […]
LUG continues to adapt in changing times
2016 is a big year for LUG aircargo handling, which today handles cargo at both Frankfurt and Munich airports, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year. The cargo handler’s business has grown over the decades, while the industry changed over that period, and handlers such as LUG had to adapt accordingly. Not all […]
60 Seconds with Laurent Jossart
Luxembourg is one of Europe’s principal airfreight gateways and handling agent LuxairCARGO is at the forefront of activities, and is the eighth largest air cargo platform on the continent. Air Cargo Week spoke to the handler’s executive vice president, Lauren Jossart about how LuxairCARGO is performing along with plans and to get his future outlook […]
Tonnage rise at Lyon in 2015
Cargo tonnage grew by four per cent at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport in 2015 compared to the previous 12 months. The gateway says it handled 51,629 tonnes last year, which included 2,816 tonnes of postal freight and 48,812 tonnes of air cargo. Lyon-Saint Exupéry says mixed freight represented 8,108 tonnes, a 2.4 per cent increase, and […]
MAG sees 4.3% growth in cargo across its airports in 2015
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) saw strong cargo growth in 2015 across its UK gateways, handling an additional 27,720 tonnes compared with 2014, which was a 4.3% per cent increase. Volumes increased by 4.5 per cent in 2015 at East Midlands Airport, the UK’s largest airport for dedicated cargo, which had its busiest ever month for […]
Jettainer targets more contracts in 2016
Jettainer had a prolific 2015 and the unit load device (ULD) management firm has lofty ambitions this year. The subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group signed up a further five new airlines last year, taking its total to 18 and says it won every tender it took part in. Jettainer’s managing director, Carsten Hernig says the […]
Cargolux renews GDP certification
Cargolux Airlines has successfully renewed its GDP certification after passing the GDP Surveillance Audit, which validates the certification for another year. The airline says it means its management system fulfills the requirements of the EU directive ‘Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use’ and of World Health Organisation guidelines. Cargolux became the […]
Luxembourg Airport tonnage grows 4.2% in 2015
Airfreight continues the upward trend at Luxembourg Airport and it handled 738,000 tonnes in 2015, rise of 4.2 per cent compared to 2014. The strongest growth was recorded in October and November when there was an increase of nine per cent, in August of eight per cent and July of seven per cent. The gateway […]
Cargolux says market share now up to 3.8%
Cargolux Airlines, fresh from announcing plans yesterday of a $77 million investment in new venture Cargolux China, says it gained market share in 2015 to 3.8 per cent. The carrier says it flew 114,792 block hours, 8.8 per cent more than in 2014 and surpassed the all-time record the company had achieved in that year. Tonnes sold […]
Treasures mission for Air Partner
Air Partner has helped to deliver a precious cargo of 445 treasured Romanian artefacts to China for the ‘Treasures of Romania’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The air charter firm says it was working on behalf of TNT Romania for the National Museum of Romanian History (MNIR). The shipment was flown […]
Jan de Rijk Logistics picks up De Rooy Logistics
Jan de Rijk Logistics has acquired De Rooy Logistics – a company in the Netherlands specialising in transport, distribution and value added logistics for the spare parts and automotive industry. No financial details of the deal have been revealed by the freight road feeder service provider. Jan de Rijk Logistics explains: “De Rooy Logistics is […]
DHL expands presence in Marseille
DHL Express has stepped up its presence at Marseille Provence Airport and has inaugurated a hub that has doubled in size as part of an eight million euro investment. The surface area of the warehouse has more than doubled, from 1,300 square metres to 3,000 square metres and the workforce will also soon be doubled, […]
Munich Airport sees 8.9% tonnage rise in 2015
Munich Airport saw a strong growth in airfreight in 2015 with tonnage up 8.9 per cent to more than 317,000 tonnes, which is a new annual record for the gateway. This compares with the 291,475 tonnes that the airport handled in 2014. Munich Airport president and chief executive officer, Dr. Michael Kerkloh reiterated the need […]
Tonnage record in 2015 for Leipzig
Leipzig Halle Airport set a tonnage record for the 11th consecutive year in 2015, handling 988,240 tonnes of cargo. Operator Mitteldeutsche Flughafen says that this was a growth rate of 8.5 per cent compared to the tonnage figure achieved 2014. In December, the airport handled 89,857 tonnes and the gateway says this was a new record […]
Etihad welcomes codeshare flights court ruling
Etihad Airways has welcomed the ruling by the higher administrative court in Luneburg reversing an earlier judgment and allowing it to continue operating 26 out of the 31 codeshare flights for the full winter schedule, which ends on 26 March 2016. The carrier says the court definitively ruled that 26 of the 31 codeshares are lawful. Together […]
Fall of 2.3% in volumes at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport’s volumes fell 2.3 per cent in 2015 to about 2.1 million tonnes, which it attributes to mainly to weakening global trade and economic difficulties in some emerging markets. In the last month of 2015 in December, cargo throughput dropped by 0.5 per cent to 175,296 tones year-on-year. The operator of Germany’s principal hub, […]
IATA: North American profits soar
Airline profits in North America and Europe saw significant improvements while Asia declined and South America increased its losses in the third quarter of 2015, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. In its December 2015 Airlines Financial Monitor, IATA says the 77 sample airlines made a net post-tax profit of $12.9 billion in the […]
Lufthansa Cargo sees volumes fall in 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.6 million tonnes of freight in 2015, which was a slight year-on-year decline in volumes on 2014, but it says customer satisfaction levels remain high. The carrier says the total volume declined slightly in a “challenging market environment” and the company had carried around two per cent more freight the previous year. […]
Growth of 7.8% at Brussels in 2015
Brussels Airport says it saw a “vigorous” 7.8 per cent growth in freight in 2015 compared to 2014, which was driven by the full freighter segment and express services. The airport says it is an exceptionally strong result in comparison with other European airports where freight transport has grown only slightly or even decreased. Brussels […]
DHL buys stakes in French e-commerce firm Relais Colis
Deutsche Post DHL Group has acquired a minority stake in French e-commerce logistics specialist Relais Colis. The German freight intregrator has bought a 27.5 per cent holding and says the move will enhance access for DHL divisions to the French e-commerce market, which is Europe’s third largest. Investment will also support further development of Relais Colis […]
Slight volumes fall in 2015 at Heathrow
Heathrow Airport saw its cargo volumes fall 0.2 per cent in 2015, but tonnage rose in the last month of the year. The gateway handled 1.49 million tonnes of freight last year, a very slight decline on figures in 2014. Heathrow, the UK’s largest port by value, says it continued to play a leading role […]
Russia blamed for European airport decline
Airports in Europe have seen volumes fall by 0.6 per cent in November because of large declines at non-European Union hubs, particularly in Russia, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Among non-EU airports, volumes fell by 12.8 per cent because of weakness in Russia, while EU hubs increased by 1.3 per cent. In Russia, […]
Artist’s image released of the Istanbul New Airport
A tower in the shape of a giant tulip will become the iconic symbol of the new 10.2 billion euros ($11 billion) Istanbul New Airport, which set to be opened in the spring of 2018. As part of an international competition to build the future air traffic control tower, the operating consortium IGA selected the […]
