Aerts to succeed Polmans at Brussels Airport
Geert Aerts will succeed Steven Polmans as director cargo & logistics at Brussels Airport. With a background as industrial engineer, Aerts has been active in aviation for 17 years at CAE Inc, where he has been Regional Operations Director Europe, Africa & Middle-East since 2014. At CAE Inc he was responsible for the management of […]
Brussels Airport sees 2.2% cargo growth
Brussels Airport has released the latest performance figures for 2020. A total of 6,743,395 passengers passed through Brussels Airport in 2020, unsurprisingly down 74% on 2019. The cargo segment, and in particular air cargo, saw demand increase in 2020 especially for the transport of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and recorded a 2% growth in cargo […]
Chassin joins InstaFreight
Adam Chassin, former head of business for Uber in Europe and the former head of strategic business development at Amazon, is joining InstaFreight as chief commercial officer. “We are very proud that Adam Chassin joined our C-level team at the start of the new year. Having worked in senior roles at leading technology companies in […]
ABC receives the Bembel prize
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been awarded the Bembel prize which is presented by Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) every year to acknowledge the best performers in the air cargo industry handled by FCS in Frankfurt airport. The carrier, which has transported over 120,000 tonnes of cargo to/from Frankfurt airport for 2020, managed to achieve over 5% […]
A zero emission first for AFKLM Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel
To tackle the ongoing climate crisis, the industry has made ambitious targets to cut net aviation carbon emissions by half of that they were in 2005 by 2050. In line with these targets, Kuehne+Nagel has joined the Air France KLM Martinair Cargo SAF programme, and has launched the first carbon neutral airfreight lane between North […]
Haskins takes the reins as B&H head of global sales
B&H Worldwide today announced the appointment of Michael Haskins as its head of global sales. The position is effective January 4th, 2020. Haskins joins B&H Worldwide with over 20 years of experience leading multinational operations in aerospace time critical logistics. He was most recently with Tala (The Aerospace Logistics Alliance), where he served as managing […]
IAG Cargo celebrates 1000th charter flight
IAG Cargo ended 2020 with the departure of its 1000th charter flight since March that year. The new charter flights were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilise aircraft from the Group that would, in normal times, not be available. The 1000th flight from London Heathrow to Los Angeles Airport was on a B777-200 and included […]
Hobbis joins BIFA Board
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) Board and Council recently approved the promotion of Carl Hobbis as an executive director. Hobbis joined BIFA as training development manager in 2016 and has subsequently orchestrated a remarkable redevelopment of the trade association’s training and industry education functions. Prior to joining BIFA, Hobbis had worked in freight forwarding […]
Hurricane: Early Brexit problems “tip of the iceberg”
Problems in the first few days since Brexit are the “tip of the iceberg”, according to cross-border eCommerce trade expert Hurricane Commerce. Hurricane says that the issues caused by lack of complete and valid customs data and VAT now being payable on low value goods into the UK will cause severe challenges over the coming […]
CharterSync go from strength to strength
CharterSync have gone from strength to strength since the company launched back in 2019 and despite the challenges of 2020 the go-now cargo charter platform has continued to provide charter solutions for all cargo demands. “We couldn’t have hoped for a stronger first full year of trading for CharterSync,” commented Simon Watson, co founder of […]
Davis Turner Ireland add ISO9001 accreditation
Davies Turner Ireland recently added ISO9001 accreditation as part of its wider campaign to reduce any risk of supply chain disruption following the end of the Brexit Transition Period. At the same time as safeguarding security in the supply chain and boosting preparations for handling the increased demand for Customs services, this move brings Davies […]
Frankfurt Airport embarks on mass testing
Starting the first week of January, three major air cargo companies, FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services, LUG aircargo handling and Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF) at Frankfurt Airport embarked on mass COVID-19 testing of personnel. A total of around 1,500 employees of the companies, which together handle around 40 percent of the air freight at Frankfurt Airport, […]
Kivnon launch new website
Kivnon, the specialists in innovative mobile robotics, have launched their brand new website Kivnon.com. The new sleeker portal is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovak. The new website is user friendly, promoting speed and ease of use. Through the main Homepage and the navigation menu, you can access any part of […]
Airbus’ Maveric may be a glimmer of green hope
Airbus’ remote controlled Maveric aircraft may be a glimmer of green hope for aviation, an industry that is under scrutiny to improve its environmental footprint. Airbus’ unusually shaped Maveric aircraft is only 3m wide but Airbus have noted the size has the potential to be scaled to the size of a passenger jet. The blended-wing […]
Schiphol to restructure Cargo Division
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is restructuring its Cargo Division, bringing it into its new Aviation Business Development Division under the umbrella of business unit Airport Operations and Aviation Partnerships, from the first of March 2021. From this date, Miriam Hoekstra-van der Deen will step down as director airport operations and will be succeeded by Patricia Vitalis, […]
Global air cargo volumes on the rise
Despite no traditional peak season for global air cargo demand in Q4 2020, the year ended on a ‘relative high’ in December with the first positive year-on-year growth in weekly volumes in over 12 months, according to the latest industry statistics from analysts CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. Volumes in the period 21 December […]
CEVA Logistics rebrands AMI Worldwide and MANICA
CEVA Logistics has completed the rebranding of the African acquisitions it made in the summer of 2020. With effect from January 2021, AMI and MANICA will be fully branded as CEVA Logistics. Except for MANICA in Zimbabwe, Malawi and the borders, which will be branded MANICA a company of CEVA Logistics through until January 1st 2022. As […]
Emirates adds A380 to London route
Emirates has announced that it will deploy its latest flagship A380 aircraft featuring new premium economy seats and luxurious enhancements across all cabins to London Heathrow. Starting from 4 January, passengers flying between Dubai and London Heathrow can experience Emirates’ latest A380. Operating as EK003/004, the aircraft is scheduled to depart Dubai daily at 14:30hrs, arriving at […]
Priority Freight makes huge medical mask donation
Priority Freight has donated 180,000 IIR medical face masks, costing over £100,000, to assist multiple charities and organisations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Representing the largest charitable donation the company has ever made, the masks are being shipped and personally delivered by employees at Priority Freight to 30 organisations and charities across Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, […]
Swissport wins contract with Lufthansa Group
After challenging negotiations, Swissport has been awarded a long-term contract by the Lufthansa Group, which is securing significant business volumes at Switzerland’s airports for seven years. The win comes after a recent agreement for Qantas’ ground services at the three major Australian airports in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. As airlines are preparing for a post-Covid […]
DB Schenker and Cargolux start weekly Indiana charter
DB Schenker and Cargolux announce a new full charter cargo connection between Luxembourg and Indianapolis, USA, starting in January 2021. With this new agreement both partners expand their well-established 15 year-long partnership. Cargolux’s initial service between its home base in Luxembourg and the Indiana capital was inaugurated in 2005 to support DB Schenker’s business in […]
AFKLMP Cargo teams up with va-Q-tec
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has signed a new agreement with container manufacturer va-Q-tec, to offer their latest sustainable, advanced passive containers to customers, based on a so-called airline lease. va-Q-tec’s advanced passive containers can maintain various temperature ranges between -80 °C and +25 °C, set at the start of the journey, for […]
Vaccine Gateway Netherlands prepares for shipments
As part of Vaccines Gateway Netherlands (VGN), sixty companies are working together at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to ensure the safe, secure, and swift transportation of the COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturer to end-user now that the vaccines are approved by the European Medicine Agency, situated in Amsterdam. The Group includes Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Air France KLM […]
Cross-border regulatory landscape to change in days
Sweeping regulatory change is set to change the cross-border trade landscape forever, according to eCommerce technology specialist, Hurricane. The first shockwaves are just days away with end of the Brexit transition period and the expected full enforcement of the US STOP Act. “If 2020 was the year of the Coronavirus pandemic, for those involved in […]
Iberia go digital with Ramco
Global Aviation software specialist Ramco Systems announced that it will implement its flagship aviation software, Ramco Aviation M&E MRO Suite for Iberia Maintenance (Iberia MRO), one of Europe’s leading MRO service providers in IAG Group. Ramco Aviation Software will replace multiple systems to unify operations across Airframe Maintenance, Engine Shops, Component Shops & Supply Chain. […]
Priority Freight to set up Brexit ‘air bridge’
Priority Freight has teamed up with charter airline company Jota Aviation to set up an ‘air bridge’ between mainland Europe and the UK, which will open from January 2021. The two companies have agreed a strategic partnership to keep supply chains moving through new customs challenges and the predicted congestion at ports when the UK […]
How has eCommerce changed in 2020?
As challenging as the past year has been, it has certainly proved the adaptability of many industries, including the logistics and eCommerce sectors. The year has seen not only and increase in people turning to eCommerce as shops close but also a change in eCommerce habits and supply chains. Virtual Stock, which provides supply chain […]
The future of freight
Flylogix and the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) have announced the success of their UAV flight between Land’s End Airport in Cornwall and St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly, which was completed on 10th December. The flight carried a NHS supply box outbound and local produce on the return and was the […]
Kerry develop their Chinese infrastructure
Kerry Logistics Network Limited have announced the development of a bonded logistics centre in the Haikou Integrated Free Trade Zone (‘Haikou FTZ’) in the Hainan Free Trade Port (‘Hainan FTP’) to support the Chinese government’s new policy. The 50,000 sq m (538,200 sq ft) facility, expected to complete in 2023 Q1, will contain 10,000 sq […]
A4E launches Air Cargo Policy Manifesto
European air cargo CEOs unveiled key policies for the new EU mandate in the first ever Airlines for Europe (A4E) Air Cargo Policy Manifesto. The manifesto outlines specific ways that EU policymakers can support air cargo carriers through efficiency, digitalisation and sustainability. It calls for harmonisation among member states when implementing EU rules on security […]
