Air Berlin negotiations with Lufthansa and easyJet to continue
Air Berlin says negotiations with Lufthansa and easyJet will now continue until 12 October 2017 with the aim to takeover units of the German carrier. Air Berlin has received offers from Lufthansa for the subsidiaries Luftverkehrsgesellschaft Walter (LGW), the Austrian airline Niki and parts of Air Berlin, while low-cost carrier easyJet has submitted an offer to […]
New customer portal rolled out by Panalpina
Freight forwarder Panalpina has launched a new customer portal, which is says addresses many of the logistics industry’s “most pressing needs”. The company says it is intent on steering industry into the ‘Digital Age’ by using the newest technologies to create an innovative, end-to-end digital environment for its customers, and believes the portal will shape and […]
Jettainer launches temperature-controlled ULD management service
Jettainer is expanding its product portfolio and is now offering a special service for temperature-controlled unit load devices (ULD). This new service called ‘Cool Management’ includes the leasing, management and positioning as well as monitoring during the whole process and can be booked in a variety of models to suit differing needs. Jettainer says through […]
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt welcomes six new members
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt has welcomed a further six new members. Freight forwarders a. hartrodt, AF Logistik, Bolloré and Hermes will support the work of the community while BDA Logistics Innovation has also joined the group of airlines. The community has also welcomed the University RheinMain in Wiesbaden. Besides the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, this institution is […]
Frankfurt cargo volumes continue to rise with 5.4% growth in August
Frankfurt Airport’s cargo volumes continue to grow with an increase of 5.4 per cent in August to 181,102 tonnes. Airport operator, Fraport says the growth was helped by a more favourable distribution of week days compared to August 2016, with one fewer weak Monday and one additional higher volume Thursday. It says development of air […]
GBA Services expands into Germany as part of post-Brexit strategy
GBA Services is expanding operations into Germany as part of its strategy to protect itself for a possible fragmentation of the single market following Brexit. Bremen based GBA Logistics Germany will provide a full portfolio of services including time-critical, high-security and temperature-critical transport, and though it will mainly focus on express road services, German operations […]
IATA CEIV part of improvements at LUG aircargo handling
LUG aircargo handling is undergoing IATA CEIV certification as part of its program to upgrade infrastructure, senior project manager Dominik Misskampf explains. He says though LUG’s customer portfolio changed this year, temperature controlled shipments have been stable, and it is working to capacity. This was behind the decision to expand and modernise the Health Care […]
LUG increases Health Care Center capacity and undergoes IATA CEIV
LUG aircargo handling has increased the capacity of its Health Care Center (HCC) to 650 square metres as it undergoes IATA CEIV Pharma certification. Eight rooms of different sizes are available offering storage at temperatures ranging from -18C and 2-8C to 15-25C, with adjustable temperature settings depending on requirements and volumes. A further expansion of […]
Kohnen completes executive board at time:matters
Alexander Kohnen has been appointed the new managing director for strategy and sales at time:matters from 15 November 2017. The 40-year-old succeeds Franz-Joseph Miller, who left the company of his own accord on 1 July this year. Kohnen has held various management positions at Lufthansa Cargo since October 2000, most recently senior director of industry development and product […]
Reorganising sales puts Lufthansa Cargo in strong position
Reorganising the sales structure has helped put Lufthansa Cargo closer to customers and has put it in a strong position to cater for strong demand, vice president for Germany J. Florian Pfaff (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. Following a tough year in 2016, Pfaff says the peak season was exceptionally good, and the strong demand […]
Jettainer to lease transport boxes for horses
Jettainer is expanding its leasing services with transport boxes for horses available for one day or up to several months. The stables are available for transporting horses from the JettHub in Frankfurt, and other destinations if required. The specially designed horseboxes, which can transport up to three animals, not only make it easy for animals […]
Amazon founder Bezos to be inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to be inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame for his company’s role in developing e-commerce logistics. The Logistics Hall of Fame is based in Germany and says he has been honoured as a “revolutioniser of e-commerce and logistics”. Bezos will be officially inducted in a ceremony at the annual […]
Air Berlin files for insolvency as Etihad pulls funding
Air Berlin has filed to commence insolvency proceedings at a local Berlin court after leading shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew its financial support. Air Berlin said in a statement it will continue flying with the help of government loans. it has more than €2.7 billion euros ($3.2 billion) of losses in a little over six years and […]
No summer slump for Munich as cargo keeps booming
Imports and exports continue to boom, and Munich Airport director of traffic development for cargo, Markus Heinelt does not expect to see a ‘summer slump’. He says Munich has posted its best half-yearly results in history, including a nine per cent increase in cargo turnover to 180,000 tonnes, outpacing the industry and more aircraft at […]
Air Partner celebrates 20 successful years in Germany
Air Partner is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Germany and has moved into a bigger office in Cologne, director of freight Mike Hill (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. The Freight division started operations in 2007 and Hill says business has continued to grow year-on-year with sustained growth in the first half, and though the freight […]
Frankfurt optimistic for year following strong start
Cargo volumes have grown 4.8 per cent in the first half of 2017 at Frankfurt Airport, and Fraport senior vice president for cargo, Dirk Schusdziara (pictured below) is confident this will continue. Frankfurt handled just under 1.1 million tonnes in the first half of 2017, the highest for the period in six years, with the […]
HNA Group finalises 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn
The HNA Group has completed an 82.5 per cent stake purchase in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport as its moves forward with its European expansion. The transaction is worth €15.1 million ($15.8 million). The Chinese company won the stake in March, which was owned by the gateway’s federal state owners Rhineland Palatinate following European regulatory approval. HNA Group said the […]
DHL joins forces with Shanghai Pharma to drive supply chain
Shanghai Pharma will partner with DHL Supply Chain to enhance quality control measures, streamline distribution processes, and strengthen compliance with local and international food and pharmaceutical regulations. Shanghai Pharma, one of China’s largest listed pharmaceuticals groups, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DHL Supply Chain to prepare its logistics infrastructure for rapid global […]
Fraport revenue grows 11% in first half of 2017
Revenue at Fraport has grown 10.8 per cent in the first six months of 2017 and net profit grew by 37.3 per cent. The company, which operates Frankfurt Airport, as well as Ljubljana, and has a stake in Varna, Burgas, Lima, Antalya, St. Petersburg, Hanover, Xi’an, Delhi and 14 in Greece, saw revenue increase by […]
Lufthansa Cargo turns its performance around in 1H2017
The Lufthansa Group says its cargo arm Lufthansa Cargo posted first half year earnings of €78 million – a significant difference to the loss of €45 million in the same period last year, but it says the global airfreight market “remains challenging”. Lufthansa Cargo and its logistics division, which includes time:matters, Jettainer, an equity investment […]
European Commission approves public support for Frankfurt-Hahn
The European Commission (EC) has found public support by the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate to loss-making Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany to be in line with European Union state aid rules. This the EC says ensures the gateway can continue to serve the area’s transport needs until private investment enables its return to viability. Since 2009, Frankfurt-Hahn […]
time:matters extends spare parts network to Birmingham and Dublin
time:matters has extended its spare parts logistics flight network with services from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden to Birmingham and Dublin on weekdays. Customers from Southern Germany can now benefit from a faster service for spare parts to the UK and Ireland, with urgently needed spare parts on site from 8am the next day so technicians can get to […]
LUG to handle cargo for Emirates at Frankfurt Airport
LUG air cargo handling has won a contract to handle belly and freighter cargo for UAE carrier Emirates at Frankfurt Airport from October this year. Emirates runs three Airbus A380s and Boeing 777 belly services a day and eight 777F flights a week to Europe’s busiest cargo gateway. LUG runs freight facilities at Frankfurt Airport and […]
EFW targets more P2F conversion programme orders
The conversion market is buoyant and Elbe Flugzeugwerke’s (EFW) Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme is hitting the right notes. The A330P2F programme was launched in 2012 as collaboration between ST Aerospace, Airbus and EFW. It includes the A330-200P2F, which Egyptair Cargo was the first to sign up for in December 2014, and the A330-300P2F, […]
Leipzig/Halle Airport posts 5.5% growth in 1H 2017
Cargo volumes at Germany’s second-largest freight hub Leipzig/Halle Airport continue to grow. In the first six months of the year, the Eastern German gateway handled 540,984 tonnes, a 5.5 per cent increase on the same period in 2016. Europe’s fifth-largest cargo airport after Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Heathrow, has now posted increases in tonnage for 13 […]
Strong surge in freight tonnage at Frankfurt-Hahn
In the first half of 2017, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport saw a strong increase in its cargo business – as it recorded record growth of more than 50 per cent. The German gateway handled 49,000 tonnes of freight from January to June – a gain of 52 per cent compared with the first six months of 2016. In […]
Economic growth helps push Frankfurt cargo volumes up in June
Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport increased 4.7 per cent in June to 188,256 metric tons due to ongoing economic growth, particularly in the Eurozone’s industrial sector. Frankfurt volumes have been strong throughout the year, and cargo is up 4.8 per cent to just under 1.1 million tonnes in the first half of the year. Other […]
Freight volumes hit an all time high at Munich Airport
Freight volumes have hit an all time high at Munich Airport, handling 180,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017. The sector has grown nine per cent year-on-year and comes as passenger numbers top 20 million in the first half of the year, the same number as it handled for the whole of 1999. Munich […]
Gebruder Weiss USA starts operations in five locations
Gebruder Weiss has formed a country organisation in the USA in five locations following expansion projects in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The brand commenced operations in the USA on 3 July, taking over Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles from a former US joint venture and opening two further locations in New York and […]
Kerry Logistics launches rail service between Europe and China
Kerry Logistics has launched a weekly scheduled less than container load (LCL) rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Shanghai via the Yiwu terminal in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using its own consolidation containers. Last week, fellow freight forwarder CEVA Logistics also launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to […]
