La dolce vita for HAE Group
HAE Group has opened its latest office in Milan, Italy at the start of April. In addition the company welcomes Maurizio Picco (above) as country manager to head up its new team. Maurizio has a wealth of experience in major tradelanes to and from and within Italy including China, Japan and Latin America. Both HAE GSSA […]
WFS expedite medical supplies in Italy
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) team at Milan Malpensa Airport are expediting the handling of time-sensitive materials that are destined for hospitals and medical centres in Italy. The fast tracking of medical supplies will support the fight against coronavirus in one of the worst effected areas in the world. Supplies have been processed immediately and dispatched […]
FedEx Express adds 767F to Milan – Paris route
FedEx Express continues to modernise its fleet by adding a new Boeing 767 Freighter to its serve its Milan Malpensa – Paris Charles de Gaulle route. The 767F can carry up to 41 tonnes of cargo, increasing capacity by 16% and offering better environmental performance with 9% greater fuel efficiency than its predecessor. The aircraft […]
Record pharma flight for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has moved a record 27 RKN Envirotainer containers on a single flight, delivering urgent vaccines to China. The shipment flew from Milan, Italy to Beijing, China on 30 October for Kuehne + Nagel Italy. All 27 containers were delivered to ground handling company Alha to be loaded on one of ABC’s Boeing […]
Cargolux Italia connects Malpensa with Incheon
Cargolux Italia has opened a new route from Milan to Incheon, connecting the main gateways of Italy and South Korea twice a week. The services started on 16 July, flying from Milan Malpensa Airport to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport on Tuesdays and Sundays. The service operates on a Malpensa – Incheon – Zhengzhou – Malpensa […]
10 years of success for Cargolux Italia
In 10 years of operations, Cargolux Italia has become Italy’s number one cargo carrier, a position it will work hard to maintain in the future. The Italian subsidiary of Cargolux Group has four Boeing 747-400 Freighters operating on routes to North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific from Milan Malpensa Airport. The airline registered […]
Rome Fiumicino awarded IATA CEIV Pharma
Rome Fiumicino Airport has become the first airport in Italy to earn IATA CEIV Pharma certification through a community approach with supply chain partners. The certificate was introduced to prevent temperature variations of pharmaceutical products during air transport for patient safety and to reduce losses caused by logistics issues. Certification ensures that the airport community […]
Kenya Airways picks GSAs for Geneva and Rome flights
Kenya Airways has appointed cargo GSAs and warehousing partners for its new flights from Geneva and Rome to Nairobi. In Geneva, GACSA and been appointed the GSA with Swissport providing warehouse services, with IAS Air Cargo acting as GSA in Rome and XPH operating the warehouse. They will provide services for Kenya Airways on the […]
Milan Malpensa remains the cargo hub of the south
Despite seeing a small fall in cargo volumes in 2018, Milan Malpensa Airport remains the leading airport of Southern Europe. Cargo was down 3% to 558,000 tonnes, with operator SEA Milano saying this reflects the general slowdown of the market, especially exports. It also highlights the grounding of Nippon Cargo Airlines’ fleet from June to […]
2019 likely to be a year of transition
After a unique year in 2017, 2018 was a slower year and this year has been below expectations so far, Lorenzo Schettini Gheradini, CEO of Alha Group tells Air Cargo Week. He says that with the market demand and record volumes, 2017 was a unique year, not comparable with any other year in history. Last […]
Brescia Airport is the designated cargo hub for Garda
As the designated cargo airport within the Garda Aeroporti group, facilities at Brescia Airport are being upgraded to cope with growth. Most scheduled flights from Brescia are postal services for the domestic market using small aircraft such as Boeing 737s and ATRs, serving the islands and Italian cities. DHL also has a peak season service […]
Professional service, the Italian way
After two years of outstanding growth, Cismat will not let standards slip, CEO Francesco Traverso tells Air Cargo Week. He says that 2017 was an “outstanding year” and that 2018 was “even better” with growth of 24%. Growth was very strong from the last quarter of 2016 for the whole air cargo industry, continuing throughout […]
Italian ATC strike to ground airfreight
The first national Italian ATC strike of the year is set to take place tomorrow afternoon (January 11). Airlines are being forced to cancel hundreds of flights in advance as controllers at Air Traffic Control centres in Rome, Milan, and Brindisi go on strike, affecting both domestic and intra-European flights to and from Italy. Intercontinental […]
American Airlines flies sweet chestnuts to the US
American Airlines Cargo has been carrying more than 10 tonnes of sweet chestnuts a day between Rome and New York to help US customers enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas. Used in the preparation of soups, desserts, flours and creams, the chestnuts originate in the Campania region of Italy, around Naples. They are harvested in the mountains […]
Milan Bergamo has cargo flying in for Christmas
Milan Bergamo Airport is getting ready for Christmas with healthy growth in air cargo volumes, helped by regular express flights. Cargo volumes have increased by 2.5 per cent, following on from 2017 when Bergamo handled 125,948 tonnes of cargo, 10 per cent of all airfreight in Italy, helped by an average of 22 freighter movements […]
American Airlines Cargo shows off Milan Malpensa facility
American Airlines Cargo has shown off its new facility at Milan Malpensa Airport, with customers from across Italy viewing the 53,000 square foot building. The building handles the airline’s daily flights to New York and Miami and growing cargo volumes from northern Italy have increased customer demand for direct services out of Italy. Frequently shipped […]
Nippon Cargo Airlines to resume flights to Europe
Nippon Cargo Airlines is resuming flights to Europe with services to Amsterdam and Milan starting again on 5 October. The Japanese airline suspended all services in June due to maintenance issues after inappropriate records concerning the lubricating oil supply for an aircraft at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport was uncovered. Services started again on 5 July […]
WFS invests in new cargo terminal at Milan Malpensa
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has invested in a new cargo terminal at Milan Malpensa Airport capable of handling over 47,000 tonnes a year. Malpensa is WFS’s first cargo handling facility in Italy, where it previously only operated offices to provide documentation and cargo operations supervision services for American Airlines and China Cargo Airlines. American Airlines […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies 25 tonnes of vaccines to Brazil
Emirates SkyCargo has transported over 25 tonnes of vaccines from Milan to Belo Horizonte, the first time the Brazilian airport has received such a large shipment of vaccines. The shipment of 1.8 million doses had to be transported in specialised containers to remain at a constant temperature of 5C. A total of 36 Envirotainer containers […]
La dolce vita as cargo grows in Italy
Think Italy and you might think fashion and fast cars – and Milan. What you might not think, is a Russian-owned airline and one with links to Luxembourg, that are transporting Italian goods around the world, writes Stuart Flitton. The Russian all-freight airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC), with a key base in Vignate, began operations from Milan’s […]
Bollore Logistics gains TAPA FSR A certification in Milan
Bollore Logistics has obtained TAPA FSR A certification for its Milan warehouse, ensuring that it meets all the conditions to protect goods from theft and cargo related crime. The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) FSR Level A is awarded to sites with the highest level of security requirements in storage services. The Milan warehouse specialises […]
2017 was a milestone year for BCube Air Cargo
BCube Air Cargo had a ‘brilliant’ year in 2017, which proved to be a milestone with the successful start up of an e-commerce dedicated business line. It says that global economic conditions improved considerably and air cargo volumes maintained a strong trend throughout the year. The company made continuous investments in new facilities and specialised […]
Milan Malpensa confirms its spot as a leading cargo hub
Milan Malpensa Airport has confirmed its place as a top cargo airport in Europe with volumes growing 37 per cent in five years, cargo manager Giovanni Costantini tells Air Cargo Week. Italy’s busiest cargo airport has grown consistently over the past three years, with year-on-year growth of 9.1 per cent in 2014, 8.8 per cent […]
American adds Budapest, Prague and Reykjavik to summer network
American Airlines Cargo will add new routes for the summer, flying to Budapest, Prague and Reykjavik for the first time. The airline will launch flights from Philadelphia to Budapest and Prague on 4 May, Chicago O’Hare to Venice on the same day, with Reykjavik gaining a link to Dallas Fort Worth on 7 June. The […]
WFS picks up five new handling contracts in France
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has scooped five new cargo handling contracts by passenger and freighter airlines in France. Four of the contracts cover Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as well as handling at WFS’ other 11 cargo stations across France. Belly carrier Vietnam Airlines has renewed its handling agreement with WFS, while CAL Cargo Airlines […]
Alha signs multi-year contract with Cathay at Malpensa
Alha Group has penned a multi-year contract with Cathay Pacific Airways at Milan Malpensa Airport for the provision of ramp handling services for the carrier’s freighters. Alha started handling services on 10 October and it will extend the extensive and strong partnership between Alha and Cathay Pacific in Italy. President Simone Ceruti says Cathay has […]
Lufthansa makes offer for loss-making Italian carrier Alitalia
The Lufthansa Group says it submitted a “concept for establishing a re-structured” Italian carrier Alitalia. Lufthansa said in a statement it has sent an offer letter today, expressing its interest in establishing a “NewAlitalia” – which comes as it is negotiations for parts of Air Berlin. Earlier today, a report in the Italian newspaper Corriere della […]
Qatar Airways takes 49% stake in Meridiana
Qatar Airways has acquired a 49 per cent stake of AQA Holding – the new parent company of Meridiana fly (Meridiana), while the previous sole shareholder Alisarda has kept 51 per cent. Meridiana is the second largest Italian carrier, with an extensive network, which connects the main Italian airports with Sardinia and provides connectivity with hubs in Europe […]
Carbon black mission for Panalpina from Italy to Thailand
Panalpina has helped Cabot Corporation – a US materials and specialty chemicals company – to deliver 260 tonnes of carbon black from its production facility in Italy to the end customer’s tire-manufacturing plant in Thailand within four days. Carbon black is a fine black powder used as a reinforcing in tires to improve tensile and […]
Envirotainer opens RAP e2 stations in Italy and Puerto Rico
Envirotainer has added two more RAP e2 stations to its network with one in Italy and one in Puerto Rico. The new stations cover Milan’s Malpensa and Linate airports, and San Juan in Puerto Rico, bringing the RAP e2 network to 24 across the world. The head of sales for the Americas, Brian Cooper says: […]
