SATS wins Riyadh cargo terminal concession
SATS Ltd (SATS), Asia’s leading provider of food solutions and gateway services, has announced that its subsidiary, SATS Saudi Arabia Company, has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh cargo terminal will be the second cargo operation in Saudi Arabia for SATS, after its […]
Cargolux adds second weekly flight to Jakarta
Cargolux Airlines International has added a second weekly flight to Jakarta, landing in the Indonesian capital on Fridays. The second flight, number CV7324 departed Luxembourg on Thursday 14 November at 11.55 and arrived in Jakarta at 07.15 on Friday. The service adds to weekly services that were launched in June, and the success prompted Cargolux […]
Cargolux extends Asia Pacific network to Jakarta
Cargolux Airlines International has extended its presence in Asia Pacific with weekly flights to Jakarta, Indonesia touching down on 23 June. An official ceremony welcomed the arrival of LX-ECV to celebrate the introduction of the weekly Luxembourg – Jakarta flight. The flights leave Luxembourg on Sunday and arrive in Jakarta on Monday before continuing to […]
Cargolux flies race horses to Asian Games in Jakarta
Cargolux Airlines International has flown race horses from Luxembourg to Indonesia for the Asian Games, which is being held in Jakarta from 18 August to 2 September. The part-charter operation in conjunction with JIT-EX required careful preparation and planning to avoid causing the animals distress during the journey. Cargolux used its HMC horse stalls and […]
Rhenus expands in Indonesia with office in Surabaya
Rhenus Group continues to expand in South East Asia with a business site in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. This will be its fourth site in Indonesia when it opens in August, with two sites in Jakarta, one in Semarang, which opened in February this year, and now in Surabaya. It will offer air and […]
TIACA to work with Indonesia to help airfreight grow
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) will work with the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) and other freight companies in Indonesia to support the region’s growing airfreight industry. The announcement was made at the start of the two-day Indonesian Air Cargo Summit in Jakarta, which brings together over 200 industry leaders to explore opportunities […]
Hippos, calves and jet engines help Budapest grow 23% annually
Budapest Airport’s cargo volumes have grown almost 23 per cent annually, transporting goods as varied as aircraft jet engines, a baby hippopotamus and several hundred calves. The airport serving Hungary’s capital handled over 112,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016, and on certain days would have three Boeing 747 Freighters parked on the apron. It says […]
Garuda and Soekarno operator sign agreement to build a cargo area
Garuda Indonesia has signed an agreement with state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport for development of a commercial cargo area, according to the Jakarta Globe. The publication reports both penned a deal to develop AP II’s commercial area in the gateway’s cargo warehouse at Garuda’s cargo operational service area. The area is set […]
Heathrow volumes fall despite East Asian growth
Heathrow Airport has seen cargo volumes fall by 3.8 per cent in March to 131,661 tonnes, following strong growth in January and February. Between January and March, cargo volumes have increased by 0.4 per cent to 372,299 tonnes having seen growth of almost three per cent in both January and February. Despite the fall, Heathrow […]
Volga Dnepr and Chapman Freeborn keep the lights on in Malaysia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Chapman Freeborn have used an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD Freighter to deliver a 19-tonne welding system for a power station in Malaysia. The 19-tonne portable welding equipment and other cargo was necessary to repair a main rotor, which had malfunctioned at an energy companies’ power station providing electricity for the Malaysian state of Sarawak. […]
Latin America sends Heathrow’s volumes skywards
Heathrow Airport has seen cargo volumes increase by 2.7 per cent in February to 121,424 tonnes, with exports to Latin America growing most strongly. The region grew by five per cent helped by increased frequencies from Avianca and Aeromexico. Trade with Mexico saw the biggest surge, up 40 per cent. This was followed by 34 […]
Yusen starts air imports at Jakarta’s Halim airport
Yusen Logistics Indonesia has opened air import operations at Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport. Yusen says the Halim service will improve urgent delivery requirements with the airport based in Central Jakarta, close to the East Jakarta Industrial Zone. Services will include enhanced visibility and transport management controls, such as freight status tracking at the airport […]
Heathrow makes £664 million profit in 2015
Heathrow Airport made a profit of £664 million ($936 million) in 2015 compared to a loss of £98 million in 2014, as it continues its campaign for a third runway. The London hub says demand has outstripped capacity, with Vietnam Airlines moving services to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from Gatwick Airport, for improved […]
