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 […]
Ground Team Red opens KLIA cargo terminal
AirAsia and SATS’s joint venture, Ground Team Red launched its air cargo hub at Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Air Cargo Terminal 1 today (Thursday 12 December). Based in Sepang’s former low-cost carrier terminal, the facility spans 93,000 square feet and was built at a cost of 23 million ringgit. It adds additional storage to the […]
IBS iCargo comes to Malaysian airports
Pos Aviation has picked IBS Software’s iCargo management platform to power terminal operations at all four of Malaysia’s main airports. The iCargo platform replaces legacy systems in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu to improve productivity and make Pos an end-to-end service provider. Under the contract, IBS has also implemented other systems to transform […]
Halal shipments take off with MASkargo
Halal shipments are taking off at MASkargo, having received Malaysian Halal certification issued by the Department of Islamic Development, Prime Minister’s Office, Malaysia (JAKIM). Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh, chief executive officer of MASkargo says the global halal market is worth almost $2 trillion, and the airline reviewed all processes to ensure they met strict requirements. He […]
MASkargo flies four tonnes of frozen durian to China
MASkargo has helped feed demand for durian by transporting four tonnes of frozen fruit to Shanghai, China. Flight MH6170 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 06.00h on 19 June with the frozen fruit and touched down at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 17.35h after a scheduled stop in Kota Kinabalu. Jason Thomas, chief commercial officer […]
MASkargo restarts Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou flights
MASkargo will relaunch freighter flights between Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou to take advantage of the e-commerce boom in both regions. The first Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou service is set to commence on 4 June until December 2019, operating on day 2 and 5, departing Kuala Lumpur at 22.10 and arriving in Guangzhou at 02.15 the […]
AVS GSA appointed GSSA for Oman Air in Malaysia
ECS Group subsidiary AVS GSA has been appointed the exclusive general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Oman Air in Malaysia. The partnership will assist Oman Air to further strengthen its position with two daily flights departing from Kuala Lumpur operated by Airbus A330s and Boeing 787s. The main routes to be marketed under the […]
Cargolux CV7303 returns to Kuala Lumpur due to fire
Cargolux Airlines International flight CV7303 had to return to Kuala Lumpur shortly after take-off after the crew reported the presence of fire and smoke in the cockpit. Flight CV7303 was en-route to Zhengzhou, China using aircraft LX-VCJ when the crew made the decision to return to Kuala Lumpur where it landed safely. Cargolux says the […]
MAB Kargo brings MotoGP to Malaysia
MAB Kargo has transported 150 tonnes of equipment to Kuala Lumpur in time for the Malaysian leg of the 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship. The first flight, MH6493 touched down in Kuala Lumpur with equipment from Tokyo’s Narita airport on 26 October at 03.15h, followed by two flights from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport, MH6406 arriving at […]
MABkargo flies oil and gas equipment to Brunei
MABkargo has flown a large shipment of oil and gas equipment to Brunei using one of its Airbus A330-200Fs for the charter flight. Flight number MH6052 flew the shipment from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar Seri Begawan, having been re-routed to accommodate the special request from the shipper, with the customised odd-sized shipment sitting on one […]
Baa-rilliant, MAB Kargo flies sheep to Kuala Lumpur
MAB Kargo has carried 1,500 sheep across the Java Sea from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur on a charter flight in time for Aidil Adha. Flight MH6435 left Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport at 17.05 with 50 tonnes of livestock on board and landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 20.45. This was the first ever charter […]
Alibaba’s Cainiao Network to develop global hubs
Alibaba’s logistics arm, Cainiao Network will develop ‘global hubs’ in five cities around the world to improve cross border logistics infrastructure and improve consumer experience. Cainiao is not revealing any more details on the global hub expansion plan, promising more details will be announced at a later date but the five cities will be Dubai, […]
MASkargo fly Nuan Nuan the panda home to Chengdu
MASkargo has flown Nuan Nuan the panda back home to Chengdu from Kuala Lumpur on board an Airbus A330-200 Freighter. Two year old Nuan Nuan is the offspring of FuWa and FengYi, who MASkargo transported to Kuala Lumpur three years ago, and Nuan Nuan flew on flight MH6476, leaving her parents to continue their 10 […]
New president and board members elected by FIATA
FIATA elected a new president and an extended board for the next two years at its general meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week. The FIATA World Congress saw over 1,000 delegates from 77 countries and on the day after the FIATA General Meeting took place – Transfreight Corporation chief executive officer, Babar Badat from Pakistan was elected president. He succeeds […]
MASkargo launches new express freighter service
MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) launched a new express freighter service from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching from today (6 June) – to meet demand in the growing cross-border e-commerce sector. The new service flies from its home base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to the two cities in East Malaysia, on the island […]
MAB Kargo tonnage grows in Q1 but it suspends Chongqing freighter
MAB Kargo chief executive officer, Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi (pictured below) says business has been good and riding on the momentum of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2016 and in Q1 tonnage was up five per cent on Q1 in 2016. “The restructuring was done back in 2015. Our operations has since been stabilised and […]
DHL looks to capture e-commerce business in Malaysia
The expansion of DHL eCommerce continues after it launched a domestic delivery service with nationwide coverage in Malaysia, which includes a range of customer-centric services catered to the growing e-commerce market. The division of Deutsche Post DHL Group says local online retailers will also benefit from DHL’s range of cross-border shipping and fulfillment network. DHL says the move will […]
Tigers team up with Pos Malaysia for e-commerce
Tigers Ltd has signed a new cooperation agreement with Malaysia’s national postal provider Pos Malaysia to manage its e-commerce facility in Kuala Lumpur. The Hong Kong-headquartered company will manage Pos Malaysia’s e-commerce fulfilment out of the Cargo Centre using Tigers’ SmartHub technology and warehouse management system, and will handle business to customer (B2C) fulfilment across Malaysia […]
Cargo at Changi grows 7.8 % in June
Changi Airport has seen cargo volumes grow 7.8 per cent in June, having welcomed new freighter services from K-Mile Air and Silk Way West Airlines. Volumes in June were up to 163,070 tonnes and by 4.2 per cent in the first six months of 2016 to 950,250 tonnes. Aircraft movements increased by 2.9 per cent […]
Kuala Lumpur service booming for IAG Cargo
A year since IAG Cargo’s Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur route launch on a British Airways bellyhold service – IAG says it has “exceeded expectations”, proving itself a “valuable gateway” for manufacturers and high-tech shippers. The carrier says demand from pharmaceutical customers has also been high and since the launch in May last year, IAG Cargo has seen […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]