Melbourne B&H worldwide facility expands ten-fold
Aerospace logistics provider, B&H Worldwide, has expanded its warehouse and offices in Melbourne. The move comes as the business caters for a higher demand to store, handle and process customer’s aerospace inventories, which includes large -scale items such as aero engines and tyres. B&H will offer specialist dangerous goods services. The new facility is strategically […]
Exports remain resilient but imports are suffering
As trade tensions show no signs of easing, demand is proving weak, Beau Paine, regional vice president cargo – Australia at Menzies Aviation tells Air Cargo Week. He says shipment numbers with air waybill numbers are consistent but tonnage is down on average 6.5% compared to last year. Exports are proving resilient, down 3% and […]
Wiseway extends trucking service for Xiamen Airlines
Wiseway Group will extend its strategic partnership with Xiamen Airlines to provide national bonded interstate trucking services from next month. The Australian integrated logistics firm has been acting as the cargo sales agent for China’s sixth largest airline since July 2016. Xiamen Airlines operates seven flights a week from Fuzhou and Xiamen to Sydney, and […]
Menzies Aviation renews contracts with Thai Cargo
Menzies Aviation has renewed its cargo handling contracts with Thai Cargo in Oceania at five airports across Australia and New Zealand. The five-year contract will see Menzies provide cargo handling services at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports in Australia, and in Auckland, New Zealand. The Menzies teams will handle 40,000 tonnes of cargo per […]
Manton Air-Sea renamed FedEx Logistics Australia
FedEx Logistics has renamed freight forwarding and 3PL company Manton Air-Sea, which it acquired in October 2018 as FedEx Logistics (Australia). The Sydney headquartered company, which has offices in Melbourne and Brisbane offers the entire suite of FedEx Logistics services. The renamed company give customers access to key trade lanes, allowing them to build supply […]
Bosco Dsouza joins Virgin Cargo’s Melbourne office
Bosco Dsouza has joined Virgin Atlantic Cargo as account manager Melbourne to help build on strong growth in its Australian business. He joins from Worldwide GSA for Qatar Airways Cargo brings over 20 years of experience in the cargo industry. Dsouza has worked both locally and internationally having been with Qatar Airways in India as […]
Volga-Dnepr takes helicopters down under and back
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has worked with Panalpina to help Babcock move helicopters between the UK and Australia. The objective of the move was straightforward but required precise planning and consistent coordination between all the global teams involved in the delivery of two Augusta Westland AW139 helicopters from the UK to their new home in Melbourne, Australia […]
DHL fastest off the grid
Start of Formula 1 season: Valtteri Bottas clocks fastest lap of race and gets an extra world championship point for first time since 1959 New rule introduced for 2019 season rewards drivers for fastest lap of race The DHL Fastest Lap Award was launched in 2007 for drivers posting the most fastest race laps Official […]
Melbourne Cup winner flies with Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has transported three-year-old horse Cross Counter to Dubai having won the 158th edition of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event. Following the event, commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on board a Boeing 777 Freighter on 11 […]
WACO System appoints members in Australasia
The WACO System has expanded its presence in Australasia with the appointment of two new members representing Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne, Australia-based International Trade Management (ITM) and Auckland, New Zealand-headquartered Pengellys were both formally welcomed to the independent freight forwarder network at its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Manila, the Philippines. WACO System executive […]
Unilode and Cathay Pacific complete Bluetooth tracking trials
Unilode Aviation Solutions has successfully completed Bluetooth tracking trials with Cathay Pacific providing end-to-end visibility for cargo shipments between Hong Kong and Melbourne. The project team consisting of Cathay Pacific, OnAsset, Nexiot and Unilode was able to deliver flawless data capture for all relevant supply chain events into the airline’s cargo management systems. The trial […]
Menzies Aviation picks up contract in Australia with Virgin
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a three year cargo handling contract to Menzies Aviaiton in Australia. The agreement saw Menzies take over cargo handling in Melbourne on 8 June, Brisbane to follow on 9 July and Sydney on 7 August. The move supports Virgin Atlantic’s cargo sales and management agreement with Virgin Australia. Virgin Atlantic […]
Air Menzies moves into new state-of-the-art facility in Melbourne
Air Menzies International is moving into a new facility in Melbourne, having spent over 30 years at its previous location. The brand new facility is located within the new Melbourne Airport Freight Precinct, one kilometre and three minutes drive from the airport’s cargo terminals. It provides a significantly larger warehouse, office and yard space with […]
SF Express opens first Australian service station in Melbourne
SF Express has officially opened its first Australian service station in Melbourne offering export delivery services to destinations throughout Asia Pacific. The service station will consist of a comprehensive team of local employees in sales, marketing, operations, customer services and other roles and SF Express says it aims to help Australian customers expand their businesses […]
ABC races motorbikes to Australia for Superbike World Championship
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has flown 66 motorbikes on their way to the first round of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Australia. The palletised motorbikes were part of a 110 tonne payload transported from Barcelona, Spain to Melbourne, Australia on board a Boeing 747 Freighter chartered for Universal Global Logistics. ABC’s load master […]
Wellcamp celebrates first year of scheduled freighter services
Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport has celebrated its first year of scheduled freighter operations and is keen to continue expanding. Cathay Pacific Cargo launched weekly Boeing 747-8 Freighter services from Hong Kong, which fly Sydney and Melbourne, with a final stop in Toowoomba before the nine hour flight back to Hong Kong. The service was launched in […]
Virgin Australia increases Melbourne – Hong Kong capacity
Virgin Australia is increasing cargo capacity on its Melbourne – Hong Kong services with daily services from 12 November. Volumes have been increasing steadily in both directions since Virgin Australia commenced five Airbus A330-200 flights a week in July, and the airline says the extra capacity provided by the new daily service will support the […]
Paterson chosen as Virgin account manager for Melbourne
Jarrod Paterson has joined Virgin Atlantic Cargo as account manager – Melbourne to support the launch of Melbourne services by Virgin Australia. Virgin Atlantic is responsible for long-haul cargo sales and management services for Virgin Australia, which has served Los Angeles from Melbourne with five Boeing 777-300ER flights a week since April and five Airbus […]
Antonov Airlines picks ACP as GSA for Australia
Antonov Airlines has picked Air Cargo Partners Worldwide (ACP) as its general sales agent (GSA) in Australia. ACP has five offices in the region: Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Auckland, and the representation will be managed by sales and development manager Ken Lyons. Antonov Airlines UK commercial manager, Martin Griffiths says: “We recognise the strong […]
Virgin Australia to launch Melbourne – Hong Kong flights
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to increase capacity to Australia with Melbourne – Hong Kong flights by its partner, Virgin Australia from 5 July. The five Airbus A330-200 flights a week will offer 14 tonnes of capacity, and Virgin Atlantic Cargo will be responsible for selling all of the capacity on these flights, extending its long-haul […]
Qantas Melbourne – Tokyo Narita services take off
Qantas’ first Melbourne – Tokyo Narita service has taken off, with daily flights catering for strong demand for capacity between Australia and Japan. The Airbus A330-300 route adds to other recently launched services to Japan such as Sydney – Tokyo Haneda and Brisbane – Tokyo Narita. Flight number QF79 departs Melbourne at 09.15h and QF80 […]
Velez Rodriguez to lead CEVA Australia & New Zealand cluster
Carlos Velez Rodriguez has joined CEVA Logistics from FM Logistic, taking over as managing director for the Australia & New Zealand cluster. Velez Rodriguez, who was born in Colombia and is an Australian citizen, will be based in Melbourne and will report to CEVA chief executive officer, Xavier Urbain. Urbain says: “I am delighted to […]
Brisbane Wellcamp positions itself to become Australasian cargo hub
Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is well positioned to become an Australian air cargo hub as other airports struggle with landing slots and limited land availability, cargo and government relations manager, Sara Hales tells staff writer James Muir. The airport in Southern Queensland is located in one of Australia’s most productive agricultural regions, and has been […]
Changi volumes continue upwards in April
Changi Airport has continued its strong growth in 2016 with April seeing volumes increase by 7.2 per cent year-on-year to 153,400 tonnes. The airport in Singapore has seen growth of at least four per cent in every month of 2016 so far, with exception of February, which increased by 0.1 per cent to 136,100 tonnes. […]
Qatar adds Adelaide to its Australian network
Qatar Airways has continued expanding its network by connecting its hub in Doha the Australian city of Adelaide using an Airbus A350. Adelaide is the fourth Australian city served by Qatar, having started flights to Melbourne in 2009, Perth in 2012 and Sydney this year. The new service will offer 80 tonnes of bellyhold cargo […]
Qatar Airways starts Doha – Sydney services
Qatar Airways has increased Australian services with daily Boeing 777-300 flights from Doha to Sydney. The Sydney service will offer 84 tonnes of cargo capacity a week, adding to the 301 tonnes available on services to Melbourne and Perth. The route is expected to generate about 3,000 jobs in New South Wales and contribute 240 […]