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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACI Europe: freight grows 6.2% in October at European airports
Freight traffic across the European airport network averaged year-on-year (YOY) growth of 6.2 per cent in October, according to the latest figures published by the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. The European airport trade body says so far this year cargo traffic is up 8.9 per cent – 7.9 per cent at European Union (EU) […]
AirBridgeCargo delivers 28 Maserati Gran Turismos to Tokyo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered 28 Maserati Gran Turismos from Milan to Tokyo on a charter flight for Agility Logistics. The Boeing 747 Freighter flew from Milan Malpensa Airport to Narita International Airport, with a stop at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport in compliance with all standard operational procedures. The high valued cars were carefully handled […]
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 […]
ACI Europe: impressive freight performance in May
Freight traffic posted impressive monthly year-on-year (YOY) growth of 12.2 per cent in May, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. The airport trade body say this surge was on the back of improved economic conditions globally and a rebound in international trade. Big movers YOY in May included London Heathrow Airport at 10.7 […]
ACI Europe: freight traffic up 5.6% in April
Freight traffic saw solid year-on-year (YOY) growth of 5.6 per cent in April as European gateways continue to see a positive start to the year, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. ACI Europe says in the first four months of the year cargo was up YOY by 7.4 per cent across Europe’s gateways […]
Cargolux Italia flying high after roller coaster 2016
Business in 2016 was a “roller coaster ride” ending with a very strong final quarter, something that has carried over into 2017, Cargolux Italia chief executive officer, Pierandrea Galli tells Air Cargo Week. He says the first nine months of 2016 were weak but the final quarter was “exceptionally good”, pushing freight tonne kilometres up […]
FedEx Express’ Southern Europe gateway opens at Milan-Malpensa
FedEx Express’ new international gateway to Southern Europe at Milan-Malpensa Airport is now fully operational, with advanced technology to improve efficiency to meet volume growth. The 35,000 square metre facility features advanced technology to boost package sorting capacity by 25 per cent, which FedEx says will enable it to better meet volume growth. FedEx has […]
Alha handles first horse shipment at new Malpensa equine centre
Alha Group has completed its first horse transportation at the newly relaunched Milan Malpensa Airport equine handling centre. 30 competition horses flew to Doha on board Etihad Airways EY9871 during the night of 17 and 18 November, the first time such a number have been handled in Milan since the relaunch of the Alha-managed MXP […]
BCUBE focusing on specialist cargo sectors
Despite challenging economic conditions Italian air cargo handler BCUBE air cargo continues to invest – notably in assets and high-specialised personnel, which it says has helped it deliver positive results this year writes Justin Burns. Following interest of some airlines to increase freighter frequencies to Milan Malpensa Airport, BCUBE expects to improve its performance especially […]
Malpensa introduces ‘second line’ warehouses as it upgrades infrastructure
Milan Malpensa Cargo is now offering ‘second line’ warehouses at Milan Malpensa Airport as part of a programme to upgrade and develop cargo infrastructure. These will be offered alongside ‘first line’ warehouses, a complementary type of warehouse, already existing in some major European airports, but quite new in Italy, which it says will bring the airport in […]
Malpensa breaks monthly record with October surge
Following strong growth in September, Milan Malpensa Airport’s cargo volumes surged by 15 per cent in October to 53,000 tonnes, a monthly record. The airport, which handles 56 per cent of Italy’s air cargo, saw imports shoot up 22 per cent while exports grew 13 per cent compared to October 2015, which it says was […]
Alha upgrades security with TAPA TSR1 certified trucks
Alha Group has upgraded security with the introduction of new trucks with Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) TSR1 certification. The handling and trucking service provider says 35 trucks are currently TAPA TSR certified, and 130 are equipped with advanced security systems including Live Monitoring, Geo-localisation and geofencing systems. Alha Group chief executive officer, Lorenzo Gherardini […]
Market picks up after slow summer for NeWay
The charter market is picking up again as the slow summer period is coming to an end, NeWay Logistics general manager Erwin Burger tells Air Cargo Week. He says 2016 started well but fixed flights declined in the first quarter, though charter requests have remained steady: “Reason for this could be that shippers are shopping […]
Milan Malpensa on target to continue strong expansion path
Business is rosy at Milan Malpensa Airport and Italy’s principle air cargo gateway goes from strength to strength and growth looks a given. Malpensa saw a nine per cent uplift in tonnage in both 2014 and 2015, reaching 500,000 tonnes last year and has a 55 per cent market share of Italian air cargo, while […]
Milan boosting Cargolux bottom line
Cargolux Italia is planning on increasing freighter frequencies between Milan and its new hub in Zhengzhou (China). The Luxembourg carrier is targeting more services into the city where it launched its new venture – Cargolux China. Asia is where its sees growth and Cargolux Italia sees the ripest opportunities to be picked in Japan and […]
Etihad Cargo flies new freighter from Milan to Bogota
Etihad Cargo’s new Boeing 777 Freighter flew for the first time from Milan Malpensa Airport in Italy to Bogota in Colombia on 7 April. The service has been running since November 2014 with a wet-lease B747, and this is the first time Etihad’s own aircraft has operated on the sector. The aircraft can transport over 100 tonnes […]
Malpensa passes the 500,000 tonne mark for 1st time
Milan Malpensa Airport passed the 500,000 tonnes mark for the first time in its history last year, with two years of strong growth. SEA Milano, the operator of Malpensa, says the gateway increased its share of the Italian market from 53 per cent to 55 per cent in 2015 helped by traffic that would have […]
DHL to spend 90m euros expanding at Milan Malpensa
DHL Express is to invest 90 million euros ($100 million) constructing a new logistics hub at Milan Malpensa Airport, to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2018. The 46,000 square metre hub within Malpensa’s Cargo City will become DHL Express’ main gateway into Italy for international goods. DHL plans to invest […]
Specialist cargo types is BCUBE’s Italian job
Competition in the Italian airfreight market is high and the general air cargo market turbulence is affecting volumes at BCUBE air cargo. However, the operator’s general manager, Mauro Grisafi says airfreight is performing well, despite the challenges: “Competition is high and the general crisis obviously has affected the growth of volumes, but we are living […]
Cargolux Italia adds second weekly flight to Zhengzhou
Cargolux Italia has started a second weekly flight from Milan (Italy) to Zhengzhou (China), leaving on Sunday and travelling via Novosibirsk (Russia). Flight number C8 8777 leaves Milan Malpensa Airport on Sunday at 11.50h and is the second weekend flight to Zhengzhou. It is also the first Cargolux service to Russia. Cargolux says it is […]