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 […]
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 […]
Alitalia returns to South Africa after a 16-year absence
Alitalia has returned to South Africa after a 16-year absence when an Airbus A330 arrived at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on 9 April. The Italian airline will operate four flights a week between Rome and Johannesburg, adding to Alitalia’s network of 94 international destinations with over 4,000 weekly flights and 143 routes. Alitalia chief […]
CargoLogicAir sends extra crew to speed up adsorbent delivery
CargoLogicAir sped up the delivery of 96 tonnes of adsorbents to Saudi Arabia to improve process economics at industrial gas plants by sending extra aircrew to Rome to avoid delays due to crew rest. The airline was contracted by DHL Global Forwarding’s charter desk to operate a Boeing 747 Freighter flight from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino […]
Strike action on Thursday forces Alitalia to cancel flights
Alitalia says it pledges to “minimise inconvenience” due to strikes scheduled on 23 February – which is forcing it to cancel 60 per cent of its flights aand set to impact cargo on some trade lanes. The 24-hour strike has been called by the USB and CUB Trasporti trade unions, together with ANPAC and ANPAV professional associations. […]
American to connect Dallas with Amsterdam and Rome
American Airlines will connect Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with daily seasonal flights to Rome and Amsterdam from May to September 2017. The airline will use a Boeing 777-200 for flights to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci – Fiumicino Airport and a Boeing 767-300 for the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol services. DFW chief executive officer, Sean Donohue […]
CAL adds Puerto Rico – Rome service to network
CAL Cargo Airlines has added Puerto Rico and Italy to its network with services to San Juan and Rome from 15 September. The service will operate on a Tel Aviv – Liege – New York John F. Kennedy – San Juan – Rome – Liege – Tel Aviv route with trucking connections to other European […]
Cargo growth in Europe outshines passenger business in April
Europe’s air cargo market was given a lift as the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe reports in its monthly report that freight traffic rose year-on-year (YOY) by 5.5 per cent across the continent in April. For once, the air cargo industry outshone the passenger business for growth, which grew YOY by only three per cent. The […]