AAPA: air cargo demand up 5.8% in October
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of October released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed healthy demand growth in the Asia Pacific region. AAPA says reflecting the sustained upturn in global trade for consumer and intermediate goods, Asia Pacific airlines saw international air cargo demand, as measured in freight tonne kilometres […]
Qatar becomes 1st carrier to launch freighter to Yangon
Qatar Airways Cargo has become the first international carrier to launch a freighter service to Yangon in Myanmar. The Doha-Yangon-Doha route is served once-a-week with the Airbus A330 Freighter, providing more than 60 tonnes of cargo capacity each way. Qatar Airways’ acting chief officer for cargo, Guillaume Halleux says: “We are delighted to launch our […]
CEIV Pharma certificate for CEVA in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate at its facility in Singapore. The freight firm’s staff in Singapore have undertaken the training program conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for the certification. A quality team was established at the company’s facility at the Air Logistics […]
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 […]
Cargo and logistics high up KLIA Aeropolis development
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad is growing air cargo and logistic facilities at Kuala International Airport where all four of the major integrators and 20 of the world’s top 25 freight forwarders are active. The future vision is to develop KLIA Aeropolis – including growing infrastructure for cargo and logistics. KLIA Aeropolis is an airport city development of over 9,000 acres, extending its commercial reach […]
SIA Cargo to be re-integrated as a division within Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) wholly-owned subsidiary – SIA Cargo – is to be re-integrated as a division within SIA, in a move intended to improve efficiency through greater synergy with the wider SIA Group. The re-integration is expected to be completed in the first half of 2018, when SIA Cargo will become the ‘Cargo Division’ of […]
Kuehne + Nagel launches new airfreight logistics hub in Singapore
Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new airfreight logistics hub in Singapore to meet demand for growth in the area. The new hub is part of Kuehne + Nagel’s growth strategy to drive airfreight logistics excellence, strengthen end-to-end solutions and enhance service offerings to key industries. The new facility went fully operational in early April […]
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 […]
Emirates to operate belly service to Phnom Penh in Cambodia
Emirates is to operate a new service to Phnom Penh in Cambodia from 1 July this year using a Boeing 777-300ER. The launch of daily services from Dubai to Phnom Penh will coincide with the introduction of a direct, non-stop route between Dubai and Hanoi in Vietnam. This adds to its freighter arm Emirates SkyCargo launching its […]
AAPA: strongest month this year for air cargo demand
Preliminary traffic figures for October released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show a strong increase in air cargo demand. AAPA says the pick-up in international air cargo demand, which began in the middle of the year, extended to the month of October with a firm 7.1 per cent rise measured in freight tonne […]
MAB Kargo adds another freighter route to China
MAB Kargo has launched a second new freighter route to Eastern China in the space of a week with flights to Guanghzou. The Malaysian cargo carrier will operate a twice weekly service to Guanghzou Baiyun International Airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport from 8 November. MAB will operate an Airbus A330 on the route, which will […]
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 […]
