HAE growing footprint in South America
South America has been the fastest growing region over the last 12 months for HAE. HAE president for the Americas, Ian Hutchinson explains the general sales agent (GSA) has expanded geographically with the help of in-house products HX and Skyspace and secured some new contracts. He adds: “Our own products are always complementary to the […]
GRU Airport to run incentive initiative to draw in cargo flights
Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport (GRU Airport) has started an incentive program and will now no longer have landing fees for cargo flights. The ‘GRU Incentives Program’ is for carriers operating routes between Guarulhos and countries in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe or Oceania. The airport says it is encourage new international cargo flights and expand business […]
Perishables forecast to outpace hard freight growth
American Airlines Cargo (AAC) turned diverse weather and currency fluctuations over the course of 2015 – which posed significant challenges for the perishables business – into an opportunity to focus on the strong Latin America (LATAM) market. “Perishable movement within the USA, specifically domestic demand, was stronger for 2015 than we’ve seen in recent years,” […]
Subdued growth in emerging markets hit airfreight in 2015, ACI says
Air cargo markets were “substantially weaker” in 2015 compared to passenger figures with a modest 2.3 per cent growth in total freight, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). The association says this was largely due to subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies, along with a more modest recovery in advanced economies. ACI […]
LATAM’s struggles continue in January
LATAM Airlines Group’s struggles continue as revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) fell by 10.7 per cent in January, due to weakness in Brazil. Cargo for the group, which consists of LAN and TAM Airlines, measured in RTK fell by 10.7 per cent to 288 million, with capacity in available tonne kilometres (ATK) dropped by 5.7 per […]
Aircraft disinsection to contain Zika virus
Aircraft returning to the UK from countries affected by Zika virus transmission will be sprayed with insecticide as part of the UK government’s response to the disease. The aircraft disinsection involves spraying insecticide inside aircraft in a similar manner to what happens on a majority of flights to the region to combat malaria. The UK […]
Brazil approves FedEx takeover of TNT Express
Brazil’s Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, the country’s competition authority, has unconditionally approved the FedEx acquisition of TNT Express. FedEx and TNT made a joint statement to reveal the news and it comes after the European Commission gave the green light for the 4.4 billion euro ($4.8 billion) takeover of the Dutch courier delivery firm […]
Ribeiro returns to CEVA to head up South America
CEVA Logistics has appointed Nadia Ribeiro as executive vice president and head of the South America cluster. She previously worked for CEVA for 13 years but spent the last three years at Kuehne and Nagel as managing director in Brazil. Ribeiro starts her role today and says: “I am delighted to return to CEVA. A […]
Brazilian hub getting set for a big year
Rio Galeao–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport’s cargo business goes from strength to strength and 2016 is set to be a banner 12 months with volumes to rise as Rio de Janeiro welcomes the Olympic Games. Rio Galeao Cargo’s director, Patrick Fehring says in February the Brazilian airport will open a new 4,300 square metre domestic […]
LATAM signs joint business ventures with American and IAG
LATAM Airlines Group has signed joint business ventures with its oneworld partners, American Airlines and IAG. As a result of the agreement, IAG and American Airlines customers will get access to LATAM’s network of over 100 destinations with more than 1,000 flights a day. LATAM, which consists of LAN and TAM, and its affiliates will […]
Rodrigues heads up ACS’s South American cargo operations
Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed Andre Rodrigues to run its cargo operations in South America. Rodrigues will be based in ACS’s Sao Paulo, Brazil office. He has more than 25 years of experience working for airlines, general sales agents and other charter companies in both the passenger and cargo industry. Rodrigues says: “In one of […]
LAN Cargo hit by Latin America fall
The South American airfreight market has been struggling with cargo revenues and tonnage affected by woes of the continent’s economic powerhouse Brazil and poor performing currencies. Among those facing challenging times is LATAM Airlines Group, and speculation was rife it was in discussions with International Airlines Group (IAG) about joining the group, which was denied […]
CEVA Logistics opens Brazil headquarters
CEVA Logistics has opened a new headquarters for South America in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and launched a fourth Centre of Logistics Excellence – joining Jacksonville (US), Singapore and Ashby de la Zouch (UK). The new headquarters are located in the Thera Corporate office complex in the Vila Olimpia region of São Paulo, and CEVA says […]
