NAS and Sri Lankan Airlines transport fish maws to Hong Kong
Network Airline Services office in Uganda has successfully operated three flights with Sri Lankan Airlines out of Entebbe loaded with fish maws, which are considered to be one of the top four delicacies of the sea in Asian Culture, bound for Hong Kong (HKG). Sri Lankan Airlines operated various ad-hoc charters into Entebbe, a destination […]
Emirates brings exports from Sri Lanka to the world
Emirates SkyCargo transported 27,000 tonnes of cargo from Colombo in 2017-18, representing almost a quarter of airfreight exports from Sri Lanka. With 28 flights to and from Colombo a week with the capacity to carry 20 tonnes of cargo per Boeing 777 flight, Emirates SkyCargo is one of the main carriers of Sri Lankan trade. […]
Swiss WorldCargo adds new routes for the winter
Swiss WorldCargo is getting ready for winter with new routes across Asia, South America and Africa being added to its timetable. Twice-weekly flights to Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon in Vietnam will commence from Zurich from 15 November, along with twice-weekly services to Colombo in Sri Lanka on 3 November. A twice-weekly service to […]
Finnair Cargo picks Air Logistics Group as GSSA for China
Finnair Cargo has appointed Air Logistics China as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) in Mainland China. The Air Logistics Group company started working with Finnair Cargo in Nanjing on 1 August, and the agreement in Guangzhou, Xi’an and Chongqing will be effective from 1 September. Finnair Cargo sales director for Asia, Tomi Asikainen […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies Formula Student car to racing glory
Emirates SkyCargo has been entrusted with transporting a racing car designed, developed and built by university students in Sri Lanka. The Di-MORA P2 racing car of Team Shark from Moratuwa University was transported to the UK using Emirates SkyCargo’s Emirates Wheel product, so it could take part in Formula Student 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit […]
Panalpina adds long term partners to its Perishables Network
Panalpina has made three long-standing agents in Asia and the Americas full members of the company’s Perishables Network. The three companies who were nominated following years of cooperation and a thorough vetting process were Cropa of Guatemala and Honduras; MIT Cargo of Sri Lanka; and TML of Pakistan, who reached agreements during the Fruit Logistica […]
Emirates SkyCargo helps Sri Lankan seafood exports to Europe
Sri Lanka’s fish exporters are experiencing a boom following the resumption of shipments to Europe, and Emirates SkyCargo is playing a key role in helping them capitalise on this resurgence. The carrier is currently transporting about 100 tonnes of fish a week from Colombo to markets in Europe and the US, a noteworthy increase over […]
1st Qatar Airways Cargo garment charter arrives in Rickenbacker
Qatar Airways Cargo’s first charter freighter service loaded with garments has touched down at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. The cargo carrier is providing bespoke airfreight solutions to transport products for American fashion retailer, L Brands. The first flight earlier this month, saw over 100 tonnes of garments in collaboration with one of its major customers, […]
Opportunities ready for exploiting
Using Sri Lanka as a transit hub for cargo into India is an opportunity to be exploited, Fits Aviation believes. The company says using Sri Lanka in this way capitalising on e-commerce movements requiring rapid delivery is particularly important, but this opportunity has yet to be completely exploited. Sri Lanka also has capacity issues, Fits […]
India’s middle class drive demand for high end goods
The growing middle class in India is driving demand for high end goods such as electronics, IAG Cargo regional commercial manager APAC, India & Middle East, Pravin Singh tells Air Cargo Week. He says demand for consumer electronics, comprising mainly of smart phones, is being driven by the vast millennial population and growing middle class, […]
Qatar Airways Cargo expands pharma route network
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Colombo in Sri Lanka and Dublin in Ireland to its extensive Pharma Network – bringing the total it services to 73 destinations. Colombo was added to its Pharma Network on 15 May, while Dublin’s pharma operation begins on 12 June, when Qatar Airways commences its B787 Dreamliner flights to the same city. The carrier […]
Turkish Cargo launches freighter service to Chennai
Turkish Cargo launched an Airbus A330 freighter service to Chennai in India on 9 November and says the service and the one it already runs to Colombo in Sri Lanka will operate once a week. Turkish Cargo operates to 292 destinations, including 64 freighter destinations, in 117 countries by its 13 freighters and 323 passenger aircraft. […]
Trinity Logistics USA strikes charter deal with Etihad Cargo
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the carrier operate a weekly widebody freighter service. This will be operated from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport, in Sri Lanka to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio (US) and beyond to East Midlands Airport in the UK, on behalf of the New […]
Nine countries added to UPS Worldwide Express Freight
UPS is expanding its UPS Worldwide Express Freight service to nine new countries for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international shipments over 70 kilogrammes. The service is now available in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Malta, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. UPS says that the number of companies using the service has increased 250 per cent […]
Gatwick’s cargo falls again in February
Gatwick Airport has had another difficult month with cargo volumes falling by 12.2 per cent to 5,628 tonnes in February. The double digit fall in February follows from January, when volumes were down 9.7 per cent to 5,231 tonnes. On a 12 month basis from March 2015 to February 2016, cargo volumes are down 18.1 […]
Emirates to serve Colombo five times a day
Emirates will increase its Sri Lankan services with a fifth daily flight to Colombo from 1 August. The fifth flight, number EK648 will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, departing Dubai at 13.55h and arrive in Colombo at 19.55h. The return flight, EK649 will leave Bandaranike International Airport at 22.10h arriving back in Dubai at […]
