Oman Air launches four flights a week to Phuket

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is to start four flights a week between Muscat and Phuket, one of Thailand’s most popular resort islands, starting from November 15 2022. The flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Tuesday flight from Muscat will depart at 09:40 and arrive in Phuket […]
Kerry completes subsidiary spin-off Kerry Express Thailand

Kerry Logistics Network Limited has announced that it has completed the spin-off of its subsidiary, Kerry Express Thailand, which commenced trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand today. KETH remains a subsidiary of Kerry Logistics Network after the spin-off. The price of KETH’s initial public offering of 300 million shares was fixed at the upper […]
Thai Smile Airways joins Star Alliance

Star Alliance have welcomed Thai Smile Airways as a Star Alliance Connecting Partner at an official ceremony in Bangkok. Thai Smile, the second connecting partner of Star Alliance, offers more than 396 weekly flights to 32 destinations in nine countries and regions. Star Alliance CEO Jeffrey Goh, said: “Our Connecting Partner model was introduced three […]
cargo-partner expands Asian land-air services
cargo-partner has expanded its Asian land-air service in response to fluctuating airfreight capacity out of China and Southeast Asia. The land-air service via Hanoi, Vietnam provides an alternative to direct flights from China with 8-10 day transit times including road transport from China, flying to Europe or the USA and delivery to the final destination. […]
ECS Group manages operations for Nok Air
Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air has concluded a Total Cargo Management agreement with ECS Group to manage capacity sales and operations on routes. Through ECS Group’s network and TCM expertise, Nok Air will increase its cargo revenue, export volumes from Thailand and international transhipment cargo volumes to make full use of capacity on its fleet […]
Three years of smiles at AVS GSA in Thailand
Having joined the ECS Group network in 2016, managing director of AVS GSA Thailand, Chirasak Chandratat is delighted with the partnership. The subsidiary of ECS Group for Thailand is the GSA for 12 online airlines, one offline and in charge of total cargo management for two airlines, Nok Air and NokScoot Airlines. Two more airlines […]
Ethiopian Cargo adds Bangkok and Hanoi flights

Ethiopian Cargo has launched freighter flights to Bangkok and Hanoi, with the first flight taking off on 16 August. Flight number ET3628 leaves Addis Ababa on Fridays at 11.55 and lands in Hanoi at 21.30 local time using a Boeing 777 Freighter. It then leaves Vietnam at 23.30 and lands in Bangkok at 01.00 on […]
time:matters Sameday Air spreads across Asia
time:matters has extended its Sameday Air network across Asia, bringing the service to Tokyo Narita, Singapore and Bangkok. The stations in Japan, Singapore and Thailand are connected to the European hubs of Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna with 84 flights a week. The new locations join services to the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, […]
AirBridgeCargo shows cattle class can be luxurious
Some special passengers got to try out AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ ‘abc care’ product, with 146 heifers flying from Houston to Bangkok. The complex charter was arranged in partnership with Intradco Global, and the request would have been a normal one if it were not travelling from the USA to Thailand. The abc care team started preparations […]
Beyer to lead operations in Thailand for Dachser
Jan-Michael Beyer has been appointed for the role of managing director air and sea logistics in Thailand for Dachser. Prior to this appointment, Beyer was country manager for Thailand, and head of sales air and seas logistics Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia. In his time in Thailand, Beyer has established relevant services including customised daily […]
NokScoot awards ULD contract to Unilode

Thai medium-haul budget airline NokScoot has awarded a unit load device (ULD) management contract to Unilode Aviation Solutions. Yodchai Sudhidhanakul, CEO of NokScoot says: “By commissioning Unilode for the management of NokScoot’s containers and pallets for our current fleet of five Boeing 777-200 we will receive cost-effective and professional services, which will provide us with […]
Alibaba’s ‘Open Sesame’ to Thai investments
In another sign of Alibaba’s increasing footprint in South East Asia, its executive chairman and founder, Jack Ma, has signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with Thailand’s government in April. The four MOUs will see Alibaba Group build a smart digital trading hub in Thailand Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and help develop Thailand’s e-commerce, digital […]
EzyCustoms supports Thai Airways cargo declarations on new Vienna route

THAI Airways is submitting electronic cargo declarations on its new flight services to Vienna to Austrian Customs for advance clearance using EzyCustoms. The product validates the shipment data according to the Customs requirement before the submission of the Entry Summary Declaration. The system also allows THAI Airways to receive the acknowledgement and status messages returned […]
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 […]
AAPA: demand for manufacturing products drives 12.2% August surge

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) says the solid expansion in international air cargo markets continued unabated in August and it was propelled by demand for manufacturing goods. AAPA explains firm demand for manufactured products, particularly pharmaceutical goods and technological equipment, underpinned the month’s strong 12.2 per cent increase in air cargo demand as measured in freight […]
Logistics infrastructure to be expanded across Thailand

Thailand’s logistics infrastructure is being upgraded and this is an area Thai Airways International is focusing on and is a key part of its strategy to expand and improve its cargo operations, writes Michael Mackey. The mothership of what is being planned in Thailand is the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Basically, the North East Gulf […]
Multi-pronged strategy for Thai as it looks to develop business
Thai Airways (TG) International is pressing on with multi-pronged plans to further develop its cargo operations, senior officials have said, writes Michael Mackey. The strategy starts from the ground up, Thai’s managing director of cargo and mail department, Dumrungchai Sawangcharoen (pictured above) told reporters on the inaugural flight of Thai’s new Airbus A350-XWB from Toulouse. The […]
Carbon black mission for Panalpina from Italy to Thailand

Panalpina has helped Cabot Corporation – a US materials and specialty chemicals company – to deliver 260 tonnes of carbon black from its production facility in Italy to the end customer’s tire-manufacturing plant in Thailand within four days. Carbon black is a fine black powder used as a reinforcing in tires to improve tensile and […]
Thailand ratifies Montreal Convention 1999

Thailand has ratified the Montreal Convention 1999 (MC99), which will result in changes including significantly increasing the use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) when it is implemented on 2 October. The overwhelming majority of carriage to and from Thailand will be subject to an international convention and to internationally defined and accepted standards for the […]
DHL Supply Chain to invest €70m to grow regional presence in Asia
DHL Supply Chain is to invest more than €70 million ($82.6 million) growing its regional footprint in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar by 2020. It will build new facilities, expand its truck fleet and invest in new technology, which is expected to create an additional 5,000 jobs over the next three years across the four […]
Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways sign freight partnership agreement
Thailand-based carriers Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways have signed a freight partnership agreement as part of a move to strengthen each others’ networks. Through this cooperation with Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways cargo can be transported to China, South Korea, Japan, Taipei, the UK, Germany, France and Australia seamlessly, while Thai Airways cargo can be transported […]
Yusen Logistics expands its services in New Zealand

Yusen Logistics (Australia) has started ocean and airfreight forwarding operations to and from New Zealand servicing its global network and partners. The forwarder says it initially commenced in late 2016 servicing business customers to and from Australia and now offers global coverage that includes logistics services across the entire supply chain. In March 2016, Yusen acquired […]
Drinks are on UPS as it expands alcohol shipping services across Asia

UPS can ship wine, beer and spirits to businesses and consumers to 10 destinations across Asia Pacific using its Express shipping services. This broadens the number of alcohol shipment destinations across UPS’s global network that permit the import of the three types of alcohol, and UPS can now serve 24 of the top 35 wine […]
Canada and Thailand modernise air transport agreement
Canada and Thailand have modernised their air transport agreement, meaning up to 21 flights per week between the two countries. The modernised agreement allows any number of Canadian and Thai airlines to serve any city in Canada and Thailand, establishing 21 flights per week for country, also enhancing rights allowing airlines to extend services to […]
AAPA: Cargo volumes up 9% in April

Preliminary traffic figures for the month of April released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed cargo volumes rose year-on-year (YOY) by nine per cent. AAPA says this performance was on the back of strong international demand, as business conditions continued to improve across Asian economies, in turn lending support to international trade […]
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 […]
Rhenus Group to open new sites around the world
Rhenus Group will add new business sites across a number of regions of the world including another consolidation point for airfreight customers at Frankfurt Airport. It has already opened six new offices, two in the Philippines in Subic and Clark, one in South Korea in Busan, one in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Rayong in […]
DHL expands in Thailand to tap into booming e-commerce
DHL eCommerce is to expand its offering in Thailand by enhancing its coverage and by providing what it says is “affordable B2C international shipping”. The pick-up service the express freight integrator runs is also to be extended to small e-commerce merchants, which is set to benefit Thailand’s 2.7 million SMEs. DHL eCommerce launched in Thailand in […]
Americas, Asia and technology focus for ECS

The ECS Group made some key moves in 2016 as it acquired a majority stake in the AVS GSA Group and won a general sales and service agent (GSSA) contract with Singapore-based carrier Jetstar Asia. Chief executive officer, Bertrand Schmoll (pictured below) says the deals have enabled it to develop its network and grow in […]
MAB Kargo adds Bangkok freighter service to network

MAB Kargo has expanded its presence in Thailand with the launch of a freighter service to Bangkok Suvarnbhumi International Airport from Kuala Lumpur (KL). This weekly service will be operated with an Airbus A330 Freighter with a capacity of 60 tonnes of payload and has been started to tap into the rising demand for air […]