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 […]
Cargolux moves South American flower flights to Amsterdam
Cargolux Airlines International has moved its South America – Netherlands services from Maastricht to Amsterdam to reduce transit times for the Amsterdam flower market. Following customer requests, Cargolux moved the service from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airline says customers will benefit from reduced transit times, as the flowers will no longer […]
Aeromexico appoints ECS Group as GSSA in the Netherlands
Aeromexico has appointed the ECS Group company, Globe Air Cargo, as its general sales and service agent in the Netherlands. The appointment, effective from 29 May, will focus on all European products, including perishables, pharmaceuticals and other niche products, and ECS says it offers opportunities at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to shorten transit times for temperature […]
ACS arranges charter to rehome dolphins
Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged the charter to transport two dolphins for rehoming from the Netherlands to the Canary Islands. The dolphins, Sting and Makai, travelled on an Antonov AN-74 aircraft with qualified vets in attendance from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Las Palmas Airport before being transported to the botanical zoo, Palmitos Park. The […]
Air France KLM sees growth in April
Air France KLM ended its slump in volumes with revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) increasing by 0.9 per cent in April. Cargo in RTK was up by 0.9 per cent to 709 million in April while capacity in available tonne kilometres (ATK) was down by two per cent to 1.1 billion, and the load factor increased […]
IATA WCS: Amsterdam Schiphol aiming for CEIV certification
The logistics community at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has launched a closed pharmaceutical chain programme to be International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators certified. It was announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium on 16 March in press conference held in the Tegel room of the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin, with […]
Small dip for Schiphol following record breaker
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has seen cargo volumes dip by 0.7 per cent to 1.6 million tonnes in 2015 following a record breaking year in 2014. The airport says the first half of 2015 was weak but improvements in the second half meant the overall decline was minimal, with the fourth quarter proving strong, despite weakness […]
KLM transports Mondrian artwork to Brazil
KLM Cargo has flown 50 paintings and 25 drawings from The Hague’s museum for modern art to Brazil, where they will be exhibited for the year. The 50 paintings were from the Mondrian collection by Piet Mondrian, and the other work was done by De Stijl artists, Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg. […]
IATA e-AWB end of year target likely to be missed
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration has risen to 35.1 per cent in October, an improvement on September but reaching the end of year target of 45 per cent is unlikely. Penetration increased by 0.9 per cent over September, according to the International Air Transport Association, but this is a slowdown compared to previous months, which […]
