Showing posts with label Air Cargo Shipment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Air Cargo Shipment. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2020

With new regional hub at Lakeland Linder Airport Amazon Air started its operations in Florida, USA. Its first flight from Sacramento airport successfully lands at Lakeland Linder Airport marking start of its daily service to & from the facility. The 285000 square ft facility is specifically designed to cater flight operations & sort out packages for different...

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Emirates Cargo has facilitated the movement of essential commodities & supplies around the world by operating more than 10000 flights in 3 months i.e between April to June. The airlines moved cargo across six continent with an average of 3800 flights per month.. Thus airlines traveled approx 37 million km in 3 months touching upto 100 destinations.. As per airlines...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

With the surging demand for Corona virus related items Virgin Atlantic Airlines is planning to operate 90 cargo flights per week starting May . With four A 350 freighter capable of carrying 49 tonnes of goods Virgin Atlantic Airlines has overall 14 aircrafts available for cargo only operations. The airlines is planning to target US, Hong kong , China, India, Israel...

Saturday, April 25, 2020

DHL Global Forwarding has launched weekly air freight service to move cargo from China to Africa via Dubai route.. The weekly freighter service will have a capacity to carry 100 tonnes of cargo. The forwarder said that it will consolidate all cargo from across China in Guangzhou & move it via Dubai to various destinations in Africa & Middle East as Dubai plays...

Friday, March 6, 2020

Quito, Ecuador's capital is a new addition destination by Turkish Cargo. Turkish cargo expanded its network with addition of Quito city which is majorly known for exporting flowers, textiles, food including sugar , cacao, banana, palm oil & coffee. Turkish cargo will start its operating flights twice a week from March 7, using Boeing 777F freighters routing Istanbul...

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Hong kong Air Transport Licensing Authority(ATLA) has informed Hong Kong Airlines(HKA) to either improve there financial situation or loose license . Early this week ATLA has informed HKA to inject cash to improve there financial situation which is deteriorating day by day else face action & loose there license to operate. ATLA has provided deadline of 07-Dec to...

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Heathrow airport is now facilitated with automated trucking updates whenever a cargo is loaded or unloaded in shed . Its ground handling agents Dnata & ASC can now directly update agents & hauliers to there system / online portal whenever they are delivering or collecting cargo . General users & regular users can access these updates by small modifications...

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

With increasing demand DHL Global Forwarding is planning to expand its freighter services to meet customer expectation & demands. According to David Goldberg , Chief Executive, Global Forwarding , US , steady & predictable service along with steady rates to be provided to customer throughout the year. As per him last year there were many airlines who cancelled...

Saturday, January 31, 2015

  Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) preliminary figures for 2014 show an “encouraging revival” in cargo demand after three consecutive years of decline. An upsurge in exports from manufacturing hubs in the region led to a rebound in international air cargo markets in 2014, with demand in freight tonne km (FTK) growing by...

Sunday, December 21, 2014

  Air freight rates continued to climb through November on the back of strong peak season demand and conversions from ocean freight as a result of US supply chain bottlenecks. Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index rose a further 5.3 points in November to reach an all-time peak of 120.8 points, exceeding the record high of 117.4 achieved...

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair cargo and mail traffic has continued to show strong year-on-year growth according to the carrier’s latest results with the carrier getting a big boost with shipments of Beaujolais wine to the Far East. The two airlines carried 165,102 tonnes of cargo and mail in November 2014, up 12% from the same period last year.There was good news too...

Friday, November 7, 2014

Transport Canada is proposing to allow shippers to screen their cargo before it reaches an airport, rather than solely relying on carriers to do so, in order to bridge security gaps and prevent terrorist attacks. The Canadian government said relying on carriers to screen all cargo for explosive devices would be “slow and impractical,” resulting in bottlenecks, slowdowns and additional costs. This new initiative would bring up the standard of air cargo screening and save C$202 million in...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) continued to see upswings in freight in August. Cargo throughput grew by 8.8 percent to 366,000 tonnes. Flight movements had a 4 percent increase to 33,700, achieving a new monthly high for the second month in a row.  The growth in cargo throughput was driven mainly by transshipments, which were up 22 percent from a year ago. During...

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The freighter plane may become a thing of the past if airlines failed to devise strategies to make their cargo operations more efficient, an aviation industry specialist has warned. The industry needs a structural redesign, said Glyn Hughes, director of cargo industry management at International Air Transport Association (IATA). Air cargo volumes have remained flat since 2010, he said during IATA’s annual general meeting.IATA predicts cargo volumes will total about 52 million tons this year,...

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad has been adjudged the “Best Cargo Airport of The Year” at the recently concluded 40th annual convention of Air Cargo Agents Association of India held at Jaipur. This is the second year in a row that RGIA has won the award for its cargo operations. S.G.K. Kishore, Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are delighted to be recognised by a prestigious industry body such as ACAAI which represents India’s Air Cargo Industry." The airport has emerged...

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Air freight traffic has grown at 5.3 per cent annually since 1980. Today goods worth $6.4 trillion travel by air — that’s 35 per cent of all world trade by value. The growth rate is expected to be 4.9 per cent for the next 20 years. This means by the year 2023 traffic will double, according to V.K. Mathews, Executive Chairman of IBS Software, based in Technopark here. Minimal profit However, the profit margins are going to be nominal, Mathews said while speaking at the IBS Air Cargo Forum...
Muscat, Sep 17 (ONA)--- Cargolux Company, one of the major air cargo carriers in Europe decided to increase its weekly flights to Muscat international Airport by two flights a week with effect from next October. The company said that Oman Airport Management Company , represented by Commercial Operations Public Administration said in a statement today that Cargolux's decision to increase its weekly flights to Muscat International Airport comes at a time the shipping activity via Muscat International...
TNT Express, one of the world’s largest express delivery companies, has announced the addition of a new 7-ton Mistubishi /Fuso trailer truck to its domestic fleet.    Oman is a part of TNT Express widespread Middle East Road Network (MERN) delivering to countries such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, the network offers the best day-definite...
Lootah Biofuels, a fully owned subsidiary of S.S. Lootah Group has signed an agreement with TNT Express, a leading global Express Company to supply locally produced environmentally superior and performance enhancing biodiesel made from used cooking oil for the latter's commercial vehicles in Dubai. This agreement aims at reducing carbon footprints, and also supports Lootah Biofuels mission of converting 5% of transportation fuel to Biofuels by the year 2020. The agreement was signed by Mr....
DHL-Sinotrans, the leading air express company in China, launched mobile stations indowntown Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen to provide companies with convenient pick-upfacilities. The move will help optimize shipment routes for express items and extend cut-off times forcustomers, according to Wu Don...