Showing posts with label air cargo supply chain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air cargo supply chain. 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...

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...

Monday, December 9, 2019

From 15 Jan, 2020 Delta Airlines will appoint LUG for ground handling services in Frankfurt, LUG has been handling ground services for Delta airlines in Munich for last 5 years . Delta airlines operating 3 flights a day daily from Frankfurt to Atlanta, Detroit & New York. After UK Germany is the biggest export market in Europe . USA is a big market for Germany...

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...

Monday, April 22, 2019

Jet Airways grounded all flights till further notice after they were not able to generate confidence with banks & lenders for interim funding . As per airlines spokesperson the emergency funds from lenders or bank is not forthcoming resulting into airlines disability to pay for fuel & other critical services to keep airlines operational. Jet airlines had...

Thursday, December 13, 2018

With the peak season & increasing demand Lufthansa cargo has expanded its freighter capacity. This freighter capacity expansion is based on upcoming festive season of Christmas & will operate weekly on Frankfurt - JFK route from mid November to 03 Jan. As per one Lufthansa spokesperson this step is taken especially in service of Santa Claus . This additional...

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Saudia Cargo for the first time transported 58 cars & various equipment for ABB FIA Formula E Championship sponsored by Saudi Airlines . The cars , spares & equipment are flown in from various European destinations to Ad Diriyah located on outskirts of Riyadh also handling first time this ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E championship inspired by...

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

With new technologies & fast pace movements Oman has now replaced paper document with e-AWB . This facility will help freight forwarders & traders to communicate with 10 airline operators present around the world to manage there shipments. Mohammed Ali Al Musafir, senior VP, Oman Air Cargo said: “The digital advancement is changing the way industries operate....

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Air China is planning to sell its major stake to Capital Holding considering uncertainties in international trade. Capital Holding will own 51% stake of the airlines after $ 357m transaction is complete. The remaining 49% will be owned by Cathay pacific.  Capital Holding is a wholly-owned subsidiary of state-owned China National Aviation Holding Corporation (CNAHC),...

Saturday, June 16, 2018

800 products exported by China to US worth $34bn will be affected by increased tariff which will come into effect from 06/Jul/2018. As per White House more tariff will be imposed on products worth $16bn later after discussion. China retaliates saying that it will impose additional 25% tariff on US goods affecting 659 goods worth $50bn As per Mr. Trump tariffs are...

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Canada’s Cargojet is expanding its domestic air cargo network from the beginning of April. Cargojet, operating overnight services across North America plus global charters, has a total freighter fleet of 24 aircraft, including the recent introduction of five B767-300ERFs, three B767-200ERFs and one B757-200ERF. The carrier did not outline...

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Federal Express officially started operations at Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in Bloomington on February 2. It follows an announcement in May 2014 that it was pulling out of its operation at nearby Peoria airport, on the west bank of the Illinois River. The express carrier said the move would allow it to upgrade its priority overnight...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

  IAG Cargo has extended its Cargo Connector service to San Francisco, the tenth city for the local pick-up service. It offers freight forwarders at or near the airport a free collection for consignments up to 300 kilos and IAG Cargo estimates that 95 per cent of its customers are based within a five-mile radius of the airport. This means...

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...

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd (AISATS), a 50:50 joint venture between Air India Limited and SATS Limited, a gateway services and food solutions provider in Asia, has introduced an e-freight initiative at its Bengaluru Airfreight Terminal facility. With this launch, AISATS BLR has taken a step towards IATAs e-freight initiative, building a paper-free air cargo supply chain and replacing it with cheaper, accurate and reliable electronic messaging, AISATS said in a statement. To facilitate...