Showing posts with label air freight volumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air freight volumes. Show all posts

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...

Monday, August 10, 2015

Freight forwarder DHL Global Forwarding's decision to turn away airfreight business to protect profits in the first half of this year resulted in a decline in volumes. The Bonn-headquartered forwarder recorded a 7.2% year-on-year decline in airfreight exports during the second quarter to 530,000 tonnes, while the half-year result was down by 3.6% to 1m tonnes. Second-quarter...

Saturday, July 18, 2015

UPS is adding eight origin and five destination countries to its Worldwide Express Freight service, designed for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments. The expansion adds five countries in Latin America and three in Europe. UPS now offers the guaranteed service – targeting product launches, inventory shortages or equipment...

Saturday, March 14, 2015

TNT has launched a Monday to Friday B737-400F service between Israeli capital Tel Aviv and the express operator's European hub in Liege, Belgium. The new service "answers increasing demand" and allows TNT to shorten transit times for express shipments to and from Tel Aviv by one day. The flight arrives in Tel Aviv in the morning...

Thursday, February 26, 2015

  Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo has renewed a three-year contract with express operator TNT for ‘inbound to production’ and aftermarket delivery services in Europe. TNT will continue to handle Volvo’s European emergency production movements. TNT collects automotive components and parts from more than 800 different suppliers in Europe and delivers them to...

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...

Monday, February 2, 2015

Air freight volumes continued to rise in December but exchange rate and fuel surcharge fluctuations saw a 2014 end of year fall in dollar-based yields, according to research house WorldACD. December’s healthy year-over-year (YoY) volume growth continued 2014's trend, as chargeable weight increased 6.7 per cent, said the Netherlands-based analyst which uses...

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...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

China will lift controls on prices of 24 commodities and services, said the National Development and Reform Commission on Sunday. Market will decide the price of tobacco leaves, the last agricultural product to be freed from government price control, but a minimum price will be set to protect farmers, said a statement on the commission website. Prices of railway bulk cargo, parcels and privately funded cargo and passenger transport will also be allowed to float. Railway passenger and cargo prices...

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The logistics industry will probably be one of the first testing grounds for automated vehicles, according to a study from package delivery giant DHL. Shipping companies will likely adopt the technology faster than other sectors, since moving cargo in non-public areas like storage facilities and warehouses provides a safer venue to test such devices, according to a study published this week by DHL, the freight and express arm of Deutsche Post AG. Eventually vehicles might bring packages...

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

IATA’s November Airlines Financial Monitor finds good news for much of the air cargo sector as freight volumes continue to expand steadily and load factors improve on the back of growth in demand. Air freight volumes increased in October compared to September, with recent improvements driven by progress in Asia Pacific and North America due to expanding trade volumes,...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

  Air freight volumes continue to show solid gains on a year ago, supported by economic improvements in some regions, says IATA in its latest quarterly cargo chartbook. But high jet fuel prices and overall weakness in yields have kept cargo financial performance from improving so far this year, adds IATA. “Emerging Asia trade volumes have rebounded...