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Revenue fall for CEVA in first half of the year

CEVA has seen revenue fall year-on-year (YOY) by 7.8 per cent in the first half of 2016 to $3.23 billion,

DSV grows bottom line by 10% in first half of 2016

Danish logistics company DSV has achieved gross profit of 7,821 million Danish Kroner ($1.1 billion) for the first six months

Emirates 777 crash-lands at Dubai, but no casualties

An Emirates aircraft flying from India has crash-landed at 12.45pm local time at Dubai International Airport because of an equipment

Cargo down 6% in first half of 2016 at Abu Dhabi

Cargo tonnage continues to struggle at Abu Dhabi International Airport and it was down six per cent in the first

11.3% uplift at Budapest Airport this year

Airfreight passing through Budapest Airport has increased by 11.3 per cent since the beginning of this year. The gateway in

DHL starts express service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok

DHL Express has launched a new express freighter service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, one of its hubs in Asia

Holt leaves Cargolux, Zehren replaces him

Cargolux Airlines International has appointed Claude Zehren as interim executive vice president and nominated person flight operations – taking over

Priority Freight expands German office with new airfreight department

Priority Freight has enhanced its operations in the heart of mainland Europe by setting up a new emergency airfreight department

Emirates flies Olympic horses to Rio

The first group of Olympic horses departed from London Stansted Airport on 29 July on a special cargo plane bound

New Chicago service centre for DHL

DHL has expanded its operations in Chicago with the opening of a new service centre facility which sits just north

Stakes sold in Nice and Lyon airports

The winning bidders for the sale of 60 per cent in French regional airports Nice Cote d’Azur and Lyon-Saint-Expury been

Pockets of opportunity despite slow growth rates for American

American Airlines Cargo has faced the same headwinds with slowing growth rates, but senior manager – cargo strategy and partnerships,

New e-booking platform launched by WebCargo

WebCargo has launched an e-booking platform in partnership with the ECS Group – directly within the system that forwarders have

Wild card events and tsunami of regulations

Air forwarders are seeing flat growth as they face wild-card events this year and ever more regulation, Airforwarders Association (AfA)

AAT to pioneer RFID ULD tag technology at HK

Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) is to introduce a radio-frequency identification (RFID) ULD tag for pre-packed cargo at Hong Kong International

Malaysia Airlines orders up to 50 Boeing 737 MAX

Malaysia Airlines has ordered up to 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The order is for 25 737 MAX 8 airplanes,

ICAO chief urges focus on air cargo security to reduce delays and losses

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and World Customs Organization (WCO) must to “everything” to prevent the severe delays, disruptions

US-based freighter operator Amerijet changes ownership

Florida-based freighter operator Amerijet has a new owner after being sold by private equity investment firm H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.). H.I.G.

DHL signs deal with cobalt and nickel firm in Madagascar

DHL Global Forwarding has agreed an initial three-year Global Freight Forwarding agreement with Ambatovy in Madagascar. Ambatovy is a joint

Amazon to team up with UK Government to test drones

Online retail giant Amazon is teaming up with the UK Government to start testing flying drones – also known as

Industry videos to be filmed at TIACA ACF 2016

Air cargo businesses can be part of the official International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) ‘Industry Views’ videos at TIACA’s Air

ACSV in Hanoi goes live with Hermes system

Cargo handler – Air Cargo Services of Vietnam (ACSV) – based at Hanoi International Airport has gone live with the

Premium products the main focus for Swiss

SWISS WorldCargo is investing in premium products, which are performing well while overall demand proves sluggish, head of marketing Alain

A market that just keep on rocking and rolling

Indian airfreight is booming and according to analysts Frost & Sullivan the air cargo market for the country of 1.3

UK remains strong despite weak start to 2016

The slowdown of the UK manufacturing sector has made business challenging and Brexit may compound this, but IAG Cargo tells

B&H Worldwide forms partnership with African freight forwarder

B&H Worldwide has appointed ACX (Advanced Cargo Express) as its agent for Morocco – the first time the company has

Vietnam Airlines’ cargo up 18.1% in first half of 2016

Vietnam Airlines handled 124,800 tonnes of freight in the first six months of 2016 from January to June 2016 –

Ethiopian Cargo awards GSSA contracts

Ethiopian Cargo has awarded contracts to Airconsult and ATC Aviation Services as its new general sales and service agents (GSSA)

BMW set to use new service from the US to Germany

A new air cargo service from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) in the US to Munich Airport is set to start,

Chapman promotes Puchalski in Poland

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has promoted Radoslaw Puchalski to the position of head of its business in Poland. Puchalski has held

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