New year, new look. On 01JAN24, Stephanie Pope will take on a newly created position as The Boeing Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Boeing President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Calhoun. Pope has 29...
The Puerto Rico Life Sciences Community announced the launch of a data dashboard on its new website, offering its 40+ member companies from across the pharma air cargo supply chain access to data that can assist in ensuring more...
… both in fleet and cargo capacity. The airline announced last week, that two more Boeing 777 freighters would be coming in to its fleet to fortify its operations in view of the increasing demand for air cargo services...
For the group of digital experts which grew from four to five members in 2023, and now includes Cargo Digital Factory, Wiremind Cargo, CargoAi, Rotate, and CharterSync, 2023 was a year of coordination and joint communication/presence at events. Cédric...
MACH stands for Menzies Aviation Cargo Handling (MACH) cargo management system and the result of a year-long collaboration with Wipro to seriously upgrade the handler’s cargo management processes. A combination of Wipro’s technology and Menzies' air cargo operations expertise,...
Safe’Air is the name of the new WestJet Cargo valuables shipment product which has been designed to ensure that all such cargo is protected from theft or pilfering. Planned to go live in JAN24, initially between Canada and the...
ECS Group’s strategic aim of achieving full coverage across the Americas just took a large step forward its acquisition of Americas GSA. It now numbers 16 countries in its Americas set-up and with Americas GSA, has gained significant presence...
1000 guests came together in the Hong Kong Asia World-Expo on 14DEC23 to witness the signing of a collaboration agreement between Dr. Angus Cheung, CEO of Aerovision Technology Limited (ATL), and Wilson Kwong, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Air...
...claims the Miami-based cargo carrier. It has just inked an agreement with Manestream to transport show jumping, race and other competition horses between Brussels and Miami. The number of horses transported varies from week to week, depending on the...
The cargo community of Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) has set up a local branch of Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN). Apparently, hopes are high that a new permit will enable the full 2,750 m use of its runway by January...
Air freight continued growing at Hungary’s Budapest Airport (BUD) in 2023. Consequently, BUD is one of the very few airports in Europe whose cargo throughput increased in 2023 (+3%). Unless ice, snow or fog paralyzes Ferenc Liszt International in...
… state Unisys managers, Sabari Ramnath and Amith KK , in this EXCLUSIVE. Their point: Emerging technology is helping air cargo innovation take flight. Both experts were recently recognized for integrating AI and digital cargo booking systems to streamline...
As we close the CargoForwarder Global editorial year on the same day as the entire industry literally took off for the first time over a century ago, (17DEC23 marks the 120th anniversary of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first flight...
In his welcome address at the Christmas party of ground service provider Cargo Handling International (CHI) last Thursday (14DEC23) near Frankfurt CEO Kai Domscheit pointed out that standstill is regression. This is no option because “we want to move...
We’re exactly two weeks away from the end of the year, and just days away from discovering whether we made it onto Santa’s Nice list or ended up on the Naughty one. Either way, CargoForwarder Global’s newsletter distribution list...
All change on 01JAN24 over at DB Schenker. Its current Global Board Member for Contract Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Hessel Verhage (51) is stepping down on his own volition to return to his family in the USA. The...
Germany’s Association of Air Cargo Handlers – VACAD – (founded in Frankfurt/Main, in 2007), is another member stronger – this time industry heavyweight, GEORGI Handling. The air cargo handling company which has bases in Frankfurt and Leipzig, is the...
The global multi-energy company, Repsol, has been contracted by Atlas Air and Inditex to supply SAF for their cargo flights operating out of Zaragoza Airport in Spain. This is particularly notable news since not only is Atlas Air the...
When it comes to dangerous goods (DGR), there is no leeway for error as this can have serious effects on flight and human safety. dnata continuously invests in the training of its employees, as well as works to improve...
Long-standing logistics groupie, Rock-It Global, recently celebrated its 45th anniversary at a Welcome Party held on 06DEC23, during THE Conference Live at Lititz in Pennsylvania where it revealed it was rebranding back to its original Rock-it Cargo name. Rock-It...
20,000 m², direct access to aircraft, capable of handling 1 million tons of cargo per year, and ready to go into operation in 2028: Those are the key points around a brand-new hub that UPS announced it will be...
Cargolux announced last week that its subsidiary, Luxcargo Handling S.A. (LCH), had won the tender to carry out Luxair’s ramp and warehouse handling activities at Luxembourg Airport. It was awarded a license to also allow it to handle third...
Due to formal restrictions, LATAM Cargo was not able to offer the market its FRESH and FRESH Active product on westbound flights taking from Europe to Latin America. However, the hurdles have been set aside now so the embargo...
The world’s largest ACMI provider, the Avia Solutions Group, has translocated some of its cargo flights from Hahn Airport to nearby Cologne-Bonn Airport. This means that the virtual carrier now uses two airports in Central Europe that are both...
The Lufthansa Group made headlines in the past week with 3 reports.Firstly, Lufthansa Cargo announced the acquisition of another A321 freighter. It is the fourth in the carrier’s short and medium-haul fleet.This was followed by a release in which...
