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...
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...
IAM is the acronym for Ireland's largest GSSA: International Airline Marketing – a family business that was founded in Dublin, back in 1989, by Sean McCool. Now run by his son, Ian McCool, the GSSA is responsible for more...
Again, because this time it is the service partner’s cargo facility at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) that was awarded the IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) standards. certification on 28NOV23. AMS is now...
… At the UK’s boutique airport, Bournemouth, that is working on carving a name for itself in the world of air eCommerce. And that is precisely the focus of Maersk Air Cargo’s China-UK flights. The carrier has opted for...
Who would have imagined, back in 2019, that a sea freight giant would begin operating its own cargo airline at some point? And yet, here we are in 2023, and Maersk Air Cargo has been actively flying since just...
When the world’s largest international cargo carrier says yes to an interline agreement, then you’re literally starting at the top and working down. Dronamics is already making serious headway in its strategic plan to commence commercial operations from early...
It is all systems go over at Atlas Air, which has been firing out press releases this week – notably one confirming the appointment of its new CFO, as well as first on 28NOV23 announcing an order for two...
Though not strictly an air cargo achievement, this aviation milestone is one to celebrate. A week after Emirates announced its first 100% SAF demonstration A380 flight (which actually turned out to be 1 of 4 engines running on SAF),...
