Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo airline, has announced the launch of its first mobile app QR Cargo, available for both Android and iOS devices. This application aims to provide ease and convenience to the cargo airline’s customers, by having all the important information at their fingertips on their mobile devices. In addition to getting detailed status of their shipments, customers can now use this app for various enquiries such as Qatar Airways passenger … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways Cargo launches QR Cargo mobile app
Alaska Airlines picks up Virgin America for US$4 billion
Alaska Air Group has snapped up California-based Virgin America for US$4 billion. The combined company would become a major force in the US West Coast region, with hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, and a combined fleet of approximately 280 aircraft providing 1,200 daily departures. It will also gain Virgin America’s east coast slots, in New York and Washington, DC, where Alaska has struggled to gain access and of course the group would also maintain a dominant position in … [Read more...] about Alaska Airlines picks up Virgin America for US$4 billion
Brussels Airport gets back on its feet, slowly
Brussels Airport is gradually regaining its footing with flights gradually increasing, nearly two weeks after suicide bombers blew themselves up in its departure hall, killing 16 people and injuring dozens. The airport was immediately closed to all passenger and cargo traffic after the attacks of 22 March. All-cargo flights resumed after a number of days but passenger services remained closed while investigations, safety and security assessments were made. The airport officially reopened with … [Read more...] about Brussels Airport gets back on its feet, slowly
ACI’s airport rankings for 2015 show top three cargo airports remain unchanged
Based on reports from 1,144 airports worldwide, Airport Council International's (ACI) preliminary traffic results for world airports in 2015 reveals that the world's largest air cargo hub continued to be Hong Kong (HKG, +0.4 per cent) with Memphis (MEM, +0.8 per cent) in the second spot followed by Shanghai's PVG (+2.9 per cent). Despite apparent pockets of weakness in the air cargo markets, Chicago’s ORD experienced robust growth of 15.6 per cent in 2015. With recently expanded air cargo … [Read more...] about ACI’s airport rankings for 2015 show top three cargo airports remain unchanged
Mercator acquires Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems
Mercator, a global provider of product-enabled solutions to the travel and transportation industry, announced that it has acquired Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (RMS), an industry-leading developer of innovative revenue management products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Over 70 of the world’s most profitable and fastest growing airlines deploy RMS’s AirRM, a cloud based stat-of-the-art, revenue management, analytics, and reporting system. AirRM increases … [Read more...] about Mercator acquires Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems
Virgin Australia, TNT do contract on domestic cargo
TNT Express awarded what is expected to be a US$575 million, five-year contract to Virgin Australia for domestic cargo transport which has prompted Virgin Australia to wet lease three freighters for the job. Beginning in July of this year, Virgin Australia will uplift TNT’s freight on its domestic network, as well as on the newly-leased freighters. Virgin Australia’s network currently extends to 47 destinations within Australia and offers connectivity to 17 international destinations within … [Read more...] about Virgin Australia, TNT do contract on domestic cargo
