Virgin Atlantic Cargo has been granted a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) for its global headquarters operations and its new Pharma Zone at Heathrow Airport, confirming the airline’s compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and its ability to maintain the quality and integrity of medicinal products for human use. WDA was established by the UK Government’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which is recognised as a trusted and independent source of … [Read more...] about Virgin Atlantic Cargo granted WDA for global headquarters operations and Pharma Zone
Dnata awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma Certification
Global air services provider, dnata, has been certified by IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma-handling processes and facilities in Dubai. This means that dnata has proven its capability to manage the movement of pharmaceutical products safely and reliably. The CEIV Pharma was created by IATA to provide a globally consistent and recognized pharmaceutical product handling certification that focuses on airfreight and … [Read more...] about Dnata awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma Certification
DHL launches second around-the-world flight
DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, announced the launch of its second around-the-world scheduled flight, to connect Asia, Europe and the US. This is in response to the strong growth in demand for air freight capacity, chiefly for outbound services from Asia and on the popular transpacific route. The Boeing 747-400F freighter will operate a South Korea-China-Europe-China service, in addition to transpacific east- and westbound flights … [Read more...] about DHL launches second around-the-world flight
Lufthansa Cargo orders two Boeing 777F
Europe's leading cargo airline continues to invest in fleet modernization and orders two factory-new Boeing 777F. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved the order of two Boeing 777F for Lufthansa Cargo. Delivery is already on the way: in both February and March 2019, a newly built aircraft each will take off from the Boeing plant in Seattle headed for Germany. The investment reflects the financial success of Lufthansa Cargo. With its C40 efficiency program and Cargo … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo orders two Boeing 777F
Airline cargo capacity rises faster than demand
IATA says airfreight capacity rose faster than demand in March for the first time in 20 months. Demand rose 1.7 percent year-on-year, a drop of 5.0 percent over February, to produce the slowest growth in 22 months. The increase in global capacity fell to 4.4 percent from 6.3 percent in February. As forecast last month, IATA says the slowdown is due to the end of an inventory restocking cycle coupled with a “softening” of global trade. “We would caution against reading too much into the … [Read more...] about Airline cargo capacity rises faster than demand
Turkish Cargo adds new freighter destination
Turkish Cargo, the fastest growing air cargo brand amongst top global air cargo carriers, has recently added Brussels, the capital city of Belgium as a destination for direct scheduled cargo flights. Turkish Cargo operates currently to 85 destinations with its 18 cargo aircrafts. The opening of the new cargo destination was celebrated with a spectacular event attended by all the agencies operating in Brussels. In the first stage, the weekly frequencies with A310F cargo freighter will be … [Read more...] about Turkish Cargo adds new freighter destination
