China Postal Airlines has started itssecond international service - a newfive-times weekly service uses a Boeing737-300 freighter - between Shanghai Pudong International Airport andOsaka airport in Japan. A Xinhua News Agency report saidthe service is intended to speed uppostal package delivery times betweenthe two destinations as well as to reducetransit times further. China Postal Airlines launched itsfirst international route in August,linking Beijing to Seoul. Last month,the carrier … [Read more...] about CHINA: China Postal Airlines opens Japan service
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IJS Global enters UK logistics market
IJS Global Inc., the fast-growingmulti-modal freight forwarder, customsbroker and non-vessel operating commoncarrier, has entered the importantUK freight & logistics market byacquiring majority ownership in London-headquartered Lupprians CargoExpress Limited, one of the country'sleading freight forwarding and logisticscompanies. Terms of the transactionwere not disclosed. Lupprians has been re-branded asIJS Global (UK) Limited, and will offerits clients across the UK an enhancedworld-wide … [Read more...] about IJS Global enters UK logistics market
Four Soft Limited
India-based software provider forlogistics and transportation, Four Soft Limited (4S) has entered into anagreement to acquire 100 percent ofDenmark-based Transaxiom HoldingA/S, a global provider of transportationand logistics solutions. The transactionvalue is approximately US$10million. … [Read more...] about Four Soft Limited
CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
Singapore Airport Terminal Services(SATS), the subsidiary of SingaporeAirlines, said that it, together with itsChinese partner Capital Airports Holding(CAH), will expand its ground-handlingbusinesses to cover eight otherChinese airports. With the expansion, SATS will havea presence of 13 airports in China (includingMacau and Hong Kong). Theadditional airports - Tianjin, Nanchang,Wuhan, Chongqing, Guiyang, Changchun,Hohhot and Harbin - are part ofCAH's network of 31 airports. The expansion … [Read more...] about CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
DFW's focus on Asia is paying off
With seven Asian airlines currently running 39 flights a week to and fromDallas/Fort Worth International Airport, plus increased interest fromcarriers in using DFW as a transfer hub for cargo between Latin Americaand Asia, DFW has become a major US hub. Karen E. Thuermer reports. Asia is an important market to DFWand represents half of the airport'sairfreight volumes. According to airportstatistics, January - October 2006volumes were up over 22 percent overthe same period last year. This … [Read more...] about DFW's focus on Asia is paying off
EMA’s 2006 freight up by 4.7%
East Midlands Airport (EMA) hasreported that its total freight includingtransit cargo was 300,291 tonnes in2006, up 4.7 percent year-on-year - thefirst time ever that EMA's throughputhas exceeded 300,000 tonnes in a year.Bill Blanchard, cargo developmentmanager of East Midlands Airport,Nottingham, said it was also anotherexceptional year for cargo charters withnearly 500 ad-hoc movements including164 by AN-124 and the second visitto EMA of the AN-225. In terms of pure freight, EMA saidit … [Read more...] about EMA’s 2006 freight up by 4.7%