Siemens has announced that from 1 June, its Logistics and Airport Solutions will become an independent company, called Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics GmbH (SPPAL), but still continue under the group umbrella. Siemens believes that the ‘carve-out’ will make it easier for the company to compete in a marketplace heavily populated by SMEs. … [Read more...] about Siemens carves out airport solutions business
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Avianca to use Descartes Cargo 2000 service
Avianca Cargo has selected Descartes Cargo 2000, a cloud-based service that helps carriers monitor shipments at a master air waybill level from airport to airport and provides the metrics and reporting needed to facilitate compliance with Cargo 2000 standards and benchmarks. Information provided by the solution offers reporting on data quality and trade lane performance, exception alerts and validations, route map creation, as well as comprehensive reports enabling carriers and forwarders to … [Read more...] about Avianca to use Descartes Cargo 2000 service
Lufthansa Cargo makes IT leap with IBS
Lufthansa Cargo has gone live with IBS’ iCargo IT solution at 120 stations in its network, including the three hubs –Vienna, Munich and Frankfurt. Frankfurt is not only Lufthansa Cargo’s main hub for its global operations, but also one of Europe’s busiest cargo gateways. This massive transformation was achieved through a seamless system cutover, with Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt operations in full swing and without major business disruptions. The system switch-over has been keenly followed by … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo makes IT leap with IBS
Ahmedabad goes live on Kale’s GALAXY
GSEC Ahmedabad Airport has gone live on Kale’s GALAXY – Airport cargo management solution – GALAXY to automate its Custodian operations and established a seamless digital interface with customs system. It provides features like TSP processing, acceptance, customs messaging and warehouse management for export, import and transhipment cargo. GSEC Ltd. has opted for Kale Logistics’ Airport Custodian Management system GALAXY for automation of its activities at Ahmedabad Airport. With this … [Read more...] about Ahmedabad goes live on Kale’s GALAXY
China Southern rapidly grows to a dozen B777Fs
The new freighters will be put into operation in early July on the routes from China to the US and Europe, the carrier said in a statement. The US route will see Guangzhou- Los Angeles served four times per week, while the Europe route will see Guangzhou-Paris-Vienna increased to three times weekly. The upscaling of that route comes very quickly on the heals of its inauguration on 21 June. A day earlier on 20 June the carrier had also launched a new Guangzhou-London (Stansted)- Frankfurt … [Read more...] about China Southern rapidly grows to a dozen B777Fs
IATA figures give pessimistic outlook
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that growth continued to slow in May. Compared to May 2014, growth in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) was 2.1 per cent, the slowest rate this year and outpaced by a capacity expansion of 4.3 per cent. On a year-to-date basis, freight volumes are up four per cent on the previous year, but much of that growth was realised in the latter part of 2014. Carriers in most regions, with the exception … [Read more...] about IATA figures give pessimistic outlook
