Emirates SkyCargo recently shipped its 35,000th tonne of Cool Chain products through its exclusive freighter hub at Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central (DWC) which opened earlier this year. Named SkyCentral, the facility has 15,000 square metres of dedicated storage for temperaturesensitive goods. It compliments a range of Emirates SkyCargo services designed to protect refrigerated cargo. These include the Emirates SkyCargo White Cover, a protective skin that shields the cargo to … [Read more...] about SkyCargo marks 35k tonnes of cool chain

Emirates Airline is estimated to have contributed over US$848 million annually to India’s GDP, according to the results of an economic impact study conducted by the New Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). NCAER estimates that Emirates’ operations have contributed over US$848 million annually to India’s GDP, supporting over 86,000 Indian jobs and generating almost US$1.7 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings. With India’s aim to become the thirdlargest aviation … [Read more...] about Emirates pumps US$848m into India’s GDP

Connect India, a last mile delivery company launched in August 2015, has announced their tie-up with United Parcel Service (UPS) and CSC e SPV, a special purpose vehicle formed by the Government of India. The company which has been expanding extensively since its launch, has created a network of over 3,500 Connect India Centres (CICs). Connect India model is designed to deliver with the assurance of time definiteness and convenience by establishing a neighborhood distribution network across … [Read more...] about Connect India, CSV and UPS partner on last-mile

Indonesian investigators say a chronically faulty component and the crew’s attempts to fix the problem contributed to the crash of an AirAsia passenger aircraft last year, killing all 162 aboard. Th e A320 aircraft crashed into the Java Sea less than halfway into a two-hour flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore in December 2014. Th e report noted that the aircraft’s flight control computer had a cracked solder joint that malfunctioned repeatedly, including four times during … [Read more...] about Mech, human factors in AirAsia crash

Southeast Asia’s land-based multimodal network saw the start of a new link that forms part of the Kunming- Singapore Railway project following the start of work on a high-speed 427km rail line from the Laos to China. Th e US$6 billion project will run from the Laotian capital of Vientiane to Boten, a Laos border town on the Chinese border and will form one link in the Kunming-Singapore Railway project, which will eventually stretch 3,000km through China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and … [Read more...] about Laos begins work on part of Kunming-Sing project

Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) said its losses reach around US$1,780 for every 30-minute delay in its flights due to the runway congestion at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Jaime J. Bautista, president and chief operating officer of PAL, made the comments in New Zealand during a ceremony marking the inaugural Philippine Airlines four-times weekly flight from Manila to Auckland on 8 December. “Many times we fly around Metro Manila for additional 20 to 30 minutes - we did … [Read more...] about PAL mulls move to Clark as NAIA congestion losses rise