AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has successfully passed the audit procedures for compliance with the International Air Transport Association’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), renewing its certification for a further two years. Th e extension of the airline’s IOSA certificate acknowledges ABC’s conformance with the highest global air safety requirements and follows a five-day inspection by independent auditors. Th is process reviewed AirBridgeCargo’s flight performance, operating control, … [Read more...] about ABC has IOSA safety cert renewed for two more years

Turkish Cargo continues to expand its distribution network in the Middle East with the inclusion of Iraq in its land transport services. With the land transport network built throughout Iraq, more efficient distribution to a larger area has started to be provided. This includes home-deliver y distribution to 18 regions in the country including Zakho, Dohuk, Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah, Mosul, Baghdad, Al Anbar, Tikrit, Diyala, Ramadi, Najaf, Karbala, Maysan, Hillah, Diwaniyah, Samawah, Nasiriyah and … [Read more...] about Turkish Cargo expands land network in Iraq

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