The air express and logistics business has never been more robust and DHL Express in the Philippines is seeing more new clients and a wider variety of industries that are interested to avail of its express and logistics services, says Larry Llamzon, country manager of DHL Express Philippines. He says the industry is growing much faster than the Philippine’s gross domestic product (GDP). The actual growth of the industry over the last three years was approximately double that of … [Read more...] about Express business in the Philippines eyes 7-8-9 growth
Logistics
Air Canada
Air Canada will end its daily B767service to India this coming spring dueto insufficient demand. The airline willdiscontinue all direct flights betweenToronto and New Delhi on May 1.Separately, the carrier said that it willintroduce daily non-stop B777 servicebetween Vancouver and Sydney onDecember 14, 2007. … [Read more...] about Air Canada
Ground Handling
HONG KONG: Hactl sets new tonnage record in 2006
Hong Kong Air Cargo TerminalsLimited (Hactl) said tonnage handledin the fourth quarter was 717,361tonnes, representing a year-on-yearincrease of 6.0 percent. Total volumehandled for the whole year of 2006topped the 2.5 million mark - a total of2,561,902 tonnes were handled in theyear, up 5.3 percent against 2005, andsetting a new annual tonnage recordfor the company. Export tonnage for the fourth quarterwas 411,893 tonnes, up 5.1 percentyear-on-year. Aggregate export tonnagefor the whole year … [Read more...] about HONG KONG: Hactl sets new tonnage record in 2006