DHL has become the first internationalforwarder to obtain the CATA(China Air Transport Association)domestic airfreight licence, enablingthe company to operate its new DHLDomestic Airfreight service in seventeenChinese cities. Up till now, China'sdomestic logistics market was servedonly by Chinese state-owned and localcompanies. The launch, together with its First inChina strategy, makes DHL the only internationallogistics company offeringboth domestic express and domesticairfreight services, … [Read more...] about CHINA: DHL starts domestic services in China
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CHINA: China Postal Airlines opens Japan service
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
CHINA: TNT launches freight flights to China
TNT has started direct freightflight services between Shanghai andits European hub at Liege, Belgium."The move is mainly ascribed to theincreasing market demand (for freight)between China and Europe," the newlynamed CEO in the Greater ChinaRegion, Michael Drake was quoted assaying by SinoCast China TransportationWatch. The route will link more than 500Chinese cities in the company's Chinadelivery network and over 400 Europeancities that its European operationscover. TNT is … [Read more...] about CHINA: TNT launches freight flights to China
CHINA: Great Wall resumes freighter services
Great Wall Airlines said it has resumedall-cargo air service betweenShanghai and Amsterdam six-timesa week, followed by a resumption ofservices to Mumbai and Chennai inIndia. Operations were suspended inAugust when the US Treasury Department'sOffice of Foreign AssetsControl (OFAC) imposed sanctions onthe parent company, China Great WallIndustry Corporation, for unacceptabletrading practices, which were unrelatedto those of the airline. Great Wall Airlines is now a Sino-Singapore joint … [Read more...] about CHINA: Great Wall resumes freighter services
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
CHINA: WFS in talks about handling contract Global cargo handler
WorldwideFlight Services (WFS) is in advancednegotiations with China Eastern aboutproviding management expertise fortheir handling operations in China,according to its president and chiefexecutive, Olivier Bijaoui. "They and their China Cargo subsidiaryare already a large customer forus in Europe," he says. "We are talking about some of our more experienced managers over there and transfer knowledge to them, and are hopeful the discussions will conclude successfully soon." … [Read more...] about CHINA: WFS in talks about handling contract Global cargo handler
