Swissport International is preparing for further growth in Japan now that local industrial concern, Marubeni, formally owns 49 percent of Swissport Japan. The joint venture has won its first major customer at Nagoya Airport. Following the acquisition of aviation maintenance provider SGS in autumn 2006 and the recent shareholding involvement of Marubeni, Swissport Japan has been busily preparing to launch its full range of ground handling products and services. In a statement, the company … [Read more...] about Swissport eyes further growth in Japan
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Hactl renews deal with SkyTeam Cargo
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has renewed its standard ground handling agreement with the SkyTeam Cargo alliance. Under the renewed agreement, SkyTeam Cargo member carriers, including Air France Cargo, Alitalia Cargo, KLM Cargo, Korean Air Cargo and Northwest Airlines Cargo have jointly renewed their appointment of Hactl as the cargo terminal operator at Hong Kong International Airport. Air France Cargo and Korean Air Cargo continue to task Hactl with the provision of air … [Read more...] about Hactl renews deal with SkyTeam Cargo
Servisair inks Emirates SkyCargo deal
Servisair Cargo has been appointed Emirates SkyCargo’s cargo handling agent at Newcastle Airport, in the UK. Emirates will launch a Newcastle-Dubai service on September 1. A team of Servisair Cargo personnel will support the daily flight from Newcastle, which will be operated by an Airbus A330-200 with around 14 tonnes of cargo carrying capacity. … [Read more...] about Servisair inks Emirates SkyCargo deal
KAL Cargo award for MASkargo
Korean Air Cargo, the world’s largest air cargo carrier by operation, last month awarded its best global ground handler award to Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo). The award was presented by deputy general manager Korean Air, Thomas Lim Tae Hoon to MASkargo’s senior general manager, J.J. Ong. Korean Air Cargo uses MASkargo’s Advanced Cargo Centre (ACC) at KL International Airport (KLIA) and Penang Cargo Centre (PCC) at Penang International Airport for its freighter … [Read more...] about KAL Cargo award for MASkargo
Air India, SATS ink second JV deal
Air India and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) have signed a joint venture agreement to provide ground handling services at the upcoming Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli, Bangalore. This follows the signing of a joint venture agreement between AI and SATS last year to provide cargo handling services at the Bangalore International Airport after a similar AI-SATS consortium secured one of the two 15-year cargo handling concessions for the airport. The AI-SATS … [Read more...] about Air India, SATS ink second JV deal
Three conventions govern international carriage of cargo
As the volume of air cargo increases every year, airlines, forwarders and other air cargo logistics providers have become increasingly involved in the carriage of high value, sensitive or precious cargo. Often this cargo is carried to nearby regional destinations but more and more cargo is being carried to increasingly distant destinations with differing laws, regulations and business practices. International law has developed and continues to develop to deal with carriage of ever increasing … [Read more...] about Three conventions govern international carriage of cargo