Located in the Logistics District in Dubai South, the new terminal dubbed Emirates SkyCentral, is the home of SkyCargo’s fleet of 15 freighters and was necessitated by the shift of SkyCargo’s maindeck fleet out of increasingly congested Dubai International Airport (DXB) in May of last year to the new DWC airport. The new facility, currently handling 810,000 tonnes of cargo annually has the capacity – with added equipment – to handle 1 million tonnes before Emirates will need to build more … [Read more...] about Emirates SkyCargo inaugurates new terminal at DWC
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Belly Ache
Sup dawg? Being the perennially skeptical lot that we are here at Belly Ache Central, we certainly didn’t believe our ears when someone tipped us off about a little humour piece posted on the ‘Punchbag’ page of leading European logistics website CargoForwarder Global. Yes, we know what you’re all thinking, given where the publication is based… But we digress. And so, we paid a visit to said page and lo and behold there it was. To summarise, AA Cargo put out a press release on the transport of … [Read more...] about Belly Ache
CAL Cargo to begin fl ights out of Halifax
CAL Cargo Airlines, provider of specialised worldwide air cargo services, announced it will be offering a peak season service out of Halifax (YHZ) Canada, to Europe and the Far East. Beginning this December 2015, a full roster is available with flights to Belgium, Hong Kong (HKG) and Shanghai, China (PVG). “We’re thrilled to open the fl ights from Halifax,” said Eyal Zagagi, CEO of the CAL Group. “It was only two months ago that we announced round-trip … [Read more...] about CAL Cargo to begin fl ights out of Halifax
JFK’s new animal handling facility coming together
JFK International Airport’s new specialized animal handling facility – Th e Ark – is ramping up its preoperational business phase, with staff identification, employment and training, as well as additional outreach to clients, end-users and other stakeholders. Earlier this year, after executing a 32-year lease agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ARK Development took over Cargo Building 78, performed selective demolition and began … [Read more...] about JFK’s new animal handling facility coming together
Qatar Airways plans door-to-door courier service
Qatar Airways has announced its intention to tap the surging e-commerce business by getting into door-to-door courier delivery. Speaking to cargo media in Doha, Qatar Airways chief executive, Akbar Al Baker said the new QR Express product announced today, was aimed squarely at the growing global ecommerce logistics business. “We want to get into the courier business which is high yield and high margin business,” Al Baker said. “We are very keen on this and this is the first … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways plans door-to-door courier service
Qatar’s Al Baker on the Chinese ‘sleeping giants’
When asked by Payload Asia in Doha recently about the largely quiet role of Chinese carriers, in what some refer to as the ‘sleeping giants’ of the air cargo sector, Al Baker said: “I agree, the Chinese carriers are sleeping giants. In my mind China is the economic superpower and they have huge growth potential.” But there is one aspect of these sleeping giants that is seldom discussed within the industry, or by those in the US and Europe who are engaged in the fierce state … [Read more...] about Qatar’s Al Baker on the Chinese ‘sleeping giants’
