The carrier will be cancelling its daily B747-200F freighter service to Guangzhou from 1 July, and at the same time will remove one weekly eastbound frequency - on a Monday - from either Shanghai and Tokyo (which of the two is yet to be decided). From August, it will also be cancelling its freighterservices to and from Taipei. The cuts will leave Northwest, whose freighters once ranged all over Asia, with just four freighter destinations in the region - Narita, Osaka, Incheon and Shanghai. … [Read more...] about Northwest slashes transpac freighters
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Rising affluence boosting Chengdu cargo
Clucking and bleating are part of the cacophony of loading cargo at the Sichuan Airlines' air-cargo terminal at Chengdu. Th e cargo team's afternoon shift is usually a busy time in the warehouse ramp area, where dozens of baskets are manhandled onto trailersready for the afternoon flights. "We load about 4.5 tonnes of livestock per day to southern Chinese cities, especially down to Hainan Island," according to the terminal's duty cargo manager. Th e island resort on the south … [Read more...] about Rising affluence boosting Chengdu cargo
Swissport expands Europe network
Swissport Cargo Services extended its airfreight activities to Vienna Airport at the beginning of April. Th e new operation is set to handle some 25 000 tonnes of cargo a year; and the present warehouse capacity should be extended to over 3,300 square metres by 2009. Th e first customers of the new Swissport Cargo Services operation include Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, Alitalia and DHL. Swissport will extend its present passenger services at Kiev Airport to ramp activities on June 1 after the … [Read more...] about Swissport expands Europe network
Hactl optimistic despite challenges
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), has announced growth in tonnage throughput for March and the first quarter 2008 but has warned the industry challenges cannot be underestimated. A total of 236,619 tonnes were handled in March, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.4 per cent. Cumulative tonnage for the first quarter was 614,533 tonnes, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year. Export volume showed a year-on-year growth of 11.8 per cent and 5.1 per cent in March and in the first … [Read more...] about Hactl optimistic despite challenges
Aviapartner results boosted by cargo
Boosted by its cargo handling business, Aviapartner posted a 35 per cent jump in turnover for the financial year ended 31 December, 2007. Aviapartner realised a consolidated turnover of €378.6 million in 2007, in comparison with 2006 when it posted a turnover of €280.5 million. The airport handler attributed the revenue growth to a 44 per cent rise in turnover in its cargo business unit which was boosted in April last year through the acquisition of Amsterdam cargo handler, … [Read more...] about Aviapartner results boosted by cargo
Mercator ups Indian IT stake
Mercator, the information technology division of Dubai-based Emirates Group, inaugurated a new Dedicated Development Centre (DDC) in Bangalore, India, as part of its joint agreement with Covansys, a computer sciences corporation company. Going forward with CSC India, Mercator's new DDC will off er its travel and Dubai, transportation industry clients scalable IT services including product development, applications development and maintenance, testing services, technology consulting and … [Read more...] about Mercator ups Indian IT stake
