Norwegian is now offering airfreight services from Oakland International Airport to Oslo-Gardermoen and Stockholm-Arlanda. Norwegian offers drop off at Oakland, where the bonded, cold storage international Container Freight Station is located at 1 Allan Sheppard Way. It accepts all types of general and perishable cargo with the exception of dangerous goods, live animals, human remains, and out sized pieces. Airfreight is flown on the environmentally-friendly B787 Dreamliner out of … [Read more...] about Norwegian offers airfreight from Oakland
Air Logistics Asia
Cathay Pacific launches Wine LIFT
Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched the latest addition to its range of specialised airfreight products – Wine LIFT. Reflecting Hong Kong’s increasing status as a hub for the global wine trade, Wine LIFT provides wine merchants and customers with a service specifically tailored to meet their requirements for transporting wine in a safe and timely manner. Wine LIFT provides complete peace-of-mind to customers, with shipments being handled by teams experienced in transporting fragile … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific launches Wine LIFT
Air Can Rouge to operate new Asian route
Air Canada Rouge, the recently-launched “leisure airline”, will arrive in Asia for the first time next year. The carrier currently operates low-cost services to a range of leisure destinations in Europe and the Caribbean, but on 1 May 2015 it will launch its first trans-Pacific flights connecting Vancouver with Osaka. Air Canada Rouge will operate the new Asian route using a B767-300ER aircraft, which has been transferred from the regular Air Canada fleet. The Osaka launch … [Read more...] about Air Can Rouge to operate new Asian route
Qatar Airways takes delivery of its first A380
Qatar Airways took delivery of its highly anticipated first A380. With 10 A380-800s on order, the carrier is preparing to take delivery of four of them before the end of this year. The airline will first introduce A380 services on one of its frequencies on the Doha-London route from October, followed by Paris Charles De Gaulle shortly thereafter. In the last quarter of 2014, it is expected that the airline will start receiving its first A350 XWB aircraft as the world’s launch customer. … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways takes delivery of its first A380
Aug cargo figures up for Cathay, Dragonair
Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair have reported carrying 146,955 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 19.7 per cent compared to August 2013. Cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.8 percentage points to 62.5 per cent. Capacity rose by 13.3 per cent while the revenue earned per flown tonne of cargo and mail (RTKs) was up 20.6 per cent. For the year to the end of August, tonnage increased by 11.3 per cent, while capacity rose by 11.4 per cent, and RTKs was up by 14.3 per … [Read more...] about Aug cargo figures up for Cathay, Dragonair
Menlo opens new warehouse in Thai
Menlo Logistics (Menlo), a US$1.5 billion global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced the opening of its new multi-client warehouse facility in Ladkrabang, Thailand. Menlo is a global provider of logistics, transportation management and supply chain services with operations on five continents. With a base of more than 36 operating locations in the South Asia region, the company’s services range from dedicated contract logistics to warehousing, distribution and transportation … [Read more...] about Menlo opens new warehouse in Thai
