ACI Asia-Pacific has reported that worldwide freight volumes continue to show signs of strong recovery with improvements in global trade and commerce. Cargo traffic recorded robust growth for the month of July 2014 with Asia-Pacific airports recording a year-on-year growth of 6.8 per cent, while the Middle East recorded growth of 12 per cent, and year-to-date growth was 5.1 per cent for Asia-Pacific and 9.6 per cent for the Middle East. The strong growth in the Middle East was primarily … [Read more...] about APAC July cargo traffic up 6.8% YoY
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Finnair Cargo MD named as group CCO
Finnair Cargo has named Juha Järvinen as chief commercial officer. Järvinen is currently managing director of Finland’s flag carrier and will take up his new role on 1 November 2014. He replaces Allister Peterson who is to leave Finnair at the end of the year. Finnair also confirmed that its SVP of resource management, Gregory Kaldahl, will leave the company on 31 December 2014, at the end of his four-year contract. … [Read more...] about Finnair Cargo MD named as group CCO
Freight upswing for Qatar’s HIA
Cargo numbers have increased at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport (HIA), with an additional 12.76 per cent traffic in July. All cargo operations are now operating out of the new airport where the facility is fully automated, creating a seamless experience for both the cargo agents and customers. HIA also saw an 11.36 per cent passenger increase through its doors in July 2014 compared to July 2013. … [Read more...] about Freight upswing for Qatar’s HIA
Gulf Air to launch Kuwait-Istanbul services
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, which currently serves 38 destinations from Bahrain International Airport, has announced that it will run twice weekly services between Kuwait City and the Turkish city of Istanbul, starting from 2 October 2014. Maher Salman AlMusallam, Gulf Air acting chief executive officer, said, “Gulf Air and the Kuwait market hold longstanding ties since the national carrier’s maiden flight in 1959.” Gulf Air flights … [Read more...] about Gulf Air to launch Kuwait-Istanbul services
DHL opens new logistics centre at Leipzig airport
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL, officially opened a new logistics centre for the pharmaceuticals industry, in Leipzig. The facility, covering almost 3,000 square metres, located in direct proximity to the Leipzig/Halle airport and serves as a competence center for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport follow-up of active and passive temperature controlled pharmaceutical products. Investment volumes in the new … [Read more...] about DHL opens new logistics centre at Leipzig airport
AF-KLM to shrink full freighter fleet
At its recent Investor Day, Air France and partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have outlined their proposed "Perform 2020" strategic growth plan which was originally outlined in July 2014. This is the successor to their "Transform 2015" cost-cutting and restructuring plan which will come to a close this year. The Group will scale down its full freighter fleet from 14 aircraft to just five at the end of 2016 (two B777-Fs in Paris CDG under Air France Cargo, and three B747-400(F)s in Amsterdam … [Read more...] about AF-KLM to shrink full freighter fleet
