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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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
DHL steps up Vitoria operations
DHL Aviation has boosted the status of Northern Spain¡¯s Vitoria International Airport to one of its main subhubs in Europe with an increase in the number of operations. Starting from April, Valencia, Malaga and Seville will be new destinations, increasing the number of its weekly operations to a total of 125. Th is boost in services helps place Vitoria as a strategic centre for cargo operations in Spain, Portugal and southeastern France. The five sub-hubs of Vitoria, East Midlands … [Read more...] about DHL steps up Vitoria operations
Three new China branches for DHL
Global express and logistics company, DHL, recently announced that its freight forwarding division, DHL Global Forwarding, has opened three new branches in inland China, designed to provide better customer service and greater access to and from China's hinterland. The three new branches are Changsha in Hunan Province, Hefei in Anhui Province and Changchun in Jilin province, which are all important second tier cities in inland China with booming economies and great potential in manufacturing, … [Read more...] about Three new China branches for DHL
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With more than US$30 million invested in China over the past few years, DHL Global Forwarding has now opened three new branches in mainland China¨C Changsha in Hunan Province, Hefei in Anhui Province and Changchun in Jilin province, all with booming economies and potential in the automotive, manufacturing and electronics industries. … [Read more...] about DHL Global Forwarding
China boom sees UPS upping capacity
"While all our Asian markets are vitally important to UPS and we see true, long-term growth potential in the region, UPS' current strategic focus is on growing our businesses in China and India," said UPSAsia chief, Derek Woodward. Both countries drove UPS' fourth-quarter 2007 results in Asia Pacific to deliver more than 15 per cent growth over thesame quarter in 2006. "Intra-Asia and Asia-Europe trade have been growing despite the slowdown in the US so we are confident that … [Read more...] about China boom sees UPS upping capacity
