Gulf Air, the airline with the largest network in the Middle East, has entered into a strategic global partnershipwith DHL Express. The Global Incentive Agreement Programme, introduced by Gulf Air, is designed to provide key global partners with incentives to boost its cargo traffi c volumes on a yearly basis and facilitate its inclusion in the partner’score carrier programmes. DHL Express is the fi rst partner to be signed up to this incentive agreement. "We are delighted to … [Read more...] about DHL signs up with Gulf Air
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INDONESIA: DHL airfreight grows 30%
The airfreight division of DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia has grown nearly 30 per cent in the last few years to over 360 tonnes monthly. General Manager Airfreight Waskito Tirtanto said the tonnage growth will continue to improve, adding that the division’s import market share comprises 5-10 per cent, and export marketshare is 16 per cent. DHL Global Forwarding’s key gateways are Jakarta and Surabaya with key customers such as Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Ecco (shoes), BASF … [Read more...] about INDONESIA: DHL airfreight grows 30%
EUROPE: Manchester targets Far East
The largest British-owned airport operator Manchester Airports Group is eyeing growing links with Asia, for both passengers and cargo. Manchester airport which is mainly a passenger airport with about 800 fl ights a day of which only 12 are pure cargo, recently attracted fi ve new cargo carriers in the last 12 months. These include: Great Wall Airlines from Shanghai (four fl ights weekly); Jet8 from Singapore (two fl ights weekly); FedEx (four fl ights weekly); Aerofl ot (one weekly fl … [Read more...] about EUROPE: Manchester targets Far East
EUROPE: D.Post, Lufthansa form new cargo airline
German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post and Lufthansa Cargo have announced the creation of a new 50:50 joint venture cargo carrier focusing on transporting air freight and express shipments into and out of Asia. The as yet to be named carrier is slated to begin operating in April 2009 and will be based at the new DHL hub in Leipzig-Halle. Its initial fl eet will comprise 11 new 777-200LR freighters that will be leased and are scheduled for delivery starting in February2009. Pending … [Read more...] about EUROPE: D.Post, Lufthansa form new cargo airline
DHL to transfer centres to Bahrain
DHL has decided to transfer two of its main aviation services centres from Africa and Europe to Bahrain. Operations of its Harare and Brussels centres would be merged and shifted to Bahrain to serve the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe segments. Bahrain is a major hub for DHL’s Middle East operations with its regional distribution centre based at the Bahrain International airport. With a fl eet of 17 aircraft and 250 vehicles it operates an integrated air and land network … [Read more...] about DHL to transfer centres to Bahrain
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DHL has announced the appointmentof Nour Suliman as the newcountry manager for Bahrain. Afterjoining the customer service departmentat DHL in Bahrain in 1978, Sulimanheld several senior managementpositions in different DHL locationsincluding Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAEand Bahrain. … [Read more...] about DHL Bahrain
