SAF flows are increasing
AFKLMP Cargo has welcomed two new partners to its SAF program focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in aviation and logistics, and DHL Global Forwarding has joined the United Airlines’...
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No more Empire-flown Ohana cargo services. Image: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines’ ‘Ohana’ cargo service falls victim to Covid-19 Hawaiian Airlines announced on 27MAY21 that its ‘Ohana by...
View ArticleEtihad opts for Jettainer’s cool&fly service
Ten years after it first began working with Jettainer, Etihad Cargo has now chosen to also benefit from the ULD management company’s new cool&fly service. Jettainer has thus been managing the...
View ArticleExclusive - Ostend Airport and Port of Zeebrugge join logistic forces
An integrated sea-air logistics platform is in the making at Belgian’s North Sea Coast, where the Port of Zeebrugge and the Airport Ostend-Bruges are seeking ways of collaboration. The unifying factor...
View ArticleMastering the Art of Pharma Logistics
Pharma logistics is not new. Vaccines and temperature-controlled shipments have traveled on board aircraft since many years now, and various airlines have already worked together with large pharma...
View ArticleEco pressure on air freight mounts
What can aviation, especially air freight, do to become CO2 neutral faster? This is what high-ranking managers from airlines, logistics companies, airports, and association representatives discussed...
View ArticleExclusive - Let’s bet on the Physical Internet
Moving into the physical internet will allow the air cargo industry to regain its position as a frontrunner in adopting automation, said researcher Dr. Tomas Ambra in the webinar “Innovations of the...
View ArticleSupersonic Boom, but no cargo room
Nevertheless, a frisson of excitement (and a great deal of skepticism, going by the LinkedIn comments) went through the aviation world last week at United Airlines’ disclosure on 03JUN21, that it...
View Articlecargo.one is ‘homeless’ and feels comfortable that way
No, there is no need to call for donations to support the air cargo online booking platform, cargo.one, in affording an office. That already existed in the eastern part of Berlin. However, when the...
View ArticleBlock trains boom on trans Eurasian lanes, yet remain miniature players
Cargo trains running between China and the EU, including South Korea and Japan more recently, have steadily increased since the first “Trans-Eurasian-Express” set off from Xiangtang and arrived in...
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Celebi knows how to keep things cool. Image: Celebi Celebi awarded IATA CEIV Pharma certificate in FRA Ten years since it began operating at Frankfurt Airport and where it is now one of the leading...
View ArticleBusinesswings and time:matters offer joint cargo flights
The two companies decided to launch the Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) – Birmingham, UK (BHX) – Dublin, Ireland (DUB) – Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) route, operated by a Fairchild Metro, to overcome existing...
View ArticleAd Meliora, CHAMP?
"Rumors are worse than theft, because they endanger the dignity of a company, its reputation and credibility," reads a slightly modified saying. This is true for Luxembourg-based CHAMP Cargosystems...
View ArticleCargo has become a lifeboat in COVID-19 times: Brandon Fried
Active for more than 40 years in the forwarding business, Washington-based veteran, Brandon Fried “is the industry’s public face,” Achim Martinka, Vice President of the German Air Cargo Association...
View ArticleHow green is your warehouse?
“Green house” or greenhouse gas emitter? What is your company’s take on sustainability? And how well do you know your company’s impact on the environment? At Alcott Global’s recent 2-day virtual...
View ArticleWePlan and the digital shift from Excel manpower planning
That the pandemic has driven digitalization is nothing new. Nor the fact that it has highlighted process pain points and even created new ones. While the air cargo industry has rushed to connect with...
View ArticleIGLU tending to run hot again
Consolidator IGLU went through an icy period after the pandemic hit the aviation industry in early 2020, stalling passenger flights and grounding thousands of jetliners. No flights, no lower deck...
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ABC is ready to land and have WFS handle its cargo at ATL. Image: AirBridgeCargo AirBridgeCargo is WFS ATL’s debut customer Just a few weeks after Worldwide Flight Services’ announcement that it had...
View ArticleExclusive - Newcomer ALIScargo (almost) ready to take off
In Milan-Malpensa, ALIScargo Airlines, a new freight carrier, is currently being established. To start operations, 2 passenger B777-200 are targeted with their seats cleared off the cabin. The main...
View ArticleTaking a nose-dive during loading…
An expensive mistake to make, if it was one… British and Social Media are full of images of a British Airways B787-Dreamliner kissing the tarmac at London-Heathrow this morning (18JUN21). Thankfully...
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