Airfreight news – Page 31
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Airfreight prepare for takeoff at Luxembourg
January 24 - The growth of airfreight at Luxembourg Airport continued increasing by 8.2 percent compared with 2015, with an 8.5 percent growth in oversized shipments.
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Encouraging signs for airfreight
January 11 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global airfreight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTK), rose 6.8 percent in November 2016 compared to the previous year.
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Airfreight demand picks up pace
December 8 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in October 2016 showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 8.2 percent year-on-year in October, the fastest pace of gr
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Warriors see Fairplay
November 9 - Denmark's Fairplay Shipping has completed the return of an important exhibition of China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors to China.
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Atlas Air posts third quarter loss
November 3 - Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted a loss from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2016, which it attributed to "nondeductible expenses triggered by shareholder approval of warrants granted to Amazon".
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DSV freight volumes grow
November 2 - DSV's Air & Sea division has posted a 51 percent year-on-year increase in sea freight volumes for the first nine months of 2016, along with an 84 percent increase in airfreight volumes, when compared with the same period last year.
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ABC heads to Heathrow
November 2 - London's Heathrow Airport has welcomed AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) as its second dedicated cargo-only service.
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Panalpina posts 'stable' figures
October 25 - In the first nine months of 2016, Panalpina recorded a slight increase in EBIT and consolidated profit, when adjusted for a second-quarter restructuring provision of CHF26 million (USD26.1 million).
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Nielsen joins Cargolux
October 7 - Cargolux Airlines International has appointed Chris Nielsen as its vice president, sales.
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Ruslan delivers to Zimbabwe
October 4 - Ruslan International has flown a 79-tonne shipment of switchgear equipment from Dubai, UAE to Harare in Zimbabwe for power provider Aggreko.
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C.H. Robinson in APC buy
September 15 - C.H. Robinson has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire APC Logistics, a provider of freight forwarding and Customs brokerage services in Australia and New Zealand.
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LM-100J production makes progress
September 13 - Production of the first LM-100J commercial freighter is making significant progress at Lockheed Martin's facility in the USA.
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AirX enters airfreight charter market
September 6 - Passenger charter airline AirX has taken its first foray in to the air cargo market having acquired a stake in Via Airlines - a Part 121 operator.
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All change at Dachser Air & Sea Logistics
August 18 - Effective January 1, 2016, Jochen Müller will join the Dachser management team and will take over from Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer of the company's Air & Sea Logistics business on January 1, 2018
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Ceva stabilises in challenging market
August 5 - In its half-year 2016 results, Ceva posted revenues of USD3.23 billion - a 7.8 percent year-on-year decrease, while adjusted EBITA slid 5.8 percent year-on-year to USD118 million.
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Steder powers ahead in Zimbabwe
August 3 - Steder Group - member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for the Netherlands, Djibouti and Ethipioa - has coordinated the delivery of power plant equipment to Zimbabwe.
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DHL signs Madagascan mine deal
July 26 - DHL Global Forwarding has entered into a three-year global freight forwarding agreement with Madagascan mining enterprise Ambatovy - a joint venture between Sherritt International Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and Korea Resources Corporation
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K+N turnover down, profit up
July 25 - Kuehne + Nagel International (K+N) posted a slight decrease in turnover for the first six months of 2016, while it recorded an 8 percent increase in gross profit to CHF3.25 billion (USD3.29 billion).
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Panalpina responds to oil and gas slump
July 20 - Due to the continuing slowdown in the oil and gas business, Panalpina recognised a restructuring cost of CHF26 million (USD26.3 million) in the second quarter of 2016, leaving it with an adjusted consolidated profit of CHF47.9 million (USD48.4 m
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Bravo orders ten from Lockheed
July 14 - Bravo Industries, the Brazilian logistics and defence group, has ordered ten new-generation 'Super Hercules' commercial freighters, which it plans to use to reach the country's 'underserved regions' that lack ground support and critical infrastr