Dutch transportation and distribution provider Jan de Rijk Logistics will start providing road-feeder services in Prague and Amsterdam for China Eastern Airlines, effective today. China Eastern Airlines is starting the route with three A330-200 flights a week. The carrier is also rolling out passenger flights between Shanghai and Amsterdam on A330-200 aircraft four times a[…]
Africa’s most outward-looking cargo carriers used this week’s Africa Air Cargo Summit in Addis Ababa to outline their expansion plans as they look to take advantage of international interest in the African economy. Both Ethiopian Cargo and Astral Aviation have medium-term plans to add freighters and/or international cargo hubs in Africa. Astral Aviation CEO Sanjeev[…]
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ president and CEO William Flynn has confirmed plans to integrate Southern Air and its sister airline, Florida West, under a single air operator’s certificate (AOC). The announcement comes just months after Atlas acquired the U.S.-based carriers in April this year. Gaining a single AOC from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is[…]
Do you have an innovative technical solution to a nagging logistics problem? Have you created a startup company in the last two years to get your idea off the ground? Well, now is the time to put your vision to the test with the new DEMOvation Challenge event to be held during Air Cargo World’s[…]
FedEx has beaten analysts’ projections for fiscal year 2016, posting a 7.4 percent fourth-quarter rise in revenues to US$13 billion. The latest numbers round out the year’s revenue total to $50.4 billion, an increase of almost $3 billion over FY2015, and an adjusted net income of $3.02 billion, compared to the $2.57 billion figure from[…]
In an attempt to attract more foreign funds to boost the nation’s businesses, India’s government this week relaxed the rules regulating the amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) allowed across a wide spectrum of Indian business sectors, including the aviation industry. Under the new rules, India will now allow non-airline companies to own up to[…]
