Lufthansa Cargo is the sixth airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification for pharmaceuticals, the carrier announced. Of course, every silver lining has its cloud, and in Lufthansa’s case, it comes in the form of impending layoffs early next year. According to IATA, Lufthansa’s Cool/td Active and Cool/td Passive[…]
While politicians bluster, cross-border trade between Mexico and the United States continues at a brisk pace as Mexico’s manufacturing sector capitalizes on strong demand for nearshoring from the U.S. A new DB Schenker warehouse, located at the Killiam Industrial Park in the border town of Laredo, Texas, is part of the German company’s efforts to[…]
Pets travelling through the Madrid-Barajas Airport will benefit from a full veterinary check-up and a new 25-strong team of caretakers, with the launch of IAG Cargo’s enhanced animal handling facility late last week. Airborne animals in transit at the center will receive a veterinary check-up every two hours with staff continuously monitoring food and water[…]
Even as mutual funds and other creditors circle Puerto Rico and its besieged economy, looking to claw back some US$70 billion in debt, Cargolux and CAL Cargo Airline are adding flights to the unincorporated U.S. territory to capitalize on strong pharmaceutical exports. For all its dismal financial press, Puerto Rico still has extensive pharmaceutical exports,[…]
Air Djibouti is shifting its operations away from cargo and toward passenger service until conditions in the East African country improve, the carrier’s commercial director Ian Patrick told The Loadstar. The small African country is notable for its extensive maritime ports at the confluence of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and acts[…]
A startup cargo carrier in based out of the Bahamas is looking to “take back some of the flights from foreign carriers,” according to its president, Captain Christopher King. After obtaining approval to operate flights to the United States, Junkanoo Air now caters to freight forwarders, pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and medical labs, transporting time-sensitive equipment[…]
