In an effort to increase the penetration rate of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) to 56 percent globally by year’s end, IATA launched an aggressive airport-centric publicity campaign, called eAWB360), which began in Europe and is set to hit North America on May 3. As part of the campaign, IATA works with selected airports to implement[…]
There has been yet another shuffle in Australia’s highly consolidated airfreight industry. TNT Express awarded what is expected to be a US$575 million, five-year contract to Virgin Australia for domestic cargo transport, a move which has prompted Virgin Australia to ACMI-lease three freighters, according to The Australian. Beginning in July of this year, Virgin Australia[…]
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines published February international traffic results and, for cargo, the news is bleak, down 12 percent, year-over-year. But as David Harris points out, from sister publication Cargo Facts, data from January and February are often skewed by the timing of the Chinese New Year – especially compared y-o-y during the[…]
The stars of the air cargo world shined brightly in Berlin last month, as the Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) Awards Gala was held at the InterContinental Berlin Hotel, in conjunction with IATA’s World Cargo Symposium. Sponsored by Air Cargo World magazine, the ACE Awards recognize outstanding achievement among the world’s top cargo carriers and airports.[…]
Muscat-based Oman Air has agreed to transfer its cargo operations into a new joint venture with SATS Investments Ptd Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-based SATS Ltd., and let SATS assume its cargo handling duties at Muscat International Airport under the heading of the newly formed company, Oman SATS Cargo LLC. As part of the[…]
Following its application with Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport for an “air transport business license,” the commercial arm of Vietnam’s Air force, Vietstar Air, could soon become the country’s first airline to operate commercial freighters, according to local media sources. At present, Vietstar Air provides the occasional passenger or cargo charter, alongside a host of aircraft[…]
