Aeroflot Cargo (CGB) MD-11BCF LandingK64508 Last year, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that placed his businessman friend, Arkady Rotenberg, in charge of Moscow’s second-largest airport, Sheremetyevo (SVO).  Now, reports Lloyd’s Loading List, Rotenberg has won a court case upholding the contract for the handling of Aeroflot’s cargo at SVO. Sources close to Aeroflot[…]

Calling Los Angeles “one of the great centers of aviation,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced that the airline has started daily, nonstop service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH). Al Baker pointed out that not only is the new route great for passenger service, it will also lead to[…]

Already one of Kuehne + Nagel’s biggest customers, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to have K+N transport raw pharmaceutical materials to trade customers on its behalf at least through 2021. K+N said it was chosen for the five-year partnership because the pharma conglomerate required a global, end-to-end partner with an existing track record with GSK. The[…]

Global logistics company Dachser has announced that it’s U.S. operations will be named Dachser USA Air and Sea Logistics, Inc., effective immediately. The idea for the change is to better identify the services provided in the United States, which falls into step with the names of other global subsidiaries of Dachser. “We are focused on[…]

Although manufacturing in China was down in 2015 and world trade was stagnant, Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal, Co., Ltd. (PACTL) set a new record for freight handled in 2015. Throughput grew by about 6.5 percent, year-over-year, with nearly 1.6 million tonnes of cargo processed, beating its previous annual record set in 2014. Import[…]