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Turkish Cargo hosts Pharma Event

Turkish Cargo organized a special event titled 'Turkish Cargo & IATA CEIV Pharma Workshop’ for the leading pharmaceutical companies, officials from IATA, agents and business partners. During the event attended by Cem Kolak, Managing Director of BL - Biopharma, Cem Selcuk, Office Manager at World Courier, Emre Gollu, Supply Chain Manager at UCB Pharma, and Leyla Koc, Product Development Director at Horoz Bollore Airfreight, as panelists; Ahmet Kaya, Vice President of ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo further expands digital offering

Lufthansa Cargo is the world’s first cargo airline to make an application available for digital creation of the transport documents required for dangerous goods. The new DGD.online offering will strongly support shippers and can be used in equal measure for shipments sent via air, road ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Group expands its e-commerce business

Volga-Dnepr Group, one of the leading group of air freight carriers, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd (“Cainiao Network”), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, with the aim to strengthen its positions in the area of cross-border shipments ... [+]

ABC Airlines in partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), and Unilode Aviation Solutions, have extended their ULD management partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) for ULDs – pallets and containers. The equipment, which is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v.5.0) tracking and sensing device, will be firmly ... [+]

Amsterdam Schiphol supports sustainability in transporting flowers

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is supporting the Holland Flower Alliance (HFA) as they work towards implementing the Ideal Flowerbox, a standardized box and pallet to make the shipment of flowers more efficient and sustainable. The HFA successfully completed a two-month trial on the Nairobi, Africa to Amsterdam, ... [+]

East-West air freight rates highest of last 4 peak seasons

Air freight rates on major East-West routes hit a 4-year high in November, according to the results of Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Rate Index. The index jumped by 5% in November, to US$3.18 per kg, and was 2% higher than during last year’s already strong peak ... [+]

Another ground handling success for WFS

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) growing ground handling operations have been boosted by the awarding of a new three-year contract by Colombia’s Avianca Airlines at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.  Under the terms of the new agreement, WFS will provide ticketing, customer service and ... [+]

AACargo delivers hope and healing in time of need

After Hurricane Michael made landfall and brought destruction to surrounding communities in and around Florida early in October month, many American Airlines Cargo employees took it on themselves to find ways they could help their local communities. Most recently, the Miami (MIA) team partnered with ... [+]

ABC, Intradco Global guarantee 1st-class delivery of breeding cattle to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Intradco Global, have safely delivered 200 breeding cattle onboard a charter flight from Amsterdam to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk in Russia. The heifers made their journey onboard one of AirBridgeCargo’s latest generation Boeing 747-8 Freighters in a carefully-maintained temperature environment to ensure their comfort ... [+]

China Post and Lufthansa Cargo announce strategic cooperation

China Post Group Corporation, the official postal service of the People’s Republic of China, and Lufthansa Cargo, announced on Nov. 19 a strategic cooperation. Li Xiong, Vice President of China Post Group Corporation, and Peter Gerber, CEO and chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa ... [+]

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