All Europe articles – Page 34
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NewsMilestone for Budapest Airport's new cargo terminal
Budapest Airport - BUD Cargo City main buildingBuilders have completed the construction of the structure of the largest building in Budapest Airport’s (BUD) dedicated freight terminal, BUD Cargo City.The external structure of the larger of two warehouse buildings, which covers 21,600 sq m, was completed in only nine months after ...
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NewsSwissport expands at Vienna with second cargo facility
Swissport International has opened its second air cargo warehouse at Vienna International Airport.The new cargo facility has a surface of 2,100 square meters, bringing Swissport’s total cargo space to 7,000 square meters at Vienna International.It has direct airside access, allowing shipments to be transported to and from the aircraft much ...
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NewsSwedish forwarder to offer 'carbon free' airfreight
Sweden-based freight forwarder Scandinavian Logistics Partners (Scanlog) will cease selling traditional airfreight and is now launching Always Carbon Offset Airfreight programme as it becomes the latest transport firm to make an environmental pledge.The company will from now on offset for the CO2e* emissions caused by the airfreight, including pre- and ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo targets pharma and automotive with new Copenhagen freighter
LATAM Cargo and Copenhagen Airport's teamLATAM Cargo has become the first cargo airline to offer a direct service between Scandinavia and Latin America by adding Copenhagen as a new destination to its network.The airline said the new weekly route cuts transit times by up to 48 hours by reducing the ...
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NewsUK appoints logistics duo to advise on Brexit backstop solutions
The UK government has made two key logistics appointments as it looks to deliver its Brexit commitment to find workable alternatives to the Northern Ireland backstop when Britain leaves the European Union (EU).Peter MacSwiney, chairman of Customs clearance software provider ASM, has been appointed to a new Technical Alternative Arrangements ...
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NewsCargolux adds Jakarta to global network
Cargolux has launched a weekly Boeing 747 freighter service to Jakarta (CGK), the 16th destination on the Luxembourg-based freighter operator’s Asia-Pacific network. The flight leaves the Luxembourg on Sunday and arrives in Jakarta on Monday. The rotation then continues through Hong Kong and Ashgabat before returning to Luxembourg on ...
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IATA responds to Dutch plans for green tax on air cargo and passengers
IATA has published research claiming that people would rather see investment in green aviation technology than "environmental taxes" following the Dutch government announcing plans for a new tax on air cargo and air travel.The Dutch government has submitted proposals to introduce a charge of €3.85 per tonne of cargo for ...
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UK businesses struggling to fund Brexit preparations
Declining profit margins have left UK logistics businesses struggling to fund their Brexit preparations, according to the 2019 Logistics Report.Launched by FTA, which represents the interests of the sector, in association with Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking, the report polled the opinions of more than 500 freight and logistics businesses ...
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Bellyache for Munich as freighter volumes soar
An 11.3% increase in 2018 freighter volumes at Munich airport in 2018 failed overcome a fall in bellyhold cargo.The southern Germany gateway saw total throughput decline 3.4% year on year to 375,000 tonnes for airfreight, mail and transit cargo.The arrival of Russian all-cargo airline AirBridgeCargo boosted total freighter volumes to ...
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NewsEast Midlands Airport calls on government to "unlock" its cargo potential
East Midlands Airport (EMA) wants the UK government to “unlock its potential” as a major airfreight hub, with management tabling five key policy requests to promote the cargo gateway’s fuure development.The airport, part of Manchester Airports Group (MAG), wants the government to set out clear policies to solidify its position ...
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CargoLogic Germany gains NCC approval as it taxis for takeoff
New Leipzig-based airline CargoLogic Germany has announced that it recently gained non-commercial (NCC) operations approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.The airline said the NCC approval means it can begin “route proving flights” this week.Meanwhile, managing director Ulrich Ogiermann has told Air Cargo News sister title DVZ that he ...
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European airports see sharp decline in cargo demand in April
European airports in April recorded their sharpest decline in freight traffic since January 2012.According to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, airports in the region saw cargo volumes decline by 6.2% year on year in April.Over the first four months of the year, cargo demand in Europe is 3% behind a ...
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Volga-Dnepr dismisses court's An-124 seizure order as unlawful
The Volga-Dnepr group has dismissed a Ukrainian court's order to seize five of its An-124-100 aircraft.The Russia-headquartered airline group told Air Cargo News that it deems that the order of the Podolsky District Court of Kiev related to a ban on the use and operation of five An-124-100 civil aircraft ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn to target growth following acquisition by Avia Solutions
Aviation group Avia Solutions Group has entered into an agreement to acquire UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Group as the broker aims to accelerate growth.Terms of the deal, signed on June 14, were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of the year.Chapman Freeborn chief executive ...
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Leisure Cargo files for insolvency following loss of major customer
Germany-based GSA Leisure Cargo has filed for bankruptcy following the loss of a major contract.The company at one time counted 14 leisure airlines amongst its customer base, but last year lost a major contract with TUI to the ESC Group.Tillmann Peeters of restructuring firm Falkensteg Restrukturierung said that the company ...
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NewsAir Cargo Europe takes a digital focus
Air Cargo Europe, held every two years in Munich, will focus on all things digital.Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering the air cargo supply chain, with shipments finding their own way via the Internet of Things. How should the air cargo industry address this changing logistics landscape?These will be the key ...
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NewsCrane Worldwide Logistics opens Brussels office
Crane Worldwide Logistics has opened a new facility in Machelen, Belgium located next to Brussels International Airport with Fons de Haan as managing director.The supply chain solutions company says Belgium is strategically positioned as a key gateway for both airfreight and ocean freight activities.“Our focus on growing our presence in ...
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NewsNew JettHub centre increases ULD storage
Jettainer has inaugurated an 18,000 sq metre JettHub in the Four Parx Gross-Gerau, near Frankfurt Airport, as its new logistics centre for unit load devices (ULDs).JettHub offers space for up to 6,600 containers and pallets and the company says larger and modern stackers and racks allow for a more efficient ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo adds Oslo flight for seafood exports
AirBridgeCargo has added a third weekly cargo departure from Avinor Oslo Airport, Norway to cater for seafood exports to South Korea.Martin Langaas, director cargo at Avinor, says: “AirBridgeCargo is an important part of our aim to facilitate more capacity for the Norwegian seafood industry to our largest trading partners in ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts summer services
Lufthansa Cargo is reducing its services “across the entire flight programme” in response to weaker demand in the global air cargo market. The cuts will affect the second and third quarters to “allow the company to ensure profitable load factors and continued deployment of its aircraft at optimum levels going ...