All Europe articles – Page 94
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Volga-Dnepr's cargo supermarket swings into action
The Volga-Dnepr Group's cargo supermarket strategy paid dividends for forwarder DB Schenker when it needed to transport ball valves from Australia to Italy for maintenance.The cargo supermarket strategy, where its scheduled and charter operations are sold together, was used to transport the balls with a IL-76TD-90VD was chartered to transport ...
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Panalpina takes a scientific approach to reducing emissions
Freight forwarder Panalpina has revealed new "science-based" emissions reduction targets running until 2025.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder has committed to reduce scope one and two emissions - those generated by offices, warehouses, company cars and trucks - by 20% by 2025 from 2013 levels.It will also try to reduce scope three ...
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Cargolux joins Airlines for Europe
Cargolux has become the first all-cargo carrier to join the Airlines for Europe (A4E) association as the group reveals plans to launch a cargo working group.Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson said he looked forward to working with the group on aviation issues that are affected by regulations at a European ...
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Lufthansa and unions agree on arbitration to end wage dispute
German carrier Lufthansa and the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreed to approach a mediator for a collective wage agreement.The negotiating parties have agreed to finalise the arbitration by the end of January and "to maintain industrial peace regarding the collective wage agreement until then" said Lufthansa management in ...
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Monarch scoops Cygnus freighter maintenance deal
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has secured a contract to provide C check maintenance for Cygnus Air's two Boeing 757 Freighter aircraft.The UK company will carry out C Check maintenance for the Madrid-based cargo airline, which will include insulation blanket modification for the Spanish operator.All the maintenance work will be carried out ...
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AFS wins contract to handle Turkish in Johannesburg
Turkish Airlines has extended its cargo handling agreement in South Africa with Africa Flight Services (AFS), part of Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS), to cover Johannesburg.AFS, which already provides cargo handling services for the airline in Cape Town, expects to handle more that 2,500 tonnes a year for Turkish Airlines in ...
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Mixed November for European cargo airports
Europe’s leading cargo hubs saw a mixed November for volumes, with Germany’s Frankfurt Airport hit by airline strikes while London’s freight hubs registered increases of more than four percent versus like month 2015.Frankfurt’s November cargo volumes fell by 2.1% to 191,461 as throughputs at the German gateway were “impacted by ...
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IAG Cargo hopes new Paris-New York service will appeal to forwarders
IAG Cargo is hoping that its new service between Paris and New York will appeal to French freight forwarders looking for a more "local hub".The service flies four times a week between Paris Orly and Newark New Jersey airports using a B767-200 aircraft.While a passenger flight has been flying the ...
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Brussels and Budapest airports continue the European cargo growth trend
Europe’s gateway and secondary airports continue to see increased airfreight volumes, with strong results at both Brussels and Budapest.Cargo traffic at Brussels Airport surged 15.2% in November to 45,500 tons, with full-freighter services continuing the strong growth trend at the key European hub.November was also a strong cargo month for ...
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Local councils launch legal challenge to Heathrow's third runway plan
Heathrow Airport's plans for a third runway face a challenge in the courts after a coalition of local councils served legal papers on the UK government for "unlawfully supporting the expansion" of the UK's number one passenger and cargo hub.Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead councils, together with environmental ...
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DB Schenker combines air, sea and land board divisions
The management board of Schenker is being reorganised from the start of next year, with the air and ocean freight division being combined with its land transport division.The transport company said the new board division will be called freight and it hopes the combination will "improve integrated transport products and ...
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European airports see cargo growth reach five-year high
The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that year-on-year cargo demand growth for October reached its highest level since May 2011.ACI Europe recorded an 8.7% year-on-year increase in freight traffic in October, with airlines in European Union (EU) countries reporting growth of 7% and those outside the ...
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Forwarder WFS set for growth after IATA accreditation
UK forwarder WFS International has become an IATA Accredited Cargo Agent, an achievement it hopes will help propel future growth.Based near London Stansted Airport, the company’s airfreight manager, Andy Lee, told Air Cargo News the application process to become an accredited agent had taken around 10 weeks.The whole process had ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to expand Frankfurt Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has announced it will increase the size of its cool centre at its home hub of Frankfurt Airport by almost 80% on the back of temperature-sensitive cargo growth.The German cargo giant said it would expand its Cargo Cool Center from 4,500 sq m to 8,000 sq m with ...
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MAG sees cargo revenues increase in first half
UK airport operator MAG saw revenues generated through its cargo business increase by 3.8% year on year during the first half of its financial year.The MAG Group, which operates East Midlands, Manchester and Stansted airports, said that improvements in cargo revenues in the April-September period were driven by new all-cargo ...
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Lufthansa hits out at Frankfurt fee increases
Lufthansa is the latest organisation to criticise a decision to increase the fees for using Frankfurt Airport in Germany.The airline group said the decision, which was authorised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development of the Federal State of Hesse, would affect it disproportionally because Frankfurt ...
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Cargolux unions want answers over airline's future
Unions representing Cargolux workers are asking for answers from airline bosses about the company's long-term strategy following a recent interview given by its chief executive and rumours amongst staff.Yesterday, pilots union ALPL and the LCGB, which represents ground staff and other workers connected with the airline, held a press conference ...
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Jet Time calls it a day on air cargo
Danish airline Jet Time has decided to back out of the air cargo business as part of efforts to return to profitability.The airline said it would exit air cargo – along with its aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) deal with SAS – during 2017, with a gradual scale down ...
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Airlines' group criticises Frankfurt Airport fees increase
Airlines have slammed a decision to raise the charges for carriers using Frankfurt airport (FRA) in Germany at a time when rival European hubs are lowering their pricing structures.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG), which represents around 100 national and international airlines based at Frankfurt, criticised the decision ...
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WorldACD: Air cargo demand on the up in October
Air cargo demand growth continued on an upward trajectory in October led by Asia Pacific-based carriers.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 6.2% year on year in October, up from September's 5% improvement.Yields also improved during the month, up 3% compared with September, led ...