Humanitarian air bridge for flood victims 
Since last Friday, 2 September 2022, Emirates has been offering cargo capacity on all its 53 weekly passenger flights to Pakistan for organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian hub, International Humanitarian City (IHC), to transport critical equipment and supplies,... mehr
Etihad Cargo enhances customer services
Etihad Cargo's customer contact centre handles over 13,000 transactions per month, including customer enquiries and feedback, bookings and information requests. As the latest step in the carrier's digitalisation and continuous improvement journey, Etihad Cargo has... mehr
Changes at Bertling Logistics
Urs Schaerer (left) is joining Bertling Logistics as logistics group technical director. He started his career in the 1990s as an engineer for ABB in Switzerland. Since then he has specialised in heavy transport engineering and his career has taken him around the world, working... mehr
Time to create a privatisation strategy
Only 15 days left! All interested applicants to develop a strategy for the privatisation of the JSC Uzbekistan Airways, which in 2021 generated net profit of UZS 53.7 billion (EUR 4,4 million) by providing air transport services including for cargo, are invited to submit their... mehr
The gods hold their breath
In July 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) remained stable at 126.2 points, unchanged (seasonally adjusted) from the month before. According to the... mehr
Leisure Cargo to be Virgin Cargo's GSA in Turkey
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has contracted Leisure Kargo as new GSA in Turkey, effective 1 September 2022. Representation will initially cover exports from four departure points in the country; Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya. By working with interline partners in the region,... mehr
82 t baby in a cradle from UAE to Denmark
Working with Elite Aviation, Antonov Airlines has successfully completed an AN-124-100 flight to transport a tail shaft packed in a cradle from Sharjah, UAE to Billund, Denmark for repairs and then safely carried it back. The delivered cargo weighed about 82 t. The project... mehr
Oasen für den Luft-Transit 
Fleisch, Fisch und Obst über Dubai und Doha. Die Arabische Halbinsel gilt nicht als grösster Exporteur verderblicher Güter. Doch die zentrale Lage zwischen Farmern, Züchtern oder Fischern auf der einen und Verbrauchermärkten auf der anderen Seite macht die Flughäfen der... mehr
Qatar Airways Cargo launches "Next Generation"
In response to a changing world, Quatar Airways is introducing the "Next Generation", an approach that implies a corporate mind-set shift. Thanks to its dedicated employees worldwide, Qatar Airways Cargo demonstrated agility, innovation and flexibility in the face of... mehr
Analysts expect seafreight volumes to fall
Copenhagen-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence sees reasons to assume that the demand-led spikes seen during the pandemic that propelled container shipping to record earnings might be over. Sea-Intelligence has gone over the numbers on supply and demand from February... mehr