Air Asia invests in e-commerce venture 
Teleport, the rebranded cargo and logistics platform of the Malaysian carrier AirAsia, and the venture capital firm Gobi Partners have invested USD 10.6 million (EUR 9.4 million) in the regional e-commerce and parcel delivery player EasyParcel. This company, which has almost... more
Cathay Pacific feels the tension
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Group's cargo revenue in H1/2019 was HKD 11,498 million (EUR 1.3 billion), 11.4% less than in H1/2018. Flown cargo capacity of Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon increased by 1.1% (8,635 million aftk), principally due to additional belly cargo space in... more
Air Dispatch marks CLC milestone
Air Dispatch, a provider of centralised load control (CLC) services, has recently produced its five millionth load sheet since its foundation. The milestone document was issued from the Prague facility, ensuring safe and efficient operations of a Hong Kong-bound flight. The... more
BluJay Solutions teams up with AMI
BluJay Solutions, a provider of supply chain software and Air Menzies International (AMI), which supplies air freight and express services to the forwarding market, have announced that AMI will deploy BluJay’s software across its global operations. The new platform, based on... more
Qantas prepares for first A321 freighter operations
Australia Post's CEO and managing director Christine Holgate (r.) and Qantas' Group CEO Alan Joyce have announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels. Marking nearly a century of partnership between the two... more
Trumpets and fanfares for Air Partner
While Europe’s festival season is in now full swing, the charter company Air Partner and Luxreisen, which specialises in the organisation of tours for orchestras, choirs and theatres, are celebrating 20 years of an exclusive partnership. The two companies look back on 130 joint... more
United Cargo paves way for new online portal
United Cargo has joined forces with WebCargo by Freightos, which has been helping forwarders to automate rate management and back-office operations since 2008, to design and implement a new online portal to provide customers expanded on-demand booking, dynamic pricing and... more
Caribbean Airlines Cargo teams up with Alaska Airlines
Cool and hot: Before concluding an interline agreement with Air Canada (see upcoming ITJ 31-35/2019, p. 13), Caribbean Airlines Cargo has entered into an interline agreement with Alaska Airlines, adding further 16 destinations to its cargo network. The arrangement enables the... more
International routes for new Swedish airport
During the 2019-2020 winter season SAS will start direct flights from Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark) and London (UK) to Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), the new Swedish airport in Sälen/Trysil which is only a short distance from around 250 ski slopes in Sweden and... more
Saudia Cargo launches express product for heavy shipments
Saudi Airlines Cargo will launch its latest product "Express Heavy" providing high-priority fast delivery for time-critical global heavy shipments and loads during the month of August. The new service aims to improve and secure the arrival of heavy shipments for an... more