ACI Latin America and Caribbean elects director general 
Airports Council International - Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC) has appointed Rafael Echevarne as its new director general, replacing Javier Martinez, who has successfully led the organisation since 2010. Echevarne is a widely respected aviation professional who has... more
Two railways to transport bitumen across North America
Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) will serve a new diluent recovery unit (DRU) near Hardisty, Alberta (Canada). DRU technology separates the diluent that has been added to the raw bitumen in the production process. The new facility will be... more
Four more airports to tackle wildlife trafficking
Executives from the airports of Hong Kong, Munich (Germany), Sydney (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) have signed the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce Buckingham Palace Declaration. They join more than 100 transport companies since 2016 in their fight against illegal... more
Four new maindeck destinations in South America
Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a major expansion of services in South America. Scheduled B777F services to Campinas, Brazil (VCP), Santiago, Chile (SCL), Lima, Peru (LIM) and Bogotá, Colombia (BOG) will join its freighter network on 16 January 2020. The twice-weekly... more
ID Logistics extends its footprint to USA
ID Logistics, a French provider of contract logistics, has acquired the assets of the American company Jagged Peak, a logistics company specialised in e-commerce, multi-channel and consumer products. Eric Hémar, chairman and CEO of ID Logistics commented: "This... more
Swiss opens Edelweiss bellies for Mexican exporters
ITJ was the first to announce it: Swiss World Cargo has now opened its Cancun station for exports, which means that all flights between Zurich and Cancun can now carry freight on both their inbound and outbound journeys. Swiss World Cargo connects both airports with a... more
Ceva enables mission to honour fallen US veterans
It has always been a dream of Morrill Worcester, founder of the USA-based non-profit organisation Wreaths Across America (WAA), to place a wreath in honour of every US veteran laid to rest around the world. To breathe life into his dream, Ceva Logistics, for the second year... more
Two new northern routes by the end of the year
From today, 3 December 2019, Air Senegal is offering daily flights between its home base in Dakar and Casablanca, Morocco’s largest airport. While the intra-African route will use A319 aircraft, the new, three-weekly connection from Dakar – Marseille (France) – Barcelona (Spain)... more
Iberia to add IAD
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) in USA has announced that Iberia Airlines will begin a nonstop service between Madrid (Spain) and IAD from 1 May 2020 with four A330 flights per week, expanding to five flights a week from 6 July 2020. Yil Surehan, VP airline... more
Goodman offers logistics space in LA
Businesses wanting to grow their footprint in Orange County (CA, USA) will have the rare opportunity to enhance their supply chain with a purpose-built facility developed by Goodman Group. The company has acquired a 263,045 sqm manufacturing and distribution centre in Fullerton,... more