50 years and 29 days in Berlin 
The first Turkish Airlines aircraft landed at what was then Berlin-Schönefeld airport (SFO) on 28 September 1973. This marked the start of an uninterrupted nonstop connection between Istanbul and Berlin. Today, Turkish Airlines connects the German capital region with its hub up... more
DSV to provide logistics services in Neom
DSV is to partner up with Saudi Arabian special economic zone (Neom) in a USD 10 billion joint venture to further develop logistics services in the zone. Neom is expected to be completed in 2025. The joint venture will provide end-to-end supply chain management, development... more
A direct connection with KN
Providing direct access to its products and services and extensive global network, Emirates SkyCargo is now available on Kuehne + Nagel’s internal booking engine. This milestone marks the first time Emirates SkyCargo has made its services available via a freight forwarders’... more
Hexagon Agility joins IRU
USA-based Hexagon Agility offers a wide range of clean and renewable natural gas solutions for gaseous energy distribution systems and heavy-duty vehicles, for both medium- and long-haul transports. With a team of over 900 alternative fuel professionals located near original... more
Etihad Cargo enhances US cool chain capabilities
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has enhanced its cool chain capabilities in the USA by adding Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, to its network. Etihad Cargo's customers will benefit from consistent end-to-end cargo... more
Emirates Post Group ventures into cargo drones
Emirates Post Group (EPG) and Dronamics, a cargo drone airline, have signed a letter of intent to explore logistics solutions through cargo drones in the UAE. EPG will explore and trial Dronamics' cargo drone service to enable same-day middle-mile and long-range deliveries.... more
Oman: growing potential for an e-commerce hub
Asyad Express has signed an agreement with Evri, an UK-based dedicated parcel delivery company, to establish an alliance for e-commerce and e-fulfilment logistics in Oman. Jason Ashbrook, VP commercial at Asyad Express: “We will jointly build a comprehensive e-commerce... more
German vehicles to decarbonise Saudi Arabia
German vehicle manufacturer Quantron has delivered 50 electric-powered light trucks to Saudi Arabia with its Saudi partner Petromin. The Qargo 4EV model has been specially designed to make urban transport and last mile delivery as convenient and sustainable as possible. The... more
FedEx Express digitises shipment paperwork
FedEx Express has launched FedEx Ship Manager (FSM), a new e-commerce service to support small businesses and e-commerce retailers, helping them to efficiently manage their shipments online. This service is available in 44 countries and territories in the Middle East, the... more
China's Golden Week impact weaker than last year
Air freight fgures for week 40 (2-8 October 2023) show a 5% drop in tonnages, compared with week 39, while rates decreased by 3%, based on the +400,000 weekly transactions covered by World ACD’s data. But the week-on-week (WoW) drop was less pronounced than during last year's... more