TIANJIN Airlines, a regional carrier set up by Hainan Airlines Group and the Tianjin city government, has launched its first international service to the Outer Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, reports Xinhua. Flying by a Brazilian made ERJ-190 aircraft and stopping over in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the airline o...
SINGAPORE's Changi Airport freight volume grew 7.3 per cent to 151,055 tonnes in September year on year while increasing 14 per cent to 1.34 million tonnes in the first nine months of the year, according to the airport authority. It also handled 3.39 million passenger movements in September, an increase of 10.8 per cent year on year while year-to-date ...
CONTAINER CORPORATION of India, an operator of inland transport services and cargo handling, has posted a second quarter net profit for the period ending September 30 of INR2.07 billion (US$46.6 million), a 1.16 per cent year-on-year increase. Total income of the public sector company decreased to INR982.2 billion in the quarter under review from INR1.0...
GERMAN express delivery giant sees three self-made problems retarding emerging market growth - high customs costs, slow market liberalisation and under-developed distribution channels. "In Asia Pacific, almost 15 per cent of supply chain costs are still related to customs and regulations procedures, compared to just three per cent in Europe," said DHL c...
GLOBAL Swiss-based forwarder Panalpina has launched own air freight service flow by Atlas Air connecting Luxembourg with the new Dubai World Central (DWC)-Al Maktoum International Airport and Hong Kong, the company has announced. "This service is a milestone in Panalpina's growth plans in the region. It links our new Middle East distribution centre at ...
TNT AIRWAYS has announced it will lease three new long-range Boeing 777-200 freighters from Guggenheim Aviation Partners. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered for service in July 2011, while the rest by the end of 2011 and will be deployed on long-haul routes between Europe and Asia, said the company's release. Featuring a maximum payload...
CARGOLUX, the launch customer for the new Boeing 747-8 Freighter, is believed to be seeking a price reduction after the latest takeoff was delayed by technical problems, including detection of a low-frequency vibration. The Luxembourg cargo airline said discussions are under way with Boeing, "pursuant to our purchase contract," reported London's Intern...
DHL has invested over S$6 million (US$4.60 million) to develop two dedicated healthcare facilities in Singapore, in order to meet growing demand for regional distribution centres, local distribution to pharmacies and hospitals, and secondary packaging services. DHL has expanded from a single healthcare hub to a network of two integrated healthcare hub o...
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