THE US National Aviation Heritage Alliance and the Wright B Flyer organisation are planning to recreate what is believed to be the first air cargo delivery flight that took over Ohio skies on October 2, 1910. The commemorative flight will be operated with a replica aircraft from Wright-Patt to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus. The firs...
ASIA PACIFIC air freight demand was up 32.1pc in August year on year, according to figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. AAPA director general Andrew Herdman said this was the "result of the surprisingly sharp V-shaped recovery. Traffic levels for Asian carriers have now surpassed the high water marks set before the global recession." ...
CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES along with the Union Pacific Railroad with support of the American consulates in Hong Kong and Shanghai have celebrated the opening of the Union Pacific's new Midwest intermodal facility, the Joliet Intermodal Terminal (Global 4) and CenterPoint's new distribution park and logistics centre, CenterPoint Intermodal Center Joliet south...
SINCE the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, many new logistics facilities in Nanning, capital of southwestern Guangxi Autonomous Region, has been under construction, said Xinhua. In Jiangnan district, a new wholesale and logistics centre for agricultural produce involving a CNY1.5 billion (US$223.1 million) investment is being built...
An Atlanta grand jury has returned an indictment against an executive of Martinair Holland NV for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to fix and coordinate certain surcharges on air cargo shipments to and from the US, reported Dow Jones Newswires. The Justice Department, in announcing the move, alleges that Maria Christina "Meta" Ullings, vice- pres...
At least 82 inbound and outbound flights were delayed last evening after a cargo plane broke down and blocked one of the two runways at Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, reported the South China Morning Post. A Kazakh-bound Air Cargo Germany plane was grounded by a mechanical fault just before take-off at 6pm, an Airport Authority spokeswoman said. ...
EgyptAir has increased its cargo capacity from the UK and Ireland with the addition of two more flights per week from London Heathrow to its Cairo hub. The airline’s cargo subsidiary, Egyptair Cargo, now has access to 11 passenger flights per week from the UK, operated with A330 and B777 aircraft, supplemented by twice-weekly freighter services fr...
Italian all-cargo carrier Cargoitalia has started direct scheduled services twice a week to Shanghai Pudong Airport from its Milan (Malpensa) hub, using its recently-delivered third MD11 freighter. The airline is now operating to Shanghai every Wednesday and Sunday, departing at 5am and arriving at 12.20 am the following day. Return flights depart at 2....
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi