Global ground and cargo handler Swissport Cargo Services Israel has signed a three-year agreement with Korean Air Cargo to handle services at Ben Gurion Airport including loading and offloading for its three weekly Boeing 747 combi flights. In a report from Israeli's trade news site Port2Port, Swissport marketing director Udi Dror said the contract with ...
Struggling carrier Austrian Airlines (AUA) is considering halting flights between Vienna and three provincial capitals, it has been claimed. The company – taken over by German Lufthansa last year – have warned political leaders the loss-making services between Vienna and Linz, Graz and Klagenfurt respectively will have to be stopped unless the...
The Silk Way Helicopter Services LLC (SWHS) has selected Lufthansa Consulting as its trusted partner in the preparation for the upcoming EASA Part-145 audit. The German aviation experts will actively assist SWHS in the official process to gain the approval for its technical base and services in Baku, Azerbaijan. The EASA Part-145 Maintenance Organization ...
US Customs and Border Protection has advised all airlines that from January 20, 2010 it will be mandatory for all passengers travelling under the Visa Waiver Program to receive approval to travel through the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) scheme. British Airways strongly advises all customers travelling to or transferring th...
The 2010 International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition organised by Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) was successfully held on 10 January in SuperTerminal 1 at Hong Kong International Airport, attracting six international airlines to Hong Kong to showcase their best practices in forklift driving and pallet building. The event has ...
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) today officially launched two new facilities: the SkyPier, a new cross-boundary ferry terminal; and the North Satellite Concourse, which is equipped with 10 bridge-served parking stands for narrow-bodied aircraft. The facilities have been soft-opened since mid-December 2009. At a ceremony held today at the SkyPier, T...
Goods distribution in town centres and urban areas is made increasingly difficult by traffic spaces which become ever tighter and the simultaneously deployed traffic calming measures. Therefore, when it comes to distribution, agile, easily manoeuvrable and quick to load and unload vehicles are now needed. Schmitz Cargobull has specially developed a single a...
Expanding Toll Global Forwarding has opened a new Regional Management Centre in Zurich, Switzerland, signifying the increasing importance of the Europe and Middle East region in the company’s global growth plans. Headed up by Hakan Bicil (Regional MD, EME), the new office will eventually house twenty regional managers. Already, recently-appointed Di...
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