WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has announced that it has achieved 100 per cent on-time performance for ramp cargo handling throughout 2008 and, as a result, the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) team at Newark International Airport in New York has earned a special award from customers, Air Transport International (ATI). WFS has worked with ATI in Newark si...
RATP announced today its decision to award and sign a contract with the Alstom-Bombardier consortium for the supply of 60 MI09 trainsets for the greater Paris suburb. Pursuant to the contract to be signed, Bombardier will supply the 3 middle cars of the 5 car sets, which will be designed and assembled at Bombardier's site in Crespin in the Valenciennes ar...
Deutsche Bahn (DB) Schenker has delayed the launch of its weekly Trans Europe Express (TEE) container rail service linking South China and Russia with Western Europe due to the global economic downturn. Following a test run late last year carrying 50 containers of Fujitsu Siemens computer peripherals from Xiangtang in China via Mongolia and Russia to Hamb...
Mercedes-Benz will be presenting an entire range of contemporary motor vehicles at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) - bringing together fascination and responsibility. The line-up includes the new E-Class Saloon and the E-Class Coupé along with the US version of the recently updated GL-Class. Compelling performance coupled with superlativ...
Effective 19 April 2009, Cargolux will start a new weekly B747-400 freighter service to Toronto/Ontario. CV 7767 will be operated every Sunday out of Luxembourg, with departure at 06.05 p.m. and arrival in Toronto on Monday morning at 01.45 a.m. Departure from Toronto, CV 7771, is at 03.45 a.m., with return via Prestwick, arriving in Lux...
Hoffmann Air Cargo Equipment (ACE) GmbH together with DSM Dyneema have developed a new, third generation lightweight air cargo net that is one of the first worldwide to achieve a total weight of below 8 kilograms (kg). The two companies have also been recognized by the recent Hessian Innovation Award for their developments in advancing light-weight air car...
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded a three-year contract to provide ground handling services for Tunis Air flights in Paris Orly (ORY). Tunis Air has one of the highest number of flights of international carriers in ORY. With this award WFS becomes the main ground handler in ORY, handling a wide range of national and international carriers. ...
Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, continues to strengthen its UAE and Middle East sales team, with the appointment of three key managers. Abdulla Al Shawoosh, cargo sales manager for Abu Dhabi and Al Ain and Samina Khan, sales account manager for Dubai and the Northern Emirates join Albert Soliman, the airline’s new regional cargo ...
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