IRELAND's largest airline cargo general sales agent (GSSA), IAM, celebrates its 20th birthday from an original team of three to a successful aviation services group with a market share of 20 per cent of the country's export airfreight traffic. IAM represents 13 airlines, and still counts its original launch customer Air Canada among its client carriers ...
SOUTH China's Shenzhen Airport experienced a 35 per cent decrease in mail cargo volume to 36,400 tonnes in January, suffering declines for eight consecutive months since June 2008, says Logistics Week. Though airport cargo volume fell, its passenger volume reached 2.09 million with a 17.9 per cent increase in January while the aircraft movement stood at ...
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is engaging in discussions with its passenger aircraft pilots to persuade them to take voluntary unpaid leave. This comes as the airline prepares to cut up to 11 per cent of capacity by grounding 17 planes (about 15 per cent of its fleet), cutting routes and consolidating services amid a drastic drop in demand globally for aviatio...
Sernam, first private operator in multimodal transport in France, and Rhenus Freight Logistics France, European logistics provider, announce an international partnership. Based on a common desire for strategic development with the objective to reinforce and enlarge the offers of both companies. Geographical expansion and new commercial offer With this ag...
A Chinese delegation of top managers from the automotive industry, as well as representatives of chambers, associations and media, will be visiting the federal state of Bremen from 11 to 14 March 2009. This coincides with “BREMER LOGISTIKTAG 2009”, held in Bremerhaven on 12 and 13 March, for which China is a partner nation. In the lead-up, the ...
Hino Trucks has ranked highest among conventional medium-duty truck engines in a 2008 J.D. Power and Associates Study. Hino Trucks achieved top accolades in the 2008 Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction StudySM which was developed to provide manufacturers with a comprehensive and objective measure of customer satisfaction with pro...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) today released its tonnage figures for February 2009. A total of 133,624 tonnes were handled in February, down 22% year-on-year. Cumulative tonnage for the first two months of the year was 276,378 tonnes, down 26.9% year-on-year. Import volume for February was 38,587 tonnes, down 20% against Februar...
Starting on March 29 2009, no-frills air carrier Germanwings will increase the number of its Sofia – Köln/Bonn flights to four a week, up from three. The company announced this on March 6, The Sofia Echo reported. The flights will depart from Sofia Airport every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; reservations can be made via the Germanwings...
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