Vietnamese leisure airline, Bamboo Airways has selected the world’s largest integrated GSSA, ECS Group, to develop its cargo operations in four countries as the airline expands its network across Asia Pacific. When it comes to bamboo, there is a Far Eastern proverb that states: “The first yea...

AirAsia X (AAX) has announced a major new air logistics partnership with global leading transport and logistics provider GEODIS, providing additional cargo capacity and boosting revenue during the downtime in commercial flying. This agreement is set to run for an initial period of six months com...

By Staff Writer, TradeArabiaWorldwide Air cargo volume decreased by 14 per cent in week 51 (until December 26), compared with the previous week. Worldwide capacity decreased by four pc week-over-week, according to WorldACD, a major supplier of market data on the air cargo sector.  On a...

The Asia Pacific region has just reported its best month for international air cargo since December 2019. Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general Subhas Menon said the demand in March has been driven thanks to rising business confidence, e-commerce and congestion at sea port...

Delta Cargo has appointed Gonzalo Hernandez as General Manager – Cargo Sales-Asia Pacific. He starts his new role today (July 1, 2020) in which he will manage the Cargo Sales functions for Japan, Korea and throughout Southeast Asia, including the cargo business for Delta’s joint venture (JV) pa...

As of March 1, 2020 Sven Raudszus will be taking over the position of Regional CEO Asia Pacific (APAC) at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. He will be responsible for the operative and strategic business within the Asia Pacific region, including South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Sven Raudszus...

Following Kuehne + Nagel successful combination of the former three European regions into one Europe, the significant growth and successful integration of three major acquisitions in the North America region, the focus for the years to come is on Asia Pacific. In order to target an even strong...

Swissport’s large-scale launch of its first cargo business in Australia is officially underway following the signing of a lease agreement for a brand-new air cargo facility at Melbourne Airport, with other locations to be announced early this year. Swissport has signed an initial seven-year leas...

Qatar Airways Cargo, one of the world’s leading air cargo carriers has announced the expansion of its cargo network in Asia Pacific with the launch of a twice weekly Boeing 777 freighter service to Osaka, Japan effective 14th January 2020. The Boeing 777 freighter will depart Doha on Tuesdays ...

Heathrow Airport’s air cargo tonnage fell 9.9 per cent to 126,864 tonnes in August with the North American and Asia Pacific markets seeing the biggest regional falls. The only regions that grew freight traffic positively in the month at the UK hub were Africa which saw a 4.2 per cent uplift to...

Global air freight markets showed that demand measure in freight tonne kilometres fell year-on-year (YOY) by 3.2 per cent in July, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This marks the ninth consecutive month of YOY decline in freight volumes, as air...

Air cargo has been struggling this year but in July while it still declined again, it did not get any worse and showed one of smallest decreases since January, according to WorldACD Market Data. The analyst reported total chargeable weight was down 4.2 per cent year-over-year (YOY) but up 5.1 pe...

Preliminary traffic figures for the month of July released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that falling exports and a worsening trade outlook led to further weakness in air cargo markets. Mounting trade tensions, alongside deteriorating business confidence levels ...

Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) cargo throughput fell 7.3 per cent to 401,000 tonnes in July with declines to key trading regions given as a central reason for the fall. Operator, the Airport Authority Hong Kong, said the decrease in cargo throughput was attributed to a 12 per cent de...

Air freight markets declined year-on-year for the eighth consecutive month in June, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), who blamed global trade tensions. Globally, IATA said demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), decreased by 4.8 per cent, compared to t...