Archive for August 2018

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Kochi Airport re-opens following Kerala floods aircargonews.net India’s Kochi Airport re-opened as some semblance of normality returns to the country’s Kerala region following a period of sustained and heavy flooding. Indian carrier Jet Airways has been amongst […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES New Tianjin Airlines service flies into Heathrow from Chongqing aircargonews.net Heathrow has welcomed its first scheduled flight arriving directly from the Chinese city of Chongqing. Operated by Tianjin Airlines, the inaugural flight of what is a three […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES OOCL cancels more sailings to meet slowdown after Chinese National Day seanews.com.tr HONG Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has dropped several more Asia-Europe sailings because of low demand after the National Day holdiay. OOCL said in […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Hainan Airlines launched its inaugural service between Shenzhen and Zurich aircargonews.net The first non-stop service to connect China’s Guangzhou-Shenzhen area with Switzerland, it also represents Hainan Airline’s seventh intercontinental service originating at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.  Read more […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air China targets private money for $1.5 billion cargo venture ajot.com Air China Ltd.’s parent is seeking private money for an air-cargo and logistics venture with plnned total investment of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) as part […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES The fate of much-needed new Mexico City airport hangs in the air theloadstar.co.uk The fate of the new airport for Mexico City is in the hands of the populace, after president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES A UK production company is making an eight part TV show about air cargo for channel UKTV aircargonews.net Production company Back2Back Productions, which made the MegaShippers programme about cargo shipping, said the TV show, provisionally called MegaAir, […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US Airlines Cut Chinese Flights news.airwise.com Two US airlines, American and Hawaiian, are dropping flights to China, with fuel costs and increased competition cited as reasons. American Airlines will end its daily direct flight between Chicago and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES London’s Gatwick Airport had to use whiteboards on Monday after an IT outage hit its electronic flight information screens source: news.airwise.com Apologising for the inconvenience, the airport asked customers to use temporary flight boards in the departure […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Charter brokers propelled to lofty heights by tight capacity and strong demand source: theloadstar.co.uk Air Charter Service (ACS) enjoyed a “stunning first six months”,  according to chief executive Justin Bowman, reporting revenue of £240.5m (US$312m), up 23% […]