Newsletter - 27th January 2020

Daily News Updates / 27th January 2020

Logistics
KERRY Logistics a five time winner at the Quamnet outstanding enterprising awards 2019 Kerry Logistics Network Limited was a proud winner at the Quamnet Outstanding Enterprise Awards (‘QOEA’) 2019 for the fifth consecutive year, clinching the Outstanding Globa... READ MORE

Logistics
Pay CArgo collaborates swith Atlanta Airport and Kale Logistics to launch first air cargo community system in the USA The system allows stakeholders to communicate electronically with each other and the PayCargo payment platform underpins the community system PayCargo has collaborated with Har... READ MORE

Airlines
Viva Aerobus enters The Air Freight Market with its Viva Cargo Service Viva Aerobus, Mexico's ultra-low-cost carrier, announced its entry into the air freight market with Viva Cargo, a service given through the provider Aerocharter, a company respons... READ MORE

Airports
Leipzig/Halle Airport has increased its cargo volumes for the fifteenth consecutive year and more than tenfold since 2007 A total of about 4.2 million passengers took off and landed at the two central German airports Dresden and Leipzig/Halle in 2019. But while Leipzig/Halle Airport managed to post p... READ MORE

Airports
Schiphol sees cargo volumes slide on fewer freighters and tough market The number of flights to and from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol rose slightly by 0.7% in December. On average, the number of seats per flight in December was two more than last year.... READ MORE

Freighter Conversion/MRO
Freighter conversions fall away sharply in 2019 Freighter conversions fell 33% in 2018, with declines in the widebody, narrowbody, and regional aircraft freighter segments. Cirium fleets data shows that 2019 saw 74 commercia... READ MORE

Events
Cargo conversion market hit by B737 Max grounding Conversion firm Aeronautical Engineers has said that the grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft has hit the supply of feedstock aircraft. Speaking at the Airline Economics Grow... READ MORE

Airlines
Amazon plans takeover of two Pinnacle Logistics air cargo operations Amazon.com Inc. is taking over Pinnacle Logistics air cargo operations in Baltimore, Maryland, and Rockford, Illinois, where it likely will offer jobs to employees Pinnacl... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
YTO Express adds Kyrgyzstan freighter flights Chinese express firm YTO has launched a three-times-per-week freighter service between Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan and Shijiazhuang. The first flight took place on January 16 using... READ MORE

Airlines
Oman Air announces growth plans as country seeks to drive revenues from airfreight sector Oman Air has announced plans to increase its cargo-handling capacity at Muscat International Airport when the construction of its new airfreight unit is complete. Oman Air ha... READ MORE

Airlines
Qatar Airways Announces Eight New Destinations at the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020 Eight additional destinations to join the airline’s network in 2020: Nur-Sultan and Almaty, Kazakhstan; Cebu, Philippines; Accra, Ghana; Trabzon, Turkey; Luanda, Angola; Lyon, F... READ MORE

Airlines
Qatar Airways Cargo Announces Freighters to Osaka Route will be operated twice weekly with a Boeing 777 FreighterThe new freighters will supplement the existing belly-hold cargo capacity to and from Japan Doha, Qatar – Qat... READ MORE