Newsletter - 02nd October 2020

Daily News Updates / 02nd October 2020

Airlines
Cargojet President & CEO Dr. Ajay K. Virmani Named Strategist of the Year Cargojet President and Chief Executive Officer Ajay K. Virmani has been recognized as Strategist of the Year, as well-being named one of Canada's top leaders of 2020 represent... READ MORE

Airlines
Thomas Klühr to step down as Swiss CEO Thomas Klühr, who has been CEO of Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) since 2016, has decided to step down at the end of 2020. Following his departure, Thomas Klühr w... READ MORE

Airlines
Swiss WorldCargo launches Winter 2021 timetable Swiss WorldCargo launches the Winter 2021 timetable, which will include flights to almost all of our past major gateways. The airline plans to constantly increase frequencies thro... READ MORE

Airlines
National Airlines to increase its fleet size; adds three more B747-400Fs and an A330-200 National Airlines has expanded its fleet with three more B747-400Fs and an A330-200 passenger aircraft in response to the rapidly increasing demand for cargo and passenger charter... READ MORE

People
Chapman Freeborn strengthens humanitarian efforts with the appointment of Daniel Carriett, Group Humanitarian Cargo Director Over the last four decades Chapman Freeborn has been supporting multiple Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s) in response to humanitarian crises. Almost every emergency airli... READ MORE

Airlines
Atlas Air and ANA to code share on the transpacific Atlas Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch a code share partnership on flights across the transpacific in October. Regulatory filings show that Atlas received approval ... READ MORE

Logistics
Gebrüder Weiss is given the green light for Ipsen takeover Antitrust authorities approve acquisition // Ipsen locations in German operate as Gebrüder Weiss // Customers benefit from larger global network Gebrüder Weiss’s strategic ... READ MORE

Business
Strategic partnership between Ajman Free Zone and Ajman Transport Authority In line with the continuing efforts to boost the attractiveness of Ajman’s business environment to investors, entrepreneurs and other companies, the Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) has an... READ MORE

Associations
Covid Lockdowns fail to stop €85 million of Cargo Thefts from Supply Chains in EMEA in 2020H1 Over €85 million of products were stolen from air, road, sea and rail freight supply chains in 46 countries in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region in the first h... READ MORE

Airports
New Truck Parking Lot Being Built in CargoCity South – Frankfurt New lot will create 61 additional truck parking spaces and feature sanitary facilities – Extra space will expand parking capacity at busy CargoCity South – Scheduled to open b... READ MORE

Airlines
FEMA calls on Volga-Dnepr to deliver fire engine trucks for California fire Volga-Dnepr Airlines has operated the An-124-100 charter flight for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist the US firefighting mission in California. The two ... READ MORE

Airlines
SAS flying to China again From 29 September, it will once again be possible to fly direct from Scandinavia to China with SAS. There have been no direct flights since 31 January, but SAS has now obtained ap... READ MORE