Newsletter - 21st February 2021

Daily News Updates / 21st February 2021

Freight Forwarders
Lufthansa Cargo supports UNICEF’s global vaccine distribution Leading airlines commit to the UNICEF Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative UNICEF has launched the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative on Tuesday, 16 February 2021. Under this lan... READ MORE

Airlines
SIA launches perishables service following IATA CEIV Fresh certification Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) cargo division has launched a specialized service for the transportation of time- and temperature-sensitive perishable cargos.The carrier’s ThruFresh... READ MORE

Airlines
Cargojet Announces Plans for Fleet and Route Expansion Cargojet Inc. recently announced a comprehensive plan for its fleet and route expansion to meet domestic and international growth opportunities starting 2021 and beyond.Having suc... READ MORE

Airlines
Qatar Airways Cargo Joins Hands with UNICEF to Support Prioritization of COVID-19 Vaccines and Critical SuppliesThe carrier is committed to supporting UNICEF in the global effort aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines Utiliz... READ MORE

People
New regional MDs at Dachser Air and Sea Dachser Air and Sea Logistics has appointed two new regional managing directors. Tobias Burger has been appointed as managing director of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EM... READ MORE

Associations
IATA’s Chief Economist to Retire The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its Chief Economist, Brian Pearce, will retire from the organization in July 2021. A recruitment process has been... READ MORE

Air Cargo Statistics
Air cargo volumes remain stable in January: WorldACD WorldACD has observed that the worldwide volumes in January 2021 were the same as in January 2020, making January the first month since the start of the pandemic not showing a dec... READ MORE

Airlines
Lorenzo Stoll named new Head of Swiss WorldCargo Lorenzo Stoll has been appointed as SWISS’s new Head of Swiss WorldCargo. He will assume his new function on 1 April. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who will take up new duties as... READ MORE