Newsletter - 20th August 2021

Daily News Updates / 20th August 2021

Airlines
Sonoco ThermoSafe and Korean Air Launch Partnership to Lease Pegasus ULD® Containers Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco and the leading global provider of temperature assurance packaging, and Korean Air, one of the world’s largest air cargo carri... READ MORE

Airlines
From one DC-3 to a fleet of over 800 aircraft, Delta celebrates 75 years of leading the cargo industry Seventy-five years ago, Delta made its official but humble entry into the cargo business: 200 pounds of freshly picked mushrooms loaded aboard a DC-3 destined for Atlanta, making ... READ MORE

Airlines
Cathay Pacific Releases Traffic Figures for July 2021 Cargo capacity in July increased 12.1% month-on-month, driven by the full resumption of our freighter schedule and a 33% increase in cargo-only passenger flights Cathay Pacific... READ MORE

Supply Chain
Unisys enables airlines to track individual cargo items for the first time Unisys Corporation has announced the availability of software functionality that for the first time enables airlines to track the status and location of each piece of a shipment t... READ MORE

Airlines
Qatar Airways Cargo Expands the Implementation of WebCargo by Freightos across all its Regions To date, the cargo carrier introduced eBookings by WebCargo in Europe, South Africa and the USA Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the further rollout of third-party eBooking pl... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
DHL sees surge in road logistics in Southeast Asia New DHL whitepaper: renewed economic growth in ASEAN countries will give rise to the demand for logistics services as trade recovers Road freight to grow substantially with reg... READ MORE

Logistics
DSV Panalpina A/S completes DKK 30.2 billion acquisition of Global Integrated Logistics from Agility All conditions and requirements for the acquisition of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics business (GIL) have been met, and DSV Panalpina A/S (DSV) is now formally taking ove... READ MORE

Logistics
SEKO Logistics ranked in the top 5 of most trusted supply chain partners by shippers in North America SEKO Logistics has been recognized as a top 5 third-party logistics provider in a survey of thousands of shippers in North America to find their most trusted supply chain partners... READ MORE

Logistics
Leipzig/Halle Airport strengthens its activities as a humanitarian hub with the recent Volga-Dnepr’s charter flights to Namibia This week two Volga-Dnepr Group’s humanitarian flights took off from Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) to Windhoek in Namibia. Medical supplies, weighing over 95 tons, such as masks a... READ MORE

People
Jim Butler to join Gatwick Airport Limited as Chief Financial Officer Gatwick Airport Limited has announced that in September 2021 Jim Butler will join its Board and leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. His most recent role was as Sen... READ MORE

Airports
Cargo Throughput at HKIA Continues to Record Double-Digit Growth in July New Air Cargo Security Screening Policy Successfully Implemented at HKIA Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) today released the traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport... READ MORE

Airlines
Amazon’s $1.5 billion Air Hub opens in Kentucky to speed up deliveries Amazon has finished building its $1.5 billion air hub, located at the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport, and has started operations there. Amazon started bui... READ MORE