Newsletter - 12th August 2022

Daily News Updates / 12th August 2022

Airports
Over 64,000 tonnes of goods were transported through Brussels Airport in July During the first month of the summer holidays, Brussels Airport saw cargo volumes down last year (-14%), but up 15% compared to 2019. In July, cargo transport at Brussels Air... READ MORE

Airlines
Additional Freighter enables Lufthansa Cargo to grow its network to Asia and North America Lufthansa Cargo is expanding its long-haul route network in the 2022-2023 winter flight schedule with additional flights to high-demand destinations, including a new destination. ... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
New online marketplace Airblox signs up Vietnam-based HPW Cargo to trade air freight capacityfr HPW Cargo is the first South-East Asian company to join the growing number of forwarders using the new marketplace trading electronic Block Space Agreements New online marketpl... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
DB Schenker launches its first charter flights between Europe and South America DB Schenker offers additional charter capacities across the Atlantic. The new route starts from the Netherlands and reaches Brazil after two stopovers in the USA. In South America... READ MORE

People
Hermes continues leadership team expansion with a new senior product manager Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Terry McGregor as Senior Product Manager as part of a wider strategy to grow the company’s senior leadership team and strengthe... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
CargoAir places order for 4th AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce that Bulgaria-based CargoAir has ordered its 4th AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, (MSN 30883) is slated... READ MORE

Pharma Logistics
Rhenus Air & Ocean obtains GDP certification The Frankfurt branch of Rhenus Air & Ocean has obtained certification in line with Good Distribution Practice (GDP). This means that the air and ocean freight specialist meets... READ MORE

Airlines
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo transports Dutch Solar Team’s Car On 6 August, the Nuna 11s – the car that the Dutch Brunel Solar Team will drive in South Africa's Sasol Solar Challenge – departed Schiphol Airport for Johannesburg on a Boein... READ MORE

Airlines
Silk Way West Airlines unveils innovative features on its new website Silk Way West Airlines, a member of the Silk Way Group and one of the fastest-growing cargo carriers in the Caspian and CIS regions, has launched its redesigned website, accessibl... READ MORE

Air Cargo Statistics
Dark clouds hang over a slowing global air cargo market, as demand drops 9% in July Seasonally adjusted general air cargo market performance data for July 2022 shows a continued slowing down of volume, load factor, capacity, and airfreight rates as the impact of ... READ MORE

Airports
Halifax Stanfield Celebrates Air Cargo Logistics Park Grand Opening The ribbon has been cut at the new Halifax Stanfield Air Cargo Logistics Park (ACLP), marking the official opening of Atlantic Canada’s largest air cargo processing facility. ... READ MORE

Business
Finnair Traffic Performance in July 2022 Strong passenger load factor and nearly one million passengers in July; solid cargo performance continued In July, Finnair carried 999,600 passengers, which was ... READ MORE