Qatar Airways continues global expansion 
Qatar Airways’ first non-stop Doha - Gothenburg flight, operated by B787 equipment, landed this week (wk 50), marking the airline’s second gateway into Sweden after the capital Stockholm. Qatar Airways Cargo already is already present in the Nordics region, operating... mehr
Finnair notes great cargo performance in November
Finnair's available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 19.7% year-on-year in November. Revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres rose by 16.4%, mostly driven by the strong positive cargo market development in Japan and Sweden. Favourable developments were also visible... mehr
China Southern to launch LAX route (and others) next year
On 18 December 2018, China Southern Airlines is commencing a new thrice-weekly nonstop service from Los Angeles CA to Shenyang in northeast China. In the USA, the carrier currently has ten weekly direct flights from Los Angeles and from New York to Guangzhou, and four from San... mehr
Kick-off for Australia's century rail project
Construction of the once-in-a-generation Inland Rail project officially begun with a ground-breaking ceremony in Parkes, NSW Australia. The work began where the first 5.3 km of Inland Rail's new track will be built. Once completed, the 1,700 km rail line between Melbourne... mehr
Belarusian Railway to implement digital technologies
Belarusian Railway, in cooperation with the railway administrations of Latvia and Russia, has started to use digital transit documents for privately-owned empty railway cars moving between the three countries. Digital SMGS consignment notes will be used instead of hardcopy... mehr
Cathay Pacific digitises cargo infrastructure with Siemens
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) and Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL), the wholly-owned Cathay Pacific Airways' subsidiary that operates a cargo terminal at Hong Kong airport, have signed a MoU for the digitalisation of the cargo infrastructure.... mehr
Enhancing Silk Road - Germany LCL service
Poland-based Euroconsol has improved its Wuhan (China) to Hamburg (Germany) Silk Road LCL import rail service, which had been hampered by logistics delays. The company now deconsolidates full container load (FCL) shipments at its hub in Malaszewice (Poland hub) and then... mehr
Hauling more than 1.8 billion t
Loading volumes on the network owned and operated by Russian Railways (RZD) in November 2018 amounted to 107.3 million t, 1.5% more than in November 2017. Last month's freight turnover increased by 4.3% and amounted to 220.1 billion tariff ton-kilometres. The latest figures... mehr
2,000th Boeing aircraft soaring high in China
The US airframe manufacturer Boeing recently delivered its 2,000th airplane - a B737 MAX - to the Chinese operator Xiamen Airlines. The milestone and the pace at which it was reached reflect the accelerating growth in the world's largest commercial aviation market: Boeing... mehr
Vehicle train connecting seven countries
A train loaded with 112 Mercedes-Benz vehicles recently departed from Bremen (Germany) on its 14,000 km journey to Tuanjie Village station in Chongqing (China). The project was organised and started by China Railway's special cargo services sector. The train, composed of 22... mehr