Rearranging Middle East services 
Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Yang Ming, the members of The Alliance, have specified the changes to their network they announced in January 2020 and released updated details concerning their service network on the Asia-Middle East... plus
Qatar Airways arranges "cargo convoy" to China
Less than three weeks after transporting 100,000 medical-grade N95 respiratory masks and 2,700 medical-grade disposable latex gloves, providing essential protection to healthcare professionals working around the clock at hospitals in Hubei Province, five Qatar Airways Cargo... plus
Agility reports 7% rise in net profit for 2019
Agility reported a net profit of KWD 86.8 million (EUR 261 million) in 2019, an increase of 7% from 2018. Revenue for the year reached KWD 1.578 billion (EUR 4.755 billion) and ebitda was KWD 193.1 million (EUR 580.7 million), increases of 1.8% and 24.7%, respectively.... plus
Etihad Cargo and Dnata deepen partnership
Etihad Cargo from Abu Dhabi has bolstered its global handling partnership agreements with Dnata from Dubai, one of the world’s largest air service providers. The new agreements align the two UAE-based companies until 2023, with Dnata providing warehouse and cargo handling... plus
DP World to delist quickly from Nasdaq Dubai
DP World is to become a private company and delist its shares. DP World’s parent company Port and Free Zone World has offered to acquire the 19.55% of DP World’s shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai, returning the company to private ownership. Chairman Sultan bin Sulayem commented... plus
One man's loss is another man's gain
While other international airlines are also reducing their maindeck capacities on flights to and from China because of the coronavirus, Emirates Skycargo is seeing good demand for the import and export of cargo to and from the Chinese market. The air cargo carrier operates... plus
Oman Air Cargo takes off with Champ Cargosystems
Seeking solutions for the next step of its digital transformation, Oman Air Cargo chose to open up its decision-making process to the market. Following a rigorous competition, Oman Air not only decided to continue using "Traxon cargoHUB" and "Traxon Global... plus
Emirates adds truck service to 30 year old connection
Emirates Skycargo launched its operations to Riyadh in February 1990. The freight division of Emirates currently offers just over 1,000 t of combined export and import cargo capacity through 27 weekly flights. Since 2015, the Dubai-based carrier has helped transport more than... plus
Air India to add belly capacity to Saudi Arabia
From Sunday, 16 February 2020, Air India is adding a Calicut – Jeddah service, as the Star Alliance member schedules two weekly flights operated by B747-400 aircraft. The Indian flag carrier reserves 14.1 t of the 55.6 t of the total capacity payload for cargo shipments.... plus
SAL launches expanded facility at Dammam airport
Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL), a recently created subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has inaugurated its new 37,800 sqm air cargo facility at the Dammam airport (DMM) in the presence of Abdullah Al-Zamil, chairman of the board of directors, Dammam Airports Company, and... plus