RZD Logistics working 24/7 to deliver Olympic cargo 
RZD Logistics' separate subdivision in Sochi is working round the clock seven days a week until the end of the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics that are currently being held in that city. RZDL's Sochi team now provides uninterrupted operation of the covered warehouse and... more
Russian Railways delivers electric cars to Sochi
Russian Railways Logistics recently organized the carriage of Mitsubishi electric cars by rail from Moscow to the Olympic city Sochi in record time of less than two days. Extreme weather conditions in southern Russia, namely a sharp temperature drop and heavy snowfall, caused... more
Saudia Cargo volumes up 8% in 2013
Results published by Saudi Airlines Cargo reveal that the company has continued to perform well, despite the difficult economic climate. Total boarding figures for 2013 (year to date) climbed to 557,800 t, an increase of 8% compared with 2012, while scheduled revenue for the... more
Emirates completes 21 aircraft make-overs in 2013
Emirates operates the world’s largest fleets of Airbus A380s and Boeing B777s, and to serve these aircraft, the Dubai (UAE)-based carrier owns and runs the world's largest state-of-the-art aircraft paint hangar owned by an airline. Located at Dubai international airport,... more
Roll out of four new BharatBenz truck models
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) recently presented four new BharatBenz truck models in Mumbai. Three tractor trailers (BharatBenz 4023TT, 4028TT and 4928TT) and a vehicle for construction and mining purposes (BharatBenz 3128CM) now complement the truck portfolio. In... more
Record volumes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central welcomed Cathay Pacific's first freighter flight on 1 February (in photo), and cargo volumes at Dubai International (both UAE airports) reached record levels with around 2.44 million t of airfreight passing through the facility... more
ADB helps to complete Bishkek-Osh road
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Kyrgyzstan have signed a financing agreement for the implementation of the reconstruction of a section of the Bishkek-Osh road that will strengthen national and regional connectivity. The project covers an about 120 km... more
JAL reduces international cargo surcharge
Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Japanese ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) to revise its international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing from Japan from 1 February. Since 1 April 2009, JAL started adjusting its cargo fuel... more
Iran and China said to be planning common cargo airline
Iran and China plan to launch a cargo airline. Iran media quoted the Chinese ambassador to Teheran as saying "a Chinese company has proposed launching the airline to an Iranian company, and the two parties have agreed to carry out the project". Further to the same... more
Asia-Pacific: soft air cargo market conditions in 2013
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) released the preliminary figures for the full calendar year 2013. International air cargo demand for Asia Pacific carriers, expressed in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms, recorded a marginal contraction of 0.6% in 2013, albeit... more