Finnair Cargo appoints new GSSA in Singapore 
Finnair has appointed Globe Air Cargo as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) in Singapore. The new contract gives Globe Air Cargo responsibility for sales and marketing on the airline's Airbus A340 passenger flights from Singapore to Helsinki. Freight forwarders in... more
Etihad Cargo sets monthly record
Etihad Cargo, part of the UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways, carried a record 45,175 t of airfreight in September, 42% more than in the same month in 2012 (31,826 t). Strong demand out of Hong Kong, China, India and Germany played a role in Etihad Cargo carrying the record loads... more
Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates regional integrated logistics...
Logistics service provider Kuehne + Nagel has inaugurated a control centre for integrated logistics in Singapore to enhance its end-to-end logistics offering and infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. In line with Kuehne + Nagel’s global end-to-end strategy, the new platform... more
JAL lightens carbon footprint on California route
The implementation of operational procedures to reduce the environmental footprint has been introduced on the Japanese airline JAL's San Francisco CA (USA) service by Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire). The carrier became the first Japanese airline to be... more
Kuehne + Nagel working for Johnson & Johnson Medical China
Johnson & Johnson Medical China, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the US-based multinational producer of medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer goods, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel (K + N) a warehouse management contract for its medical devices in China. As part of... more
Bhutan Airways goes international
Starting today (10 October 2013), Bhutan's private carrier Bhutan Airways (also known as Tashi Air), is beginning international operations. The airline plans to offer a daily Paro–Kolkata (India)–Bangkok (Thailand) service, on board its new Airbus A320... more
India plans to build 17 new airports by 2017
Seventeen new airports are to be constructed during India's current 12th five-year plan period. The minister of state for civil aviation, K. C. Venugopal, informed the central government of investment plans for the remainder of the 12th five-year plan period, which runs until... more
Yusen Logistics sets up new subsidiary in Cambodia
The Japanese logistics service provider Yusen Logistics has established a national subsidiary in Cambodia that will commence operations on 1 November 2013. Yusen Logistics set up the Phnom Penh representative office in 2011 and has since expanded its business through local... more
After B787, JAL turns to A350
Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a purchase agreement for 31 A350 XWBs (18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s), plus options for a further 25 aircraft. This is JAL's first ever order for Airbus aircraft. It is also the first order Airbus has received from Japan for the A350 XWB. JAL and... more
High priority for trans-Siberian railway development
"The development of the Trans-Siberian Railway as the foundation of the Eurasian east–west direction is one of Russia's most important infrastructural tasks," said Russian Railways' first vice-president Vadim Morozov in his speech at the International Forum... more