Monthly volume decline at world's busiest cargo airport 
Hong Kong international airport (HKIA) reported handling 344,000 t in September 2013, a modest decline of 0.8% compared to the same month last year. The decrease in cargo throughput last month was mainly attributed to a 3% year-on-year drop in imports. Exports recorded a slight... more
Etihad and SIA exchange cargo capacity
Etihad Cargo and Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) have agreed to exchange confirmed cargo capacity on services operated by both airlines from Abu Dhabi (UAE) to London Heathrow (United Kingdom) and Frankfurt (Germany). The pact enables Etihad Cargo to offer capacity to SIA Cargo... more
Iata proposes freight forwarders' partnership
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has called on all participants in the air cargo value chain to work together towards the common goals of improved quality, increased efficiency through e-AWB and e-freight and more effective security. Combined, these measures... more
Cargo-Partner opening up in Ho Chi Minh City
After Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, the Austrian transport and logistics company Cargo-Partner has now opened its own branch office in Vietnam. Cargo-Partner’s Vietnamese premises are located on the main trunk road between Ho Chi Minh City’s airport and industrial... more
Royal Brunei adds B787 services
Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) has updated its planned Boeing B787 regional operation for October and November. From today (18 October) and until 30 November, the Southeast Asian airline is operating this type of aircraft 14 times weekly between its hub Bandar Seri Begawan and... more
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