The great thing about using Virtual Reality in training is that staff can learn and test operations in an environment that mirrors their daily work environment, but without the risk of harm or damage. LATAM Cargo is now gearing...
The Open Logistics Foundation (OLF) has launched an open, vendor-neutral Time Slot Management (API) interface and is now inviting interested companies to pilot it. The idea is to offer a common basis for the real-time exchange of information between...
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is expanding and automating its Perishables Centre at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, in cooperation with Lödige Industries, in order to meet the rising demand for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and perishable goods. Automating cold-chain infrastructure so...
Having been appointed as global General Sales and Services Agent (GSSA) to Air Canada in Puerto Rico, FlyUs Aviation Group (FlyUs), announced the opening of a new office there, to manage the carrier’s cargo operations out of San Juan...
Global air and travel services provider, dnata announced that it has allocated AED 175 million (c. EUR 42.4 million) to the procurement of new ground support equipment (GSE) in the UAE, since the beginning of 2026, so as to...
ULD management and repair company, Unilode Aviation Solutions, has renewed its full ULD management agreement with Canada’s leisure airline, Air Transat, again extending a partnership that began in 2003. The airline’s network includes destinations across Europe, the Caribbean, the...
Cold-chain solutions provider, Envirotainer, recently announced that it is actively enhancing its Americas network, across both the North and the South. This expansion strategy is in response to increasingly dispersed pharmaceutical supply chains and shifting demand and trade routes....
Car plants never sleep, and because modern assembly lines run on just-in-time schedules, where each stage depends on the one before it, the failure of a single component arriving on time can jeopardize the entire operation. The Siemens True...
A great many companies came together to ensure that 250 cartons of premium Philippine Carabao mangoes were sent on their way from Manila, on board of Air Canada, to Vancouver, Canada, last month. Philippine exporter, Mensch FilAm Corporation arranged...
Swissport Saudi Arabia and Riyadh Air, the Kingdom’s new national carrier, have agreed a long-term strategic partnership to create Saudi Arabia’s first Centralized Load Control (CLC) center in Riyadh. The CLC should be operational within eight months, and will...
When the winter schedule kicks in on 25OCT26, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) route network will show an additional three pins. Running until 27MAR27, it will serve a total of 14 freighter destinations, 112 wide-body belly destinations...
One of CharterDesk’s recent operations was a particularly delicate one, since it involved the transfer of a post-surgery patient from Nîmes, France, to Beirut, Lebanon. A Learjet 45 transformed into an air ambulance, fitted with a stretcher and medical...
CargoAi announced on 06OCT26 that CMA CGM AIR CARGO’s allotments can now be booked on its rate management and e-booking platform, CargoMART. This means that both the airline and its freight forwarding customers can now handle their recurring capacity...
Kuehne+Nagel has inaugurated a new Tech Center in Chennai, India, strengthening its global engineering capabilities and expanding its capacity to develop proprietary digital logistics solutions. The center is expected to employ around 250 technology specialists by early 2027, who...
The adoption of IATA’s ONE Record standard is gaining momentum across the air cargo industry, with airlines, forwarders, technology providers and other stakeholders increasingly moving from testing and evaluation towards practical implementation. The standard, which became the preferred approach...
It was the highlight of the aviation world in 2026. Watched by thousands of employees, guests and millions of LinkedIn-viewers around the globe, the first A350F took off from Toulouse Blagnac Airport on 29SEP26 for its maiden flight. The...
Ethiopian Airlines has signed an agreement with Boeing for ten additional freighters, comprising eight Boeing 777-8F and two 777F aircraft. The order is intended to expand the airline’s cargo capacity, modernize its freighter fleet and support the continued growth...
Global air cargo demand increased by 4.4% year-on-year in AUG26, according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). International demand grew slightly faster, at 5.3%, while available cargo capacity was broadly stable, declining by 0.1%...
The United States and China have announced proposed changes to their tariff regimes following the recent meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The measures could provide more favorable tariff treatment for selected goods traded between the two...
With all the AI platforms that are out there, be it ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, or similar brands, one question that has many companies worried, is how safe these are and what they have access to that perhaps they...
LATAM Cargo launched its direct freighter link between Miami and Belo Horizonte’s Confins airport one year ago – and the bet on Minas Gerais as a logistics hub has already paid off. 829 tons of cargo were carried in...
Two heavyweights of global logistics and battery technology are joining forces. Kuehne+Nagel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) – the world’s top supplier of EV batteries for nine consecutive years running, and...
Rhenus recently reported that its export volumes from Spain to Latin America rose over 30% year-on-year in 2026, spanning both air and ocean freight. Spain is therefore one of its strongest-performing European markets, with this particular trade corridor reflecting...
Those 163 tons of outsize machinery originated in India and were destined to support a power plant project in Kumasi, Ghana – a complex operation that required clever planning against the clock. The job began with Air Charter Service...
Swissport’s signing of the binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Columbian ground services company, Giraldo Hermanos International SAS (GHI), airport ground services and cargo handling provider, marks a further milestone in its strategic expansion: namely its...
