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Delhi Airport ships 80 lakh kg of B’desh goods in 2023
Delhi Airport has become a major cargo hub for Bangladesh, shipping over 80 lakh kg of Bangladeshi goods to other countries in the last year. This makes Delhi Airport the leading cargo hub in South Asia. The service began in February 2023 and has helped Bangladesh export clothes to…
Read MoreCEIV Pharma program being strengthened
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the global collaborative platform Pharma.Aero have joined forces to strengthen IATA’s Certification for the Excellence in Pharmaceutical Handling (CEIV Pharma) program, the globally recognised certification for excellence in pharmaceutical-product handling. Over a two-year period, the two organisations conducted a thorough study of the CEIV…
Read MoreAdani Group to invest Rs 60,000 cr. in aviation sector
The Adani Group will invest Rs 60,000 crore over the next ten years to develop its airports into aviation hubs and commercial attractions for city residents. At present, the Group operates seven airports in the country and has one under construction in Navi Mumbai. It will invest Rs 30,000…
Read MoreTonnages up +13% in first two months of 2024
Worldwide air cargo demand was up by +13% in the first two months of this year, compared with the equivalent period last year, with demand continuing to surge from Middle East & South Asia (MESA) origins, and tonnages recovering from the normal Lunar New Year (LNY) seasonal dip, analysis…
Read MoreStrides made in digitalisation, safety and sustainability in air cargo, World Cargo Symposium told
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reviewed progress in digitalisation, safety and sustainability at the opening of the IATA World Cargo Symposium with the aim of accelerating progress on these critical priorities. “Air cargo volumes are now firmly back to pre-pandemic levels. The challenge now is to ensure that air cargo…
Read MoreRed Sea disruption, e-commerce demand boosting air cargo this year
The global air cargo market’s surprisingly positive start to 2024 continued in February with a second consecutive month of double-digit growth in demand and an uptick in general freight spot rates, according to Xeneta’s latest weekly market analysis. Following January’s 11% growth in volumes, February saw a similarly welcome…
Read MoreQatar Airways Cargo retires its last Queen of the Skies
Qatar Airways Cargo’s Boeing 747F, registration A7-BGB, landed for the last time in commercial cargo service for QR Cargo as the airline fast-tracks its focus on greener flying. Arriving from Barcelona, Flight QR8807 touched down in Doha at 15:00 local time on Friday, March 1, 2024. A7-BGB joined the…
Read MorePM inaugurates integrated terminal T3 of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the integrated terminal 3 (T3) of the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA), Lucknow, built at a cost of Rs 2,400 crore. T3 will cater to domestic and international flights. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Karan Adani, Managing Director, Adani Ports…
Read MoreMAA needs urgent infra upgradation to expedite cargo: ACAAI
The Chennai Air Cargo complex, which was once the air cargo gateway of the South, requires infrastructure upgradation and renovation on urgent basis, says Mr Dinesh Krishnan, Chairman, Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI), Southern Region, Chennai, as per a communique. Raising concerns over poor infrastructure investment and…
Read MoreLufthansa Cargo holds its own in a volatile environment
After the airfreight market recorded high freight rates in the years from 2020 until 2022 due to low capacities as a result of the corona pandemic, these normalised last year as expected. Lufthansa Cargo was able to achieve significantly higher average yields than before the start of the pandemic…
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