Chapman Freeborn focuses on India for OBC growth
Chapman Freeborn is to focus on India as it expands its on board courier (OBC) as the nation sees strong economic growth. India has seen economic growth of 7.6 per cent and manufacturing industries have been strong helped by the governments ‘Make in India’ initiative. This has increased demand for hand-carry services for automotive cargo, […]
Changi sees slight growth in May
Changi Airport has seen a small increase in cargo volumes in May, rising by 0.3 per cent following two strong months. Cargo volumes increased from 157,000 tonnes in May 2015 to 157,500 tonnes this year. The May figures follow two strong months, with March seeing a 5.2 per cent increase while April was up 7.2 […]
Celebi takes on new carrier handling contracts
Ground handler Celebi has won new contracts and has started handling cargo for a range of different carriers. Celebi Hungary processed freight for the first time for Air Canada on 11 June and will handled three bellyhold flights a week for the carrier in the summer season in Budapest. CelebiNas-Mumbai welcomed the inaugural service of Singapore […]
DHL Global Forwarding appoints Lawson in India
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed George Lawson as chief executive officer (CEO) and country manager for India, effective 1 June, 2016. Relocated from Bonn, Germany, he is now based in Mumbai. In his new role as a member of the Asia Pacific Management Board, and reports to Kelvin Leung, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific. Leung says: […]
Geodis moves to new office in Mumbai
Geodis has increased its presence in Mumbai, India after relocating its premises to The Qube in Andheri. The freight management and logistics firm says it is driven by the continuous growth of its India business and the expansion of the Mumbai team. Geodis’ cluster managing director for South Asia, Leif Voelcker says: “The relocation will foster a higher level of […]
Indian carriers could get fines scrapped
The Indian Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) yesterday set aside fines handed out to Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an alleged air cargo cartel. This paves the way for the three carriers to have fines proposed in November by CCI last year as reported in Air Cargo Week, scrapped. On […]
Kerry Logistics raises stake in Indev Logistics
Kerry Logistics has entered into memorandum of understanding to increase its stake in Indev Logistics (INDEV) – an Indian logistics company headquartered in Chennai. Kerry has upped its interest from 30 per cent to 50 per cent, and it says it has an increasingly positive view of India’s economic prospects. The announcement was made at the re-branding […]
SAA hoping for better year
South African Airways (SAA) Cargo says it is hopeful that business will improve in 2016 as it faces a slow global economy, countries in the region suffer from drought and weakness of the South African rand. SAA Cargo general manager, Tleli Makhetha tells Air Cargo Week: “We experienced a decline in volumes in 2015 due […]
Jet Airways expands network with flights to Schiphol
Jet Airways has enhanced connectivity between India, Europe and North America with launch of daily Amsterdam Airport Schiphol bellyhold flights. Effective from 27 March 2016, the Indian carrier will operate two daily non-stop flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one each to its hubs in Mumbai and New Delhi. Jet says there are benefits for cargo […]
Domestic e-commerce offers great opportunities
The domestic e-commerce market in India is booming and offers great opportunities, Jet Airways senior vice president for cargo, Pradeep Kumar tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). Jet, along with the wider industry, has seen flat conditions since 2014 but Kumar expects improvements in the second half of 2016. The weakness of the Indian rupee is […]
India a challenging market for Swiss
India is a challenging market, with a lot of competition, particularly from Middle Eastern carriers, Swiss WorldCargo’s head of cargo Africa, Middle East & India, Shankar Iyer tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). Iyer tells ACW: “India is a highly price conscious market, which demands high service with low costs. One of the main challenges is […]
India pivotal for IAG Cargo
India plays a pivotal role in the IAG Cargo network, with the growing pharmaceutical business offering valuable business opportunities, regional commercial manager Asia Pacific, John Cheetham tells Air Cargo Week. As part of the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme, India hopes to be the third largest pharmaceutical market by 2020, making up 20 per cent […]
Air Cargo India: Saudia Cargo looking to extend Indian coverage
Saudia Cargo is looking to further increase freighter and bellyhold frequencies to India to tap into the growing opportunities in India. Speaking to Air Cargo Week at the Air Cargo India conference and exhibition in Mumbai, vice president for commercial, Rainer Muller says Saudia held meetings at the event and opportunities came to the fore, […]
Air Cargo India: Lufthansa Cargo eyeing Indian network development
Lufthansa Cargo is eyeing up adding a new freighter frequency into Delhi to reap the rewards of the growing market by adding to the once a week service it now operates. Speaking at a media briefing at Air Cargo India in Mumbai yesterday, the German carrier’s board member for product and sales Alexis von Hoensbroech, […]
Air Cargo India: MASkargo targeting Indian network expansion
MASkargo is targeting expanding its network into India this year, according to the carrier’s chief executive officer, Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi. Speaking to Air Cargo Week at the Air Cargo India conference and exhibition in Mumbai today, he says another freighter route into the booming Indian air cargo market, the second fastest growing market in […]
Air Cargo India: improvements needed to unlock potential of India
India needs to improve three areas if it wants to unlock the potential and opportunities that exist in its expanding air cargo market. Speaking at Air Cargo India in the session ‘India, a global air cargo force – potential and pitfalls’, Lufthansa Cargo’s executive board member, Alexis von Hoensbroech who was a panelist, says: “We […]
Air Cargo India: tonnage set to increase significantly
The Indian air cargo industry will see significant tonnage growth over the next decade and a half, according to a government advisor. Speaking at Air Cargo India at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai in a keynote address, government senior advisor for the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Renu Singh Parmar forecasts huge growth and says […]
Air Cargo India: more infrastructure needed to grow air cargo industry
Indian airports need better infrastructure in order to grow air cargo tonnage volumes and meet rising demand, delegates at the Air Cargo India conference and exhibition in Mumbai heard today. The need for facility upgrades was raised during the event’s first round table session ‘Delivering the ‘Make in India vision to the world the air cargo […]
Cargolux and Oman Air extend Indian partnership to Mumbai
After successful cooperation between Cargolux and Oman Air for cargo flights to Chennai as part of an agreement signed last year, the carriers have added an additional destination in India with two weekly flights to Mumbai, beginning on 8 March 2016. Flight CV6102 leaves Luxembourg on Tuesdays at 12.25h and is routed via Bahrain where it arrives […]
Quikjet Airlines launches Indian freighter service
Quikjet Airlines, which is majority owned by the Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group launched its freighter services today. The inaugural flight took-off at 01.20h from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to Bengaluru. Quikjet will operate a 21.2 tonne (11 pallets) capacity Boeing 737-400SF on the route. Quikjet will initially offer four daily flights by operating overnight to link Delhi […]
India set to showcase its expanding air cargo market
India is emerging as one of the fastest growing air cargo markets across the globe and presents abundant opportunities for industry operators investing in one of Asia’s economic powerhouses. The 6th Air Cargo India International Biennial Networking Conference and Exhibition at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai from Tuesday, 23 February to Thursday, 25 February, will […]
Ethiopian Airlines launches bellyhold route to Delhi
Ethiopian Airlines is to start a twice daily bellyhold service to Delhi International Airport in India. The African carrier will operate a Boeing 737-800 on the route, which starts on 26 March this year. Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive officer, Tewolde GebreMariam says: “India being one of the strongest economic muscles zooming into the global economic picture, availing […]
Jet Airways signs agreement with KLM and Delta
Jet Airways has signed a strategic codeshare partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines – which it says will significantly enhance connectivity between India, Europe and North America. And from 27 March, 2016, the carrier will also operate two daily bellyhold services to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one each from its hubs in […]
Yusen Logistics and va-Q-tec open Mumbai pharma station
Yusen Logistics and va-Q-tec have opened a va-Q-tec Network Station in Mumbai, which they says allow customers reliable temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments to and from India. Since October this year, va-Q-tec customers have been able to return containers to the local station, as well as receive preconditioned, ready to load and go va-Q-tainer containers from local […]
Ethiopian Airlines starts freighter operations to Bengaluru
Ethiopian Airlines has started freighter flights to Bengaluru on 2 December – its fourth destination in India and adds to Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. Bengaluru is home to more than 2000 high-tech companies and increasingly seeing a high growth in biotech, healthcare and construction industries. The city also has around 200 biotech companies making it the largest […]
Qatar Airways launches 13th Indian route
Qatar Airways has started non-stop flights to Nagpur (India) from Doha’s Hamad International Airport, taking the carrier’s total weekly bellyhold flights from 95 to 102 across 13 cities in India. The freight arm Qatar Airways Cargo has operations in India, offering services to Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai with 27 freighter frequencies […]
Adapt, change and embrace technology
Technology is the key for the air cargo industry to grow in the view of the International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) chairman Sanjiv Edward (pictured). Speaking to Air Cargo Week at the Air Cargo Americas conference in Miami from 4-6 November, which marked nearly six months since he took on the role, he says: “I […]
Fines for three Indian carriers over fuel surcharges
Indian carriers penalised by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for their roles in an air cargo price-fixing cartel on fuel surcharges (FSC) are set to fight the decisions. On Tuesday 17 November, the CCI fined Jet Airways, IndiGo Airlines and SpiceJet a total of $39 million for engaging in “concerted action in fixing and […]