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CHINA: China Postal Airlines opens Japan service
China Postal Airlines has started itssecond international service – a newfive-times weekly service uses a Boeing737-300 freighter – between Shanghai Pudong International Airport andOsaka airport in Japan. A Xinhua News Agency report saidthe service is intended to speed uppostal...... Read MoreIJS Global enters UK logistics market
IJS Global Inc., the fast-growingmulti-modal freight forwarder, customsbroker and non-vessel operating commoncarrier, has entered the importantUK freight & logistics market byacquiring majority ownership in London-headquartered Lupprians CargoExpress Limited, one of the country’sleading freight forwarding and logisticscompanies. Terms of the...... Read MoreFour Soft Limited
India-based software provider forlogistics and transportation, Four Soft Limited (4S) has entered into anagreement to acquire 100 percent ofDenmark-based Transaxiom HoldingA/S, a global provider of transportationand logistics solutions. The transactionvalue is approximately US$10million.... Read MoreCHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
Singapore Airport Terminal Services(SATS), the subsidiary of SingaporeAirlines, said that it, together with itsChinese partner Capital Airports Holding(CAH), will expand its ground-handlingbusinesses to cover eight otherChinese airports. With the expansion, SATS will havea presence of 13 airports in China...... Read MoreEMA’s 2006 freight up by 4.7%
East Midlands Airport (EMA) hasreported that its total freight includingtransit cargo was 300,291 tonnes in2006, up 4.7 percent year-on-year – thefirst time ever that EMA’s throughputhas exceeded 300,000 tonnes in a year.Bill Blanchard, cargo developmentmanager of East Midlands Airport,Nottingham,...... Read MoreFreight Systems group
The Dubai-based Freight Systems group (FSL) said it has acquiredGerman freight forwarder APC Airand Sea GmbH. The move allows FSLcustomers to track their shipmentsthrough FRESCON, the onlinepurchase order management system.The German company has beenrenamed to Freight Systems GermanyGmbH.... Read MoreHONG KONG: AAT’s Terminal 2 opens for business
Asia Airfreight Terminal’s (AAT)state-of-the-art Terminal 2 facility, builtat a cost of HK$1.75 billion, received itsoccupational permit and was declaredpractically completed at the end ofDecember. AAT general manager – planning &services, Nelson Lee said the new truckpark at the four-level...... Read More
Nagpur airport all set to take off as cargo hub
Airport and navigation charges todevelop Nagpur airport into a cargoand passenger hub, the Financial Expressreported. The exemption applies forairlines undertaking cargo operationsto and from the Nagpur airport andextends to both domestic and internationalsectors. According to civil aviation ministerPraful Patel,...... Read MorePemco World Air Services
Pemco World Air Services has signeda contract with Iceland-based cargooperator, Bluebird Cargo to converttwo B737-400s to freighters in 2007.The conversion will be carried out at STAECO in Jinan, China. The Chinesespecialist previously converted two 737-300s to freighters for Bluebird.... Read MoreEmpost expands courier services
Empost has expanded its globalreach with the opening of a new serviceto North and South America. Withoperations in Asia, Africa, Europe andnow the Americas, Empost is positioningitself as a leading inter-continentalservice provider in the industry, thepostal organisation said in...... Read More
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