China and e-commerce go hand-in-hand, and Challenge Group's base in Liège, at the heart of the golden triangle in Europe, has quickly become a preferred European air cargo gateway. “Challenge Group’s activity out of China is currently based on e-commerce demand which already makes up 30% of our business at Liège airport and saw 10% year-on-year growth in 2022,” says Yossi Shoukroun, CEO of Challenge Group. The commodity requires a very different operational set-up to general air cargo since … [Read more...] about Challenge Group makes ground in e-commerce
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dnata’s Air Dispatch reaches new milestone
Air Dispatch, part of dnata and supplier of centralized load control (CLC) services, has recently celebrated the production of its seven millionth loadsheet. The milestone document was issued from the Prague facility after it ensured the safe and efficient operations of a A330-300 P2F cargo flight operated by Titan Airways on behalf of forwarder GEODIS. Air Dispatch’s CLC unit coordinates with stakeholders at all stages of the operations and provides 24-hour support for weight and balance … [Read more...] about dnata’s Air Dispatch reaches new milestone
va-Q-tec expands in Singapore with new facility
va-Q-tec, a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions for temperature-controlled logistics, is growing and expanding its presence in Singapore. The company moved into a new, larger location in the west of the city on 3 April. The new location triples its existing capacity and va-Q-tec targets more than 50,000 packaging boxes dispatched from the new site in Singapore. va-Q-tec’s high-performance thermal packaging solutions ensure temperature stability for up to 10 days without the … [Read more...] about va-Q-tec expands in Singapore with new facility
deugro delivers critical project cargo by air
What would have been an extremely costly downtime for a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia was prevented as deugro successfully delivered 13 plant components from Italy and Belgium to Saudi Arabia within seven days. Due to the dimensions of the cargo, which were heat exchanger modules, the best way to transport them was with Antonov aircraft, preferably an AN-225, which were in shortage due to the military conflict in Ukraine. So, the biggest challenge was to secure the required aircraft in … [Read more...] about deugro delivers critical project cargo by air
Maersk starts Euro-China air freight service
Maersk Air Cargo is responding to increasing customer demand with a new scheduled service between Billund, Denmark (BLL) and Hangzhou, China (HGH). The company said the inaugural flight, which took off on 20 March, marks the first scheduled air cargo operation between Denmark and Asia. Maersk will operate three scheduled flights each week using the Boeing 767-300 freighter recently purchased, and all Europe-China flights will be operated by Maersk Air Cargo. Maersk opened its air … [Read more...] about Maersk starts Euro-China air freight service
Atlas Air goes private with new owner
Publicly traded cargo carrier Atlas Air has delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange after an investment group led by Apollo Global Management completed the acquisition of the US aircraft lessor and charter airline operator, on 17 March. The acquisition was announced in August 2022, and as a result of the completed privatization, Atlas Air Worldwide’s common stock no longer trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Joining Apollo as new owners are J.F. Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital. … [Read more...] about Atlas Air goes private with new owner