Swissport International and its local venture partner Inter Airport Services, have obtained a long-term licence to launch ground handling business activities at Costa Rica’s airports of Juan Santamaria, in San Jose and Daniel Oduber, in Liberia from 1 November. The two Costa Rican airports handled 3.8 million passengers, some 40,000 flights and over 78,000 tonnes of cargo in 2008. The partners will be offering ramp and passenger services including executive aviation, fueling and … [Read more...] about Swissport ventures into Costa Rica
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Swissport handling Qantas at Heathrow
Swissport International has been appointed by Qantas Freight to provide cargo ground handling services at London Heathrow Airport. Operations started in mid-September. The new business is the third major win by Swissport Cargo Services UK within the last two months, following South African Airways and Finnair, the ground handler said. With the global airfreight business still far from fully recovered, new cargo handling agreements are more vital and valuable than ever and Swissport London … [Read more...] about Swissport handling Qantas at Heathrow
Hactl reports stabilising volumes
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced that its tonnage throughput for the first nine months of the year was 1,624,116 tonnes, representing a cumulative year-on-year drop of 16.3 per cent. September tonnage further stabilised with a total of 212,391 tonnes handled, registering a milder drop of 4.3 per cent year-on-year, said Hactl in a statement. Tonnage performance in the third quarter also showed clear improvement compared with last quarter, with a total of 620,358 tonnes … [Read more...] about Hactl reports stabilising volumes
Blue Dart eyes larger market share
India’s largest domestic courier and integrated air express package distribution company, Blue Dart, is targeting a larger share of the ground express market by focusing on tier-II and tier-III cities, its head of marketing, corporate communications& sustainability, Ketan Kulkarni said recently. “We currently have a 43 per cent share in the domestic organised air express market and our share in domestic organised ground express segment has risen from 5.3 per cent last year to … [Read more...] about Blue Dart eyes larger market share
Nippon Express to cut stake in Japan Post JV
Nippon Express Co said it will reduce its 34 percent equity stake in its parcel delivery service joint venture with Japan Post Service Co to 14 percent and remove it as an equity-method affiliate. The trucking firm said it will sell 20 percent of its shareholding in JP Express Co to Japan Post Service, the mail arm of government-owned Japan Post Holdings Co, Japan Today reported, citing industry sources. The move comes after Japan Post Service said last month it would delay the planned … [Read more...] about Nippon Express to cut stake in Japan Post JV
DHL, Cathay ink cargo security partnership
DHL Global Forwarding and Cathay Pacific Airways have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Security Partnership Programme. Under the MOU, DHL Global Forwarding will further enhance the security of high-value freight for customers, including pharmaceutical, fashion or high-technology that are pre-alerted as requiring special loss prevention measures, the company said. The aim of the security partnership programme between two parties is to share the industry best practices in loss … [Read more...] about DHL, Cathay ink cargo security partnership