Forum IG Air Cargo - Section BSL/MLH
Wednesday 16 October 2019 For our first Forum of the Section Basel/Mulhouse we have planned to short...
National Air Cargo Day in Lucerne
Thursday 16 April 2020...
Forum Logistikcluster Region Basel
Wednesday 20 November 2019...
Forum IG Air Cargo - Section Geneva
Wednesday 30 October 2019...
Some 100 companies including: Airlines, Forwarders, GSAs, GHAs, Trucking Companies, Airports, Associations, etc. have already joined us.
LOGISTICS 2020 in Lucerne
Verkehrshaus, the Swiss Transportation Museum in Lucerne is preparing a new Exhibition with the focu...
New EZV Air Cargo Statistics Published
IG Air Cargo Switzerland has elaborated the latest Foreign Trade Statistics from the Swiss Federal C...
IG Air Cargo Training - Luftfracht Kompa...
The Luftfracht Kompakt 2019 training is now fully booked. A new session will be offered early in 202...
IG Air Cargo on LinkedIn
Since today the Interest Group Air Cargo Switzerland has a page on LinkedIn® . If you are a member o...
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Air Cargo World - News Feed
- CAL Cargo beginning 747F flights to Los Angeles In the latest expansion to its scheduled freighter network into the United States, Israel-based CAL Cargo Airlines is adding twice-weekly freighter service to Los Angeles Airport (LAX). The scheduled service will begin operating on Oct. 2, arriving in LAX from the carrier’s hub at Liege Airport (LGG) on Wednesdays and Saturdays and departing LAX to […]
- Brussels launches new perishables management app on BRUCloud Brussels Airport’s (BRU) cargo division advanced its digital and perishable capabilities today with the pilot launch of a digital “Perishable Management App” on its open data sharing BRUCloud platform. The new Perishable Management application is intended to simplify work for the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) and forwarders by offering a […]
- European carrier traffic for September reflects deteriorated global trade Carriers based in Europe and the Middle East reported mixed cargo traffic results for September against a backdrop of intensified downward pressure on global trade, as highlighted by IATA and WorldACD reports earlier this month. Air France-KLM, Lufthansa Group and International Airlines Group reported year-over-year declines in cargo traffic. Only Turkish Cargo reported volume growth for the month. For the first nine months […]
Air Cargo News - Feeds
- GECAS revealed as launch customer for B777 freighter conversion programme
GECAS is forecasting that the Boeing 777-300ER freighter conversion programme launched with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) could secure more than...
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- Volga-Dnepr delivers bio medicines in fight against Ebola
Last week (October 8) Volga-Dnepr undertook an emergency cargo flight carrying mobile biomedical laboratories to assist the Mérieux Foundation in...
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- Volga-Dnepr Group moves to allay reports of financial woes
The Volga-Dnepr Group has downplayed Russian press reports regarding the scale of the current financial challenges it faces, stating that...
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The Load Star News Feed
- Users and polluters will pay in drive towards major cut in transport emissions
The transport sector will be forced to significantly cut emissions following the election of future European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
She has made a Green Deal the platform of her presidency.
But while there will be inevitable cost hikes and significant change, there are also opportunities – or commercial imperatives.
Transport accounts for 25% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and it needs to reduce those by 90% by 2050.
“It’s not about...The post Users and polluters will pay in drive towards major cut in transport emissions appeared first on The Loadstar.
- XPO may be eyeing M&A trail return as it brings in GE’s Aris Kekedjian
In the clearest sign for a couple of years that it could be about to return to the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) trail, XPO Logistics today announced the appointment of Aris Kekedjian (pictured above) to its board.
Mr Kekedjian’s experience of M&A during a 30-year career with US industrial behemoth General Electric was cited as a key factor in his appointment by XPO Logistics chief executive Brad Jacobs.
“Aris has three decades...The post XPO may be eyeing M&A trail return as it brings in GE’s Aris Kekedjian appeared first on The Loadstar.
- Up to 165 Panalpina jobs may be lost as DSV relocates Basel operation to Denmark
Employees at the former Panalpina headquarters in Basel that some 165 jobs could be lost as it relocates its corporate functions with DSV’s in Copenhagen, following the merger.
DSV Panalpina chief executive Jens Bjørn Andersen explained: “As we integrate Panalpina into the DSV Panalpina group, we recognise that there are substantial duplications of corporate functions.
“We are also seeing considerable overlaps in the IT department, as IT systems that will no longer...The post Up to 165 Panalpina jobs may be lost as DSV relocates Basel operation to Denmark appeared first on The Loadstar.