(From left) Hactl CEO, Wilson Kwong, ATL CE, Dr. Angus Cheung, with govt and CAAC officials. Image: HACTL World premiere at HKG: Intelligent thermal detection 1000 guests came together in the Hong Kong Asia World-Expo on 14DEC23 to witness the signing of a collaboration agreement between Dr. Angus Cheung, CEO of Aerovision Technology Limited (ATL), and Wilson Kwong, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl). Michael Wong Wai-lun, Deputy Financial Secretary of HKSAR Government and Cui Xiaofeng, Deputy Administrator of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) were ..read more

The cargo community of Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) has set up a local branch of Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN). Apparently, hopes are high that a new permit will enable the full 2,750 m use of its runway by January 2025, which would make the airport more attractive to cargo operators.  Arjan Hage heads the local branch of Air Cargo Netherlands in Maastricht – photo: private “The companies wanted to unite by setting up an organization. After all, we have the network. When we learned that Air Cargo Netherlands also wanted to do something in Maastricht, we went to talk to them. This led ..read more

Air freight continued growing at Hungary’s Budapest Airport (BUD) in 2023. Consequently, BUD is one of the very few airports in Europe whose cargo throughput increased in 2023 (+3%).  Unless ice, snow or fog paralyzes Ferenc Liszt International in the last days before the end of the year, the volumes handled will exceed 200,000 tons: a new record in the more than 70-year history of BUD. The main reason for this is because the cargo business is right there at the top of the management's agenda. Not only cargo CEO Jozsef Kossuth, but BUD’s entire Cargo Team is pleased with the throughput ..read more

… state Unisys managers, Sabari Ramnath and Amith KK [KK is his full family name - HS], in this EXCLUSIVE. Their point: Emerging technology is helping air cargo innovation take flight. Both experts were recently recognized for integrating AI and digital cargo booking systems to streamline communication efficiency between airlines and freight forwarders. The Unisys team from Bengaluru, Karnataka State, won the IATA ONE Record 2023 Hackathon Developer Prize, after competing in the around-the-clock event sponsored by Qatar Airways Cargo and held 24-26NOV23 in Doha, Qatar.  The stunning for ..read more

In his welcome address at the Christmas party of ground service provider Cargo Handling International (CHI) last Thursday (14DEC23) near Frankfurt CEO Kai Domscheit pointed out that standstill is regression. This is no option because “we want to move forward and progress,” the executive exclaimed. Although remaining somewhat unspecific, he indicated that going beyond traditional cargo handling and becoming a tech company offering a broad spectrum of logistics services is the aim of the transformation. Following the party, we spoke with Kai about the management’s masterplan: CEO Kai Domschei ..read more

We’re exactly two weeks away from the end of the year, and just days away from discovering whether we made it onto Santa’s Nice list or ended up on the Naughty one. Either way, CargoForwarder Global’s newsletter distribution list makes no such distinction – you’re all Nice in our eyes, and we thank you for your regular feedback, for sharing your news and our articles, and for sponsoring us. May the future gift you health, happiness and success. Image: AI generator/CFG Looking back over 2023, it has been a very mixed bag of experiences and a case of same-same, but different. Same-same being ..read more

...claims the Miami-based cargo carrier. It has just inked an agreement with Manestream to transport show jumping, race and other competition horses between Brussels and Miami. The number of horses transported varies from week to week, depending on the show or racing event in Florida. However, there are usually four. Yet sometimes even more equines are flown across the Atlantic each month. It is an alliance between an established airline hat has been in the market for 50 years and a ewcomer that was only founded in 2022. However, fresh approaches, even in the air transportation of high-per ..read more

Will the Luxcargo Handling operation start on time? Image: Cargolux Luxcargo to handle Luxair on ramp and in cargo warehouse Cargolux announced last week that its subsidiary, Luxcargo Handling S.A. (LCH), had won the tender to carry out Luxair’s ramp and warehouse handling activities at Luxembourg Airport. It was awarded a license to also allow it to handle third party airlines. Richard Forson, Cargolux President & CEO, explained: “The takeover of Luxair’s ramp and warehouse handling services by LCH, is a great opportunity for Cargolux to strengthen its position in the air cargo industr ..read more

Due to formal restrictions, LATAM Cargo was not able to offer the market its FRESH and FRESH Active product on westbound flights taking from Europe to Latin America. However, the hurdles have been set aside now so the embargo is history, illustrates Jorge Carretero (JC), Sales Director Central Europe, LATAM Cargo. Hence, both products can now be booked on transatlantic flights operated by the Santiago, Chile-based cargo carrier.  Jorge Carretero, Sales Director Central Europe, LATAM Cargo, welcomes the rebranding of FRESH and FRESH ACTIVE. It increases transparency, he states – picture ..read more

The world’s largest ACMI provider, the Avia Solutions Group, has translocated some of its cargo flights from Hahn Airport to nearby Cologne-Bonn Airport. This means that the virtual carrier now uses two airports in Central Europe that are both licensed to operate 24/7. The contractor is Danish shipping giant, Maersk, and its freight arm, Maersk Air Cargo. The Cologne flights fly to Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP), South Carolina, to supply parts and component to the U.S. production plant of car maker BMW.  dnata handles all shipments flown on behalf of Maersk Air Cargo from Cologne to Gre ..read more