October 2015

Brussels for Belfast

Service enhancements announced by Brussels Airlines from summer 2016 include new year-round services to Belfast City, the first link from Belgium to Northern Ireland. Flights will operate on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The carrier also plans four extra weekly flights to Edinburgh, increased services to Manchester and larger aircraft to London. [+]

You’d be barking mad to fly any other way

Tiffany the Dutch Smoushond recently became the first live animal to be moved by American Airlines between the Netherlands and the US. She travelled VIP class courtesy of specialist forwarder, Animals to Fly while AA Cargo’s GSA in The Netherlands, FlyUs, assigned animal loving team members Patrick Smidt and Benny ... [+]

Agility keeps things flowing

US pump-maker Flowserve named logistics provider Agility as Partner of the Year for its role in keeping shipments moving during the recent US ports stoppage. The Middle East headquartered forwarder rerouted Flowserve shipments away from the bottleneck so that there was minimal impact on the company’s bottom line. [+]

Freightliner at fifty

Intermodal rail firm Freightliner celebrates its 50th birthday on 12 November. Customers, industry representatives and colleagues will mark the anniversary of the first train – from London to Glasgow - at an event at the National Rail Museum in York, including a keynote speech by Secretary of State for Transport, ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr makes it a dozen

Heavylift airline Volga-Dnepr Group has signed an agreement with JSC Sberbank Leasing to acquire two more An-124-100 Ruslan freighters. It brings the carrier's An 124 fleet to 12. [+]

New freight boss for DB Schenker rail

Dr Jürgen Wilder is to take over as the new chief executive of DB Schenker Rail AG from 1 December. He was formerly at Siemens, where he was chief executive for high-speed trains and locomotives. [+]

Geodis appoints project forwarders

Geodis Freight Forwarding has made two appointments to its Industrial Projects arm. Michael Doerpinghaus has joined as director industrial projects – South East Asia Pacific. He succeeds Igor Muñiz, who is returning to his native Spain as director industrial projects - Europe. [+]

Maersk trims transatlantic services

Maersk Line is making a seasonal reduction in its our transatlantic network to three services from the end of October. There will be three services – ATL1, ATL2 (calling at Baltimore, Norfolk, New York and Felixstowe plus NW Europe) and ATL3 (Veracruz, Altamira, New Orleans, Mobile, Freeport, a new call ... [+]

Three quarters of Delta cargo moves on e-AWBs

Delta Cargo said on 15 October that 77% of all its freight shipped now used e-air waybills (e-AWB), well well ahead of IATA's industry goal of 45 percent. The carrier adopted the single process e-AWB last year, transmitting electronic data for all shipments and eliminating the need for customers to keep ... [+]

Pegasus adds Eilat

Pegasus Airlines has added Israel’s Eilat Ovda Airport to its network. From 1 December there will be three flights a week from London Gatwick and Stansted via Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport.   [+]

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