Nassau Cruise Port Ltd., a partnership formed to manage the port facilities, completed the first of several planned capital raisings to finance the redevelopment of the cruise port on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. The goal of the project is to enhance the passenger experience and increase business opportunities for Bahamians. The first of […]
TAUNTON UK – The 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award has been presented to Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, National Hydrographer to the Government of India, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian hydrography and across the wider Indian Ocean region. The Alexander Dalrymple Award was first awarded by the UKHO in 2006 and is named after the first […]
Astral Aviation has increased its intra-African network with cargo freighters during the pandemic. While there has been a reduction in capacity to, from, and within Africa, which has been caused by a stoppage of passenger flights and limited frequencies on freighter aircraft, Astral Aviation continues to operate cargo freighters from its Nairobi hub to 13 destinations […]
Following the recent launch of a network of cargo flights, Swiss WorldCargo will “continue to fly to different global destinations as part of its cargo network,” says the airline. It serves 11 global destinations and are adding more than 200 weekly flights within Europe as of June 2020. “We will increase our frequencies to Bangkok, […]
Last weekend, Spanish freight forwarder Plaza Forwarding arranged two charter flights arrived from Shenzhen airport. Specially-adapted A340 passenger aircraft were used to bring 40 tonnes of medical material to Madrid airport. Chartering has been fully handled by Plaza Forwarding, in co-operation with Iberia, on an airport to airport basis. At the reception at Madrid airport, […]
Switzerland-headquartered Vertis Aviation, the bespoke charter specialist, has added an Embraer ERJ145 to its Vertis Charter Management Programme (VCMP). The aircraft is available immediately for on-demand cargo charters. The first of its kind in the Vertis portfolio, it supports the Vertis goal of deploying the right aircraft for the right mission in the right location […]
An aircraft carrying around five million face masks and vital protective equipment (PPE) has landed in Germany after taking off from China in mid-May. The charter flight touched down at Frankfurt Airport. “The PPE is being distributed to health and social care facilities by the German healthcare system amid ‘unprecedented demand’ from the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Best known as a leading passenger airport serving Germany’s most populated federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf has become transformed into a vital distribution point, during the COVID 19 pandemic, for medical equipment and other life-saving goods, mostly from China. Gerton Hulsman, managing director of cargo operations, reports that the handling teams are working hard to […]
The UK government’s new post-Brexit tariff regime will result in both winners and losers. The new regime is set to replace the European Union’s Common External Tariff from the end of the Brexit Transition Period on December 31, 2020. The UK’s commitment to the ongoing Brexit process and ending the UK’s transition from EU membership […]
Due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, Cargo Connections has taken the decision to cancel its meeting due to be held in Phuket in November and instead hold its next gathering from 20–22 October 20-22, 2021 in Croatia. The venue is the Hotel Croatia Cavtat, a leading five-star resort and conference centre enjoying spectacular […]
Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have called on governments to ensure any new measures introduced for airports and airlines in the wake of COVID-19 are supported by scientific evidence and are consistent across the world. The aviation sector has been brought to a standstill and a balanced and […]
Pharma.Aero organised a successful inaugural webinar: COVID-19 seen through the glasses of global opinion leaders of the life science and medtec industry and experts of the airfreight industry on May 7. Global pharma players and the airfreight industry got together in a live webinar hosted by Pharma.Aero to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
