The Marshall Islands government has declared a state of emergency because the US Federal Aviation Administration has grounded Asia Pacific Airlines (APA) until its staff are retrained, leaving the Islands with no air cargo service for imports or exports.
China-based express carrier SF Airlines has taken delivery of its 80th freighter, a B767-300.
The USA's Horizon Air Freight and Swift Marine have partnered for the renamed Horizon Group.
Steve Leondis is the new Horizon Group ceo.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Cargo now has a new mail service that integrates mail-handling data with air cargo systems using the the postal air waybill (PAWB) through electronic data interchange (EDI) technology, removing some shipment paperwork and improving “visibility of shipments down to mailbag level, allowing package-level track-and-trace visibility" for e-commerce shippers.
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to perform ground handling at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, for Doha-based Qatar Airways Cargo, the freight division of Qatar Airways.
About 400 FedEx employees will move jobs when the company closes its heavy maintenance hangar (mainly used for the MD-11 fleet) at Los Angeles International Airport, USA next northern summer and relocates to Indianapolis.
FedEx and UPS both say they are planning to retire their 20-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleets.
The Marshall Islands government has declared a state of emergency because the US Federal Aviation Administration has grounded Asia Pacific Airlines (APA) until its staff are retrained, leaving the Islands with no air cargo service for imports or exports.
China-based express carrier SF Airlines has taken delivery of its 80th freighter, a B767-300.
The USA's Horizon Air Freight and Swift Marine have partnered for the renamed Horizon Group.
Steve Leondis is the new Horizon Group ceo.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Cargo now has a new mail service that integrates mail-handling data with air cargo systems using the the postal air waybill (PAWB) through electronic data interchange (EDI) technology, removing some shipment paperwork and improving “visibility of shipments down to mailbag level, allowing package-level track-and-trace visibility" for e-commerce shippers.
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to perform ground handling at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, for Doha-based Qatar Airways Cargo, the freight division of Qatar Airways.
About 400 FedEx employees will move jobs when the company closes its heavy maintenance hangar (mainly used for the MD-11 fleet) at Los Angeles International Airport, USA next northern summer and relocates to Indianapolis.
FedEx and UPS both say they are planning to retire their 20-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleets.
