Ground services provider Swissport International has been appointed by Australia’s Qantas Freight to provide cargo ground handling services at London Heathrow Airport, UK.
August air cargo totals at European airports fell 11.7 per cent year-on-year and passenger traffic dropped 4.5 per cent, airports body ACI Europe reports.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has appointed Globe Air Cargo its general sales agent in France as the airline boosts cargo capacity between Paris and Japan by more than 30 per cent.
Commercial airlines would have to invest in new energy-efficient planes that emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions under a US Senate climate change bill.
Smiths Detection has launched its automatic checked baggage and air cargo X-ray inspection system HI-SCAN 7555aTiX. HI-SCAN 7555 aTiX detects explosives in packages, air cargo and checked baggage and also alerts security officers to the presence of liquids in a bag.
United Parcel Service's (UPS) US customers shipping small packages now can pay a US$0.05-US$0.20 fee to offset the carbon dioxide emissions created when they ship their packages. UPS plans to extend the program to other UPS regions in 2010.
Global logistics major DHL is investing US$15 million and launching Life Science Competence Centres at three strategic locations across Asia – Mumbai, Hyderabad and Singapore.
Ground services provider Swissport International has been appointed by Australia’s Qantas Freight to provide cargo ground handling services at London Heathrow Airport, UK.
August air cargo totals at European airports fell 11.7 per cent year-on-year and passenger traffic dropped 4.5 per cent, airports body ACI Europe reports.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has appointed Globe Air Cargo its general sales agent in France as the airline boosts cargo capacity between Paris and Japan by more than 30 per cent.
Commercial airlines would have to invest in new energy-efficient planes that emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions under a US Senate climate change bill.
Smiths Detection has launched its automatic checked baggage and air cargo X-ray inspection system HI-SCAN 7555aTiX. HI-SCAN 7555 aTiX detects explosives in packages, air cargo and checked baggage and also alerts security officers to the presence of liquids in a bag.
United Parcel Service's (UPS) US customers shipping small packages now can pay a US$0.05-US$0.20 fee to offset the carbon dioxide emissions created when they ship their packages. UPS plans to extend the program to other UPS regions in 2010.
Global logistics major DHL is investing US$15 million and launching Life Science Competence Centres at three strategic locations across Asia – Mumbai, Hyderabad and Singapore.