The long-awaited Bayelsa State International Cargo Airport is ready, the Managing Director, Bayelsa Airlines, Capt. Henry Ungbuku has said. Ungbuku, who is also the Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on Aviation, stated this on Wednesday during the visit to the airport in Amassoma by an aviation ground handling service provider,
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Ethiopian launches first African freighter service to Miami
Ethiopian-777 freighter. Ethiopian Airlines Wednesday launched the first of two weekly freighter flights between Addis Ababa and Miami creating the first-ever cargo-only route between the African continent and Miami International Airport (MIA). The scheduled flights will operate on a route that includes intermediate stops in Spain, Colombia and Belgium, and all flights
UPS connecting merchants, warehouses
Ware2Go also provides inventory visibility and tracks orders. UPS has rolled out a technology company and platform called Ware2Go that’s designed to connect merchants with available warehousing capacity. Ware2Go also provides inventory visibility and tracks order progress for both the merchant and warehouse. Ware2Go officially launched in July after an incubation process with
Delta Cargo launches self-service e-AWB kiosks
Today Delta Cargo debuted its new self-service kiosks, operational in Atlanta and Boston, for use of electronic air waybills (e-AWBs) for its domestic network. This marks another step in the carrier’s path toward digitalization, following the company’s launch earlier this month to allow access to its full suite of services online, which include
Panalpina warns of potential ground-handling gridlock during peak
While most of the focus in previous peak air cargo seasons was based on finding enough capacity before the busy end-of-year shopping spree, Panalpina said there is another threat lurking this fall at overcrowded cargo-hub airports. After reporting the handling of just under 1 million tonnes of airfreight in 2017, a
Clock Is Ticking for FedEx’s Board as Founder Nears Age Limit
Delivery trucks sit parked at the FedEx Corp. Ground distribution center in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. FedEx is heading into fiscal 2019 running on all cylinders, with revenue growth and margin expansion expected across all three of its segments. FedEx Corp. will lose a board
July cargo traffic reports give hope for second half of 2018
Last month, when many of the world’s major airports and carriers released June performance metrics, the air freight industry seemed poised to begin feeling impacts from the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Now that July results from carriers, handlers, and airports are beginning to come in, the
Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa to begin cargo space agreement Sept. 1
This week, Brussels Airlines and its parent carrier, Lufthansa, said they will begin a cargo sharing agreement announced earlier this year that will allow Lufthansa to sell Brussels’ belly capacities while offering Brussels Airlines access to Lufthansa’s portfolio of international destinations. For Lufthansa, the deal is a shortcut to capitalizing on European-African trade routes,
Kroger begins tests of driverless grocery delivery in Arizona
Kroger's driverless grocery delivery truck in Arizona U.S. supermarket operator Kroger Co said it will start testing driverless grocery delivery on Thursday with technology partner Nuro at a single Fry’s Food Store in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kroger and rival Walmart Inc each have teamed up with autonomous vehicle companies in a bid to lower the
Amazon must clarify ‘misleading’ one-day delivery claim
Some 270 customers reported not getting their items by the next day. Amazon must clarify that some items on its Prime service are not available for one-day delivery, the advertising regulator has ruled. The online retailer is rebuked after wrongly claiming items on its Prime service were all eligible for one-day delivery. The Advertising