For the fifth year in succession, the U-Freight Group has been recognised as a Cebu Pacific Top Shipper for 2024, during which the forwarder handled over 2,300 tonnes of cargo with the airline.
The award was formally presented at Cebu Pacific’s annual Eagle Wings Cargo Awards Ceremony held in Manila with Joey Cheung, general manager (pictured) receiving the award.
Saudia Cargo has signed a cooperation agreement with China Cargo Airlines to boost connectivity between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It introduces additional routes across key trade lanes, including a significant increase in cargo flight frequencies between Riyadh and Shanghai, as well as more connections to European destinations. These include the first-ever direct cargo route between Riyadh and Budapest. The partnership will also deliver cold chain services and road connections.
Jettainer has appointed Lucas Nisi Alcântara to lead its new Product Management division. His main task is the development of innovative products that harness the power of digitalization, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence. Before joining Jettainer, he worked for over ten years at the LSG Group, among others as senior manager product development Latin America and most recently as director of new business development.
Saudia Cargo has also signed a joint venture agreement with its long-standing partner in China, TAM Group. The collaboration establishes ‘Saudia Cargo Global’, based in Hong Kong, that will serve as Saudia Cargo’s command centre for Greater China, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and beyond. Saudia Cargo will introduce enhanced services including freighter operations via Hong Kong, e-commerce logistics solutions and specialised pharmaceutical transport.
All-cargo carrier Air One has moved eight 12-metre furnace coil boxes from Liège to Abu Dhabi on behalf of heavylift forwarder. Deugro
The cargo was loaded through the nose door of a 747-400 freighter from the fleet of Air One’s affiliated UK cargo airline, One Air and weight a total of 57 tonnes.
Air One markets a fleet of 11 Boeing 747-400Fs for three airline partners, including two nose-loading versions of the Jumbo. In the last five years, it has organised over 3,750 full charters carrying more than 345,000 tonnes of cargo to more than 100 destinations globally.
The arrival of a second nose-loading 747-400 into its managed fleet at the end of 2024 has increased its ability to transport out-of-gauge shipments as well as supporting flying programmes for projects which require a combination of general and outsize freighter capacity.
Awery Aviation Software founder and chief executive Vitaly Smilianets was awarded the first Inspirational Leader Award at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Hong Kong on 25 June.
It recognises individuals who have demonstrated clear leadership and empowered young people in the industry. The winner was selected by a panel of seven industry professionals under the age of 35.
Smilianets’ was commended by the jury for his leadership at Awery and its CargoBooking platform, as well as his continued advocacy for greater digital adoption and data transparency in air cargo.
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, has officially opened its new air freight hub at Frankfurt Airport’s CargoCity Süd. The 24,500 m² air freight terminal, featuring 54 cross-docks, can process up to 300,000 tons of air freight a year.
It allows existing facilities at Frankfurt Airport to be consolidated at one location, making for more efficient handling, fewer truck movements, and shorter distances for its 100 employees to cover.
Its 3,000sq m of office and social space s also accommodates the European headquarters of the in-house air freight operator StarBroker, which is responsible for booking and coordinating air freight capacities for DHL Global Forwarding and managing controlled flight operations.
The property is built to the latest ecological standards and features a solar roof with a peak output of 2 megawatts.
Swissport is to launch cargo handling services in Milan Malpensa, Italy.
Its operations are located in a 4,000sq m second-line warehouse in the WTC Malpensa complex and meet the highest industry standards for customs certification, safety, and security.
wissport will initially focus on import handling, pre-customs clearance, and distribution to express delivery service providers. In a second phase, the company aims to develop export operations and expand its offering to general cargo and air freight customers at Milan Malpensa and throughout Italy.
DHL Group has appointed current DHL Supply Chain North America Chief financial officer and chief strategy officer Mark Kunar as North America chief executive. It follows the stepping down of Patrick Kelleher.
Kunar joined DHL Supply Chain in 1996 as a financial analyst and stepped into his current role in 2024 where he has been responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s North America strategy to facilitate growth of products and sectors in the region. He has also played a pivotal role in the company’s recent acquisitions in the region including, in January 2025, Inmar Supply Chain Solutions, CRYOPDP, a leading specialty pharma courier, and IDS Fulfillment, an e-commerce provider.
In his new role, Kunar will be responsible for managing the business across the US and Canada, leading a workforce of 52,000 associates.
Air Charter Service has made two promotions as part of a restructure of its Time Critical division. Robert Alleman moves to the position of group chief executive officer of ACS Time Critical and in his new will be responsible for the global development of on-board courier and next flight out services.
Andreas Spies becomes the new group chief operating officer. He has been part of the broker’s onboard courier team in Frankfurt for more than seven years and was recently appointed as head of Time Critical Services for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. He now has the responsibility of operational delivery for these products across the group.
