NewsWeek dnata posts big increase in DWC freight


CEVA LOGISTICS has opened a new freight management office in Bucharest, close to Romania’s largest airport and sea ports, strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe.


PHILIPPINE-HEADQUARTERED carrier Cebu Pacific has launched a three times a week A319 operation connecting its Manila hub at Ninoy Aquino International airport with Siem Reap, Cambodia.


MULTIMODAL FORWARDER Kuehne + Nagel is cele- brating the 20th


anniversary of the founding of its Poland branch in Poznan.


SOUTHWEST AIRLINES reported a net income of US$98 million in the first quarter of this year, compared to just $5 mil- lion in the same three months of 2011. However, the carrier still suffered a net loss, excluding special items, of $18 million.


SYDNEY AND DELHI International airports have entered into a strategic partnership that will aim to grow traffic between Australia and India through the development of direct air services linking the two countries. Sydney airport also signed an agreement with Beijing airport last year.


INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Group (IAG) has completed its purchase of bmi from German flag-carrier Lufthansa. bmi mainline is to be integrated into British Airways. IAG will also acquire bmibaby and bmiregional at a later date, although a statement confirmed that these businesses do not form part of the group’s long-term plans.


Tough challenges for Schiphol


THE DUTCH capital’s air gateway, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, processed 358,220 tonnes of freight during the first quarter of this year, down by 3 percent on the same three months of 2011. Asian traffic suffered partic-


ularly, down by 15 percent on 2011 at 129,974 tonnes. North American volumes were also down, by 3 percent year-on-year. But throughput figures on


the European, Middle Eastern and Latin American sectors were all up on the first quarter of 2011. European traffic rose by 5.3 percent to 29,223 tonnes, Middle Eastern freight was up by 5.1 percent to 43,973 tonnes and Latin American tonnages rose by 6 percent year-on-year to reach 44,139 tonnes. Enno Osinga, Schiphol


Cargo senior vice president, observes: “Weakness in Asian traffic, which is our largest market, continues to impact


Osinga – remains positive


overall the tonnage through Schiphol. “However, we have made


good gains on other routes, and this growth has largely off- set the 15 percent decline in Asian business – resulting in a more respectable 3 percent dip in total tonnage. “Our aim for 2012 is to


spread our business base more evenly, so that falls in individ- ual markets have less impact.”


CargoWise wins Canadian business


CANADIANlogistics compa- nies C S World Cargo 2000 and CAN ASL have imple- mented ediEnterprise, as Australia-headquartered logis- tics software provider Cargo- Wise keeps on expanding in North America. Gene Gander, CargoWise vice president business devel-


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opment Americas, remarked: “CargoWise has had a strong presence in the Canadian mar- ket for years through our multinational customers but we now have a dedicated presence and are experiencing exceptional growth on the merits of our Canadian-spe- cific functionality.”


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FREIGHTGATE-8, the ter- minal operated by the dnata cargo handling operation at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International air- port (DWC), has reported a healthy increase in air cargo for the 2011-12 financial year. The air cargo terminal,


which opened in June 2010, handles local and sea-air export and import cargo as well as transit cargo at DWC. In 2011-12 dnata handled


a total of 127,665 tons of air cargo at the facility, represent- ing an increase of 700 percent over the previous period. The total number of cargo


flights handled by the dnata team on the ramp and in the


cargo terminal during the financial year was 2,832, a growth of 600 percent over the previous period. In addition to large vol-


umes of ‘standard’ air cargo shipments, dnata is increas- ingly handling unique exports that require careful planning and specialised handling equipment. One of the most recent


highlights included a purpose- built gas turbine being flown to Nigeria. Weighing 95 tons, it was the heaviest single-piece of cargo ever handled by any of the dnata FreightGate cargo terminals and ramp teams. In response to the growing volumes, dnata has steadily


been increasing and improv- ing its fleet of equipment to service the DWC operation. “It has been a year of


records being set and then just as quickly being exceeded,” said Stuart Hayman, vice pres-


ident of cargo operations for dnata. “We measure our vol- umes for each shift (which covers a 12-hour period) and we often handle volumes in excess of 1,000 tons in these 12-hour shifts.”


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