Share this article August 17, 2017 : SpiceJet recently launched services on the Hyderabad-Puducherry sector providing convenient connections from different parts of the country to the Union Territory. The Hyderabad-Puducherry flight becomes the third daily flight to be launched by SpiceJet under the…

Share this article 17 August 2017: Major IT solutions provider to the global aviation industry, IBS Software has set up a Test Factory for Lufthansa Cargo to ensure that all its application software are fit for purpose and meet the highest quality standards that Lufthansa Cargo sets for itself.…

Share this article August 16, 2017: IAG Cargo has announced the introduction of a new direct service to Nashville, Tennessee. From May 2018, the B787-8 will operate five times a week from London Heathrow, bringing the total number of IAG Cargo-operated US gateways to 24. The aircraft will offer a…

Share this article August 16, 2017: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has announced the conclusion of the runway upgradation work which was taken up in February this year to support the growing air traffic at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport). The runway…

Share this article August 16, 2017: Hactl has introduced a revolutionary Virtual Reality (VR) training environment that will enable new staff to gain valuable experience before working in the challenging ramp environment. Unlike existing training systems, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals ( Hactl ’s)…

Share this article August 16, 2016: The exports figure for the month of July, 2017, once again showed positive growth, said FIEO President Ganesh Kumar Gupta. Engineering goods, petroleum, organic & inorganic chemicals, marine exports, plantations were some of the sectors, which contributed to the…

Share this article August 14, 2017: Kerry Logistics Network Limited has secured a long-term contract with Maxim’s Caterers Ltd. (‘Maxim’s’), Hong Kong’s leading food and beverage company. Kerry Logistics will provide integrated logistics services to Maxim’s Group including cold chain solutions,…

Share this article August 14, 2017: Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered growth in passenger throughput and flight movements in July, setting new monthly records in these two air traffic categories. Monthly passenger volume increased by 3.3 percent from the same month last year to 6.5…

Share this article August 14, 2017: GMR Infrastructure Ltd (GIL) recently reported a 44 percent reduction in loss for the first quarter ended June at Rs 107 crore. The company had incurred a total comprehensive loss of Rs 190 crore in the like quarter of the preceding fiscal. "Total comprehensive…

Share this article August 14, 2017: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari has reiterated that inland waterways would be a game changer in the country as it will reduce logistic cost to a large extent. He also informed that the work on 10 inland waterways would…

Share this article August 11, 2017: Gateway Distriparks Limited (GDL) has reported a stable Rs 80.9 crore as its standalone revenue for the Q-1 FY 18 as against Rs80.3 crore in Q1FY2017. The company witnessed an increase in PAT at Rs 12.0 crore as compared to 9.7 crore of Q1 FY17. Further, GDL CFS…

Share this article August 10, 2017: SpiceJet reported a net profit of Rs 175 crore for the three months ended June 30, 2017 as against Rs 149 crore in the same quarter last year. This marks the tenth successive profitable quarter for the airline as the profits grew by 18 percent during this period.…

Share this article August 10, 2017: In a bid to create new opportunities in cross border e-commerce for India’s e-tailers, DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group), has opened a new distribution center in Delhi. This investment is part of the recent announcement that DPDHL…

Share this article August 10, 2017: After receipt of all requisite Government and regulatory approvals, Jet Airways has appointed Vinay Dube as its CEO. Dube's appointment was approved by the Jet Airways Board of Directors on May 30, 2017. An accomplished industry leader and an aviation professional…

Share this article August 09, 2017: After two months of blockade United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have granted Qatar Airways permission to fly in new routes after International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) carried out closed door negotiation talks with various Middle Eastern states.…

Share this article 9 August, 2017: Amazon is gearing up ahead of the festive season in India. As per the filings with the Registrar of Companies, Amazon Transportation Services Pvt. Ltd, the logistics arm of e-commerce firm Amazon India, is set to receive Rs 400 crore ($62.75 million). The identity…

Share this article 9 August, 2017: LOGOS Group and Assetz Property Group, headquartered in Sydney and Singapore, have joined hands to set up a logistics and warehousing platform in India. An investment of around $400 million in equity capital would be initiated under the partnership to build and…

Share this article August 08, 2017: The Union Minister of Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the government is committed to create the right environment for promoting cruise tourism in the country. Speaking at Dawn of Cruise Tourism in India, said that India has a…

Share this article 8 August, 2017: Frankfurt-based air freight carrier Lufthansa Cargo has increased its freighter services to Mumbai. Since July, the airline operates four instead of three freighter flights to the Indian megacity. “This change sees us strengthening our position in the regional…

Share this article 8 August, 2017: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is undertaking restoration and expansion work at the Shimla airport. A budgetary provision of Rs.124.22 crores has been made for restoration, extension of apron to accommodate VIP aircraft along with schedule aircraft operation…

Share this article 08 August 2017: FarEye has announced its partnership with Blue Dart to further enhance its customer experience and reduce its carbon footprint. “ Blue Dart has been at the forefront of best-in-class technological innovations and continuously invests in technology to further…

Share this article August 08, 2017: The country's 12 major ports marked growth in cargo traffic by 4.13 percent to 221.95 million tonnes (MT) in April-July period of the ongoing fiscal. This comes in wake of surge in demand, according to the data from Indian Ports Association (IPA). These top ports,…

Share this article August 8, 2017: Young parliamentarians from various parts of Africa recently visited Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to learn about its operations, as part of a familiarization programme. The visit was a part of India’s commitment under the Third India –Africa Forum held in…

Share this article August 07, 2017: Bengaluru has come up with a first of its kind idea in India to beat the traffic in the city. Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport is likely to become the first airport in the country to have a helicopter-taxi (heli-taxi) service for those who want to give…

Share this article August 05, 2017: A special storage facility for handling raw cotton at Dakshin Bharat Gateway Container Terminal has recently been inaugurated at the VO Chidambaranar Port . S Anantha Chandra Bose, chairman, VO Chidambaranar Port Trust, inaugurated the facility in the presence of…

Share this article August 04, 2017: DHL Global Forwarding , the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, recently inaugurated an integrated warehousing site in Bengaluru, its first in India, to provide both Customs Bonded and Domestic warehousing (CBD) solutions. With an…

Share this article August 04, 2017: The Government has approved a plan for constructing one thousand kilometers of expressways under NHDP Phase-VI. These include sections of high density corridors of Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km), Delhi-Meerut (66 km), Bangalore-Chennai (334 km), Delhi –Jaipur (261Km ),…

Share this article August 04, 2017: Global logistics and freight management solution provider CEVA Holdings LLC has reported strong numbers both for the Q2 and H1 in 2017. Second Quarter revenues were $1,721 million up 6.4 percent in constant currency and up 3.3 percent in actual currency. This is a…

Share this article August 04, 2017: Ministry of Railways has entrusted the work of redevelopment of Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station to IRCON along with Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) by leveraging the commercial potential of the railway land around the station including RLDA’s office as…

Share this article August 03, 2017: Transport Corporation of India has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended on 30th June 2017, wherein the company registered 16 percent growth in standalone revenue and 17 percent in net margins. Commenting on the results, managing director…

Share this article August 03, 2017: German based Lufthansa Group has reported the strongest H1 results in 2017. They reported a 56.6 percent hike in the revenue by the group that amounted to EUR 672 million. Also, there were over all betterment seen in the H1 numbers of different verticals of the…

Share this article August 03, 2017: TCIExpress has announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30 th 2017, which shows revenue growth with 15.71 percent against the same quarter of last year. EBIDTA for quarter under review stands at Rs 18.92 crores registering a strong growth of…

Renjini Liza Varghese Globally, the aviation industry as a whole is on a high note. Riding on the green shoots seen in aviation segment is reflected in the orders going up considerably. While the world is recovering, India has moved to a bullish pace, and that has echoed in the orders from India as…

Share this article August 02, 2017: The global freight volume has registered a growth of 10.4 percent increase in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year, says the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ). This was the strongest first half-year performance since air…

Share this article August 02, 2017: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is developing Guwahati Airport as an inter-regional hub, while Agartala, Dibrugarh and Imphal airports are being developed as intra-regional hubs in the North eastern region. AAI has constructed three hangars at Guwahati…

Share this article August 02, 2017: Under the proposed Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is targeting to construct a total of 24,800 km of national highways (NH). The Public Investment Board has already cleared the proposal for Bharatmala Pariyojana, and…

Share this article August 02, 2017: Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis laid the foundation stone for the cold storage at Lasalgaon near Nashik in Maharashtra. Indian Railways ’ PSU CONCOR (Container Corporation of India Ltd.) is developing a cold store at…

Share this article August 01, 2017: Dominic Kennedy is being promoted to Managing Director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo . Kennedy will be replacing the current MD John Lloyd on 14 August, who will step down after 30 years with the airline. This move follows changes in the airline’s senior management…

Share this article August 01, 2017: One of the nine key areas of reform under the amendments in the Multi-Modal Transportation of Goods Act, which is directed towards improving the ease of doing business, was the Direct Port Delivery (DPD) scheme. Under this, importers can directly pick-up their…

Share this article August 01, 2017: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organising a workshop to understand GST law and its impact on the Defence and Aerospace industry. A press release from FICCI mentions that the Defence & Aerospace industry has enjoyed limited…