Transport

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has reported strong growth in operating profit of SEK6.8bn in the first half of 2017, compared to SEK5.6bn for the same period last year, after taking market share across Europe and experiencing a robust sales increase in China.

FedEx Freight, the industry leader in less-than-truckload transportation, and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX), announced that city and road drivers in Croydon, Pa., voted to decertify the Teamsters union as their bargaining representative.

Volgabus presented two new products at once - a 12-meter low-floor electric bus CityRithm-12E and a 10-meter gas-powered city bus of the middle class.

The offer from Munich will be extended to include Nantes, Glasgow and Santiago de Compostela as further attractive city connections. 

The received entitlement will enable the airport to greatly expand route networks thanks to long-haul flights, also to popular resorts of Thailand and Vietnam.

Emirates has announced it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Khartoum from five to seven a week starting 8 August 2017.

 

In the first half year of 2017, the Kuehne + Nagel Group gained market shares in all business units and accelerated its growth momentum during the second quarter

XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) today announced the following preliminary expected financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017

DHL eCommerce has launched its nationwide domestic delivery operations in Vietnam.

Bombardier announced today that its Global 7000 aircraft flight test program is progressing as planned and has surpassed the 500-hour milestone.

Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces the launch of futures derivative contracts trading on Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market.