Pan Am cargo carrier founder begins child porn jail term

ROBERT L Hedrick will begin the New Year serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted of child pornography offences. …

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Pan Am boss guilty of child porn

A US JURY takes less than three hours to convict the 61-year-old founder of the latest Pan America Airways on…

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French connection lasts 20 years

BIG European air carrier Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo and global forwarding, logistics and shipping giant Bolloré are celebrating more than 20…

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IAG assists Paralympian’s Zambia effort

IAG Cargo has freighted a donation of wheelchairs from Paralympic champion Heinz Frei to Mpanshya Hospital in Zambia. The wheelchairs…

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Win an iPad mini with Air Cargo News readers survey

Circle Research is undertaking research on behalf of Air Cargo News to understand how publications are read and perceived by airfreight professionals….

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Strong 2012 for Saudia Cargo

Saudi Airlines Cargo has posted record revenue figures – a result it credits to its freighter operations. While the result…

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The Sanity Clause

STATISTICS prove that the greatest air cargo logistician of all time is undoubtedly Santa Claus. Better than FedEx, Lufthansa Cargo,…

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China crucial for e-freight push

IATA has pledged to launch e-freight in China in an ambitious Shanghai Pudong pilot set to launch in 2013. The…

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What Lufthansa does next

IT IS over a year since a regional German court imposed a surprise total ban on night flights between 11pm…

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ACS big step in CIS

Air Charter Service (ACS) is looking to take advantage of its local know-how in its latest Kazakhstan venture. Chris Leach,…

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‘Euro legacy carriers will drop long-haul’

EUROPEAN legacy airlines will leave the long-haul freighter business in the next five years unable to compete with increasingly stiff…

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Capacity cuts ‘crucial’ to market survival

A NO-NONSENSE approach to weak demand and capacity oversupply is arguably one of the primary reasons why Lufthansa Cargo (LC)…

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e-freight goes live in China

TIANJIN Binhai International Airport has become China’s first airport to implement the international e-freight standard, with China Cargo Airlines the…

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E-freight is e-fright, argues Gottlieb

FIATA’s ex-president says cargo groups have e-freight wrong. THE e-freight programme will not be widely adopted by forwarders until it…

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ACS expands within Russia

AIR Charter Service (ACS) has opened its second Russian office – its 11th worldwide – at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo International…

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Swissport appoints corporate communications VP

SWISSPORT International has appointed a vice-president of corporate communications and marketing.  The ongoing expansion of the leading provider of ground…

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Smoothly does it for airfreight

AUSTRALIAN yogurt lovers will be celebrating the fruits of airfreight labour after Air Menzies International (AMI) delivered 24,700 kilos of…

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747-8F given all clear

A FAULT which forced a Dreamliner to make an unscheduled landing will not add to 747-8F safety checks engineers have…

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Air Cargo News to research airfreight reading habits

WORLD-LEADING logistics newspaper Air Cargo News is to investigate global airfreight reading habits. Independently run market research will identify which…

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Lean muscle at Pemco

PEMCO chiefs say the firm “has been to gym and is now all lean muscle” following the controversial exit from…

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