October 2013

Incheon Airport’s September air cargo slump

CARGO traffic slumped by 3.8 per cent through South Korea’s Incheon Airport in September. Total volume through the Seoul airport…

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Cool-chain handling two-tier warning

INCONSISTENT investment in technology and infrastructure among air cargo firms handling pharmaceutical and healthcare products is resulting in a two-tier…

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IAG Cargo opens Heathrow pharmaceuticals centre

IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, has opened this new pharmaceuticals centre at Heathrow airport. It…

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Who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing?

IT SEEMS crazy to me but, in the hardbitten commercial world of air cargo, there is one subject that practically…

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Saudia Cargo expands global network with European routes

SAUDIA CARGO is to increase its belly and freighter capacity on a number of routes across its global network. In…

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Why cool-chain handling needs to get its act together

THERE’S a desperate need for standardisation in the handling of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products in the air cargo supply chain,…

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Alcohol-free World Cup Brazilian beer leaves bitter taste

SURELY it’s an air cargo conspiracy against true football (soccer, for our US readers) supporters. That otherwise esteemed charter broker…

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AEI redelivers Kahala Aviation B737-400SF 11-pallet p2f

FREIGHTER conversions specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has redelivered the first of two Kahala Aviation B737-400SF 11-pallet passenger-to-freighter (p2f) aircraft….

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Etihad Airways’ record Q3 growth

ETIHAD Airways continued to achieve record growth in the third quarter of 2013, with revenue from passenger services exceeding US$1…

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Fire-risk lurking in containers

A RAPIDLY accelerating blaze – which started in a ULD containing undeclared lithium-ion batteries – turned the inside of a…

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The seafood capacity crunch

WHICH COMES first, capacity or market? Is air cargo capacity put in place to serve an existing need, or by…

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Qantas Freight expands its global reach

BIG CHANGES have been afoot in Qantas Freight. The division has changed its European strategy, bought out its partner in…

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LUG wins Cargolux’s award for spotting mis-labeled dangerous goods

ALL-CARGO carrier Cargolux has rewarded ground services company LUG aircargo handling with a dangerous goods awareness award in “appreciation of…

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IAG Cargo’s Dreamliner service to Texas

IAG Cargo will be offering cargo capacity on a brand new, widebodied aircraft service from London Heathrow to Austin, Texas,…

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Russian air cargo in retreat

THE RANKS of Russian freighter operators swelled in April, as Transaero entered the maindeck market with the start of all-cargo…

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An-225 arrives at Bahrain from Cairo International Airport

THE Antonov An-225, the biggest, heaviest aircraft in the world, arrives at Bahrain (BIA) from Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Affectionately…

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An industry failing to get the message

FRUSTRATION and widespread irritation at the slow uptake of digitisation was palpable at an air cargo conference on ground handling…

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Successful freighters conference hears about disorder and secrecy

AIR CARGO is a business in partial disarray – across all sectors. Widespread disorder is a key factor in the…

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Antonov lifts 80-tonnes turbine

AN 80-TONNE mobile gas turbine power plant is the latest piece of outsize cargo delivered by Volga-Dnepr Airlines to the…

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The bear necessities

READING my esteemed colleague Thelma Etim’s informative round-up of the latest animals-by-air innovations in this issue (see pages 10 and…

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