January 2014

UK air cargo shipper fined £5,000 over wrong packaging

THE UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a warning to companies shipping dangerous goods by air to follow the…

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New group commercial director at ACS

GLOBAL aircraft charter provider Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Justin Lancaster as its new group commercial director. He replaces Justin Bowman, now vice-chairman…

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Is this the world’s best pharma air cargo management facility?

LUXEMBOURG is now the air cargo industry’s standardbearer for the air transportation of pharmaceuticals – after establishing the world’s first…

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Second Cargolux boss quit

TWO key executives at cargo airline Cargolux have walked out, following the handover of control of the business to a…

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India approves A380s

THE Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved the operation of A380 aircraft into India. “This is good news for…

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Qantas Freight’s Lisa Brock leaves air cargo

AFTER just three years as executive manager of Qantas Freight (QF), the cargo arm of the Australian flag-carrier, Lisa Brock…

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Southern Air extends DHL B777F contract

ACMI airline Southern Air has extended its around-the-world B777F partnership with integrator DHL Express. A new long-term flight services agreement…

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AMI appoints Rinaldo Vels

AMI, which claims to be the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has appointed Rinaldo Vels to the newly-created…

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IAG Cargo boosts Cape Town services

IAG CARGO is offering belly-hold capacity on three additional flights on its busy London Heathrow-Cape Town route, bringing the total…

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Economic outlook favours air cargo

STORM clouds which have been blackening global economic skies in recent years are forecast to gradually shift away in 2014,…

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AMI’s new click2ship service in Australia

AMI, which claims to be the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has launched its click2ship service in Australia,…

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Van de Weg quits Cargolux

ROBERT VAN DE WEG, senior vice-president, sales and marketing, at Cargolux, has resigned due to differences with the board of…

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Air cargo figures slowly on the rise

AIR CARGO’S gradual improvement is continuing, as a trend that started in the third quarter of this year, now shows…

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Cincinnati cargo boosted by DHL

CINCINNATI/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s (CVG) cargo tonnage climbed by nine per cent year-over-year mainly because of DHL’s growing presence at…

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Emirates’ second Dublin service

EMIRATES will use its new second daily service from Dublin (Ireland) to transport a variety of key exports including Botox,…

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Qatar Airways Cargo surges ahead

WHEN he was chief executive of Cargolux you might have said that Ulrich Ogiermann had the dream job in air…

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Airforwarders Association membership boost

THE number of freight forwarding companies joining the Airforwarders Association (AfA) has reached unprecedented levels, with the US organisation’s regular…

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Qatar Airways Cargo surges ahead

WHEN he was chief executive of Cargolux you might have said that Ulrich Ogiermann had the dream job in air…

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Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter delivers telecommunications satellite

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES has transported Turkish satellite operator Türksat AS’ 4A telecommunications satellite from Japan to Kazakhstan.   The outsize cargo…

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Small and medium-sized forwarders under threat

FORWARDERS which deal exclusively with air cargo have been a rare species for a number of years now, admits the…

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