January 2014

Panalpina goes paperless

PANALPINA is claiming to be the first air cargo company in the world to achieve completely paperless flights for general…

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Positive cargo Q3 hike puts a skip in Schiphol

THE GROWTH in air cargo throughput at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol continued throughout the third quarter of 2013, which improved on last…

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IAG Cargo’s new deal with forwarder network WACO

IAG CARGO has entered into a global strategic partnership with forwarder network WACO. It means that WACO members are recognised…

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‘Secure’ airfreight shipments win Customs advantages

AUTHORISED secure air cargo shipments are four to six times less likely to undergo a delaying Customs examination, a major…

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Cathay orders 21 B777-9Xs worth over US$7bn

CATHAY PACIFIC has become Asia’s first B777X customer, ordering 21 B777-9Xs worth more than US$7bn at current list prices. The…

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Emirates Airline orders 50 more A380s

EMIRATES Airline has signed a contract for 50 additional A380s.  The move brings the UAE carrier’s total order for the aircraft,…

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Qatar Airways Cargo’s four new freighter routes

QATAR Airways Cargo is spreading its freighter wings to four new scheduled destinations. Beirut (Lebanon), Madrid (Spain), Paris (France) and…

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Denis Ilin becomes AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ new executive president

DENIS ILIN has been appointed executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest international scheduled cargo airline. Ilin has worked…

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Jan De Rijk Logistics signs air cargo trucking deal with Cargo Air Lines

AIR CARGO road-feeder supplier Jan De Rijk Logistics has signed a two-year airfreight trucking agreement with Israel’s CAL Cargo Air…

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How to survive the air cargo Christmas party

HERE’S a warning about the seasonal dangers, which can leave air cargo managers with a nasty financial hangover –long after…

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Can Tiaca make Seoul music?

THE 27th Air Cargo Forum and Exhibition is planned for October (7-9) this year, hosted by Seoul’s Incheon Airport. Good…

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Lufthansa Cargo offers customers global real-time tracking

CUSTOMERS of Lufthansa Cargo can now pay for global real-time tracking of their shipments. With the use of GSM transponders,…

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Cargo Champion – Essa Al-Saleh

IN THE corridors of power, humility is often in short supply. This is primarily because of the misconceptions many people…

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Cargo Champion – Danita Waterfall-Brizzi

IT MAY be one of the oldest, most overused proverbs: If you don’t succeed, try, try again. But it does…

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30 years of air cargo insights

NIGEL TOMKINS learned a useful lesson at Heathrow Airport in the 1970s. As a young newspaper reporter, his job was to…

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Regulators consider advanced air cargo data law

REGULATORY agencies are proposing new draft laws to step up the submission of customs information for all air cargo shipments…

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Air cargo will remain stagnant in 2014, says IATA

AIR CARGO revenues are expected to be US$60bn this year and in 2014 – unchanged from 2007 levels, reveals IATA’s…

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The rise and rise of air cargo apps

SMARTPHONE and tablet apps are becoming must-have business tools for the air cargo industry. Their use for tracking shipment progress…

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Online purchases drive China’s express market hike

THE warnings from those pessimists who spotted a structural downturn in China’s slowdown apparently failed to reach the country’s consumers…

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AIA launches track-and-trace app

GENERAL sales agency Airbridge International Agencies (AIA) has launched an air cargo track-and-trace mobile app. The software allows customers to…

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