March 20, 2015

Kirchner resigns at UTi Worldwide

Eric Kirchner has resigned as chief executive of US-based logistics provider UTi Worldwide. Edward Feitzinger was voted by the UTi board…

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Heathrow volumes rise in November

A surge in cargo to Mexico, Brazil, India and Turkey helped London-Heathrow airport freight volumes rise 2.3 per cent in November…

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Top five sign roadmap to combat cybercrime

Five major international aviation organisations have agreed a “common roadmap” to combat attacks from hackers and other cyber criminals. The group…

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Qantas management reshuffle

A top level management reshuffle at Australian carrier Qantas has seen Gareth Evans appointed chief executive of Qantas International and…

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Panalpina and Luxair combine for UNICEF Relief Flight

Panalpina has joined forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support the ongoing fight against the Ebola crisis,…

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PACTL’s record November

Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) saw November year-on-year freight volume growth of 13.9 per cent to 147,267 tonnes,…

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Costly Cartels

Lawyers rarely go hungry and they may be about to feast on a billion dollar lawsuit relating to the airlines’…

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LAN Cargo: The shift to belly capacity

There was a brief moment in the late 1990s when LAN Chile (as it was then) looked like becoming a…

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My Opinion

Speaking about the growth in road feeder services by the terminal operator’s trucking subsidiary, HACIS. Mark Whitehead, Hong Kong Air…

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Exelsius launches pharma programme

Exelsius has launched a pharmaceutical qualification programme (PQP) for companies involved in the handling and transportation of pharmaceutical & life science…

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US port chaos boosts ex-Asia Pacific air cargo revenues

Inbound US west coast container port congestion provided a November boost for transpacific air cargo revenues out of Asia to…

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Cologne cargo up 2% in 2014

Cologne Bonn Airport saw record air cargo growth in 2014, handling 753,000 tonnes, a two per cent increase on 2013….

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Thumbs up for Emirates’ all-in freight rates

Shippers and forwarders have welcomed Emirates SkyCargo’s move to introduce an all-inclusive freight rate that does away with separate pricing components…

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Heathrow cargo volumes hit new heights

London Heathrow Airport saw a 5.3 per cent growth in cargo volumes in full year 2014 to 1.5m tonnes, ending…

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Cargo leads Atlanta’s agenda

ATLANTA Hartsfield-Jackson International airport, the world’s busiest in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft movements, wants to upgrade its cargo…

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French forwarders slam fuel surcharges

French freight forwarders have called on airlines to end separate fuel surcharges, which they argue are no longer relevant. TLF…

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Monster challenge

Some 13 teams from carriers and the air cargo industry vied for Hactl’s 2015 International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition,…

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Liege cements top slot in Belgium

Liege Airport confirmed its position as Belgium’s number one cargo airport with 590,579 tonnes in 2014, up 5.3 per cent…

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New US security rules will be a squeeze, says TIACA chief

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is urging its members to pay close attention to the US Transportation Security Administration…

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Volga-Dnepr: Still shouldering the burden

There are “a lot of assumptions and a lot of speculation about what is happening and what is not happening,…

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