August 2015

Jochen Thewes new chief executive of Schenker AG

Jochen Thewes has been appointed chief executive of Schenker AG and will lead the Germany railway Deutsche Bahn’s DB Schenker…

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What slump? Boeing still sees $950bn market in China

Boeing expects China to order over 6,300 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years, despite the country’s current economic turmoil….

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Hong Kong and Taiwan boost Kerry interims

Hong Kong-based logistics firm Kerry Logistics Network showed little sign of the Chinese financial crisis in its interim results for the six months…

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Small fry take wing with Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr has delivered a shipment of 1.2m Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob River basin in northern Russia. The…

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Asia slowdown impacts Schiphol’s cargo first half

Asian and European volume declines saw Amsterdam Airport Schiphol handle 784,567 cargo tonnes in the first six months of 2015, down 2.1%…

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Jettainer to help standardisation of ULD processes

Jettainer is to help further the development of international standards for handling air cargo containers, unit load devices (ULD). Michael…

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UPS Canada renews Cargojet agreement

Cargojet has entered into a new air cargo service agreement with United Parcel Service (UPS) Canada. It replaces the original 2003…

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Laser lights…action…charter

Delicate laser technology cargo has flown by freighter from Sweden to Japan after six months of detailed planning and preparation….

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Nigeria looks to set up new national carrier

The Nigerian Government has set up a committee to look into re-establishing a national airline. It will be chaired by…

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Saudia Cargo resumes freighter operations to JFK

Saudi Airlines Cargo will start operating weekly freighter flights between Jeddah and New York’s JFK airport from September 4 “in…

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United Cargo signs pharma container rental deal with va-Q-tec

United Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with va-Q-tec, a provider of temperature controlled containers used to transport pharmaceuticals…

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Leipzig/Halle airport hits record volumes in July

Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest cargo hub, set a new record in July with throughput totaling 84,397 tonnes,…

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Vienna bids to raise Malta stake

Flughafen Wien (Vienna Airport) is to make a €3 per share offer for Canadian-based SNC Lavalin’s stake in Malta International…

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Korean keeps up a 747 tradition

Korean Air has taken delivery of the first of a fleet of ten 747-8 Intercontinental passenger planes. The carrier is…

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Cochin is India’s first all-solar powered airport

Cochin International Airport in India says it has become the first in the country to operate completely on solar power….

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Ask before you ship, FedEx chief tells aerospace exporters

Aircraft part manufacturers should get proper advice and provide customs brokers with information well in advance, says FedEx Europe managing…

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Saudia appoints ACP as GSA in South Africa

ACP Worldwide has been appointed South African cargo general sales agent (GSA) for Saudia Cargo. The carrier currently operates three…

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Now we’re getting rally cross

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and logistics partner GAC transported 19 Rallycross cars from Canada to Norway on a chartered Kalitta Air B747-200F…

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Close encounters of the drone kind

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said there had been a dramatic increase in encounters between aircraft and unmanned drones…

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South Africans ready to click to ship

AMI has extended its click2ship service to its South African operations. The system allows bona fide freight agents to obtain…

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