November 2015

ANA has B767 conversion options for freighter fleet expansion

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) is considering converting some of its Boeing 767 passenger aircraft into freighters, according to Reuters….

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New PACTL cool centre to open next year

Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) will open its new eco-friendly cool centre early next year. PACTL announced plans…

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Lufthansa Cargo adds more freighter flights as strike enters day seven

Lufthansa Cargo has called in additional freighter flights as it continues to try and offset the effect of a cabin…

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LATAM records another cargo revenue decline

LATAM recorded another decline in cargo revenues and volumes as weak South American economic performance continued to take its toll…

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Turkish logistics faculty’s first conference to be held in partnership with Pegasus Cargo

Turkish carrier Pegasus Cargo is holding the International Transport and Logistics Conference on 23-24 March 2016 in partnership with Istanbul University’s…

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Harry the rhino flies to a new home to Indonesia

Harapan (Harry), the world’s only Sumatran rhinoceros living outside of South Asia, has arrived safely at his new home in…

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Finnair denies takeover approach by IAG

Finnair has denied speculation that it could be the target of a takeover by British Airways or its parent company…

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Cargolux progress in talks with unions

European freighter operator Cargolux has reached a "principle agreement" on a new collective work agreement (CWA) with the OGBL and…

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Air cargo peak season hits while forwarders report Asian capacity shortage

Initial traffic data from European airlines suggests there has been a strong peak-season pick-up in demand in October, while forwarders…

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Volga-Dnepr steppes in for rare Russian horses

Volga-Dnepr Group has flown six endangered Przewalski horses from France to Russia as part of a project to reintroduce the…

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Flower power purchase: Panalpina goes with the Airflo in Kenya

Panalpina is boosting its presence in Kenyan flower logistics by acquiring a majority stake in Airflo from the Dutch Flower Group…

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Platts’ ambitious plans to develop Heathrow as a European cargo hub

Heathrow Airport cargo boss Nick Platts is a man on a mission: to make Heathrow the preferred European air cargo…

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Value of UK goods exported from Heathrow up almost 10%

The value of UK exports via Heathrow has increased 9.7% over a 12 month period as vaccines for medicine experience…

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October tonnage declines for Frankfurt and Heathrow

Frankfurt, Europe’s number one air cargo hub by volume last year, and fourth placed London-Heathrow both recorded a decline in…

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Official opening for Emirates SkyCentral in Dubai

Dubai’s Emirates SkyCargo has officially opened its new airfreight terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC). Emirates SkyCentral, a first phase…

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Chapman Freeborn and Airbroker announce new partnership

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has launched a new strategic partnership with Oslo-based Airbroker to further enhance both companies’ offerings in the…

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ACS helps out on world record attempt

Air Charter Service helped a team complete ‘Cape to Cape 2.0’, a world record attempt driving from the southernmost point…

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Brussels’ cargo up in October but Ethiopian move will have “negative” effect

Brussels Airport handled 43,763 tonnes of cargo in October, a 7.3% rise in freight volumes versus the same month in…

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CEVA losses narrow as airfreight volumes decline

Logistics firm CEVA recorded a decline in airfreight volumes during the third quarter of the year, but it did manage…

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Shippers welcome stricter lithium battery rules

Shipper representatives have welcomed new safety recommendations covering lithium battery air cargo shipments agreed by the Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) of the…

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