July 2015

IATA hits out at Paris airport charge increases

IATA has hit at the French Government for allowing the operator of Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Paris-Orly (ORY) airports…

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DuPont appoints le Minor to Tyvek EMEA air cargo role

DuPont Protection Technologies has appointed Yves Le Minor as European business development manager for the Tyvek® air cargo cover range….

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Logwin answers a logistical trunk call

An elephant never forgets, nor does it flap a deaf ear. Germany-based logistics services provider Logwin has transported a supersize…

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Strong full year prediction from Atlas Air

Freighter aircraft lessor Atlas Air expects to end 2015 with “a strong year and a significant increase in earnings” on…

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ANA endures tough quarter for cargo

ANA Cargo has endured a difficult second quarter as revenues, volumes and load factors all declined as typhoons, softening export…

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JAL Cargo revenues up on international growth

JAL Cargo has recorded an increase in cargo revenues during the first quarter of its fiscal financial year. The Japanese…

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Ground handling shake-up continues as HNA swoops on Swissport in Sfr2.7bn deal

The fast-changing ground handling industry today saw a second major takeover take place within a week when China’s HNA Group…

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HNA Group to acquire Swissport Group from PAI Partners SAS

Swissport Group has announced that PAI Partners SAS has today agreed to the sale of Swissport to HNA Group Co, a…

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Descartes gets the message from SAP

Descartes Systems Group has signed a software development cooperation agreement with SAP to create a logistics message exchange between Descartes’…

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Sharjah partners firm up road feeder agreement

Sharjah Aviation Services and Wallenborn have formalised their strategic partnership in the Middle East with a newly entered agreement. It…

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Australia and US agree mutual recognition strategy for air cargo screening

The US and Australian governments have agreed a policy to phase-in arrangements to screen all US-bound air cargo at piece-level….

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TNT launches Tunis air link

TNT has launched a Boeing 737-400 freighter link to Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, from its main European air hub…

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Online shopping boost for Aramex as it eyes acquisitions

An online shopping boost for its international express and domestic express products saw Dubai-based Aramex’s second quarter net profits increase…

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Qatar launches on-board courier service

Qatar Airways Cargo is launching an express airfreight service for door-to-door and time-critical shipments. The QR On-Board Courier service will…

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Ground handler shake-up continues as dnata swoops on Amsterdam business

The shake-up of the ground handling industry continued today as dnata announced it had struck a deal to acquire Aviapartner’s…

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SIA sees 7.2% air cargo revenue decline in Q1

Singapore Airlines Group saw cargo revenue decline 7.2% in the first quarter of the current financial year (April-June 2015), despite…

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Hawaiian Airlines outlines reasons for freighter acquisitions

Hawaiian Airlines has given more details on the logic behind its decision to begin all-cargo flights to neighbouring islands. Speaking…

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e-AWB take-up not fast enough warns IATA

Global electronic-air waybill (e-AWB) penetration is growing, “but not fast enough,” says IATA, which wants the industry to accelerate implementation by…

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Forwarder CH Robinson reports tough Q2 for air cargo

US trucking and forwarding giant CH Robinson saw airfreight revenues decline in the second quarter as it came under pricing…

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My Opinion

Joost van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager, European Shippers’ Council On the efforts of the air cargo industry to fight off modal…

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