September 2016

Hactl speeds truck processing at SuperTerminal 1 facility

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals’ (Hactl) new automated truck lanes at its SuperTerminal 1 facility have helped speed up vehicle…

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Cargolux takes early delivery of B747-8F to meet increased high season demand

Cargolux has taken early delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8 freighter to meet increased demand during the coming high season….

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Cold Chain Technologies launches Koolit Advanced PCM Gel

Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), a Massachusetts-based developer and manufacturer of temperature-sensitive packaging options for the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, clinical trial…

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UPS tests drone deliveries to remote places

UPS has begun testing drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker…

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Swissport International appoints Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer

Swissport International has appointed Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer as of October 1, 2016. He will continue to…

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DHL launches SameDay Speedline for urgent airfreight shipping

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight forwarding operation within Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched a new urgent…

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Airlines warn that noise restrictions could damage the competitiveness of Frankfurt Airport

Airlines operating out of Europe’s busiest freight hub, Frankfurt, have warned that proposals for new noise restrictions could damage the…

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IAG Cargo inks rental deal with va-Q-tec for temperature-controlled containers

IAG Cargo, the freight operations wing of the joint Anglo-Spanish carrier enterprise, has signed a global container rental deal with…

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Damco gets new head in reshuffle

Klaus Rud Sejling, the current head of East West trades for Maersk Line, will become CEO of Maersk freight forwarding…

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ANA to offer new temperature-controlled technology option

Tokyo-based carrier ANA is now offering a new temperature-controlled service on its flights out of Japan. ANA will offer PRIO…

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Air Logistics Group moves into Norway

Global general sales and services agent (GSSA) Air Logistics Group has confirmed that it opened the doors at a new…

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Drewry reports on mixed figure for August freight rate

Drewry’s East-West Airfreight Price Index reached a figure of 87.5 for August (the index was based at 100 in May…

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Moderate August rise for Asian air cargo

Preliminary traffic figures for August by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a moderate rise in international air…

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Good news for Garuda

Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda enjoyed an impressive 22.5% year on year increase in its cargo volumes in August, reaching a figure…

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Strong month for cargo at Changi

Singapore Changi Airport handled 163,150 tonnes of cargo in August, 7.6% up on the same month of 2015. Including August,…

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Röhlig appoints Jens Haas as national air freight manager in Germany

Jens Haas has been named by international logistics company Röhlig as national air freight manager for its business in Germany….

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Qatar Airways flies into Windhoek

Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, has become the latest city on the expanding network of Doha-based Qatar Airways. The carrier…

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Lufthansa to acquire balance of Brussels Airlines

German flag-carrier Lufthansa has confirmed that it intends to exercise its call option to acquire the remaining 55% of shares…

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Nancy Matthews named as global lead for life sciences at Crane

Crane Worldwide Logistics, a US full-service air, ocean, trucking, customs brokerage and logistics company, has named Nancy Matthews as its…

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Oman Air looks to the future

Oman Air’s chief executive, Paul Gregorowitsch, this week laid out his plans for the airline’s growth in coming years, as…

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