June 2019

Logistics firm EFL launches Doha-Pittsburgh freighter operation

Sri Lanka-based Logistics firm EFL recently launched a weekly B777F charter flight between Pittsburgh in the US and Doha as…

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Hourcade leaves IATA after 13 years

IATA’s head of cargo innovation Celine Hourcade has announced she is leaving the organisation after more than 13 years. Hourcade…

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Saudia Cargo grapples with another wrestling transport operation

Saudia Cargo transported 175 tons of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) equipment to Jeddah from Maastricht in the Netherlands for the…

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FedEx ditches Amazon contract

FedEx has made the strategic decision to not renew the FedEx Express US domestic contract with Amazon in order to…

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Air cargo rate platform targets accelerator event

Air cargo pricing and booking platform SpotRates has been selected to participate in Switzerland’s 2019 accelerator programme, The Mass Challenge….

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Air cargo braces for an innovation tornado

An “innovation tornado” promises to sweep away outdated air cargo processes but there are still potential obstacles in the path…

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SAA announces appointment of new acting chief executive

As outlined by ACN earlier today (June 7), South African Airways (SAA) has promised that it will achieve stability in…

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Munich welcomes new Dallas/Fort Worth connection

Munich Airport has welcomed the inaugural new seasonal connection now offered by American Airlines (AA) between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport…

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Achim Martinka named as VP Germany by Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Achim Martinka as vice president Germany. Martinka succeeds J Florian Pfaff, who took over as vice…

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Progress made on slot allocation governance structure

IATA, Airports Council International (ACI) World and the Worldwide Airport Coordinators Group (WWACG) have announced the agreement of a new…

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EgyptAir flies into Dulles

Earlier this week (June 4), Washington Dulles International Airport welcomed EgyptAir’s inaugural service from Cairo International Airport. The carrier is…

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Qantas looks to potential of tie-up with American Airlines

Qantas has said that it welcomes what it calls the US Department of Transportation’s “tentative approval” of its and American…

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Jan Smets named as SN Airholding director

Jan Smets, a former governor of the National Bank of Belgium, has been elected to the board of directors of…

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SAA promises stability

Last week (June 2), South African Airways (SAA) confirmed that its board had accepted the resignation of Vuyani Jarana, the…

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MIA gets green light on massive improvement programme

The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners has adopted a new capital improvement programme for Miami International Airport (MIA) that…

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John Park to join Australia’s FTA

Australia’s Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has announced that John Park will join the FTA as its head of business…

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Finnair Cargo on the up in May

Finland’s flag-carrier, Finnair, has reported some positive results in relation to cargo carried last month. The airline flew 97.3m revenue…

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Kenya Airways announces new cargo partners

In the build-up to the launch of Kenya Airways’ flights to Geneva and Rome next week (June 13), the Nairobi-headquartered…

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Belgium launches new BE-GATE digital customs platform

Belgian air and sea cargo gateways are to benefit from the introduction of a new customs platform designed to simplify…

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FAA promises money for US airport improvements

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed the allocation of $840m in airport infrastructure grants, US Department of Transportation…

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