All Africa Articles – Page 10
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NewsACS utilises An-124 flights for component move
Broker Air Charter Service was recently called into action to move almost 400 tons of components to complete a new power plant in Niger.In total, four flights were needed to complete the operation.Alex Busila, Cargo Director of ACS’s France office said: “Our client needed to get ten 40 foot containers, ...
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NewsAstral Aviation maintains humanitarian airlift for cyclone-hit Mozambique
Astral Aviation is continuing to operate humanitarian aid flights into Mozambique following the devastating Cyclone Idai in March and Cyclone Kenneth in April this year.Kenya-based freighter operator Astral was the first cargo airline to land in Beira with relief aid, bringing 22 tons of high energy biscuits from Dubai via ...
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SAA targets high-value cargo with new Guangzhou route
South African Airways (SAA) will launch direct flights between Johannesburg and Guangzhou, China, on September 18, giving customers access to "the heart of China’s export led manufacturing industries".SAA will be the only carrier operating a direct service between Johannesburg and Guangzhou, with flight time of approximately 13 hours and 40 ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo set to expand further its Addis Ababa freight capacity
Ethiopian Airlines is planning the next expansion phase of its Addis Ababa Cargo Terminal-II facility, which opened in July 2018, to accommodate 1.2m tonnes per year.The new 38,000 sq m facility increased Ethiopian Airlines' previous throughput capacity at the earlier single terminal operation to nearly 1m tonnes per year from ...
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NewsDHL processes 800 tonnes of cargo for cyclone-hit Africa
Deutsche Post DHL Group’s Disaster Response Team (DRT) has ended its first deployment in Africa having processed nearly 800 tonnes of humanitarian relief aid cargo.Three teams of 12 volunteers processed cargo from approximately 50 aircraft over 20 days at Mozambique’s Beira Airport to support relief efforts in the wake of ...
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NewsNetwork Airline Management and Astral Aviation fly relief aid to Mozambique
Network Airline Management (NAM) has responded to an urgent request from Scan Global Logistics in Denmark to move relief aid to Mozambique after the devastation caused by cyclone Idai.NAM and its partner, Kenyan all-cargo airline Astral Aviation, flew 52 tonnes on a scheduled flight from Liege to Nairobi, where the ...
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NewsNational Airlines and DHL help deliver relief aid to cyclone-devastated Mozambique
US-based National Airlines flew a B747-400F from both Toronto and Amsterdam to Cyclone Idai-affected Mozambique with 70 tonnes of relief materials from the Canadian Red Cross Society.Cyclone Idai struck the African continent on March 14, killing and displacing thousands of people and causing damage all across Mozambique.Relief organizations rely on ...
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Aero Africa opens a control tower office in Shanghai
Air cargo management group Aero Africa has opened a centralised customer service and solutions centre in Shanghai.Managed by Eric Dong, who has experience in the Chinese airfreight market, the control tower office will be responsible to sign local and independent customer service agents in the Asian region.It will also assist ...
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NewsRhenus acquires World Net Logistics in South Africa
Germany’s Rhenus Group has continued its 2019 takeover spree by acquiring Johannesburg-headquartered freight forwarding and logistics specialist World Net Logistics (WNL).The takeover of WNL is still subject to approval by the relevant cartel authorities.In January this year, Rhenus acquired Italian Logistics company Cesped and only last week announced that it ...
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NewsCargo iQ welcomes Royal Air Maroc
From left to right: Ariaen Zimmerman, executive director, Cargo iQ; Kerstin Strauss, vice president air logistics operations, global airfreight, Kuehne + Nagel; Salim Quouninich, director cargo, Royal Air Maroc; and Henrik Ambak, vice chairman, Cargo iQRoyal Air Maroc has joined IATA’s Cargo iQ initiative, signing up during the World cargo ...
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NewsEmerging markets enthusiasm tempered by ‘crisis’ concern
Logistics industry executives worry about trade tensions, geopolitical threats Logistics industry executives see emerging markets growing at 5% in 2019, but a high number are bracing for a crisis amid US-China trade friction, interest rate and currency volatility, and Brexit uncertainty.The annual survey of more than 500 supply chain industry ...
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NewsVIDEO: From the circus to a national park, Turkish Cargo helps resettle four young lions
The lions have their first taste of freedomTurkish Cargo has flown four young lions from a circus in Ukraine to their natural habitat of South Africa.Three lionesses: Luca, Charlie and Kai, plus the young male Nathan, were transported on a connecting flight from Istanbul.The lions had been used as circus ...
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Perishables, pharma and high-tech mitigate January drop in total air cargo volume
January 2019 another volume drop in total chargeable air cargo weight, this time of 2% year on year (YoY), coupled with a dollar yield drop of 2.5%, confirming a trend seen over a number of months said market analyst WorldACD in its latest report.The smaller regions of Africa and Central ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo takes delivery of its first B737 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo B737-800 freighterAfrica's Ethiopian Cargo has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, with a payload capacity of more than 23 tonnes.GECAS delivered Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI)’s inaugural passenger-to-freighter converted B737-800 to the national flag carrier of Ethiopia.Completing the conversion of the prototype aircraft in December, and AEI) has ...
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Kale Logistics Solutions highlights value of African market
Kale Logistics Solutions, which supplies IT systems to the global logistics sector, has revealed its belief in the importance of the African continent as an emerging market.Air Cargo Africa is currently taking place (it runs between February 19 and 21 February) at Casino Convention Resort, Emperors Palace, in the city ...
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Aero Cargo scoops Air Senegal GSSA deal
GSSA Aero Cargo – owned by the ECS Group - has won the contract to sell the freight capacity of new national airline Air Senegal across its network.Air Senegal began operating on a regional basis in 2018, running flights within Africa with the aim of becoming the “leading West African ...
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EgyptAir Cargo to expand scheduled flights in Africa, Middle East and Asia
EgyptAir Cargo is expanding its scheduled freighter operations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia following the delivery of its second A330-200P2F.In the Middle East, the airline will add flights to Dammam, Riyadh, Kuwait and Amman. In Africa, flights will be added to OR Tambo, Accra and Kano. Meanwhile, in ...
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Antonov's purpose-built ramp is a three degrees hit for Bolloré Logistics
Antonov Airlines has completed a project for Bolloré Logistics transporting mining equipment from East Midlands Airport (EMA) in the UK to Franceville Airport (MVB) in Gabon.Ground staff at EMA used Antonov Airline’s purpose-built ramp, positioned at an angle of three degrees, to load two crushing machines weighing nearly 70 tonnes ...
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Astral’s drone subsidiary among Africa’s top 10 tech start-ups
Astral Aviation’s drone subsidiary, Astral Aerial Solutions, is one of Africa’s top 10 tech start-ups shortlisted for the Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme.The 10 finalists, representing 19 countries, were selected from the 314 entries for the challenge, which opened in October 2018. The entries were assessed by a panel of ...
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Strong cargo growth for Brussels Airport in 2018
Brussels Airport saw 2018 cargo volumes grow by 7.5% over prior year to reaching 731.600 tons, helped by an increase in trucked freight and a boom in the Latin America markets.Said a spokesperson: “This is a very nice result and makes us very happy. But even more interesting is to ...