All articles by Damian Brett – Page 159
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NewsWebCargo expects air cargo's move to digital booking to continue beyond Covid
Online booking portal WebCargo is expecting the airfreight sector’s rapid push towards digitalistion to continue beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.Speaking to Air Cargo News, Manel Galindo, chief executive of WebCargo, said the supply chain disruption caused by the outbreak had helped speed up air cargo’s use of digital technology, such as ...
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Air cargo rates cool in June for summer slowdown
Air cargo rates settled down in June as the industry entered a seasonal slowdown in demand, but airlines and forwarders appear to be expecting a busy peak season. The latest figures from the Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index (BAI) show that average prices from Hong Kong to North America in ...
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Bolloré Logistics launches SAF programme
Bolloré Logistics has launched a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) that it claims can help customers reduce carbon emissions by 80%.The AIRsaf programme is offered at cost price and can be used to one-off or regular shipments and also includes "environmentally responsible pre-carriage and post-carriage procedures", as well as "management of ...
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InsightsSwissport’s new CEO aims to join the dots
Warwick Brady (Source: Swissport)Running a global business presents a whole host of challenges but Swissport’s recently appointed chief executive and president Warwick Brady says that bringing its various regions even closer together is one of the company’s key priorities.Warwick Brady joined Swissport in April at a time of change for ...
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Kuehne+Nagel sells minority stake in Apex
Kuehne+Nagel has agreed to sell a 24.9% stake in recently acquired Apex International to private equity firm Partners Group.The forwarder said that following the deal, it will work alongside Partners Group to implement a "transformational value creation plan" for the China-based forwarder with key initiatives including establishing new freight forwarding ...
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Sponsored ContentSponsored: Online dangerous goods training, how does it work?
Dangerous Goods Online Training has rapidly built up a big list of clients for its ground-breaking online dangerous goods by air training as confidence in the concept grows.Dangerous Goods Online Training Limited (DGOT) was founded in late 2019 and is the first and only training provider with UK Civil Aviation ...
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NewsAero Capital Solutions adds more B737 conversions
Image source: Aero Capital SolutionsAero Capital Solutions (ACS) has signed up for a further seven B737-800 freighter conversions as looks to the long-term potential of the air cargo market.The conversions will be provided by Aeronautical Engineers Inc's STC and come in addition to the 14 aircraft that Aero Capital has ...
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Cathay Cargo to add more preighters ahead of peak season crunch
Cathay Pacific Cargo has revealed plans to remove the seats from two more of its aircraft as it predicts an industry-wide capacity shortfall for the peak season.The Hong Kong-headquartered carrier said that while its passenger network is slowly growing, it will offer around 30% of its normal capacity in the ...
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NewsJFK set for first new cargo facility in 20 years
Aeroterm JFK facility. Source: Port Authority of New York and New JerseyNew York's JFK International Airport will get its first new cargo terminal in 20 years as part of modernisation programme.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has signed a long-term ground lease agreement with Aeroterm for the ...
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NewsInvestigation reveals various reasons for B747 freighter accident
Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)A Canadian investigation into the 2018 runway overshoot made by a Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter has revealed a range of reasons for the accident, which destroyed the aircraft.The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that unclear guidance, an unexpected tailwind and ...
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ANA adds new China-Japan freighter service
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will deploy one of its freighters on a service between Beijing Capital International Airport and Tokyo Narita in part due to demand for computer parts.The Tokyo-headquartered airline said that it would utilise a Boeing 767 freighter on the twice-weekly round-trip service that will begin on July ...
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NewsATSG accelerates plan to add A321 converted freighters
Lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is set to add its first Airbus freighters in after announcing a deal to purchase two A321-200 in response to customer demand.ATSG's Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) leasing subsidiary has committed to the aircraft with one arriving this year and a second in the first ...
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NewsWorldACD: Air cargo demand on the up but with regional variances
Air cargo demand continues to track in line with 2019 levels but regional performance is mixed, according to WorldACD.The data provider's latest numbers show that air cargo demand in chargeable weight was in May around 1% below 2019 levels — used for comparison given Covid's impact in 2020 — and ...
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NewsMedexi to open pharma centre at Brussels Airport
Pharma logistics firm Medexi will open a new service centre at Brussels Airport's Brucargo logistics area.The new building was recently completed and will become the home base of Medexi. The centre offers 4,000 sq m of warehousing and office space, 2,400 sq m of which is temperature-controlled.In the new warehouses, ...
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Gecas signs up for more B777 freighter conversions
Aircraft lessor Gecas has exercised options for the conversion of three further B777 aircraft in response to ongoing cargo demand.The additional orders bring Gecas' total commitment since the launch of Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) 'Big Twin Programme' in 2019 to 18 firm, with a remaining 12 options.The lessor also announced ...
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Qatar Cargo continues to roll out capacity on WebCargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has made available its capacity to more countries on online booking portal WebCargo.The airline said that from June 30 all countries in its Europe region - excluding Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia - would be able to use the online booking platform to book ...
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NewsEtihad transports large antiretroviral shipment as pharma volumes grow
Etihad: More than 55,000kg carried on a Boeing 777 through Abu DhabiEtihad Cargo and logistics firm EFL Global have completed the transport of an antiretroviral drug shipment from India to Brazil, while the airline has also seen its pharma volumes increase rapidly.The shipment weighed more than 55,000kg and was transported ...
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FedEx to add freighters and boost spending to meet demand
FedEx will boost spending over the coming year and add more freighter orders to meet growing e-commerce demand.Announcing its results full-year results for fiscal year ended May 31, the express giant said it expected to spend around $7.2bn in FY 2022 compared with around $5.9bn last year.Meanwhile, FedEx will exercise ...
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Soaring e-commerce and the need to support aviation
At the start of June, Logistics UK partnered with Aberdeen Standard Investment’s AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) to present government with a call for action over the future of air freight, writes Logistics UK's Alex Veitch.In the proposals presented, 11 key recommendations were made to enable the UK to ...
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Silk Way West targets pharma following GDP achievement
Silk Way West Airlines has been certified to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards as it takes aim at the pharma market.The Baku-based B747 operator said that it had successfully completed an in-depth GDP audit by Global Cold Chain Consultants."Being GDP certified, Silk Way West Airlines now intends to extend its ...