All articles by Damian Brett – Page 171
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Air Cargo News Awards open for entry!
The time has come… entries are now open for the 37th edition of the Air Cargo News Awards, the Oscars of the airfreight industry.The awards honour and celebrate those companies that have invested in providing great customer service, operational excellence and innovative technologies.The award categories are as follows:Air Cargo Pharma ...
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FAA orders emergency PW4000 inspections as airlines ground certain 777s
The US Federal Aviation Administration is ordering emergency inspections of some Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200s in response to a February 20 in-flight uncontained engine failure, reports FlightGlobal.The event has also prompted United Airlines and Japan to ground PW4000-powered 777s. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the February ...
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NewsApex acquisition set to make K+N the leading airfreight forwarder
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Apex International Corporation as it looks to expand its presence in Asia.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Reuters quotes people familiar with the matter as stating that the transaction is valued at around $1.5bn-$2bn.The deal is the largest ...
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NewsStoll takes top job at Swiss WorldCargo as Bhat heads to Lufthansa
Lorenzo StollLorenzo Stoll has been appointed as the new head of Swiss WorldCargo.He will assume his new function on April 1 and he succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who will take up new duties as chief commercial officer of Lufthansa Cargo from next month.Stoll is currently Swiss’s head of western Switzerland, with ...
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NewsWorldACD: Air cargo demand on the up in January
Air cargo demand in January matched the performance of a year ago — the first month since the start of the pandemic not showing a year-on-year decline.Figures from WorldACD show that while demand was flat compared with a year ago, airfreight rates increased by around 75% year on year, although ...
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NewsGerman airfreight market registers 22% decline in 2020
Last year, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, global airfreight traffic fell by 10.6% year on year, according to IATA; this is the biggest decline since records began in 1990.But how did the year go for market participants in Germany? How did the top 10 airfreight forwarders and airlines ...
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NewsNew regional MDs at Dachser Air and Sea
Dachser Air and Sea Logistics has appointed two new regional managing directors.Tobias Burger has been appointed as managing director of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business, while Ralph Riehl will occupy the same position in the Americas.Burger is currently responsible for the strategic development of the forwarder's air ...
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UNICEF signs up airlines for vaccine distribution efforts
UNICEF has signed agreements with several airlines as part of its Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative, which will support efforts to provide equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines across the world.The United Nations (UN) children's fund announced today that as part of its vaccine distribution efforts it has signed agreements with AirBridgeCargo, Air ...
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Plans for Turkish Cargo to become subsidiary company confirmed
Turkish Airlines has confirmed plans for its cargo business to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the overall airline.In his welcome speech at the Cargo Talks webinar, Ilker Ayci, chairman of the board of directors and executive committee of Turkish Airlines, highlighted the growth of the airline's cargo business last year.Ayci ...
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NewsDnata takes the heat off in Australia with cool dollies
Ground handler dnata has added four cool dollies to its Australian cargo fleet to protect heat sensitive shipments as they are transferred between the aircraft and handling facility.Dnata will operate two cool dollies each at Sydney Airport (SYD) and Melbourne Airport (MEL).Dirk Goovaerts, dnata’s regional chief executive for Asia Pacific, ...
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Setback for Manston Airport cargo hub plans
The High Court has overturned a UK government decision to allow the development of Manston Airport into a cargo hub.The court quashed a Development Consent Order (DCO) granted by the government in July last year after campaigners asked for a judicial review.The project developer, RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP), said that ...
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ASL takes up options on 10 more B737 cargo conversions
Lessor and operator ASL Aviation Holdings will take up 10 options for the B737-800 Boeing converted freighter to meet integrator demand.ASL said the B737-800BCF aircraft will be operated mainly by ASL’s European airlines and will be introduced to meet the requirements of ASL’s express integrator customers.This deal follows the original ...
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Amazon Air expands again but are third-party services on the horizon?
Amazon Air increased its daily flying by 15% between August and February and further increases are expected during the spring, according to a new report. Meanwhile, third-party delivery services could be on the horizon.The report, issued by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, shows that Amazon Air increased its daily ...
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Turkish Cargo aims for further growth after improvements in 2020
Turkish Cargo is preparing for further growth in its airfreight volumes after gaining market share in 2020.Speaking during Cargo Talks, an online event hosted by Turkish Cargo, the airline’s chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen revealed that the airline had last year seen its cargo volumes increase to 6.7bn freight tonne ...
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NewsRhenus swoops on BLG's air and sea forwarding business
Rhenus Air and Ocean is taking over the freight forwarding business of BLG International, which will concentrate on its contract logistics, automotive and container divisions.The move will see Rhenus add an extra nine locations in Germany to its current network of 12 air and sea offices.The nine freight forwarding sites ...
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SpeedCargo partners with Microsoft on cargo dimensioning
SpeedCargo Technologies has partnered with Microsoft on its cargo dimensioning technology.The company's three solutions — Cargo Eye, Cargo Mind and Cargo Arm — will utilise Microsoft's Azure Depth Platform program to scan cargo dimensions.The system is cloud-based allowing information to be shared across supply chain partners.SpeedCargo said that air cargo's ...
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Ethiopian Airlines is ‘cash-positive’ as shift to cargo pays off
Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to temporarily convert 25 passenger aircraft for cargo operations has helped it to become “cash positive” during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the African carrier’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.Speaking during a CAPA Live event on 10 February, Gebremariam noted that combined with Ethiopian’s uniquely strong financial performance ...
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Stellar year for cargo at Chicago Rockford
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) handled record cargo volumes in 2020 on the back of e-commerce demand.The Illinois airport saw cargo volumes increase by 15% year on year in 2020 1.2m tonnes. The leading driver of the cargo growth was e-commerce purchases."Cargo growth has continued at a high pace since ...
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NewsSpeedlink to offer cargo sniffer dog service at Belfast International
Dogs capable of detecting minute traces of explosives concealed in airfreight will be deployed at Belfast International Airport from tomorrow.The Free Running Explosive Detection Dogs (FREDDs) service will be offered by logistics firm SpeedLink.The company said that each and every one of the dogs involved have undergone extensive training to ...
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Air Canada taking aim at seven B767 freighters
Air Canada is hoping to have seven freighters operating by the end of next year.Speaking as it announced its fourth quarter financial results, president and chief executive Calin Rovinescu said cargo will play an increasingly important role at the airline in the future.Executive vice president and chief commercial officer Lucie ...