All Europe Articles – Page 107
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ACS sees 9% improvement in first half charter demand
Charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has recorded a 9% improvement in the number of charters it has arranged in the first half of its financial year.ACS said the increase had come despite any disruptive events, such as the US west coast sea port strike at the start of last ...
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FedEx unveils €1.4bn commitment to Paris CDG hub
FedEx has revealed it will make a billion dollar commitment to its logistics hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport, a move that will almost double the facility's capacity.At an announcement ceremony held this morning at the Paris airport the express operator said it would spend a total of ...
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K+N: Third quarter airfreight market "remained tense"
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) reported that the global airfreight market "remained tense" in the third quarter and added that pressure on margins continued due to "shrinking demand and further capacity increases".Against this trend, the Switzerland-based global logistics giant grew its air cargo tonnage by 3.8% and gross profit per 100 ...
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Now the hard work on the cargo agency programme really starts
Freight forwarder association Fiata and IATA have officially signed the long-awaited reforms to the IATA Cargo Agency Program and said that now the hard work of implementing the agreement begins.The new IATA-FIATA Cargo Agency Program (IFACP) was hailed as a “historic” agreement at an official signing ceremony held today during ...
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Call for Germany to improve airfreight infrastructure or lose out to neighbours
Germany's airports must invest in infrastructure or they risk losing cargo volumes to their European rivals, according to the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig).Speaking at a conference organised by the Federation of German Industry and the Federation of the German Aviation Industry, Barig secretary general Michael Hoppe said ...
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VIDEO: Wondering how an automated pallet handling system actually works?
At an event to celebrate the opening of two new terminals at DHL's Leipzig hub, the express operator was keen to show off what it claims is the world's first automated pallet handling system (see end of article for video).The system is fairly similar to DHL's parcel and flyer system ...
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DHL opens two terminals at Leipzig and debuts automated pallet handling system
DHL Express has opened two new terminals at its fast growing Leipzig hub, with one of the operations featuring the world's first automated pallet handling system.The new Terminal Two and Terminal Three were built at a cost of €230m, more than doubling the surface area of the hub's sorting centre ...
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Militzer & Münch bags myAirCargo contract from Lufthansa
Swiss forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed the exclusive partner in Europe for myAirCargo, Lufthansa Cargo’s international door to door service for its passengers who buy goods abroad that are too heavy or large for carry-on luggage.Currently, myAirCargo is available only on routes connecting Europe and the US, and ...
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Fashionable Rickenbacker picks up Etihad cargo flights for Trinity Logistics
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a "multimillion dollar" deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the Middle East carrier operate a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio, and to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo, which will operate either Boeing 777F and ...
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DHL Express expands in Turkish market with long term view
DHL Express has expanded aircraft capacity to the Turkish market despite the recent problems faced by the country as it looks to the long term.DHL Express Turkey managing director Markus Reckling revealed that in August the express giant added more Airbus A300 flights to its services to the Turkish city.This ...
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Frankfurt cargo surge in September
A “slight recovery” of the global economy saw September total cargo throughput at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) rise by 5.9% to 180,252 tonnes.Europe’s largest cargo hub saw volumes (airfreight + airmail) for the first nine months of 2016 increase marginally by 1.3% to just under 1.6m tonnes.Earlier this week, London ...
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Gatwick welcomes new UK agreement to double flights with China
Gatwick Airport has welcomed a new agreement between the UK and Chinese governments to more than double the number of permitted flights between China and the UK.Under the new deal, passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100, ...
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VIDEO: Emirates targets seafood with new Oslo freighter
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its presence in Scandinavia with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter from Oslo in Norway to its Dubai hub in the UAE.The Middle East Gulf carrier said that new freighter service, departing Oslo every Tuesday, will facilitate increasing exports of seafood, in particular salmon, ...
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NewsSeptember rise for Heathrow cargo volumes
Heathrow airport’s cargo volumes rose 5.9% in September to 126,109 tonnes on the back of growth to East Asia and Latin America, with China volumes up 13% as Brazil airfreight soared 18%, and Mexico 7%.Year to date, airfreight at the UK's number one air cargo hub grew by 2.1% to ...
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FTA demands quick UK runway decision
The UK's Freight Transport Association has called on the UK government to make a quick decision on whether to add an extra runway at Heathrow Airport.Speaking at the Shaping the Future Heathrow’ Conference at the Royal Institute of British Architects, FTA director of global and European policy Chris Welsh said ...
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NewsForson is new Cargolux chief executive
Cargolux has confirmed that Richard Forson will take over as president and chief executive of the all-cargo airline from Dirk Reich, who is stepping down for personal reasons.In a statement sent out this afternoon, the Luxembourg-headquartered carrier said that Forson would take over in the role from August 1.Cargolux also ...
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E-tailers told: not so fast but more control over where, when and how you deliver
Online customers are more concerned about where, when and how they receive their ordered goods rather than the speed of delivery, a new e-commerce survey has found.The study, conducted by DHL, suggests that e-tailers will remain competitive only if they give customers greater control over their deliveries.“Speed isn’t everything,” said ...
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Air cargo should see China-Europe rail services as added competition
The air cargo industry should see the proliferation of rail services between China and Europe as added competition.Speaking on the side lines of the Fiata World Congress in Dublin, Ivan Petrov, chief executive of forwarder TransXpress and Fiata senior vice president, said that the number of rail services between Asia ...
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Nielen joins Cargolux as VP sales from IAG Cargo
Chris Nielen has joined European freighter airline Cargolux as vice president sales, joining from IAG Cargo where he held the position of regional commercial manager Europe.Nielen has 16 years experience in the airfreight business which "have enabled him to build a solid knowledge base about the airfreight market especially in ...
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Gatwick salvo on Heathrow pollution levels
Gatwick has produced its latest salvo as the battle over airport expansion in south-east England enters its final phase. The airport – the second busiest in the country – argues that rival Heathrow is breaching legal pollution limits, in some cases by up to 162%.It says it has new evidence ...