All Europe Articles – Page 81
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Vienna airport opens new pharma hub
Vienna Airport has expanded its cargo centre and opened a new temperature-controlled pharma hub.The €17.9m investment includes a new pharma handling centre featuring about 1,600sq m of space as part of the recently enlarged air cargo facility.The €1.9 m pharma site includes a cold store with an area of 153sq ...
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IAG Cargo reveals new look executive structure
IAG Cargo has made a number of changes to its executive management team to “align with its business priorities”.The new look executive team is charged with driving performance across premium products, digital transformation, customer service and global operations, the airline group said.The shake-up sees David Shepherd, currently commercial director, move ...
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ASL offloads Budapest cargo handling business
ASL Aviation Holdings has sold its Budapest-based handling business to airport services firm Menzies Aviation for an undisclosed sum to concentrate on core activities.The Dublin-based aircraft owner said the staff and assets of Farnair Handling, which provides cargo warehouse and ramp handling services at Budapest Airport, have been transferred to ...
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WFS' French flourish as cargo deals roll in
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded five new cargo handling contracts by passenger and freighter airlines in France.Four of the contracts cover Paris CDG as well as handling at WFS’ other 11 cargo stations across France.Vietnam Airlines has renewed its cargo handling agreement with WFS, while CAL ...
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Hurricane response helps boost ACS Q3 revenues
Broker Air Charter Service (ACS) saw revenues increase by 50% in the third quarter of the year, with growth across its three main divisions.The company reported total revenues of £144m for the third quarter with company growth and the response to hurricanes boosting performance.ACS group chief executive Justin Bowman said: ...
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Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt awarded CEIV Pharma
Ground handler Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt has received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification at the German airport.Philip Roodenburg, station manager at Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt, said: “Regarding pharma shipments, we fully realize that there are always humans involved who need a constant flow of safely delivered medical products. Hence, it is ...
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West Atlantic relocates UK operations to East Midlands Airport
The UK division of Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline has relocated its operation from Coventry Airport to East Midlands Airport.The express freight company has leased 43,000 sq ft of hanger space close to its key customers DHL and the Royal Mail.A statement said that the move is driven by a ...
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Panalpina’s COO Andy Weber to leave at the end of 2017
Panalpina's chief operating officer (COO), Andy Weber, will leave the company at the end of the year. The COO position will not be replaced.Weber, a member of the Switzerland-based logistics operator's executive board, joined the company in 2015.In a statement, Panalpina said that Weber has successfully led many turnaround projects ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Growth starts to slow in October
Air cargo growth at European carriers looks to have slowed in October, with IAG Cargo and Lufthansa seeing increases narrow during the month.Any potential slowdown in demand growth should not come as too much of a surprise given that comparisons are affected by improvements in the market at the tail ...
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Lufthansa Cargo signs up for eight more years with Fraport
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground handling deal at Frankfurt Airport.The agreement has a term of eight years and runs from January 2018 to December 2025 and covers aircraft ground handling, particularly the loading and unloading of all freighter aircraft belonging to ...
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SAS Cargo launches new pharma service
SAS Cargo is increasing the range of its pharma airfreight solutions by adding SAS Pharma Cargo.The Scandinavian carrier will use active GPS trackers to monitor the shipment, assuring accurate temperature is kept throughout the entire transport chain.“The pharmaceutical industry rightly expects high standards and performance from airlines when transporting their ...
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Air Partner appoints Jubb as freight trading manager
Charter broker Air Partner has appointed Robert Jubb as freight trading manager, based at the global aviation services group’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and reporting directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Jubb has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously ...
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UK forwarders concerned over post-Brexit customs plan
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is right to have concerns over the government and HMRC’s plans for customs procedures post-Brexit.Commenting after the publication of a report by the Committee, the trade association for UK freight forwarders agrees that more needs ...
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CEVA remains in the red despite airfreight demand growth
Freight forwarder CEVA remained in the red during the third quarter of the year despite increases in revenues and airfreight volumes.The forwarder, which has been subject to takeover rumours this year, saw third-quarter revenues increase by 6.1% year on year to reach $1.8bn and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...
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UK airport trio notch up October cargo rises
MAG, the UK airports group, reported healthy cargo growth during October at its Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands hubs.Cargo volumes at Stansted airport during October were up 3.0% on last year with more than 23,000 tonnes of goods passing through the airport’s cargo facility. The annual total increased by ...
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Heathrow and Gatwick announce record cargo results in October
London’s Heathrow airport had a “landmark” October for cargo, handling more than 150,000 tonnes in a month for the first time since records began.October’s 154,492 tonnes registered a year-on-year rise of 9.2% at the UK’s number one cargo hub and its 15th consecutive record monthly throughput.The same month also saw ...
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Turkish Airlines third-quarter cargo results rocket up
Turkish Airlines moved 810,489 tons of cargo between January and September this year – an increase of 26.8% over the same nine months of 2016.The Far East, Europe and North America led the way in terms of rising volumes of cargo and mail carried, each with around 30% more than ...
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DHL forwarding's quarterly airfreight volumes up 8% as gross profit declines
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP-DHL) registered positive results during the third quarter of 2017, with total revenue up 5.6% over like period last year, to €14.6bn.“We had a strong third quarter with record earnings yet again,” said Frank Appel, group chief executive of the Germany-based global mail and logistics company.“All ...
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ABC in top gear for Maserati Gran Turismo charter
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered twenty-eight new Maserati Gran Turismo vehicles on a Boeing 747 freighter.The charter flight from Milan to Tokyo on behalf of Agility Logistics was operated from the largest airport in Milan, Malpensa, to Narita Airport with a stop at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.The Maserati cars were handled ...
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IATA chief tells the UK: Expand Heathrow and warns 'the Brexit clock is ticking'
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the UK Government to shore-up its international air connectivity by focusing on a "cost-effective expansion" of Heathrow Airport and by achieving early clarity on post-Brexit issues.Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director general and chief executive, said: "In building the post-Brexit world, the prosperity ...