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IAG Cargo reports 'challenging' 2015
IAG Cargo recorded a 3.2% rise in unadjusted 2015 full-year commercial revenue to just over €1bn as “challenging” market conditions saw like-for-like overall yield down 4% on prior year due to flat volumes while capacity grew by 3%.However, after adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, ...
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Battery ban ‘disappointing’ says Global Shippers’ Forum
Shippers have criticised as “disappointing” a total ban on lithium-ion batteries in passenger aircraft bellyholds, saying it goes against previous recommendations and “does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits”.The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) head of policy Alex Veitch said: “The outright ban on passenger ...
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Volga-Dnepr performs spacecraft payload transport
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a spacecraft payload module from Sheremetyevo Airport to London Stansted onboard one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters.The transportation was organised by DG Terminal and as well as the module three tons of support equipment was also flown.The airline used a special container to transport the module. During ...
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UPS promotes grassroots talent
UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone as president of its Europe region and Ross McCullough for Asia Pacific, while Cindy Miller becomes president of global freight forwarding.Cesarone, a 25-year UPS veteran who most recently served as president of UPS’s Asia Pacific Region, will now be responsible for operations in 56 countries ...
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Deutsche Post boss: DHL Global Forwarding is NOT up for sale
Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) chief executive Frank Appel has rejected outright any suggestions that his group’s forwarding arm is up for sale.In a statement to Air Cargo News, Appel said: “To clear up false rumours and to be unequivocal, DP DHL is not exploring the sale of our Global Forwarding ...
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Brussels Airlines’ passenger success hits freight traffic
The volume of cargo carried by Brussels Airlines fell away slightly in January compared to the same month of 2015.The Belgian carrier, which is owned by SN Airholding and is part of the Lufthansa Group, flew 15.7% fewer freight ton-kilometres (FTK) year-on-year during the month.However, the decline was caused, the ...
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NewsSubdued growth for cargo hubs in 2015
Subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies, along with a lower recovery in advanced economies, saw airfreight markets “substantially weaker” in 2015 compared with passenger, reporting a “modest 2.3%” growth in total freight volumes.That is the message from Airports Council International (ACI) in releasing its preliminary data for last ...
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UK's FTA launches aviation working group
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced that it is launching a new working group to look at issues affecting the airfreight sector.The freight and logistics group said it had decided to launch the group as airfreight is a crucial part of UK logistics and the wider economy, and ...
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NewsOperating profits slide at Air France KLM's cargo division
Air France KLM saw its cargo division’s financial performance worsen last year as it faced weak demand conditions and continued with restructuring.The Franco-Dutch airline group saw revenues at its cargo division decline by 9.5% year-on-year in 2015 to €2.7bn, while operating profits declined by 15.6% on 2014 levels to a ...
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DHL adds daily Tangier freighter
DHL has launched a daily B737 freighter between Tangier and the integrator’s global hub in Leipzig, Germany, connecting northern Morocco's high-growth economic zones to Europe.The service, from Tangier’s Ibn Battouta airport, provides customers in Morocco with a reduction in delivery time by four hours and an extended pickup time limit ...
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JMV signs up for freighter conversion from AEI
Luxembourg-based JMV Aviation has signed up for a freighter conversion from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI).The US passenger to freighter conversion specialist AEI will provide an 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion to JMV in June of this year.The aircraft (MSN 24959) is high gross weight and is being modified at ...
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Logwin adds new German office
Logistics firm Logwin has continued to expand its German operations with the opening of a new office in Mannheim, providing air and ocean forwarding services.Head of Logwin Air + Ocean Deutschland Stefan Schwind said it had decided to open the new office to be close to its air and ocean ...
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DHL to build Malpensa hub
DHL Express has signed an agreement to build a €90m logistics hub at Milan Malpensa airport. Work will begin at the end of 2016 and be completed by end of the second quarter of 2018.DHL is the second express parcel giant to expand at the Italian hub after FedEx started ...
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ABC gets new European partner through ACMI deal with CargoLogicAir
CargoLogicAir’s first scheduled service has in fact been revealed as an ACMI tie-up with partner airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC).From February 14, CargoLogicAir’s B747-400 freighter began flying to Africa twice per week on behalf of ABC.The routing will start ex-London Stansted via Frankfurt to Libreville and onto Johannesburg, returning to Stansted via ...
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Cargolux expands Brazil network with Rio de Janeiro
A pre-Olympics airfreight boom to games' host Brazil will see European carrier Cargolux return to Rio de Janeiro with a B747 full freighter service starting in March.The flight continues to Viracopos before returning to Europe.Luxembourg-based Cargolux said: "The return to Rio was driven by growing demand for pre-Olympic Games freight ...
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Arafa to be head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo
Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.Arafa, currently head of cabin crew at SWISS, will assume his new duties in June. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who became head of Swiss WorldCargo last October.In his new capacity, Arafa will be in overall charge of the ...
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Flower power makes scents for LAN Cargo
LATAM Airlines Group’s cargo unit transported more than 160m bouquets of flowers during the three weeks leading up to this weekend's St Valentine’s Day, the peak time for flower exports around the world.Approximately 100 cargo aircraft operated by LATAM Airlines Group’s cargo unit took off from Colombia and Ecuador between ...
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Students earn their GDP spurs at IAG Cargo/Exelsius workshop
A further 18 students have graduated from the IAG Cargo/Exelsius Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy — the fifth such international training course — this time held in London.Attended by students from Singapore, India and the UK, the course was of particular benefit to forwarders and ground handlers who are either ...
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Record start to the year for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) had a record breaking start to 2016 but has warned of a challenging year ahead.The Russian airline recorded a 30% year-on-year increase in demand in January to a new high for the month of 43,605 tons after it added new freighters and expanded its network last year.Newly-launched ...
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Volga-Dnepr looks to expand in aerospace, humanitarian and oil & gas
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has announced the appointment of three global directors to push its expansion in the aerospace, humanitarian, and oil & gas sectors.Axel Kaldschmidt has been appointed global director, aerospace Industry.Aerospace customers account for 30% of Volga-Dnepr’s annual business and since its launch, the airline has operated over 5,250 flights ...