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Call for German air cargo sector to invest in digitisation to combat lower cost locations
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig) has called on the country's air cargo sector to invest in technology to help combat the threat of lower cost rivals and bottlenecks.In a newsletter, Barig secretary general Michael Hoppe said there had been some initial successes in the process of digitising ...
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Video: Emirates SkyCargo flies champion of the race that stops a nation
Emirates SkyCargo transported Cross Counter, a three year old horse from Dubai's Godolphin stables, which won the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event and commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation.Following the race victory, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on a ...
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Sauzedde to lead CEVA Logistics’ Central and Eastern European cluster
CEVA Logistics has appointed Guillaume Sauzedde as managing director of its Central & Eastern European cluster.Sauzedde will be based in Warsaw, Poland, and is to take up his new position on November 5.He will report directly to chief executive Xavier Urbain, and will succeed Piotr Zborowski, who CEVA said is ...
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China Post and Lufthansa Cargo in strategic cooperation
Lufthansa Cargo and China Post Group Corp have inked a strategic cooperation that has the cargo capacity scope of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai (PVG) – Frankfurt (FRA) route.Li Xiong, vice president of the official postal service of the People’s Republic of China, and Peter Gerber, chief ...
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AF KLM on a digital journey
In just four years Air France KLM Cargo has ‘rightsized’ its freighter fleet from 15 aircraft to six, and reduced its unit costs by more than 40%, so now comes the easy part: digitisation of the air cargo supply chain.After a tough few years of internal restructuring, the Franco-Dutch carrier ...
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Ulber to leave Panalpina following recent broadside from activist shareholder
Panalpina has announced that chairman Peter Ulber will not stand for re-election as it is "in the best interests" of the forwarder.In a short statement, Peter Ulber explained: "This decision is in the best interest of Panalpina and all of its stakeholders."The long term goals of the company are best ...
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Budapest Airport celebrates record October for cargo
Budapest Airport (BUD) processed a record volume of cargo in October as it targets further increases.The Hungarian hub handled a total of 13,313 tonnes of airfreight last month (trucked and flown), a 22.9% year on year increase and its largest figure ever for the month of October.The airport has welcomed ...
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Ho Ho Bergamo airport expects Christmas cargo boost
Italy’s Milan Bergamo airport expects a "healthy increase" in freighter operations heading up to the Christmas period.The commitment to the northern Italian airport from cargo operators follows on from a 2.5% increase in regular cargo movements versus 2017.Last year, Milan Bergamo handled 125,948 tonnes of cargo, accounting for 10% of ...
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Simarco sees airfreight take off following acquisitions
Logistics firm Simarco recorded a 6% increase in airfreight volumes in the last 12 months following the acquisition of Heathrow-based Formula Goss International and (FGI) and Sutch and Searle.Simarco co-founder and chief executive Simon Reed said that the acquisitions made late last year had enabled Simarco to consolidate services of ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Growth stagnates but underlying strength remains
European airlines continued to see airfreight growth stagnate in October, but volumes for the month remain strong compared with the last five years.The October figures from major European carriers again show that cargo growth has flat lined in 2019, but this masks the underlying strength in the market when compared ...
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Leipzig/Halle cargo volumes reach 1m tonnes by October for the first time
Leipzig/Halle Airport saw cargo volumes increase by 9.1% year on year to 1,012,448 tonnes between January and October - the first time the airport has reached the 1m tonne milestone this early in the year.The increase is higher than the overall German trend, which registered growth of 2.2% (according to ...
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Cargo Air takes delivery of B737 with plans for conversion
Cargo Air has taken delivery of a Boeing 737-400 aircraft with plans to eventually convert the aircraft to a freighter.The aircraft (MSN 28882) was previously owned by Go2Sky of Slovakia and was recently sold to Air Vega Bulgaria, which in turn leased the aircraft to Cargo Air starting November 9.Bulgaria-based ...
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Priority Freight achieves full AEO status at Heathrow
Time-critical logistics Priority Freight has acquired Authorised Economic Operator Full (AEOF) status for its London Heathrow (LHR) operations.The ‘full' AEOF status demonstrates adherence to both globally recognised customs standards and the appropriate security and safety standards in place to protect the international supply chain.By operating with AEOF, Priority Freight will ...
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Top dog Air France KLM is the cat's whiskers for pet transport
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) emerged as a prize winner at the Annual International Pet and Animal Association (IPATA) conference in Melbourne. AFKLMP Cargo won the most votes in the Best Pet Shipping Airline for Asia & Oceania category.Gerald Bergkamp, director specialties at AFKLMP Cargo, said: “We are ...
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CEVA earnings hit by Italian contract logistics problems
CEVA Logistics saw 2018 third quarter (Q3) and year to date (YTD) revenues hit by problems at its Italian contract logistics arm.CEVA, whose board rejected a $1.5bn takeover approach by Danish logistics operator DSV in mid-October, reported adjusted EBITDA of $55m for Q3 and $198m YTD, down $27m and $8m ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation network
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of QEP (Qualified Envirotainer Provider) accredited stations for handling pharmaceutical products.It has received QEP accreditation at 15 new stations, including: Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf , Budapest, San Francisco.Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has ...
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To boldly go: Volga-Dnepr and Bolloré deliver module for space programme
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and forwarding partner Bolloré Logistics have delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for a programme that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit in 2022.The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, ...
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Heathrow's cargo community is cutting truck delays
Heathrow's cargo community is winning the battle against peak-time truck delays as the AIS (Advance Information System) gains traction among forwarders, cargo terminal operators and airlines at the UK airport.And with reports of "significant reductions" in dwell time for trucks and £200 savings in driver costs, there is a now ...
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AEI starts conversion work on Automatic's B737 freighter for Titan
US aircraft conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) is to provide aircraft lessor and trading house Automatic with another B737-400SF freighter, adding that orders for the conversion platform "remain strong".Passenger to freighter modification work on Automatic's B737-400 began this week and the converted twinjet will be re-delivered in early March ...
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Turkish Cargo adds Ho Chi Minh to freighter network
Turkish Cargo is to increase its main deck capacity in Vietnam by adding the country’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh (SNG), to its freighter network after an initial presence in capital Hanoi since 2015.Flights to Ho Chi Minh, which has a high export potential and a significant cargo traffic to ...