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NewsATC Aviation expands east European GSSA network with Brainway buy
L-R: Ingo Zimmer and Günter PeplATC Aviation Services Group has acquired Austrian cargo general sales and services agent (GSSA) Brainway and its subsidiaries in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.Brainway and its subsidiaries will join ATC, the Germany-based GSSA, from the beginning of February.Among the airlines represented ...
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Leipzig/Halle bucks the trend with fifteenth year of cargo growth
Leipzig/Halle Airport has increased its cargo volumes for the fifteenth consecutive year and more than tenfold since 2007.In 2019, Europe’s fifth-largest and Germany's second-largest air cargo hub handled 1.2m tonnes, representing a year-on-year growth of 1.4%.Overall, airports in Europe are expected to record a decline in cargo volumes last year.In ...
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Schiphol sees cargo volumes slide on fewer freighters and tough market
Schiphol saw its cargo traffic drop last year as reduced freighter flights and weaker market conditions took their toll.Total cargo volumes for 2019 dropped by 9% year on year in 2019 to 1.6m tonnes.Full freighter volumes fell by 13.2% to 0.85m tonnes while belly cargo volumes dropped 2.3% to 0.7m ...
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NewsCharterSync reaches 100 aircraft milestone
Digital charter platform CharterSync now has 100 aircraft registered on its system.The company, which was launched six months ago, said that a wide variety of aircraft, from smaller piston aircraft through to B737 capable of carrying 20 tonnes of cargo, had been onboarded.CharterSync co-founder Ed Gillet said: "The integration rate ...
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'Only a matter of time' before Amazon Air comes to Europe
A report by finance bank KFW IPEX-Bank has concluded it is only a matter of time before Amazon launches its own airline in Europe.Although reports suggests the e-commerce giant does contract operators to fly on its behalf in Europe, it has yet to go as far as launching its own-branded ...
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Decision on Manston's cargo hub plans delayed
A decision on whether to approve plans to develop Manston Airport in the UK into a cargo hub has been delayed by the UK government.Parliamentary under secretary for transport, Nusrat Ghani, announced that an inquiry into the plans – due any day now – would be extended until May 18.The ...
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NewsNew warehouse planned opposite Heathrow’s Terminal 5
A 2,579 sq m ‘high quality’ speculative warehouse development close to Heathrow’s Terminal 5 aims to be ready for tenants by October.Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) fund has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Slough Borough Council’s Planning Committee for this Black Arrow warehouse ...
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NewsNagel-Group sells its airfreight business
Source: Nagel-GroupFood logistics firm Nagel-Group has sold its airfreight business to KOTRA-Logistics as it looks to concentrate on its core competencies.Nagel Airfreight was founded in 1987 and has about 40 employees at three German locations: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Bremerhaven.The airfreight business specialises in the distribution of fresh fish, an area ...
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NewsBrussels Airport to restructure and expand cargo team
Nathan De ValckBrussels Airport has centralised the entire responsibility of all activities in the cargo zone within the cargo business unit and it is also looking to expand the team.The new structure results in the cargo unit overseeing all operational, financial, commercial and real-estate cargo activities in addition to its ...
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NewsA record year for cargo at Liege
Liege AirportLiege Airport handled a record amount of air cargo last year as it attracted a host of new freighter services.The Belgian airport handled a total of 902,480 tonnes in 2019, which represents a 3.6% increase on 2018's 870,644 tonnes.The airport pointed out that it had achieved the growth despite ...
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WiseTech continues expansion with SISA acquisition
Fast expanding supply chain software firm WiseTech Global has acquired SISA Studio Informatica, a customs and freight forwarding solutions provider in Switzerland.SISA provides solutions covering customs clearance, freight forwarding and bonded warehouse management. Its customers include DHL Logistics (Schweiz), Fiege Logistik (Schweiz), FedEx, Post CH, Agility Logistics, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, ...
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NewsSlot booking helps Liege handler improve truck handling times
Liege Airport Cargo Handling Services (LACHS) has reduced its truck handling times through the implementation of a slot booking system from Nallian.LACHS, which handles almost 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year and 150 trucks per day, said that using the system had helped it reduced the average time it takes ...
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Davies Turner Ireland bags AEO status
Davies Turner Ireland has gained AEO accreditation to help expedite shipments through customs.The freight forwarder was awarded the status by Irish Revenue, meaning it will be able to benefit from simplified customs procedures.Philip Stephenson, chairman of Davies Turner, said: "The AEO regime is one of a series of measures being ...
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NewsDamco: airfreight set for improvement in second half
Ferwin Wieringa[In 2019] the market has clearly gone down and there are multiple reasons for this, one of the significant ones being the uncertainty generated by the US/China trade war, writes Ferwin Wieringa, global head of airfreight, Damco.In addition, since consumer demand has also reduced this year, airfreight has not ...
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ACI EUROPE reports continued decline in airfreight volumes
European airport trade body ACI EUROPE has released air traffic statistics covering October, and its figures record that airfreight traffic through its European gateways fell by 2.6% year on year in the month.It was the 12th consecutive month of air cargo decline. The October figure was also 2.8% down on ...
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NewsRegional carrier Widerøe to roll out e-cargoware
Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe has appointed software firm e-cargoware to digitise its cargo operations.The Norwegian carrier, which serves 42 domestic and 9 international destinations, will roll out e-cargoware software in the first quarter of next year.Widerøe cargo manager Thomas Lone explained why it had selected e-cargoware: “Having scanned the marketplace ...
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Uzbekistan Airways signs up to CHAMP's online portal
Uzbekistan Airways has signed up to use CHAMP Cargosystems’ online portal, FREIGHT.AERO, as it looks to develop its digital offering.FREIGHT.AERO offers real-time availability and price, e-bookings, air waybill and house air waybill processing."FREIGHT.AERO is connected to 20+ airlines and empowers forwarders to do business online with multiple airlines through a ...
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NewsEuropean Green Deal sets out ambitious targets
Aviation is one of the many areas facing changes under the European Green Deal launched by new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.The deal sets out the goals of “no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use”, a strategy von ...
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NewsEast Midlands Airport appoints new cargo chief
East Midlands Airport (EMA) has appointed Steven Harvey as new vice president of cargo. Previously director of business partnerships & new market development at CargoLogic Management, Harvey has 30 years’ experience in air cargo, including stints with Atlas Air, Volga Dnepr UK and Ruslan International.In the UK, EMA is second ...
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NewsEMEA cargo crime on the up as losses hit the €80m mark
Cargo worth more than €80m was stolen from supply chains in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region in the first nine months of 2019, according to the latest data from the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Incident Information Service (IIS).Cargo thefts were recorded from all modes of transport ...