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Subdued half year for Lufthansa
Lufthansa’s group cargo volumes fell 3.1 per cent in the first six months of 2014 to 932,000 tonnes in a “subdued” freight market for the German carrier’s airline businesses which include Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss and Austrian Airlines.In its half-year financial review, Lufthansa said: “The global cargo business was more subdued ...
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Cargojet revenue rise
Canada-based Cargojet saw 2014 second quarter revenues up 3.7 per cent to C$44.3 million, due primarily to the increase in core overnight volumes and higher ACMI income.Cargojet provides time sensitive overnight air cargo services and operates a network across North America, as well as global air charters.President & chief executive ...
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Volvo renews TNT international delivery contract
Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo has renewed a three-year contract with express operator TNT for ‘inbound to production’ and aftermarket delivery services in Europe.TNT will continue to handle Volvo’s European emergency production movements.TNT collects automotive components and parts from more than 800 different suppliers in Europe and delivers them ...
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Oman Air plans venture with cargo operator
Oman Air is due to announce details, by the end of October, of a new joint venture with a large freighter operator. Specifics of the deal are still unknown, but the last time the Middle Eastern airline did something similar was in March 2013 when it signed an agreement with ...
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DHL parcelcopter launches initial operations for research purpose
Plans to fly cargo by drone continue to make it off the computer screen and into reality, despite widespread dismissal by many.DHL Parcel has announced plans to trial a project on the North Sea island of Juist, where it will fly medicine and other urgent items by 'parcelcopter' (pictured). The ...
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Freighters: down, but not out
The Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest last week was optimistic that the industry’s use of freighters would eventually stabilise to a new norm. However, said IAG Cargo’s Jude Winstanley, former head of freighters, the norm will still be a lot lower than the glory days 20 years ago.“There ...
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Raya rebranding completed
Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business.Raya Airways was established in July last year when TAS was spun out of the Transmile Group. That restructuring process is now complete, and Raya is pressing ahead with plans to ...
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Chip producer slates airlines’ service record
“Terrible” service and poor communication is preventing the air freight industry from speeding up door-to-door delivery, semiconductor manufacturer ASML complained at today’s opening session of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, South Korea.There has been much debate between airlines, airports, cargo handlers and freight forwarders about how to meet IATA’s ...
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TNT to launch data management for pharma
TNT is introducing TrialDat, a web-based data management tool for the clinical research sector.The international express delivery company said that TrialDat will capture real time end-to-end data on a single platform.TrialDat will be available to all customers from the first quarter of 2015, as part of a wider initiative to ...
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TNT adds Hanover freighter
TNT is stepping up its services in Europe with the launch of B737-400 freighter services to Hanover in Germany, Europe’s largest express delivery market.The express parcel operator now offers five flights a week connecting Hanover to the company’s main international air hub in Liege (Belgium), Hanover to Billund (Denmark) and ...
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TNT cockpit iPads save 50kg in paper
TNT Airways is to roll out paperless cockpits across its worldwide fleet by using iPad Air tablets as electronic flight bags.TNT’s subsidiary airline, with a fleet of 50 aircraft, has made the move following approval from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.Each iPad will replace the 50kg of paper books and ...
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DHL to launch Asia Pacific innovation centre in Singapore
Deutsche Post DHL is set to open a S$10m Asia Pacific logistics innovation centre in Singapore next year, located within the company’s new S$160m Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre (ARC) building currently under construction in Tampines LogisPark.The new facility follows on from the successful introduction of DHL’s main innovation centre ...
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TNT adds Venice freighter call
Parcels carrier TNT is launching a five-times a week B737-400 freighter service between Venice and its Liege air hub in Belgium, aimed at exporters and importers trading with north-east Italy.The morning flight from Liege arrives at Venice Airport Marco Polo (VCE) at 6:00 am and continues onto Ljubljana (Slovenia) before ...
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Milwaukee freighter link from DHL
DHL Express has added a B767-200F flight to Milwaukee, a growing commercial and industrial hub for the Great Lakes region.International shippers in the Milwaukee metro area and surrounding cities will now enjoy later pick-up cutoff times –1.25 hours on average.The new flight departs the DHL ramp at Milwaukee Mitchell airport ...
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Sodexi opens Paris airport warehouse
Aéroports de Paris and Sodexi have opened a 7,600 sq m express freight warehouse at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The warehouse, with a €22m investment, will be used to manage and process flows of air freight and mail for express specialist Sodexi, which is 65 per cent owned by Air ...
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TNT helps customers cut the carbon
TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge.The carrier measures how much CO2 is produced in transporting consignments and then ‘neutralises’ them with an equivalent amount of CO2 credits.TNT uses CO2 credits only from renewable energy projects that meet Gold Standard requirements. ...
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ATSG and DHL extend US freighter agreement
Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has completed a new agreement that extends its support of DHL’s air cargo network in the US until at least March 2019.Principal elements of the new agreement include extended dry leases for the 13 B767 freighters currently leased to DHL and new dry ...
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All smiles as IGAT takes on VEX for Virgin
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new and extended general sales and service agency (GSSA) contract to InterGlobe Air Transport (IGAT) in India.Extending its 12-year working partnership with Delhi-based IGAT for cargo sales, IGAT now also handles the airline’s VEX courier express product, taking over from Patel On-Board Couriers.Virgin Atlantic’s ...
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TNT's express trucking link to Istanbul
TNT has launched a daily scheduled road service to Istanbul, linking the Turkish capital city to Sofia, Bulgaria, and on to all countries in Europe via the express company’s trucking network.The Amsterdam-based parcels company says that it is currently the only express operator to run a scheduled road connection between ...
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TNT tweaks its figures
Express carrier TNT said its fourth quarter results, due to be published in full on February 17, would include non-recurring tax expense items totalling €77m, which include a €67m non-cash valuation allowance on deferred tax assets.The Netherlands-headquartered company added that changes to its accounting treatment in Brazil would also result ...