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Qatar Airways Cargo rolls out automated mail management system
Qatar Airways Cargo has rolled out a fully automated mail management system at more than 50 stations across its global network in what it says is a first for the industry.It has also signed an agreement with leading logistics solutions provider Descartes to integrate the Descartes Velocity Mail (vMail) solution ...
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Cargolux signs United for Wildlife pledge
Cargolux has signed the United for Wildlife International Taskforce on the Transportation of Illegal Wildlife Products declaration.The European all-cargo carrier said that the move demonstrated its commitment to animal welfare and ethical standards.Added a spokesperson for the Luxembourg-based airline: "The statement, made in good faith, is not legally binding but ...
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Saudia Cargo appoints chief ground handling officer
Saudia Cargo has appointed Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak to lead the airline's ground handling business unit.The appointment of Al-Mubarak as chief ground handling officer is part of Saudia Cargo’s recognition of the important role its ground handling business unit has in achieving its Strategy 2020 transformation program.Al-Mubarak joins Saudia Cargo with a ...
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Fourth B747 freighter for CargoLogicAir
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has taken delivery of its fourth Boeing 747 freighter, which will initially be used to meet customer demand on its US routes.The latest B747-400ERF joins the UK’s only maindeck cargo airline fleet on an operating lease and keeps CLA on track with its five-year growth strategy, which is ...
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UPS expands investment in India
UPS has taken full ownership of its express service joint venture in India. It previously held a majority stake in the unit which exclusively serves UPS's international express small package shipping business in the country.UPS says the move to obtain full ownership, along with planned network upgrades, demonstrates the company's ...
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‘Outstanding’ quarter for UPS supply chain and freight business
UPS chairman and chief executive David Abney has praised the company’s supply chain and freight performance in Q3 2018, saying it was “outstanding this quarter, as the unit delivered double-digit growth in both revenue and adjusted operating profit”.He added that “UPS will continue to leverage our vast forwarding, customs, and ...
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Clear vision for Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways will host the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at Doha International Airport as part of its support for the inaugural Doha Healthcare Week, 6 -12 November.The Flying Eye Hospital, operated by global eye health charity Orbis, is a fully-equipped plane with state-of-the-art medical equipment, an operating theatre and a ...
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Turkish Cargo signs up with CHAMP Cargosystems
Turkish Cargo has signed an agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems for Traxon CDMP quality management solutions.Developed with the current Cargo iQ specifications, this solution will manage more than 1m cargo Turkish Cargo air waybills annually. Traxon CDMP has added further functions and user-friendly features, with additional quality measuring and monitoring, going ...
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Saudia Cargo investment streamlines processes
Saudia Cargo’s investment in infrastructure facilities at its Jeddah and Riyadh cargo stations has reduced import and export documentation and procedures by 75%, said Saudi Airlines Cargo Company chief executive Omar Talal Hariri.In his speech delivered at the Second Supply Chain and Logistics Conference held in Riyadh, he reiterated the ...
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Etihad SPRINTs to cargo technology platform
Etihad Cargo has completed its migration to SPRINT, an IBS iCargo fully integrated technology platform which the carrier has adopted as the digital answer to its evolving cargo management needs.The cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways has spent 12 months on the implementation process andservices that are now available ...
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Ethiopian launches Oslo–Guangzhou freighter service and ups Addis Ababa frequency
Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its presence in Oslo, having launched a dedicated B777 freighter service to Guangzhou in China, and increasing its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner frequency between Addis Ababa and the Norwegian capital to six times a week in December.The twice-weekly freighter departure to Guangzhou was launched last week to ...
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Qatar adds direct flights to Macau and then across the Pacific
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched twice-weekly freighter services from Doha to Macau, adding the destination to its Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai portfolio.The Boeing 777 freighter, offering 100 tonnes cargo capacity, will continue from Macau to Los Angeles and Mexico City, before flying on to Liege, Belgium and then back ...
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Panalpina boss on peak season: “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day”
Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen has warned that “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day” in air cargo's looming peak season, adding that “smooth operations on the ground will be equally important”.Karlen said that this year’s airfreight market is “not quite as strong” as in 2017, although rates remain ...
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Boeing: Demand for 2,600 new or converted freighters over next 20 years
Boeing projects that air cargo operators will need more than 2,600 new or converted freighters over the next two decades to keep up with increasing global freight traffic, which is expected to double with 4.2% growth annually.Some of the factors driving the growth in air cargo include a growing express ...
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Silk Way West Airlines launches Baku–Tianjin freighter link
Silk Way West Airlines (SWW) is to start a twice weekly freighter service to Tianjin connecting its global hub in Baku, Azerbijan, with one of the leading industrial centres in northern China.The service will close the strategic gap in the carrier’s network by offering full freighter services to booming Northern ...
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Speedy boarding on Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has organised the delivery of a 38-ton crankshaft from Mexico to India.The flight from Apodaca to Mumbai was chartered by DHL Global Forwarding, with the shipment packaged in a 7-metre long box alongside some support equipment required for loading.Within 12 hours of receiving the request, Volga-Dnepr’s logistics specialists ...
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UPS adds sortation capacity to cope with peak season rush
UPS has opened a new Atlanta sortation and delivery centre which can process 100,000 pieces per hour. The 1.2m sq ft facility is the integrator’s second largest ground package processing facility in the US and fourth largest package operation in its worldwide network.The hub serves primarily the southeastern US and ...
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Atran Airlines to lease two Boeing 737-800 freighters from GECAS
Atran Airlines, the scheduled express cargo carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has signed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for the lease of two Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions.The aircraft are scheduled to be phased in during the remainder of 2018 and the first half of 2019. They ...
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Amazon Air lands at Miami
Amazon Air has launched a twice daily Prime Air-branded Boeing 767-300F service through Miami International Airport (MIA).The service, connecting the Florida gateway to other airports across the US, is operated by Atlas Air Worldwide.A facility at MIA sorts the Amazon packages prior to their flight out on the Atlas freighters.Lester ...
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Emirates SkyCargo marks two-year freighter anniversary in Oslo
Emirates SkyCargo has celebrated two years of operating Boeing 777 freighter services to Oslo airport, the fast growing north European perishables hub for fish shipments.In 2017, Oslo Airport was the fastest growing cargo airport in Europe with a 36% year-on-year increase to 185,000 tons, of which 90,000 tons were seafood.Dubai-based ...