All Ground Handler Articles – Page 50
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LUG ramps up Frankfurt slot management
Ground handler LUG Aircargo is implementing a new ramp service and time slot management system at its Cargo City South terminal in Frankfurt airport from mid-May.The software automatically allocates loading bays for the delivery and collection of shipments and for road feeder services.Users can reserve slots at the ramp in ...
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PACTL registers strong results in the first quarter
Strong import volumes helped Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) record a 12.7 per cent year-on-year tonnage increase in the first three months of 2015.PACTL handled total volumes of 362,497 tonnes between January and March 2015, the best in any first quarter for the cargo handler. Lutz ...
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IAG Cargo & Exelsius 2nd GDP Academy to take place 11-12 May 2015
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international cold chain management consultancy, have teamed up again to provide the healthcare and life science industry with a certificated training workshop in Good Distribution Practices (GDP).Exelsius and IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, can offer training to pharmaceutical manufacturers, logistic ...
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Stansted: London’s freighter airport
London and freighters do not often appear in the same sentence. Heathrow no longer has any slots to spare for all-cargo flights and the UK economy is not known as a powerhouse of manufacturing exports (though the country in fact gets as much of its GDP from manufacturing as France ...
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Second half surge boosts Cathay Cargo in 2014
Cargo's stronger second half in 2014 helped Cathay Pacific Group report a 20.2 per cent surge in attributable profit to HK$3.1bn for the full year.Group turnover in passenger and freight increased by 5.5 per cent to HK$106bn. Cargo revenues increased by 7.3 per cent to HK$25.4bn compared with 2013.Cathay, which ...
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WCS: Differing messages in ULD debate
The two leading players in outsourced ULD management brought differing messages to the World Cargo Symposium in China this week. Jettainer released details of a new lightweight pallet design while for CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the key priority is tracking and tracing missing or damaged units.CHEP estimates that 380,000 containers and ...
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TAM opens Sao Paulo cargo terminal
TAM Cargo has formally opened its new airfreight terminal at Brazil’s Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Sao Paulo, a facility able to handle 1,000 tonnes of cargo per day.The project is part of a R$38m ($11.6m) investment targeted to improve operations for domestic cargo service in Brazil.GRU Airport Cargo handled 508,000 ...
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Swissport promotes Knudsen
Swissport International has promoted Nils Pries Knudsen to executive vice president global cargo services, with immediate effect.He will continue to report to Per Utnegaard, group president and chief executive at the provider of ground and cargo handling services.With 4.1m tonnes of airfreight handled per year, the cargo division is the ...
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Schmitt takes up Swissport role for Germany & Austria
Swissport International (Swissport) has named Dirk Schmitt as chief executive cargo services for Germany & Austria.He will be responsible for Swissport Cargo Services (SCS) Germany, employing approximately 400 staff.The task will include running Swissport’s cargo operations at nine online airports as well as several subcontracted European stations.Schmitt will take over ...
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Lilian Chan takes new role at Hactl
Lilian Chan, executive director of Hactl – Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler – is taking up a new role as global ambassador for the company from February.Chan – for many years the commercial head of Hactl – will dispense with all office-based duties and administration, to focus on maintaining and ...
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Qantas Freight awards Heathrow ground handling to dnata
GROUND handler dnata and Australian airline Qantas Freight have agreed a partnership that will see dnata’s UK business provide handling at London’s Heathrow airport.Under the agreement, Qantas Freight will relocate its UK office and all operations to dnata City – a purpose-built cargo logistics centre at the heart of the ...
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Bangkok ground handler wins EU security validation
BANGKOK Flight Services (BFS), a WFS Group company, has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU States in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.BFS is one of ...
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SATS gets IATA pharma seal of approval
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services’ (SATS) perishables handling facility has become the world’s first centre of excellence in pharmaceuticals handling, as certified by IATA.SATS Coolport was set up to cater for high growth in pharmaceuticals airfreight at Changi airport. Last year it handled more than 15,200 tonnes of pharmaceuticals.IATA certification gives ...
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Celebi acquires Aviapartner in Germany
ÇELEBI, a Turkish ground-handling, cargo and warehouse operator, has made a major advance into the German air cargo business with the purchase of Aviapartner Cargo GmbH.The €4.6 million acquisition is part of its strategy to expand in the international arena, says the Istanbul-based company.Aviapartner Cargo is currently active at Frankfurt ...
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Swissport management changes
SWISSPORT International, a leading provider of ground and cargo services to the aviation industry, has announced that Erich Bodenmann, executive vice-president of group services, is to take early retirement from the end of this month.Luzius Wirth takes over responsibility for group services and will report directly to chief executive Per ...
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Virgin Atlantic wins Cargo Airline of the Year 2014
DURING a glamorous night of fine dining and dancing, Virgin Atlantic Cargo was declared Air Cargo News’ Cargo Airline of the Year. Here are the winners:Cargo Airline of the Year: Virgin Atlantic CargoLifetime Achievement Award: Des Vertannes, global head of cargo, IATABest Cargo Airport (+1m): DXBBest Cargo Airport (-1m): Abu ...
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Emirates: Secondary connections, primary goals
It must be hard for the cargo team at Emirates to keep up with all the new destinations that are added to their network each year. Oslo, Stockholm, Boston, Chicago, Taipei, Kabul, Abidjan and Conakry have all had new Emirates services in the last eight months, and the carrier has ...
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Ko takes over at Cathay cargo terminal
KELVIN KO is the new chief executive of Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL), the division that manages Cathay’s new cargo terminal at Hong Kong, writes Nigel Tomkins, managing director.He was previously chief operating officer at CPSL and was also one of the core members in the early stage of planning ...
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Safety videos target lithium battery risk
A series of videos highlighting the potential aircraft fire risks posed by the improper carriage of lithium batteries are now available online.The videos, produced by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in association with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), target key airline and airport staff, including cargo handlers.Freely available ...
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Is shipment consolidation the big barrier to cutting transit times?
DOING the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome is a clear sign of madness, it is said. Exposure to the air cargo industry’s disjointed processes only endorses that aphorism, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.With the industry’s golden era long gone, and despite the e-commerce boom, ...