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NewsDnata appoints new regional ceo for Asia Pacific
Dirk Goovaerts has been named as dnata’s regional chief executive officer for the Asia Pacific region. He joins from Saudi Ground Services Company (SGS), where he has been chief operations officer since 2016.Previously he held senior leadership roles at Menzies Aviation with the most recent being senior vice president, Europe, ...
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NewsFirst companies awarded IATA Fresh certification
IATA and the Hong Kong cargo community celebrate the first CEIV Fresh certificationThe first companies have passed IATA's CEIV Fresh certification programme for the handling of perishable cargo.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, IATA revealed that Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPSL) and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) are ...
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Edelweiss partnership with Swiss WorldCargo continues to flourish
Swiss airline Edelweiss and sister company Swiss WorldCargo have agreed to continue their partnership.The agreement, effective since the beginning of 2019, will see Swiss WorldCargo continue to market and sell Edelweiss freight capacity.Swiss WorldCargo will maintain responsibility for managing the belly cargo on the entire fleet of Edelweiss and sister ...
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NewsWFS makes two appointments in the US
Globally active handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced two appointments of senior executives in the Americas market.Mike Duffy and Mike Simpson have been named as executive vice president innovation and executive vice president Americas respectively.Duffy will take up his new role in April, Simpson on March 1.They will both ...
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WFS adds new Copenhagen pharma facility
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to invest in a new pharma facility at Copenhagen Airport.Construction of the new facility will begin in April and the new building will cover an area of 1,500 sq m and will provide end-to-end handling in a temperature-controlled environment for 2-8°C pharma products ...
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Swissport to acquire 100% stake in Heathrow Cargo Handling
Swissport has taken 100% control of Heathrow Cargo Handling Ltd (HCH) after acquiring the 50% stake held by joint venture partner Air France. Terms were not disclosed.Last year, the HCH joint venture, with a workforce of some 120 employees, handled over 150,000 tons of air cargo, seven percent more than ...
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Air Canada Cargo links with GTA dnata in Toronto for pharma shipments
Air Canada Cargo is collaborating with GTA dnata which will handle all the airline’s export and import pharmaceutical shipments at Toronto Pearson International Airport from February 26.GTA dnata’s facility at the north eastern Canadian hub has obtained IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification and is “fully equipped for handling temperature sensitive shipments ...
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Menzies Aviation renews Air China Cargo contract at Los Angeles
Menzies Aviation has signed a three-year contract renewal with Air China at Los Angeles airport (LAX), which sees extends its partnership with China’s national carrier in the Americas region.The contract means that UK-based global aviation services specialist will handle over 60,000 tonnes of cargo per year at LAX, where it ...
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Cargojet buys ground handler at Mirabel airport
Canadian overnight all-cargo carrier Cargojet has purchased an unnamed ground handling and ground services equipment (GSE) company at Mirabel International Airport in Québec for approximately $3m.The agreement to purchase includes all company assets and assumes all current lease arrangements.Cargojet chief executive Ajay Virmani said: "The acquisition of this ground handling ...
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dnata boosts freighter forwarder services with double UAE shares swoop
UAE-based ground handler dnata has increased its ownership in two Dubai-based joint venture companies, strengthening its position in the international freight forwarding sector.The Dubai-based global air services provider has purchased a 50% stake in Dubai Express, Freightworks and a 25.5% stake in Bolloré Logistics UAE from the Kanoo Group.As a ...
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Shortlist revealed for the Air Cargo News Awards
Anticipation ahead of the Air Cargo News Cargo Airline of the Year Awards is continuing to build as the shortlist for the judged categories has been revealed.A team of five well-known industry judges painstakingly reviewed a record number of entries for the six categories that required companies to write an ...
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WFS opens new Brussels cargo facility
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new cargo handling facility at Brussels Airport.The new 8,700 sq m facility, developed by Montea, began operations on February 1. It is part of a wider development project within the cargo zone of Brussels Airport.A 50,000 sq m building will be ...
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Swissport extends HNA loan as first half 2018 cargo revenues rise 7.3%
Swissport has again extended the collection date on the €286m balance of a loan to parent company HNA Group, while the Chinese conglomerate “concludes its assessment of strategic options” for its ground handler. subsidiary.News of the extension came as Swissport reported a 4.1% rise in group revenues to €1.43bn for ...
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Checkport is first Swiss ACC3 EU validator
Checkport has been listed as the first Swiss company in the European Union (EU) database as an Independent Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the Union from a Third Country Airport (ACC3) EU validator.Checkport, a subsidiary of Swissport International, can carry out validations for airlines, logistic companies and as ...
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WFS achieves IATA CEIV Pharma at Amsterdam Schiphol
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has gained IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its pharmaceutical handling facilities at Schiphol Airport, a key European hub for healthcare and life science products.WFS provides dedicated temperature-controlled facilities at Amsterdam for pharma products requiring both 2-8°C and 15-25°C environments.In preparation for its CEIV audit, WFS carried ...
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Delta and Virgin to move cargo handling to new dnata Heathrow facility
Partner airlines Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo will move their handling operations at London Heathrow to the new purpose-built dnata City East.The move to the new facility is scheduled for the second half of 2019 and will double the size of Virgin and Delta’s cargo operation at Heathrow to ...
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Menzies Aviation expands in Australia with new operations
Menzies Aviation has expanded its cargo operations in Australia, with two new cargo facilities - at North Queensland’s Cairns Airport and at Melbourne Avalon Airport in Victoria.Virgin Australia is the inaugural customer for Menzies Aviation Cairns – a joint venture with local firm AT Group - with eight scheduled flights ...
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Menzies renews Schiphol cargo contracts
Menzies Aviation has renewed cargo contracts with two key customers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.FedEx renewed its ramp and cargo contract with the UK-based airport services firm, which sees Menzies continue to handle FedEx’s daily freighter into Schiphol.US-based cargo carrier Kalitta Air also renewed its contract for ramp handling at the ...
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Lufthansa extends Fraport ground handling contract at Frankfurt
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport has secured a seven-year extension to its ground handling contract for all Lufthansa aircraft at the German hub.The contact becomes effective on January 1, 2019, and runs until March 31, 2026. Both partners agreed not to disclose the contract volume.Fraport’s executive board member and labour director, ...
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Swissport becomes the first air cargo handler in Canada with CEIV Pharma
Swissport has added Montreal’s Pierre Elliot Trudeau airport to its network of CEIV Pharma certified cargo warehouses, the first air cargo handler to do so in Canada.The CEIV Pharma standards guarantee airfreight customers highest quality and temperature control standards for the transport of sensitive pharmaceutical products.“We are very pleased to ...