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Beijing Capital brings another freighter service to Liege
Liege Airport (LGG) has grown its air cargo business with the addition of a new freighter service operated by Beijing Capital Airlines.The Chinese airline began the route between Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN) in East China’s Jiangxi province and Liege Airport in Belgium on June 24, said Alexis Lapot, senior ...
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NewsUK's Royal Mail selects Glasgow Prestwick as e-commerce hub
Florrie Kuang (left), Royal Mail China Office and Jules Matteoni, Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Source: Glasgow Prestwick Airport.The UK's Royal Mail has selected Glasgow Prestwick Airport (GPA) as one of its e-commerce hubs in a move that should boost volumes through the Scottish facility.The British postal service said that the lack ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo and SF Airlines add freighter service and expand partnership
Photo: Etihad CargoEtihad Cargo and SF Airlines will launch a new freighter service between Shenzhen and Abu Dhabi to boost cargo capacity between China and the UAE.The weekly freighter service between Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China and Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi will commence on July 13 and ...
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NewsFedEx axes 22 757 freighters as express profits remain under pressure
FedEx revealed in its fiscal fourth-quarter results that it has retired 22 of its Boeing 757 freighters as it looks to better match capacity to market demand. The move sees the express giant reduce its 757F fleet to 92 aircraft as of May 31, compared with 115 at the same ...
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NewsNew CargoAi feature aims to make batch bookings smarter
Source: CargoAiDigital technology platform CargoAi has launched a new feature designed to simplify and automate batch pre-booking and allotment for air cargo capacity to eliminate the repetitive manual shipment-by-shipment process and reduce the potential for errors.CargoAi's "Allotment" feature ultimately aims to streamline the air cargo capacity booking process for freight ...
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NewsBoeing highlights importance of freighter operations during sweet cherry season
Freighter aircraft flying out of Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) are jam-packed over a 12-week period starting in June as the US sweet cherry season gets underway.Around 90% of the sweet cherries that are grown in the US come from the state of Washington, which is also home to aircraft ...
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Suparna to leverage WorldACD cargo data insight
China-based Suparna Airlines aims to build its air cargo expertise following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with WorldACD Market Data.The partnership is expected to enhance Suparna Airlines' understanding of air cargo market dynamics, while it will also expand WorldACD's air cargo database.The air cargo market data and ...
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Nallian appoints Lionel van der Walt as CCO
Cargo technology company Nallian has appointed Lionel van der Walt as chief commercial officer, effective July 1.In this role, van der Walt will be responsible for spearheading Nallian's growth strategy. Nallian has offices in Belgium and Singapore, but van der Walt will be based out of North Carolina, US."Lionel's appointment ...
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NewsGeneral air cargo demand takes off thanks to e-com and ocean disruption
General cargo has been growing at a faster rate than special products so far this year as a result of growing e-commerce demand and disruption in the container shipping industry.Stats from data provider WorldACD show that over the first five months of the year, general cargo volumes increased by 13% ...
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Krikken to head up airfreight at DSV as Ravn moves up
Freight forwarding giant DSV has appointed Stefan Krikken as its new head of airfreight.In his new role, he will have global responsibility for the airfreight product including procurement.Krikken joined DSV in 2019 following the company's takeover of Panalpina. Most recently he occupied the role of airfreight procurement head for North ...
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WestJet Cargo joins online booking portals with cargo.one partnership
WestJet Cargo has added its capacity to third-party booking portal cargo.one as it continues to ramp up its digital offering.By connecting systems, cargo.one's freight forwarder users will have access to the Canada-based carrier's network covering 45 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.The airline has 180 ...
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NewsUK's East Midlands Airport predicts e-commerce fuelled cargo growth
Source: David Soanes PhotographyEast Midlands Airport (EMA) in the UK is hoping its cargo volumes will increase by more than 50% over the next 20 years as it benefits from increasing e-commerce demand and constrained capacity at rival hubs.A recent report by MDS Transmodal and York Aviation suggests that EMA's ...
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Texel Air Australasia offers freighter capacity to Team Global Express
Australian logistics solutions company Team Global Express has begun a partnership with Texel Air Australasia that will see the cargo airline provide capacity across Australia using four freighters.The four 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft, with Team Global Express livery, will be operated by the Auckland-headquartered airline on an ACMI ...
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CargoLogicAir administration continues to face difficulty accessing records
The administrator for defunct UK freighter operator CargoLogicAir has highlighted the ongoing issues it has faced in accessing the airline's company records.In a six-monthly progress report, the airline’s joint administrator Buchler Phillips said it had been unable to access Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 subscriptions since it was appointed.This was ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo adds Madrid to freighter network
Photo: EtihadEtihad Cargo will launch a twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighter service between Abu Dhabi and Madrid next month to enhance its European network and support e-commerce connectivity from Asia to Europe via its Abu Dhabi hub.The service between Zayed International Airport (AUH) and Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) will begin ...
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Astral Aviation diversifies cargo fleet with 737 freighter
Astral Aviation has grown and diversified its fleet with the lease of its first Boeing 737-400 freighter from Canadian lessor Avmax Group.In addition to the dry leased 737-400F (MSN 27082), Avmax has purchased and leased back a Boeing 767-200F (MSN 22217) airframe that has been in Astral's fleet since 2020.Sanjeev ...
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NewsTeleport targets China e-commerce air cargo
Janson Peng, commercial country head, Teleport China, speaking at the Teleport media briefing in Shanghai. Photo: TeleportTeleport aims to further build up its e-commerce air cargo business between China and southeast Asia with next-day services.The Malaysia-based logistics provider said it is working on cutting the delivery times for e-commerce shipments ...
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Amazon places more freighters with Sun Country Airlines
Amazon Air has placed an additional eight Boeing 737-800 freighters with Sun Country Airlines as it deepens its partnership with the Minneapolis-headquartered carrier.The amended air transport service agreement means Sun Country, which operates in the US and the Americas, will now operate a total of 20 737-800 freighters on behalf ...
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NewsSri Lankan Airlines appoints NAS as UK GSSA
Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A330. Photo: Sri Lankan AirlinesSri Lankan Airlines has appointed Network Airline Services (NAS) as its cargo GSSA in the UK.Sri Lankan operates daily widebody flights from London Heathrow to Colombo, connecting into a network covering the Middle East, Indian Sub-continent, Asia and Australia.John Gilfeather sales director ...
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NewsWFS extends cargo handling partnership with American in Europe
Photo: WFSWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its partnership with American Airlines through a new cargo handling contract in Copenhagen to support the launch of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 flights between Denmark and its transatlantic hub in Philadelphia.In Europe, WFS is already handling American Airlines’ cargo in France, Germany, ...