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NewsB&H looks to expand in Asia with latest appointment
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has added to its leadership team in Asia with the appointment of Eddie Chan as business development manager, Asia.Chan brings more than 15 years’ experience of the international aviation logistics business to his new role and will be based from the B&H Worldwide facility in ...
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NewsFlexport appoints EMEA network trade lane director
Freight forwarder Flexport has appointed Paul Rombeek to the role of senior director of network trade lane management, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).In his new role, Rombeek will develop the company's Europe airfreight operations "with a focus on the Far East westbound". He will also drive the company's ...
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SIA expresses cautious optimism amid vaccine rollouts
Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to steadily expand its network in the coming months, as it sees a gradual recovery stemming from global vaccination campaigns.In its February traffic data, cargo remained the brightspot: SIA enjoyed a cargo load factor of 94.6%, 35.9 percentage points higher than February 2029. Nonetheless, FTKs were ...
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NewsLufthansa and Oman Air announce CEIV pharma achievements
Lufthansa Cargo has achieved CEIV Pharma certification at facilities in Munich and Chicago, while Oman Air has gained the standard for its operations.Oman Air said that after successfully obtaining the standard, it now aims to grow its participation in the pharma market.Abdulaziz Al Raisi, chief executive of Oman Air, said: ...
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NewsEmirates SkyCargo marks a year of PAX-freighter flights
Emirates SkyCargo operated its first passenger freighter flight a year-ago today.The Dubai-hubbed carrier said that on March 16 2020, a Boeing B777-300ER passenger aircraft took off from Dubai and flew to Kuwait carrying only 34 tonnes of cargo.It was the first time that Emirates had operated a cargo only flight ...
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NewsOngoing US ocean delays to keep air charter operations busy
Delays to container shipping supply chains in the US, which are resulting in increased air cargo charter flights, could continue into the summer, according to Tom Pelliccio, executive vice president international at freight forwarder Pilot Freight Services (PFS).Pelliccio said that ocean shipping services are currently facing delays of around five ...
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NewsAEI to carry out three MD-88SF conversions for USA Jet Airlines
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is set to carry out three MD-88SF aircraft conversions for Michigan-based carrier USA Jet AIrlines, which is a subsidiary of Ascent Global Logistics.As part of the deal, AEI will also have the option to carry out three additional MD-88SF conversions for the carrier.The three initial MD-88SF ...
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NewsChicago Rockford and Cologne Bonn team up on cargo
Chicago RockfordChicago Rockford (RFD) and Cologne Bonn (CGN) airports are teaming up to attract cargo and work on new e-commerce handling systems.The two airports said the "unique" knowledge sharing partnership would help manage the increasing e-commerce demand.Joint goals include attracting additional cargo airlines, alleviate on-ground challenges and help speed up ...
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Leisure airline Condor picks Unilode for ULDs
Leisure airline Condor has awarded a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply and management agreement to Unilode Aviation Solutions.Condor currently operates a fleet of more than 50 aircraft including 15 wide-body and 30 narrow-body aircraft.The airline offers scheduled and charter passenger flights worldwide, in addition to recently initiated cargo flights ...
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NewsSteady increase in cargo demand at Bahrain International Airport
Bahrain International Airport has reported an increase in cargo demand last year, bucking global air cargo trends for the year.In 2020, hub saw a 3.2% year on year increase in cargo volumes to 300,205 tonnes. Volumes have increased steadily, from 2015 to 2020, by 17%.BIA's increase in cargo volumes in ...
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NewsSUN Logistics adds new Hong Kong screening facility to meet stricter requirements
SUN Logistics has opened a Regulated Air Cargo Security Facility (RACSF) in Hong Kong in line with stricter cargo screening regulations.The company said that its new screening facility is located as an annex of the Airport Freight Forwarding Centre.From the start of March, all air cargo consignors in Hong Kong ...
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Emirates SkyCargo aims to streamline DG processes through new partnership
Emirates SkyCargo and the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority(DCAA) will work together to streamline processes for the transportation of dangerous goods (DGs).Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two entities will work together to "strengthen mechanisms to proactively share information on certain classes of DG booked for transport ...
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NewsAgility's net profits and earnings hit by "challenging" 2020
Agility's logistics division last year saw revenues and operating profits improve, but the overall company was held back by its infrastructure division in a "challenging year".The company posted a 2.7% year-on-year climb in revenues to KD1.6bn, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) declined 15.9% to KD162.4m. Net ...
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NewsPicture special: Take-off for CMA CGM Air Cargo at Liege
New market entrant CMA CGM Air Cargo on March 13 operated its first flight.The inaugural flight of the shipping group's air cargo subsidiary took off from Liege Airport in Europe and headed across the Atlantic to Chicago O'Hare in the US utilising one of its Airbus A330-200 freighters.A second Airbus ...
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SpiceXpress contributes to Bangladesh-Spain road-air operation
SpiceXpress, the cargo division of SpiceJet, helped transport cargo from Dakha in Bangladesh to Spain via Kolkata and New Delhi as part of a road-air operation.The cargo, which amounted to 48 tonnes and included fashion garments, was transported from Dhaka to Kolkata airport via road and then to New Delhi ...
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Top air forwarders expect continued capacity constraints for 2021
The heads of Deutsche Post (DP) DHL and Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) are both expecting airfreight capacity to remain constrained for the rest of the year.Speaking to analysts following the announcement of K+N's 2020 financial figures, the forwarder's chief executive Detlef Trefzger was asked whether he expected airfreight rates to collapse this ...
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NewsHellmann appoints new chief of commercial
Patrick Oestreich, HellmannHellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Patrick Oestreich as its chief commercial officer (CCO), succeeding Jens Möller who took over the position on an interim basis in August of last year.As CCO and member of the executive board, Oestreich will be responsible for the global sales leadership team, which ...
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Pandemic freight demand assists pared-back CargoLogicAir
Freight activity catalysed by the pandemic helped UK-based CargoLogicAir last year to improve on a weak performance in 2019, the company has disclosed.The carrier – linked to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group – ran into problems in 2020 and sought a temporary suspension of its operating licence, which was subsequently restored in ...
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Latam Airlines eyes Colombia expansion as restructuring continues
Latam Airlines Group sees opportunities to refocus its attention and resources towards the Colombian market, following the collapse of its Argentinian unit last year.Describing the closure of Latam Airlines Argentina in June 2020 as a “very hard decision”, Latam Airlines Group chief executive Roberto Alvo told a Capa Live event ...
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Dates confirmed for Multimodal event
UK logistics exhibition Multimodal has announced plans for the event to go ahead on October 19 to 21.The annual exhibition, which brings together thousands of people from across the supply chain, takes place at the NEC in Birmingham and also features conference sessions, networking and an awards.“We have been building ...