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Qatar Airways lands QR7.3bn state injection after heavy pre-crisis loss
Qatar Airways Group has turned in a pre-tax loss of QR6.96bn ($1.9bn) and a net loss of just over QR7bn, for a financial year that concluded before the airline industry felt the broad impact of the coronavirus crisis.The Doha-based carrier says that, at the end of the fiscal year on ...
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NewsWFS and Airbus partner on Beirut aid flight
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) team in Toulouse, provided ground and cargo handling services for a humanitarian flight organised by the Airbus Foundation to help victims of last month’s devastating explosion in Beirut.The incident on 4 August, in which ammonium nitrate stored at the port of Beirut exploded, caused ...
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NewsMeneguette takes VP role at LATAM Cargo Brazil
Otavio MeneguetteLATAM Airlines Group has appointed Otávio Meneguette as LATAM Cargo Brazil vice president, responsible for leading the company's air cargo business strategy in the Brazilian market.Meneguette joined LATAM Airlines Group in 2015, initially working in cargo planning and commercial areas. Since 2019, he had been LATAM Cargo Brazil’s operations ...
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NewsHellmann appoints Thielemann-Hald to automotive top job
Monika Thielemann-HaldHellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Monika Thielemann-Hald as global head of automotive logistics.Thielemann-Hald succeeds Martin Wehner, who has now assumed the role of chief commercial officer, Europe.She worked almost 20 years at Schenker in various management positions in the automotive sector, before moving to Panalpina in 2014, where she ...
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US DOT allocates $5.8m to Chicago RFD for cargo apron
The US Department of Transportation (US DOT) has allocated $5.8m to Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) to expand its cargo operations.The money will be will be used to construct a larger cargo apron to "meet growing demand".US Senator Dick Durbin commented: "Chicago RFD is not only a vital transportation asset, ...
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CSafe Global continues visibility pilots
Temperature controlled packaging firm CSafe Global has continued with trials of its shipment visibility tools.The company said that the goal for this most recent pilot shipment was to determine if container readings, payload readings and pre-established alerts transmitted in real-time during the shipment and matched the validated data the container ...
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NewsAerSale swoops on 24 B757s as it eyes cargo conversions
Lessor and MRO firm AerSale has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 24 Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft that it will convert into freighters.AerSale, which offers and array of aviation services including conversions, said it had targeted Boeing 757 passenger aircraft as feedstock "for a burgeoning freight market".“Pre-Covid, more freight ...
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NewsIAG Cargo notes its heaviest uplift on Mumbai-London B777 flight
IAG Cargo has uplifted 50,026 kgs of cargo on a single flight on its long-haul route from Mumbai to London – a record for payload moved by the carrier from India.The cargo, which was carried on a B777-300ER aircraft earlier this month, comprised of perishables, pharma and courier shipments."However, it ...
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NewsShipping group CMA CGM invests in air cargo
French shipping group CMA CGM has acquired a 30% stake in Groupe DUBREUIL Aéro as it looks to gain access to air cargo capacity.CMA CGM, which also owns logistics company Ceva, injected €50m into the airline group, which owns the Air Caraïbes and French Bee companies, for its stake.This deal ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr Airlines teams up on charter flight to Moria refugee camp
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has teamed up with Chapman Freeborn Airmarketing to carry out a charter flight to deliver aid to refugees at the Moira camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.The majority of the camp and neighbouring areas were recently destroyed by a huge fire, which resulted in more than 12,000 ...
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NewsIATA to hold annual general meeting virtually
IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac speaking at 2019’s IATA Annual General Meeting, held in Seoul.IATA will move its annual general meeting — traditionally the biggest event in the airline calendar — online, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to preclude large scale physical meetings.The airline trade body had initially rescheduled ...
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NewsAAPA renews call for government action after airlines’ poor August
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has reiterated its call for better regional coordination for air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, as airline traffic suffers another poor month in August.Air cargo demand, as measured in ATKs, fell 19.3% year on year, which reflected weakness in trade.While freighter operations were ...
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NewsRVL Group introduces King Air ‘quick change’ to increase cargo capacity
Beechcraft King Air B200RVL GROUP’s new Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft has a 'quick-change cargo system' which takes less than 60 minutes to provide stowage for up to 1,500lb (680kg) of cargo.Specialist aviation services provider RVL, based at East Midlands Airport, used a quick change system developed by US manufacturer ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo continues to invest in digitalisation
Turkish Cargo has continued with the digitalisation of its operations with the integration of Robotic Process Automations (RPA) to minimise error rates on information entry and for spot rate approval.The airline said that RPAs would reduce error rates and costs while improving employee productivity and the speed of operation. The ...
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GEFCO hit by cyber attack
Freight forwarder GEFCO has confirmed that it came under an external cyberattack last Sunday “designed to disrupt our business” but that its air business has not been affected.Few details have been released by the France-based logistics company about the attack although Luc Nadal, GEFCO chief executive and chairman of the ...
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NewsEmirates SkyCargo partners on aid flights with IHC
The MoU was signed by Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Cargo and Giuseppe Saba, CEO, International Humanitarian City.Emirates SkyCargo and International Humanitarian City (IHC) have signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on humanitarian logistics and crisis relief solutions.The two groups will work together to develop logistics ...
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NewsSchiphol cargo community creates vaccine task force
The Schiphol cargo community has created a task force to prepare for a Covid-19 vaccine.A taskforce led by Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Schiphol Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, as well as shippers, pharma firms, forwarders, airlines, ground handlers and trucking companies, have met to start work on up ...
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Row erupts over post-Brexit border delays
UK hauliers have been warned to expect delays of up to two days and queues of up to 7,000 trucks in Kent as the UK transition from the European Union kicks in.In a letter, the UK government said that under its reasonable worst case scenario for the first couple of ...
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More forwarders expand airfreight operations as capacity outlook remains uncertain
Geodis and DSV are the latest freight forwarders to secure air cargo capacity as they note an uncertain supply outlook.Geodis said that as a result of a short supply of both freighter and passenger bellyhold space, it had taken the decision to announce a permanent weekly freighter charter operation on ...
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NewsPreighters' flight-time limited to reduce fire risk
KLM is among operators to convert passenger cabins. This one a Boeing 777 interiorEuropean safety regulators are intending to impose a 2,000h flight-time limit on passenger aircraft converted to transport freight (also known as 'preighters'), as part of a mitigation strategy to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire.The European Union ...