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Saudia Cargo hopes to benefit from new passenger destinations
Saudi Airlines Cargo is hoping to benefit from two new route launches - Jeddah to Athens and Marrakesh.Athens is Saudia Cargo’s new destination to be operated year-round, with four weekly flights from Riyadh starting in June on-board the belly capacity of a Saudia A320 aircraft.Marrakesh is a seasonal flight starting ...
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Is e-commerce worth the investment for air cargo?
Amazon is upping the ante in the race to the consumer’s door with the announcement that it is slashing delivery times for its Prime customers from a standard two-day window to next day.For now the change targets the US market, but Amazon has signalled that it intends to come up ...
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Atlas Air hits back in pilot contract dispute as PR battle heats up
Atlas Air Worldwide is claiming victory in the latest development in its dispute with pilots over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), while it has also ramped up its PR campaign.The aircraft operator and lessor claims that an arbitration decision has ordered unions back to the negotiating table with subsidiary ...
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NewsAir Charter Service expands in Sydney
Air Charter Service Sydney officeAir Charter Service is continuing its commitment to investing in Australia, with the opening of a new Sydney office.After opening its doors for the first time three years ago, ACS Australia has tripled in size, and the move is necessary to facilitate the planned future growth.Paul ...
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NewsPolmans and Gadhia to take the reins at TIACA
Source: TIACASteven Polmans, Director Cargo and Logistics at Brussels Airport Company will take over as Chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), with Sanjeev Gadhia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Astral Aviation, as Vice Chairman from next month.Polmans, who joined the TIACA Board in 2016, and has ...
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NewsSIA Cargo signs three-year lease deal for pharma containers
SIA Cargo B747Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a three-year deal to lease temperature-controlled pharma containers from SkyCell.The deal will see SkyCell provide the airline with its THRUCOOL containers.The units are designed to maintain pharmaceutical products between +2 to +8 degrees Celsius or +15 to +25 degrees Celsius under extreme ambient ...
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WFS scoops Lufthansa Cargo supplier award
Lufthansa Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) with its ‘Best Cooperation Global’ supplier prize in recognition of the partnership between the two companies.The award was presented to WFS’ CEO Craig Smyth at Lufthansa Cargo’s second annual Supplier Awards in Munich, which gathered service providers from all over the world.As ...
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Newse-CARGOWARE signs up Steve Hill for advisory services
e-CARGOWARE (L-R) Ramesh Darbha, Steve Hill, Des Vertannes and Arun SinghDigital platform e-CARGOWARE has signed up industry consultant Steve Hill to provide advisory services through his business, Top Tier Associates.The company said that Hill is “one of air cargo's most respected and experienced IT professionals”.He has contributed to several industry ...
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NewsFreightos launches airfreight rate and booking portal
Freightos has today launched a new online pricing and booking portal for airfreight as the digitisation of the sector continues to gather pace.The free WebCargo Sky platform is available to IATA certified airfreight forwarders and as well as offering instant pricing from more than 370 airlines, will allow forwarders to ...
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NewsEnzis Airways signs up Hactl for Mongolia loop
Eznis Airways B737Eznis Airways of Mongolia has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as cargo ground handler for its new Ulan Bator-Hong Kong services.The airline is now operating every Monday, Thursday and Sunday; flight time is approximately 4 hours 40 minutes, and the airline is deploying its B737 ...
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Combined DSV-Panalpina to take 6% of forwarding market
The combined DSV-Panalpina business will hold a market share of 6% when the deal is completed, according to a report by consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti)The Global Freight Forwarding Report 2019 described DSV's takeover of Panalpina as the "most high-profile development in the forwarding sector in the past twelve months".The merging ...
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NewsAir Cargo News parent swoops on major aviation titles
Air Cargo News parent firm DVV Media International (DVV) has announced its intention to acquire leading aviation publications Flight International and Airline Business from Reed Business Information (RBI).As well as the two publications, the portfolio set to be acquired by DVV includes the daily news, views, analysis and other publishing ...
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NewsTop 25 airfreight forwarders 2018: K+N continues to close in on DHL
The world’s largest airfreight forwarders had a bumpy landing in 2018 following on from a stellar 2017 (full chart at end of article).Based on figures from consultant Armstrong & Associates, the leading 25 airfreight forwarders recorded a 4.2% increase in volumes to 16.7m tonnes last year.In most years this would ...
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FedEx breakup with Amazon a ‘watershed’ moment for express industry
FedEx’s decision to ditch its domestic US business with Amazon is a “watershed” moment that signals the emergence of the e-commerce giant as a significant player in the parcel industry.In a research note, investment bank Morgan Stanley said that the impact of the FedEx move should not be downplayed and ...
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NewsRhenus Logistics UK targets Middle East market
Logistics UK HQ in Port SalfordRhenus Logistics UK is predicting further growth in its Middle East business on the back of year-on-year growth in its air and sea routes between the region and the UK.The German-owned freight forwarding operator attributes this expansion to an economic renaissance in the region, which ...
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NewsAsia Pacific Airlines continues cargo fleet expansion
Precision Aircraft Solutions has completed its third 757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion for Asia Pacific Airlines (APA).Conversion of MSN 25140 was completed at Flightstar Aviation in Jacksonville, Florida, and will be put into service soon after redelivery.The Asia Pacific Airlines 757-200PCF will enter service and support the airline's expanding Pacific Asia network.Precision ...
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NewsDSV continues IT drive with centralised service centre
One of DSV's global IT support centre teamsDSV has developed a centralised IT service centre as it continues its drive towards standardised systems across the whole company.The Danish freight forwarder last year hired Lasse Lundemark as director of global IT support with the task of developing a global IT support ...
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NewsCHAMP launches e-learning academy
Cargo IT firm CHAMP Cargosystems has introduced CHAMP Academy, a catalog of courses to help customers learn how to use CHAMP solutions - all delivered through an e-learning platform.The Academy "offers easy to access interactive e-learning modules for navigating through its certification & retraining courses"."To increase knowledge retention rate and ...
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WestJet renews ULD deal with Jettainer
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has renewed its ULD management deal with Jettainer.The deal will see Jettainer continue to manage and maintain WestJets’s ULD fleet over the next five years. The contract was extended prematurely two years before expiration.Since the start of the partnership in 2015, WestJet has been on ...
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NewsECS reveals winners of innovation competition
ECS Innovation Project Grand JuryThe ECS group has revealed the three winners of its #NexGenLeaders innovation challenge.The #NexGenLeaders competition is split into three different categories – students, start-ups and employees of the ESC Group.In the ECS Group employees category, the winner is Cargo Assistant, represented by Jonatan Jiménez, who developed ...