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West Atlantic to offer B737-800BCFs for ‘express logistics provider’
Gothenburg-headquartered freighter operator West Atlantic has announced that it has agreed a long-term deal on the operation of four 737-800BCFs (Boeing Converted Freighters), that it will receive over the course of the next 12 months.The customer is an unidentified express logistic provider and the aircraft will be operated in West ...
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United Airlines suspends PetSafe offering
US carrier United has temporarily stopped accepting bookings for pets travelling in the cargo hold via its PetSafe service, while it conducts a review of its offering for pet travel.It will honour any existing reservations on the product made prior to March 20.The suspension of the PetSafe service does not ...
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Singapore consortium to support overseas airport development
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), Surbana Jurong and Changi Airport Planners and Engineers (CAPE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a consortium of Singapore-based companies to participate in overseas airport development projects.The consortium plans to develop a comprehensive export strategy in regard to airport development, with a ...
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Heathrow to benefit from new cargo links to China
Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) hopes to benefit from new links to China being established in the summer of this year, including by way of the increased cargo capacity that will be made available.Hainan Airlines is to inaugurate a direct service from Heathrow to Changsha and Tianjin Airlines will fly from ...
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FedEx reports mixed third-quarter financial year results
FedEx has reported financial results for the third quarter of its current financial year, the three months that ended on February 28.Revenue was up to $16.5bn from $15bn in the same quarter of 2017, while operating income fell very slightly to $1bn.According to Frederick Smith, FedEx Corp chairman and chief ...
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AF KLM Cargo confirms summer schedule plans
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has announced its summer schedule.Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will be offering freight capacity on approximately 1,115 weekly services to 116 destinations across the joint network, and this summer will see the addition of a number of new connections on which cargo capacity will be ...
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Pharma and e-commerce boost Virgin Atlantic cargo tonnage
Virgin Atlantic Cargo transported 230,500 tonnes of cargo last year, up 6% in comparison to its 2016 total - a five-year high.On the back of the volume growth, Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s revenue rose 9% year on year to £199.6m.In terms of verticals, perishables, high-value shipments, pharmaceuticals and e-commerce provided the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo: We want to collect e-AWBs, not fees
Lufthansa Cargo’s introduction of a fee for paper-based air waybills (AWB) is a surcharge that the German carrier does not want to collect.“We don't want to make money on this, we don't want to collect this fee. We want to collect e-AWBs,” said Dr Alexis von Hoensbroech, Lufthansa Cargo member ...
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Turkish Cargo flying fish
Turkish Cargo recently netted a vast transport contract – moving 1.5m live fish to Oman from Izmir.The 1.5m baby Gilt-head breams weighed in at around 100 tonnes and were accompanied by aquaculture engineers who checked the pH balance, oxygen and water temperature levels of the fish every hour.The transport was ...
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Pharma.Aero signs Memorandum Of Understanding with IATA
Pharma.Aero and IATA have signed a memorandum of understanding to foster collaboration with stakeholders using the CEIV pharma industry standard.Nathan De Valck, chairman of Pharma.Aero, said: “Formalising the partnership with IATA is an important milestone. It will allow us to upscale our initiatives and enroll the projects within a larger ...
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Smart choice as boss of East Midlands Airport
Karen Smart, currently director of landside operations at London Stansted Airport, has been appointed managing director of East Midlands Airport.Smart will take up her role at the UK’s largest pure cargo airport in April 2018 and will lead a team of over 500 employees.She joined MAG, parent group of Manchester, ...
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ANA becomes first Japanese airline to sign up to Buckingham Palace wildlife declaration
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first Japanese airline to sign up to the United for Wildlife (UFW) Buckingham Palace Declaration on the illegal trade in wildlife.By signing up to the declaration the airline will aim to increase passenger, customer, client, and staff awareness about the nature, scale, and ...
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AEI delivers B737-400SF freighter conversion pair to Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has redelivered two B737-400SF freighter conversions to Vx Capital Partners (Vx).The first aircraft was modified by KF Aerospace and the second aircraft was modified by Flightstar Aircraft Services.In January 2014, Vx contracted with AEI to provide their first AEI converted B737-400SF, and since then Vx has ...
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FTA welcomes news of Brexit transitional period
The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed news of a Brexit transitional period, describing it as a "welcome relief".Earlier today, the European Union (EU) and UK government announced that a transitional period has been agreed to run from March 2019 to December 2020 with the aim of smoothing the ...
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Pouwels to lead cargo team within new Schiphol aviation department
Bart Pouwels, currently director business development cargo at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, is to lead the cargo team in a new role effective from April.Pouwels will report directly to the head of aviation marketing, cargo, and customer experience, Maaike van der Windt, and lead the dedicated cargo team.In February this year, ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo partners with va-Q-tec for thermal containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has partnered with va-Q-tec to use its advanced passive thermal containers which are designed to maintain a constant temperature during transportation for more than five days.Cathay Pacific's general manager cargo service delivery, Frosti Lau, said: “These advanced passive thermal containers can offer steady temperature-controlled conditions for several ...
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Smart Border 2.0 report: ‘sensible and positive progress’ on Brexit
A study entitled ‘Smart Border 2.0: Avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland for Customs control and the free movement of persons’ was published by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs in February and could offer solutions that would apply to all cross-border ...
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Wisskirchen opts for ECHOS in Cologne
Wisskirchen Handling Services is to start using logistics IT provider topsystem’s Electronic Cargo Handling & Operations System (ECHOS) at its multifunctional cargo centre at Cologne/Bonn Airport from June 2018.“Wisskirchen opted for ECHOS in a bid to improve client connectivity, make our quality more measurable and verifiable, and enhance efficiency through ...
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FedEx to spend $1bn on Memphis hub
FedEx is to invest over $1bn in its Memphis hub, the project including construction of a new sort facility with state-of-the-art sort systems, construction of a bulk truckload building and a new area to improve handling of the oversized shipments that have increased with the growth in e-commerce.Chairman and chief ...
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Frankfurt remains Europe’s busiest cargo airport in 2017
Airport operator Fraport has declared “a highly successful 2017 fiscal year” (ending December 31) as combined revenues across the group grew by almost 13.5% to €2.93bn.Increased earnings from the group’s Ground Services division (which includes cargo handling) had a positive effect on overall revenues, rising by €8.1m in comparison to ...