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Calls for rethink on cargo slots at Schiphol
Three key players in the Dutch airfreight industry have called for more cargo slots to be made available at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Dutch shippers’ group evofenedex and Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) argue that further delays in opening Lelystad Airport, 45km to the north east of Amsterdam, ...
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Heathrow celebrates continued growth in cargo volumes
Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) has released financial and traffic results for last year, with increased freight traffic contributing to improved revenues and earnings.The gateway handled 1.7m tonnes of cargo during the 2017 calendar year, a 10.2% increase compared with 2016.2017 represented one of the strongest periods of business over the ...
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Emirates to fly the A380 to Houston
Emirates Airline is to return the Airbus A380 to its service linking Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Dubai International Airport from 1 June this year.The decision to return to the use of A380 equipment on the Houston connection, replacing Boeing B777-300ER aircraft, follows the airline’s recent adjustments to its ...
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China Southern to fly into Wuhan on new London link
China Southern Airlines is to launch a new service from the UK to China, with flights between London and Wuhan set to take off on May 30.The new route will be the only non-stop air link connecting London to the city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province, central China.The service will ...
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ACS on the up after another big year for cargo charters
Air Charter Service (ACS), the globally active charter broker, has announced that it made revenue of $677m in its last financial year (the 12-month period ending January 31).This figure represented a 39% increase on the previous financial year’s revenue.The company arranged almost 15,000 contracts during its 2017 financial year, up ...
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Finnair extends Chicago and San Francisco connections
Finnair has confirmed that it has extended the operating period for both its Chicago and San Francisco services during this year’s autumn (Fall) season.The Helsinki – Chicago link will be extended until December 3, the route served with two flights a week. Originally, the service had been set to operate ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo gains CEIV pharma certification
IATA has awarded Brussels Airlines Cargo its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification.The certification was announced at the ongoing Air Cargo India event in Mumbai.IATA had reviewed the carrier’s processes in recent months and assessed Brussels Airlines as showing the required quality in its ...
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Paradigm becomes Swivel Software
Paradigm Corporation has rebranded as Swivel Software, offering web-based logistics products for freight forwarders and shippers.Hong Kong-based Swivel Software supplies products designed to increase visibility and transparency along the supply chain, enabling freight forwarders to become more efficient in their international shipment planning and execution through e-commerce and digitalisation.According to ...
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Saudia Cargo lauds trade with India
Saudia Cargo is hoping to capitalise on the strength of trade between India and Saudi Arabia.The airline met with India’s economic advisor in the ministry of civil aviation, Vandana Agarwal, at this week’s Air Cargo India event.The airline emphasised that Saudia Arabia is the fourth largest market in the world ...
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Agility reports on ‘critical’ 2017
Global logistic services provider Agility has reported a 14% rise in 2017 full year revenues to KD1.4bn.The Kuwait-headquartered operator saw EBITDA of KD135.2m in 2017, up by 17.4% year-on-year. Net profit at KD68.5m was up by 16% over 2016.Agility chief executive and vice chairman Tarek Sultan said: “In 2017, Agility ...
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KOG adds to project logistics teeth in the US
Swiss project logistics specialist KOG Worldwide has further expanded its presence in the US with a Chicago branch under the management of subsidiary KOG Transport Inc.With representative offices already located in New York and Houston, this is the project logistics specialist’s third site in the US.“The business potential in the ...
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WiseTech Global announces results for the first half of its 2018 financial year
WiseTech Global saw year-on-year revenues surge by 31% to A$93.4m in the first six months of its 2018 financial year.The supplier of cloud-based business solutions for the logistics industry enjoyed earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) at A$31.8m, an increase of 32%.WiseTech’s flagship product, CargoWise One, is a ...
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Schiphol to merge cargo department with aviation marketing
Schiphol Airport is combining its cargo department with aviation marketing, with the current head of the freight business moving onto another role.Maaike van der Windt will head up the new Aviation Marketing and Cargo Division from its launch on 1 April 2018.Jonas van Stekelenburg, who has headed up Schiphol Cargo ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of world’s first A350-1000
Qatar Airways celebrated the world’s first delivery of an Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft washanded over at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France.The Doha-based carrier is the aircraft’s global launch customer.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, commented: “Qatar Airways always demands the very best for its customers, so ...
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Ukraine spreads its wings
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is planning further expansion this year, in terms of both network coverage and service support.Established in 1992, Kiev Boryspil-hubbed UIA now provides connections to 38 countries across Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Middle East.This year, it intends to further expand its aircraft fleet in order ...
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ESC points to problems in slot allocation for all-cargo services
The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has encouraged national governments to look closely into the continent’s slots allocation problem.It has pointed to the fact that members of various European nations’ national parliaments are already discussing criteria that relate to slot allocations, such as sustainability, noise reduction and economic output of flights, ...
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Plans for latest Italian airline brand are announced
Air Italy, the new brand of the carrier formerly known as Sardinia-based Meridiana, has announced that it is to launch “an exciting new phase of growth and development”.It is to be a “sustainable airline alternative for the people of Italy”.Air Italy’s holding company is AQA Holding, in which Meridiana’s previous ...
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Interparfums signs up with Bolloré Logistics for another three years
Perfume and cosmetics manufacturer Interparfums has agreed a deal with France-headquartered global supply chain giant Bolloré Logistics that extends their partnership for a further period of three years: covering 2018, 2019 and 2020.Bolloré Logistics has been handling supply chain services for Interparfums since 1994.The logistics partnership started in a 200 ...
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ATSG opts for IFS Maintenix to provide fleet management services for its subsidiaries
Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has asked IFS Maintenix to deliver fleet maintenance management IT support across its two cargo airline subsidiaries – ABX Air and Air Transport International (ATI) – as well as its aircraft leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM).According to IFS Maintenix, the three ATSG ...
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BACA appoints Nick Weston to position of deputy chairman
Nick Weston, chief executive of UK-based Weston Aviation, has been elected to the position of deputy chairman of BACA – the Worldwide Association of Air Charter Professionals, the world’s largest air charter organisation.He is to share the role of deputy chairman with Volker Meissner of ARGUS International during what BACA ...