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Asiana appoints AAT as Hong Kong handler
Asiana Airlines subsidiary Air Seoul has appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal as its cargo terminal operator in Hong Kong. AAT already serves its parent and sister companies, Asiana Airlines and Air Busan.Low cost carrier Air Seoul has, since its launch in 2016, been building an international network, especially to Japan and ...
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Etihad jumps to it for elite equestrian event
Etihad Cargo shipped a consignment of elite four-legged passengers from Belgium to Hong Kong for the Longines Masters - the second year in a row that it has been entrusted to transport horses to the show-jumping event.The 51 steeds were accompanied by eight grooms and a veterinarian on the round-trip ...
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Emirates freighter trio rally to meet roses demand
With global demand for roses in February estimated at 250m stems, Emirates SkyCargo operated three extra Valentine’s day cargo flights to move over 300 tonnes of flowers to Amsterdam.While the carrier transports fresh flowers around the world daily, demand spikes around Valentine’s Day and it operates extra flights every year.The ...
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Valentine's Day freighter flourish by AF-KLMP Cargo
Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KLMP) Cargo moved around 3,000 tonnes of flowers to Europe in the weeks before Valentine’s Day, putting Boeing 747-400 full freighter and combi aircraft main deck capacity into the three main flower origins of Nairobi, Quito and Bogotá.AF-KLMP Cargo executive vice president Marcel de Nooijer, said: ...
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Delta adds GPS links to its Equation Critical product
Delta Cargo has launched a GPS-linked Equation Critical international service for time-sensitive shipments that must travel on the next available flight – an international version of its DASH Critical domestic US offering.With distinctive pink packaging, Equation Critical shipments do not require pre-booking and cargo can be tendered up to 90 ...
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New funding to boost JD.com’s logistics arm
Chinese e-tailer JD.com has signed an agreement with a number of investors to take a minority stake in its JD Logistics network.JD.com will remain the majority shareholder with an 81.4% shareholding in its logistics arm when the deal, which is expected to raise about $2.5bn, closes in the first quarter ...
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Approval for Western Global Airlines' cargo expansion plans
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has given its approval to Western Global Airlines' plans to expand its scheduled cargo operations beyond its current flights between the US and China/Hong Kong.Earlier this month, the Florida-headquartered airline applied for permission to operate flights between the US and countries with existing open ...
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Turkish Cargo adds new Liege freighter call
Turkish Airlines Cargo is the latest cargo carrier to launch a freighter service to Liege Airport.The new weekly service utilises an Airbus A330-200F and operates between Istanbul and Liege. It landed in the Belgian airport for the first time on February 13.Turkish Airlines Cargo will primarily transport perishable goods for ...
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Demand flowers at Cargolux ahead of Valentine's Day
Cargolux has added 1,200 tonnes of extra capacity to its flights out of Nairobi, Quito and Bogota as it expects demand to bloom ahead of Valentine's Day.The all-cargo carrier said that the extra capacity is in addition to the 20 weekly flights it offers from the three destinations.In order to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expects rose volumes to bloom
Lufthansa Cargo is expecting to transport around 800 tonnes of roses ahead of Valentine's Day.The German airline said that most flowers transported for the romantic celebration originate in either Kenya or South America and are transported as quickly as possible at a constant temperature of between two-four degrees Celsius to ...
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Air cargo networking event prepares to meet
The second ACE Air Cargo Event and Global Air Cargo Solutions Meeting is preparing for its latest networking event.The ACE event, which aims to attract around 200 delegates from the forwarding and airfreight community, will take place in Shanghai on May 13-17 at the St Regis Jinan Hotel in the ...
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NCA and Singapore to form strategic cargo partnership
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a strategic partnership.The proposed strategic partnership will build on existing block space arrangements between the two airlines that have been progressively expanded over the past five years.As a first phase, NCA ...
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Fraport and Dakosy create digital portal for dangerous goods supply chain
Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport and IT service provider Dakosy are to launch a digital cargo portal for shippers of dangerous goods at the German hub.The entire dangerous goods process will be fully digitised, a first for the industry it is claimed.The portal communicates all shipment details and dangerous goods-specific data ...
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Hawaiian set for freighter operations in March
Hawaiian took delivery of its first ATR 72F in late September 2017 and since then has been preparing for the start of scheduled operations.“We have been doing some mock operation drills and have begun hands-on training sessions for our front line teams. So far straightforward, without surprises.“We still have a ...
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Alexis Labonne becomes Hermes CTO ahead of H5 rollout
UK-based Hermes Logistics Technologies has named Alexis Labonne chief technology officer ahead of the rollout of Hermes 5 (H5), the latest version of its cargo management system, this year.Labonne takes over the role from Oded Lavee, heading up a team of air cargo technical experts working to harness Cloud services, ...
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It's blooming busy at UPS this Valentine's Day
UPS is preparing for a blooming busy few days as it expects to deliver more than 88m flowers for Valentine’s day.The express giant said it expects to handle more than 8m pounds of flowers for US consumers ahead of the romantic celebration, which is enough to fill 64 widebody Boeing ...
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NewsEuropean air cargo monthly: Mixed start to the year for European carriers
It was a mixed start to the year for European carrier’s cargo businesses, with Lufthansa seeing a surge in demand while IAG registered a decline.Frankfurt-hubbed Lufthansa Cargo got off to a flying start as it saw air cargo demand increase by 9.3% year on year in January to 807m revenue ...
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Smart and Secure Trade Lanes gain momentum
A customs-to-customs pilot project entitled Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SSTL) has made progress with the first airfreight shipment to move from China to the EU having successfully landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on an Air China Cargo flight from Shanghai in December.The shipment was booked by Yusen Logistics, one ...
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UK airports enjoy January cargo surge
Heathrow led a UK airport cargo filip in January 2018, with a record a 6.9% rise to 133,000 tonnes compared with the same month in 2017.The UK's top cargo hub saw export volumes grow by 10.6% in January, while the top destinations for cargo growth were the US (1,214 tonnes), ...
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E-commerce boost for Aramex in 2017
E-commerce and express volume growth saw Middle East based logistics company Aramex report 2017 full-year revenues of AED4.7bn ($1.3bn), an increase of 9% on 2016.Dubai-headquartered Aramex said that its full year revenues were impacted by currency fluctuations, mainly in the Egyptian Pound.Excluding the impact of currency fluctuations, mainly in the ...