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United confirms ANA cargo joint venture expansion
US-based United Airlines and Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) have confirmed the addition of westbound transpacific routes to their cargo joint venture beginning February 6, as reported in Air Cargo News last week.Customers shipping goods from the US or Canada to Japan will have access to more destinations, quicker transport ...
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UPS to open new facility in US – Mexico Borderplex
North America’s Borderplex – a tri-state, bi-national region that includes El Paso and Las Cruces in the US state of New Mexico and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua in Mexico – will be home to a new $41m UPS package operations centre located near El Paso International Airport by the end of ...
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EFW's A321 freighter conversion programme kicks off with Vallair order
Conversion firm EFW has won the launch contract to convert 10 Airbus A321-200 passenger aircraft to a 14-pallet cargo configuration for Luxembourg-based Vallair Solutions.The first conversion under this contract will begin towards the end of 2018 for redelivery by the end of 2019.Gregoire Lebigot, president and chief executive of Vallair, ...
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Jefferies expects forwarder performance to be divided in 2018
A report from global investment bank Jefferies says that while European freight forwarders are benefiting from accelerating global trade, the resulting inflationary freight rates are putting “unprecedented” pressure on yields and increasing the performance divide.Airfreight volumes rose by 10% year on year in 2017, while seafreight was up by 6% ...
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Western Global looks to expand international cargo routes
Western Global Airlines (WGA) has applied to US authorities to expand its scheduled cargo operations beyond its current flights between the US and China/Hong Kong.In documents seen by Air Cargo News and filed with the US Department of Transport, the Florida-headquartered airline applied for permission to operate flights between the ...
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Dachser: preparing for Chinese New Year
Global logistics provider Dachser USA is helping US importers and exporters prepare for the impact of Chinese New Year, which will see businesses across China and some countries in the surrounding region close from February 14 or 15 to 21 – and, in many cases, remaining closed until March 2.In ...
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Emirates SkyCargo adds Maastricht freighter flights
Emirates SkyCargo has begun operating two Boeing 777 Freighter flights per week between Dubai World Central airport and Maastricht – its second destination in the Netherlands after Amsterdam.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, commented: “The Netherlands is one of our most important cargo markets globally and the freighters ...
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UPS expands biological shipment programme
UPS has expanded its International Special Commodities (ISC) programme in line with expanded demand for pharma shipments.The expansion means that customers can ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities, and shipments utilising dry ice via UPS to more than 50 additional international destinations.This brings the total number of countries ...
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Ethiopian Cargo signs up for Opticooler ULDs
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions Opticooler pharma ULDs.The Opticooler is equipped with battery powered cooling compressors and heaters as well as a self-regulating temperature control, so that the temperature of sensitive goods, in particular pharmaceuticals such as insulin and vaccines, stay well within range at ...
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MNG selects CHAMP solution for ACAS requirements
Turkey’s MNG Airlines has become the launch customer of Luxembourg-headquartered CHAMP Cargosystems’ new security compliance service, Traxon Global Security (TGS), to meet the requirements of ACAS – the pre-load security filing programme currently piloting in the US.TGS is “specifically designed to support multiple Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI) schemes from ...
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DHL forwarding expands along US-Mexico border
DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its US presence with six stations along the country’s border with Mexico, employing 300 staff in San Diego, Tucson, Nogales, El Paso, Laredo and McAllen.According to Alejandro Palacios, head of southern border stations at DHL Global Forwarding: “These six stations are located in some of ...
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DHL orders Boeing converted freighter at the Singapore airshow
Express firm DHL has ordered a converted freighter from Boeing as the aircraft manufacturer secures service deals valued at more than $900m during the Singapore airshow.The DHL order is for a B767-300ER Boeing converted freighter, which the manufacturer said could carry "high-density cargo on long-range routes, as well as e-commerce ...
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Shawn Richard takes on newly-created air cargo role at SEKO
SEKO Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard vice president global airfreight – a new position set up in response to increasing demand driven by booming cross-border e-commerce.Chief commercial officer, Americas, Terry Unrein, said: “SEKO’s roots are in airfreight but the real significance today is how it is driving the growth of ...
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ATI reaches “tentative agreement” with pilot union
Air Transport International (ATI), a subsidiary of aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), has reached a “tentative agreement” with its pilots group.The US-based freighter lessor has been negotiating with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents ATI’s pilots, to amend the existing collective bargaining agreement since May 2014.The ...
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UPS: direct and daily to Dubai with freighter operation
Having taken delivery of three new Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft in 2017, UPS is deploying one of them on a daily non-stop flight from its Worldport hub in Louisville, Kentucky to Dubai.The service is currently flown on a weekly basis and will begin operating Tuesday through Saturday from February 27.Jim ...
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Singapore and Guyana strengthen ties with open skies deal
The Singapore Airshow 2018 was the setting for the conclusion of an Open Skis Agreement between Singapore and Guyana on February 4.The Air Services Agreement allows the airlines of Singapore and Guyana to operate any number of services between the two countries and on to any third country. There will ...
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ST Aerospace wins exclusive Lufthansa Cargo contract
Singapore-based ST Aerospace (the aerospace arm of ST Engineering) has won an exclusive five-year, US$30m heavy maintenance support contract with Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo.Starting in 2019, the MRO provider will support Lufthansa Cargo’s MD-11 aircraft in both light and heavy C checks.It has done so for heavy C checks already since ...
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GECAS to offer new Telair Flexible Loading System
Sweden’s Telair International has received certification for its new Flexible Loading System (FLS) for all current production and in-service Boeing 737 aircraft – and lessor GECAS will offer the system to its B737-800 freighter conversion customers on aircraft entering service this year.Allowing 737 operators to carry containerised freight along with ...
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ASL Airlines Spain to cease operations as part of restructure
ASL Aviation has confirmed that it will withdraw its Spanish airline in order to expand capacity on the market and reduce duplication.The lessor said that ASL Airlines Spain will cease operation with its BAe146 aircraft withdrawn from service.ASL said it would progressively introduce B737-400F aircraft to the Spanish-European market to ...
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Infor and Integration Point join forces for supply chain platform
Cloud application provider Infor and global trade management solution provider Integration Point have teamed up to deliver a new global trade management product on a single shared information network.The solution will integrate elements such as logistics, trade finance, trade compliance, trade content, customs filing and duty optimisation, allowing end-to-end connectivity, ...