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Schiphol stakeholders lobby politicians ahead of debate on slot crisis
Schiphol’s air cargo community has called on Dutch politicians to implement a ‘local rule’ proposal to end the aircraft slot crisis at Europe’s number three cargo hub.The Netherlands Parliament will this afternoon discuss the draft local rule designed to ease Schiphol’s slot restrictions that have seen some freighter aircraft operators ...
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Swissport to seek IPO and listing on SIX Swiss Exchange
Swissport Group is to seek an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing of its shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange.Swissport's sole shareholder, China’s HNA Group, is expected to retain a long-term strategic shareholding following the IPO.The Switzerland-based global leader in ground handling and cargo services will continue to function as ...
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It's a RAP, Virgin Atlantic Cargo approves CSafe's container for pharma shipments
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has approved CSafe’s new RAP container for transporting temperature-sensitive healthcare products, becoming the first UK airline to do so.Following its approval by both the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the unit has been approved by Virgin Atlantic’s own operations specialists ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expands Japan freighter operation
Lufthansa Cargo has increased its freighter services to Japan by adding two weekly freighters to Osaka.The MD-11 flights come in addition to existing daily freighter flights from and to Tokyo-Narita as well as the Lufthansa passenger flights to Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, and Nagoya.The new route is operated from Frankfurt via Novosibirsk ...
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GROUP7 starts work on new Frankfurt logistics centre
GROUP7 has started work on a new 25,500 sq m multi-user logistics centre close to Frankfurt Airport.The new €27m centre will offer state-of-the-art technology, including driverless transport systems, 3D printers and scanning technology.The site is in the immediate vicinity of the Frankfurter Kreuz – Europe’s largest traffic interection – and ...
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Pharma.Aero adds Hong Kong airport, AirBridge and Alha as members
Pharma.Aero has added Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Alha Group as members of the pharma supply chain association.Nathan De Valck, chairman of Pharma.Aero, said: “In the past year we have expanded our global network, created awareness and facilitated the collaboration within the industry.“The open internal dialogue, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo invests in online marketplace
Lufthansa Cargo is one of a number of companies that has invested in start-up logistics marketplace Fleet Logistics Inc (Fleet).Lufthansa did not disclose how much it had invested in the company, but in total Fleet raised $10m in the latest round of fund raising.Other companies to invest in Portland-based Fleet ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo receives Envirotainer quality accreditation
Qatar Airways Cargo has received the Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) accreditation at five of its destinations: Amsterdam, Basel, Paris, Chicago, and at its Doha hub.The QEP programme recognises air cargo carriers that operate Envirotainer containers in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) for pharmaceutical products.Qatar Airways’ ...
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EVA Air signs B777F components deal with Lufthansa Technik
EVA Air has signed up Lufthansa Technik to supply components for the Taiwan-based airline's new Boeing 777F fleet.The supply of components for the freighter aircraft includes the repair, overhaul and supply of line replaceable units."The availability of serviceable components is ensured via Lufthansa Technik's worldwide warehouses," the company said."Inventories for ...
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Cargolux dismisses Douala suspension reports
Cargolux has dismissed reports that it has had to suspend its service to Douala because of issues at the airport.A report in Business Cameroon suggested that a broken scanner at Douala International Airport had led the airline to temporarily suspend its services to the city and had been forced to ...
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Turkish Cargo’s flying arks help protect endangered penguins and lions
Turkish Cargo has flown 20 Humboldt Penguins, an endangered species, from Lativa to the Public Oceanic Aquarium in China.In a separate operation, the air cargo carrier has transported six lion cubs to Bangladesh and 14 adult lions to China.The penguins were picked up from the Riga Zoo and then taken ...
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American Airlines reports ahead of market cargo growth
American Airlines enjoyed ahead of market cargo growth in 2017 as it introduced new flights, aircraft and booking technology.The airline said cargo traffic increased by 15% for the year, which Air Cargo News estimates would have put its total for the year at around 2.8bn cargo ton miles.The improvement was ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: A bumper year for Chinese carriers
Asian airlines enjoyed a strong 2017, with several carriers reporting their best cargo performance over recent years.The region’s largest cargo carrier, Cathay Pacific, saw cargo demand increase by 9% year on year to reach 11.6bn cargo and mail revenue tonne kms.This is the carrier’s busiest year for freight since Air ...
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Egyptair appoints WFS as Brussels and Schiphol cargo handler
Egyptair has awarded a cargo and mail handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to cover its services at Amsterdam and Brussels airports.The three-year contract, which commences in March 2018, will see WFS handling cargo and mail for the airline’s daily Boeing 737-800 from Amsterdam to Cairo as well as ...
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Antonov's new US office in satellite flight
Antonov Airlines' new US base in Houston has transported an outsized communications satellite for Orbital ATK.The Al Yah 3 Satellite was transported in a container that measured 11.4 m long, 4.6 m wide, and 4.1 m high, and weighed 23 tonnes.The cargo travelled from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cayenne, ...
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AEI delivers B737F to ASL
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc has redelivered a B737-400SF freighter to ASL Aviation – the company’s one hundredth conversion of this aircraft type.The delivery represents the thirteenth AEI B737-400 converted freighter that has been re-delivered to ASL over the last few years.ASL currently has an additional four B737-400SF freighters, either undergoing conversion ...
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Schiphol confirms cargo tonnages increase of 5.4% in 2017
Schiphol Cargo reported an increase of 5.4% on yearly tonnage in 2017 with strong demand in the Far East for European goods boosting total figures to 1.75m tonnes.Europe’s third largest air cargo hub experienced an uptick in cargo throughput of 7.4% year-on-year between January and October 2017, with total figures ...
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Etihad phase out of A330 freighters is 'normal industry practice'
Etihad Airways has said that the phase out of its A330-200F fleet is "normal industry practice".According to flight tracking website Flight Radar, the airline's fleet of five A330-200Fs have been inactive for at least the last seven days as Etihad phases out the aircraft.It is understood it will continue to ...
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Schiphol slot crisis set for Dutch MPs debate on Thursday
Dutch MPs are set to discuss the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport slot crisis later this week, raising air cargo industry hopes of a swift solution.The Netherlands Parliament will on Thursday discuss the revised 'local rule' proposal from Dutch carrier KLM which attempts to resolve the slot allocation problem that has seen ...
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Unilode pursues a global growth agenda
Unilode Aviation Solutions is looking to expand its global footprint and is also focused on extracting more value from its asset fleet of 120,000 unit load devices (ULDs).Benoît Dumont is chief executive of Unilode, which changed its name from CHEP Aerospace Solutions in February 2017 after it was sold in ...