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KLM Cargo brings Dutch heritage home
KLM Cargo is bringing works by Dutch masters back home to Amsterdam for a short time, after an absence of 300 years. The Netherlands flag carrier flew a number of works from St Petersburg, including Rembrandt’s ‘Young Woman with Earrings’ for the Dutch Masters from the Hermitage. Treasures of the ...
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Singapore links up with Lufthansa Group
Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa Group have confirmed 1 October as the official launch date for their joint venture for passenger flights between Singapore, Australia and Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.The two carriers have been stepping up their cooperation since 2015, introducing new services between Singapore and Dusseldorf in July 2016. ...
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Icing blamed for Canada freighter crash
A report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) blamed ice accumulation and the company practice of operating in icing conditions for the crash of a Cessna 208B Caravan cargo plane.The pilot was killed on the crash, near Pickle Lake, Ontario, on the morning of 11 December 2015.The Cessna, ...
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Etihad freighter captain dies in mid-air
The captain of an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-200 freighter en route from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam Schiphol has died at the controls, shortly after take-off. He became unwell shortly after flight EY927 lifted off and then became incapacitated, prompting the first officer to declare Mayday and divert the aircraft to ...
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Passenger to Gatwick
A hunt for a fugitive who went missing from a London-bound Emirates plane has ended happily – but mystery still surrounds what happened to one of the passengers on flight EK 011, bound for Gatwick on 27 July.Dinky the ragdoll cat had been flying in the cargo hold, with his ...
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Burning men festival
No, it's not a street protest - staff at Ethiopian Airlines Group are symbolically burning the last bits of paper as they celebrate completion of a digitisation project on 28 September.According to Ethiopian, the largest airline in Africa, the scheme covers all business processes including aircraft maintenance, flight and commercial ...
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NASA’s flying eye in the sky
One of the lesser-known products of Boeing’s 747 programme in the 1970s was the 747SP.Faced with the need to fly ultra-long-haul routes non-stop, the plane-maker’s solution was to shorten the body of a standard jumbo, the result being officially designated the 747SP (Special Performance) though it less formally known as ...
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US bans drones from historic sites
The US Federal Aviation and Department of the Interior (DOI) have banned drone flights over ten historic sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore.The unmanned craft will no longer be allowedThe FAA and DOI have agreed to restrict within 400 feet of sites including the Hoover and ...
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Runners on the runway
Anyone in the Atlanta area this weekend might be interested to know that Hartsfield-Jackson airport is hosting the third annual Mayor’s 5K on its fifth runway Saturday, 30 September. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and airport general manager Roosevelt Council will join more than 1,500 runners and walkers as they take ...
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New chief exec for Etihad
Etihad Aviation Group is to appoint Tony Douglas as group chief executive officer. He replaces James Hogan who stepped down in July with Ray Gammell taking over as interim group chief executive. Gammell will return to his position as group chief people and performance officer.Douglas will join the group in ...
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Qatar takes stake in Italy’s Meridiana
Qatar Airways has bought a 49% share on AQA Holding, the new parent company of Meridiana fly, Italy’s second largest carrier. Alisarda has retained its 51% share in the carrier.The Middle East carrier said the move would strengthen its presence in Italy where it currently flies from Doha to Rome, ...
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New members for forwarder network
Freight network The WACO System has appointed three new members in Latin America and Africa.Sicarga Panama will cover Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, Gespros will represent Cameroon; and OMA Logistics will represent Senegal.The new members will be officially welcomed during WACO's Extraordinary General Meeting in Macau, China on 23-25 October.Sicarga ...
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UPS seals joint venture with China’s SF Express
UPS and SF Express’s parent company, SF Holding have gained China Ministry of Commerce approval for their planned joint venture.The two operators will collaborate on international delivery services from, initially, China to the US and, in future, on other trade lanes.In a statement , UPS and SF Holding said the ...
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Delta to the rescue as disaster strikes the Gulf
US airline Delta and its employees “have mobilised like never before”, rushing to help people in need after hurricanes devastated large parts of the Gulf coast and Caribbean and earthquakes hit Mexico.The carrier partnered with the American Red Cross and other experienced non-profit organisations, contributing $3.75 million, operating relief flights ...
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Emirates revalidates Dubai pharma hub
Emirates SkyCargo has gained revalidation of its European Union Good Distribution Practices (EU GDP) certification for pharma operations at its Dubai hub after an annual surveillance audit by Bureau Veritas, Germany.The carrier originally received EU GDP certification in 2016 for its operations across the Emirates SkyCentral cargo terminals at Dubai ...
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Agility wins pharma plaudit
Agility says it has become the first freight forwarder to receive QEP experto accreditation from container specialist Envirotainer for its cold chain management of pharma and life sciences products.Envirotainer’s Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) program evaluates freight forwarders and airline stations and recognizes those able to meet the highest standards.The QEP ...
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Flexport in line for $110 million funding
Online freight forwarder Flexport is reported to be closed to securing $110 million worth of funding reports Forbes, which says that the San Francisco based company is on its list of billion-dollar start-up companies.The latest Series C funding will bring total capital invested to $204 million, it adds.Flexport founder and ...
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Updated: Iraq flights suspended
Royal Jordanian will temporarily suspend its flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq, from 6 pm Amman local time on Friday, 29 September.It follows a request from the Iraqi authorities to all to stop operating all flights to these two cities from that date until further notice.RJ operates 10 ...
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Profits surge at Air Partner
Aviation services group, Air Partner reported gross profit of £18.1m for the six months to 31 July, up 12.2% on the same period of 2016. The UK-based company said it reflected strong trading performance in its broking division.Underlying profit before tax was £4.1m, a year-on-year increase of 34.4% while the ...
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Alibaba takes control of China delivery firm
Asian online retailer Alibaba has taken a controlling stake in China’s Cainiao Smart Logistics. It has increased its investment by 5.3 billion yuan ( $807 million), raising its stake in the company from 47 to 51% and giving it four out of seven seats on the logistics company’s board.While Cainiao ...