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DHL opens new Budapest express facilities
DHL Express has opened new facilities at Budapest Airport as part of the €160m BUD:2020 Development Programme.The new warehouse and office complexes offer automated sorting systems and a total land development area of more than 60,000 sq m.DHL Express is the latest company to launch operations at the new facility. ...
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Cargolux and Emirates partnership expands with Dubai handler move
Cargolux has transferred its handling operation in Dubai to Emirates SkyCargo as the two companies ramp-up their cargo partnership.In May, the two airlines signed a co-operation agreement that sees them share space on each others aircraft.The move to the same handling company in Dubai World Central Complex (DWC) will facilitate ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo adds fifth US freighter destination this year
Qatar Airways Cargo will become the first international airline to offer a freighter service to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a new operation gets underway next month.The airline said that when the new B777F service is launched, on October 11, it will become the fifth freighter destination in the Americas added this ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand soars at IAG and Lufthansa
The recent boom in air cargo demand continued at European airlines is August, with freight traffic for the month reaching record levels.Europe’s largest cargo carrier, Lufthansa, saw cargo demand increase by 9.8% year on year in August to 901m revenue cargo tonne km.This appears to be the airline group’s busiest ...
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New project forwarder network launched
A new freight forwarder network covering project cargo has been launched in order to offer shippers more options when shipping globally.The new IFLN Global Projects network will only include cargo agents with a "high degree of capability in the field of project forwarding".The network, which is part of the International ...
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Budapest Airport sees cargo demand reach a new high
Budapest Airport has had a record first seven months of the year for cargo as a result of growth in the central European region.In total, the airport handled 72,161 tonnes of cargo over the first seven months, up 19.6% on the same period last year.The airport registered 49,420 tonnes of ...
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All dressed up: Qatar Airways Cargo’s first freighter charter to Rickenbacker
Qatar Airways Cargo has shipped more than 100 tonnes of garments to the US in the Middle East carrier's first charter service to Rickenbacker International Airport in Colombus, Ohio.The consignment, in collaboration with Sri Lanka-based EFL (Expo Freight), was flown on a Boeing 777 freighter from Colombo to Rickenbacker for ...
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ICAO backs Turkmenistan's freight ambitions
ICAO has backed Turkmenistan's plans for its new Ashgabat airport to become a freight hub, but also highlighted a number of priorities it should pursue to support air traffic growth.In a meeting last week with the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, ICAO Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu pledged support for ...
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BIFA adds to training team
UK freight forwarder association BIFA has expanded its training team with the appointment of Graeme Wilkinson in order to keep up with member demand.Wilkinson has more than 20 years of freight forwarding experience and joins from Pantos Logistics. He has also worked for C.H. Robinson, MIQ Logistics and Emery Worldwide.Carl ...
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Forwarder Tigers adds new China-Europe rail operation
Tigers is the latest freight forwarder to add a new rail service between Asia and Europe, offering an alternative to air and sea transport.The Hong Kong forwarder will transport goods both east and westbound between Duisburg and Hefei, Chongqing and Chengdu.Customers are able to charter an entire train, or book ...
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WFS on the double for Boston cargo handling
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has more than doubled its cargo handling operation at Boston-Logan International Airport in the US to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa, SAS and Swiss International Air Lines.News of the expansion comes as WFS saw volumes across its 60 US cargo locations increase by 17% year on ...
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Frankfurt freight boost in August
Frankfurt airport's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) in August rose by 5.4% year-on-year to 181,102 tonnes or up by 4.8% year to date to nearly 1.5m tonnes.August was a busy month at Frankfurt, with LUG air cargo handling expanding its Health Care Center (HCC) in a 650 sq m first ...
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Book now for the Frankfurt Air Cargo Innovation Lab
The second Frankfurt Air Cargo Innovation Lab will take place on September 26-27, 2017 at Frankfurt Airport. Places are still available to book.Following on from the spectacular success of last year's launch event, leading figures in the airfreight industry, prestigious representatives from transport logistics and innovative start-ups, industry experts and ...
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Corrado named chief operating officer of freighter lessor ATSG
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), freighter lessor to Amazon, has named Richard Corrado as chief operating officer (COO) of the US-based cargo aircraft leasing, conversion and services company.Corrado, elected by the ATSG board of directors, has served since 2010 as chief commercial officer of ATSG, and president of its Cargo ...
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Miami International to restart operations today
Miami International Airport (MIA) will resume operations today on a limited basis following the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.In a statement, the airport said that some cargo and passenger flights would resume today, but added that many airlines would still not be operating to a full schedule and therefore airlines ...
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Miami International closes as Florida is hit by Irma
Miami International Airport (MIA) has announced it will be closed for the rest of the day (Monday) as a result of Hurricane Irma.The category four hurricane hit Florida on Sunday and while it has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, strong winds continue to batter the state's western coast.As ...
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DHL launches twice a week B747 freighter from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Norway’s Oslo Airport has teamed up with DHL Global Forwarding to establish a twice a week chartered Boeing 747-400 freighter link to Seoul and Shanghai, with the ambition of establishing a scheduled service.The Norwegian seafood gateway, with a 32% general cargo growth so far this year, said that it is ...
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Parcel volumes to grow 17%-28% a year says new report
Global parcel volumes surged 48% between 2014 and 2016 and are set to continue growing at double-digit rates, according to the second annual Parcel Shipping Index from technology company Pitney Bowes.Annual parcel volumes increased from 44bn to 65bn up to the end of 2016, and the growth curve shows no ...
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Heathrow tonnages rise 13% in August
Cargo flowing through London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK’s largest gateway, climbed 13% to 139,000 tonnes in August, marking the 13th consecutive record month for volumes at Europe’s number four airfreight hub.For the 2017 year to date volumes, Heathrow has recorded a 10.3% rise for the first eight months of this ...
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Delta and American update Hurricane Irma cargo embargoes
Delta Cargo and American Airlines Cargo have updated their restrictions on freight operations in the Caribbean and Florida as Hurricane Irma continues to batter the region.The hurricane, now downgraded to category four, yesterday hit Turks and Caicos Islands following on from the destruction it caused on other Caribbean islands over ...