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Freight must be part of Brexit conversations, says FTA
The UK’s largest membership association for freight and logistics has expressed serious dismay that the sector has "once again" been overlooked in planning for the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit'.“Logistics is the blood supply that keeps the other parts of the economy fit and healthy,” said ...
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Freight forwarder Panalpina expects continuing airfreight margin pressure
Freight forwarder Panalpina will concentrate on controlling costs after its airfreight business faced continued margin pressure on higher airfreight demand.The Switzerland-headquartered logistics giant saw second-quarter airfreight revenues increase by 10% year on year to Sfr700m on the back of a 6.6% improvement in tons carried to 240,000 and rising freight ...
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New tax could hit Indian airfreight exports
An Indian trade organisation has warned that a proposed tax on airfreight exports will stifle growth in the country’s air cargo sector, while it has also called for investment in the sector.At its annual Air Cargo Summit, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that moves to include airfreight exports ...
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time:matters expands flight network to Birmingham and Dublin
Time-critical logistics provider time:matters has expanded its flight network for spare parts logistics from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in southern Germany to Birmingham and Dublin on weekdays.The new routes extend the current network to the UK and Ireland, which have been served by flights from Frankfurt and Maastricht since 2011.The Lufthansa subsidiary confirmed ...
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Swissport Netherlands awarded CEIV Pharma
Swissport International's Netherlands subsidiary has gained IATA's CEIV certificate for pharmaceutical logistics at (CEIV Pharma) Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.CEIV Pharma certification for the ground and air cargo services provider in the Netherlands will increase its contribution to the Pharma Gateway Amsterdam – a programme established in 2016 to position Schiphol as ...
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BIFA elects new national chairman
Mark Bromley has succeeded Fred Osborn as the elected national chairman of UK freight forwarder group BIFA for a two-year period.Osborn becomes immediate vice-chairman for a two-year term. Alongside him is John Stubbings, group director and company Secretary of the Woodland group who was elected Vice-Chairman by the board.Bromley has ...
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Delta Cargo appoints Eric Anderson as Asia Pacific sales director
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Eric Anderson as director, cargo sales for the Asia-Pacific region, effective August 1.Anderson, who will be based in Tokyo, assumes the role previously held by Eric Wilson, recently promoted to managing director, global cargo sales.Anderson will lead the cargo sales team across Asia-Pacific, said ...
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Join the exclusive cargo club at Farnborough International Airshow 2018
The organisers of the world famous Farnborough International Airshow 2018 have announced record monthly bookings for next year's event, which takes place on July 16-22.Air Cargo News will be in attendance and we are exclusively selling exhibition packages for the dedicated Cargo Village, which will feature some of the biggest ...
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Kuehne+Nagel expects to make more perishables logistics acquisitions
Freight forwarder Kuhne+Nagel (K+N) is expecting further consolidation in the perishables logistics market after it yesterday announced the acquisition of two companies.Speaking shortly after announcing the company’s second-quarter results and the acquisition of two perishables forwarders, chief executive Detlef Trefzger said that K+N’s market share in the sector was “extremely ...
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NewsUnited Airlines registers improvement in air cargo revenues and traffic
United Airlines saw air cargo revenues increase by more than 20% in the second quarter of the year as a result of improving freight traffic.The airline saw cargo revenues increase by 22.1% year on year during the second quarter of the year, while traffic was up 21.9% to 828m cargo ...
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Qatar Cargo confirms cattle charters
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed it will transport more than 4,000 cattle as part of a project to set up a dairy farm in Qatar and bypass the blockade set up by some of the state’s neighbours.In a statement sent out today, the airline confirmed it had won the deal ...
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VIDEO: Shannon's new runway, ta Mac for a great job
The rehabilitation of Ireland’s longest runway, at Shannon Airport, is proving a triumph of logistics as the equivalent of one football pitch is re-laid between dusk and dawn each night, the airport has revealed.Shortly before midnight, following the last arrival/departure at Shannon, a team of 90 vehicles and 70 people ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to launch specialist pharma flights
Airline Emirates SkyCargo has revealed that next month it will begin offering “dedicated” pharma flights from London and Frankfurt.Speaking at an event organised by the airline and new partner SkyCell, Emirates SkyCargo manager global sales pharma Julian Sutch said that where applicable it would begin to group pharma shipments on ...
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SF Airlines opts for Boeing Shanghai for maintenance contract
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has signed a maintenance agreement with Chinese-based SF Airlines for its Boeing Classic 737 and 767-300 freighters.The first airplane is already undergoing a C-check in Boeing Shanghai’s facilities at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and more airplanes will follow on a nose-to-tail basis."With this contract, Boeing Shanghai ...
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Freight forwarder K+N sets the pace as air volumes soar
Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) saw airfreight volumes grow at almost double the market rate during the first half of the year, with performance improving during the second quarter.The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarder saw first-half airfreight demand increase by 18% year on year to 731,000 tons, while the overall market increased by ...
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K+N expands perishables network with US and Kenyan acquisitions
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has expanded its global perishables network with the acquisition of sector specialist forwarders Commodity Forwarders Inc. (CFI) in the US and Trillvane in Kenya.Switzerland-based K+N said that the two acquisitions would add more than 150,000 tons of annual perishables traffic to its network and “further strengthens ...
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New AA Cargo boss enjoys market pick-up
The air cargo industry has finally “turned a corner” and rate improvements will soon be felt at revenue level, according to American Airlines Cargo.The carrier’s new president of cargo, Rick Elieson, and Tristan Koch, managing director of sales, cargo, Europe, Middle East and Africa, agree that the demand improvements experienced ...
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European airports call for urgent action to stop Brexit harming aviation
The Airport Services Association (ASA) has called for urgent action to ensure that the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) or ‘Brexit’ does not harm the aviation sector “in the UK, EU and beyond”.Jon Conway, director general of the Switzerland-based European industry body, wants the end result of negotiations ...
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FedEx financial performance hit by TNT cyber attack
Express firm FedEx said today that its financial results will be affected by the Petya cyber attack that hit subsidiary TNT. The company continues to be affected by the virus.In a stock exchange announcement, the express giant said it was still evaluating the financial impact of the attack, but it ...
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Qatar Airways sees cargo demand surge past 1m tonnes
Qatar Airways saw cargo demand surpass the 1m tonne mark for the first time during the last fiscal year, while revenues were also up.In its annual report, the airline group revealed that in the 2017 fiscal year it saw cargo demand increase by 20.9% year on year to 1.15m tonnes. ...