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Ein Prosit: Record half year cargo tonnages for Munich airport
Over the first six months of 2017, Munich Airport's airfreight segment posted a new all-time high, with a nine percent year-on-year increase in cargo turnover to approximately 180,000 tons.Michael Kerkloh, the German airport's president and chief executive, commenting also on 2017's increased passenger and aircraft movement numbers for the half ...
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Emirates celebrates 30 years in the UK
Emirates has marked 30 years of operations in the UK and is on track to carry 5m passengers between the UK and Dubai in the 2017/18 financial year, making it a record year for the Middle East airline.Its airfreight business, Emirates SkyCargo, flies 140,000 tonnes of cargo in and out ...
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Senior appointments at Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced two senior appointments to its sales team as it sees “soaring volumes”, most notably from its UK home market.Ryan Ellis takes up the position of head of global accounts while Ray Wood joins the airline as regional sales manager for the UK.Ellis joined Virgin Atlantic ...
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ATSG subsidiary CAM to lease three B767s to Northern Aviation Services
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) is leasing three Boeing 767-300 freighters to Northern Air Cargo, the Northern Aviation Services (NAS) subsidiary.The aircraft will serve three NAS airlines: Aloha Air Cargo based in Hawaii, StratAir based in Florida, and Northern Air Cargo based in Alaska.NAS operates ...
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AMI UK passes one million spot-rate milestone
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has provided its one millionth cargo spot-rate quote in the UK.AMI opened its Spot Rate desk — specialising in live market quotes — in 2007. The Spot Rate team originally comprised three members and has now grown to ten, based in both London and Manchester, ...
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NewsAir cargo on the up in May, but growth could have peaked
Airfreight demand growth improved at a double-digit pace in May, but indicators suggest improvements have peaked.The latest statistics from airline association Iata show that air cargo demand in freight tonne km terms increased by 12.7% year on year in May, up from the 8.7% registered in April and well ahead ...
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Qatar and StarBroker join forces for energy charter
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported more than 80 tonnes of oil and energy equipment from Zhengzhou in China to Cabo Frio in Brazil for DHL Global Forwarding.The Qatar Airways Boeing 777 freighter saw the Middle East carrier's first charter flight into Cabo Frio, an airport located close to the most ...
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Airfreight growth set to slow over summer months
Airfreight growth looks set to slow over the coming months after a bumper start to the year, according to one forwarder index.The latest APAC Forwarding Index shows that in June fewer Asia Pacific forwarders noted month-on-month growth than they did in May.The index showed that 41.4% of respondents registered higher ...
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Cargolux adds Quito to its network
Cargolux has inaugurated scheduled all-cargo services to Quito, connecting Ecuador’s capital and the South American country's flower exports to Amsterdam, Luxembourg and beyond.All four weekly Cargolux flights, originating at the European freighter carrier's Luxembourg hub, will operate through Curitiba (Brazil), Viracopos (Brazil) and Mexico before arriving in Quito.Said a spokesperson ...
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Hong Kong's fruitful year with record cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) enjoyed "a fruitful year" in 2016/17, setting new annual records in all three air traffic figures: cargo, passenger and flight movements.During the fiscal year, cargo volume rose 6.7% to 4.6m tonnes, securing HKIA as the world’s busiest cargo airport for the seventh consecutive year.In the ...
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ABC flies autonomous vehicle to Singapore
Freight forwarder Geodis has organised the transport of a newly newly-developed Group Rapid Transit (GRT) prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore utilising AirBridgeCargo flights.The GRT, which measures 6 metres in length, 2.1 metres in width and has a height of 2.8 metres, travelled from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Singapore onboard AirBridgeCargo’s ...
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Incheon's cargo volumes on the rise in May
South Korea’s Incheon airport recorded a 7.7% year on year rise in May’s cargo volumes to 238,000 tonnes, helped by the “gradual recovery” in the Asian country’s core exports, such as semiconductors.A spokesperson for the airport authority said: “The volume of cargo bound for the Americas (+12.7%), Europe (+5,4%) and ...
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TNT continues recovery effort after cyber attack
TNT is continuing to implement contingency plans to mitigate the impact of the virus that attacked its IT systems last week.In an operational update, TNT parent FedEx said that its teams were making solid progress on "remediating systems and methodically bringing business critical systems and services back online including mytnt.com"."TNT ...
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Singapore awards three year handling deal to WFS
Singapore Airlines has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) with a three-year contract to handle cargo for its new Stockholm services.At the end of May, the airline launched five Airbus A350-900 flights a week connecting Singapore and Stockholm via Moscow.With cargo capacity on the route shared with Moscow, WFS in Stockholm ...
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NewsRates out of Asia surge in June
Airfreight rates on major routes out of Asia continued to climb in June as demand to and from the region surges.The latest statistics from Tac Index show that average airfreight prices from Hong Kong to the US reached $3.27 per kg in June, an increase of 38.6% compared with the ...
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Rhenus swoops on Australian forwarder
The Rhenus Group has signed an agreement to purchase Australian freight forwarder O’Brien Customs and Forwarding, giving it its own presence in the market for the first time.The O’Brien family business handles air and sea freight consignments and provides customs and warehouse services and is headquartered in northern Melbourne.Rhenus chief ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: May was a merry month for cargo carriers
Asian airlines registered a “strong” cargo performance in May as carriers saw traffic recorded during the month reach levels not seen since 2011.The largest of the Asian cargo carriers, Cathay Pacific, saw demand for May improve by 8% year on year to reach 899m cargo and mail revenue tonne kms.Click ...
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Kerry continues to build on China-Europe rail offering with shareholding in LPL
Kerry Logistics Network has acquired 50% of shares in Lanzhou Pacific Logistics (LPL) as it looks to further develop its China-Europe rail freight operations.Kerry Logistics will join China Railway Container Transport Company as a shareholder in LPL."The investment marks another strategic step in advancing Kerry Logistics’ expansion into the rail ...
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Armed robber shot dead after failed Johannesburg airport cargo heist
An armed robber was shot dead and another arrested after they held up Swissport security guards in the cargo precinct of Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday (July 1) morning, airport management has confirmed.Leigh Gunkel-Keuler, spokesperson for OR Tambo International Airport, said: "At 10.55am a group of armed men ...
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Airfreight demand growth ramps up in May
Air cargo growth ramps up in May with a “formidable” year-on-year performance, according to analyst WorldACD.The latest stats from the data company show that May saw chargeable airfreight weight increase by 12.8% year on year despite concerns that demand growth had reached its peak in the first three months of ...