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Management changes at Emirates
Dubai-headquartered Emirates Airline has made three personnel changes to key commercial and cargo management positions in the Middle East, effective June 1, 2017.The carrier has appointed Abbas A Haji as vice president hub operations for SkyCargo in the UAE. His role encompasses the management of Emirates SkyCargo’s hub operations at ...
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Southwest appoints new director of cargo sales
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has appointed Steve Langhart to the post of director of cargo sales.The role covers leading the carrier’s cargo sales team, including field, national and inside sales, as well as responsibility for all business development efforts.Since joining Southwest in 2008, Langhart has held positions including manager of ramp ...
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Robert Agnew to chair Atlas Air Worldwide board
New York-headquartered freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide has appointed Robert Agnew (president and chief executive of international aviation consultancy Morten Beyer & Agnew) to the position of chairman of its board of directors.He succeeds retired Marine Corps Lt Gen Frederick McCorkle, who served as chairman since 2014 and will continue ...
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Thominet takes over the controls at ECS
General sales and service agency ECS Group has nominated current chief operating officer Adrien Thominet as its new chief executive . He will take over the role from Bertrand Schmoll, who will continue as group chairman.Thominet will be in charge of rolling out the group’s strategy to become “a leader ...
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Kersten to be new FIATA head
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has appointed Hans Kersten as deputy director and director general designate after the retirement of Marco Sorgetti in September.Kersten, who was previously International Union of Railways (UIC) freight director is a qualified lawyer and speaks five European languages.He worked for German Railways ...
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SF Express and Alibaba end data dispute
Delivery giant SF Express has restarted transportation services for online retail giant Alibaba after they ended their dispute over data sharing.The standoff, which began last week, came to an end after the intervention of China’s State Post Bureau.The dispute started when Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on May ...
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Yangtze River adds Atlas B747-400 freighter
Yangtze River Airlines will lease a Boeing 747-400F from Atlas Air Worldwide to use on China-US flights.The aircraft will be leased on an ACMI basis for use on a new service due to start this month flying between China and the US.The airline is part of the HNA Modern Logistics ...
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FAA to award US$527.8m in airport grants
As part of its Airport Improvement Program (AIP), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award US$527.8m in airport infrastructure grants to 584 gateways across the US, transportation secretary Elaine Chao announced recently.The AIP “helps to maintain our aviation infrastructure and supports safety, capacity, security and environmental improvements”, secretary Chao ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo ups New York services
At the end of May, Virgin Atlantic Cargo launched new daily flights from Manchester in northern England to New York – taking its total services to and from the US east coast destination to seven per day, seven times a week.The carrier also flies from London Heathrow to New York ...
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Ethiopian continues humanitarian collaboration with Boeing
Ethiopian Airlines has flown 6.5 tons of humanitarian relief cargo from Seattle to Ethiopia on behalf of Conscience International (CI), Horn of Africa Neonatal Development Services and Seattle Alliance Outreach (SAO).The carrier picked up the shipment, bound for St Paul’s Hospital and Bahir Dar University College of Medicine & Health ...
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Royal Air Maroc and Etihad sign cargo MoU
On 29 May in Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and Etihad Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of their cargo activities.A RAM statement described the two airlines’ networks as “complementary” and, as such, offering potential for commercial synergies. Through its partnership with Etihad Airways Cargo, ...
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Alibaba and SF Express in data-sharing standoff
SF Express, one of the biggest delivery firms for Alibaba, says it has been dropped by the online retail giant for refusing to share its customers’ data.According to a report in the Financial Times, Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on 30 May to use other couriers in response ...
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Rates continued to track ahead of a year ago in May
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in May, according to the latest figures from TacIndex.Numbers from the data provider show that on services between Hong Kong and the US, the average airfreight rate paid to carriers increased 38% year on year to ...
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Rhenus adds to Indonesia network
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group says it plans to open an office in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, in early August following the opening of an office in Semarang in February. It adds that its local has also gained IATA certification since May.Rhenus now has operations at four sites in Indonesia ...
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Purolator goes coast to coast in the US
Purolator International - Canada’s largest integrated freight, parcel and logistics solutions provider - has launched an expedited forwarding service for domestic US shipments for next day, two-day, or 3-5 day delivery. There is also an Elite service for shipments that require a specialised delivery window.The courier says it will offer ...
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Business blooms in the desert for UPS
UPS is to open a new package processing hub in the town of Goodyear, near Phoenix, Arizona. The first phase is expected to begin operating later this to provide additional capacity for lightweight small e-commerce packages - a growing business in Arizona and the southwest, says UPS.Full completion is planned ...
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AirBridgeCargo records 17% volume growth in Q1
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) recorded a volume improvement of 17% during the first quarter of the year as the carrier continued to expand its network and benefited from market growth.The carrier saw volumes for the three month period reach 158,000 tonnes, while its load factor touched 70%.ABC has been busy expanding ...
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Etihad extends Dreamliner network
Etihad Airways is to deploy Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on its routes from its Abu Dhabi hub to Amsterdam and Madrid.The Dreamliners, which offer 11 pallet positions, will be introduced on year-round scheduled services to Amsterdam from 1 September, and to Madrid on 1 October, joining Düsseldorf and Zurich as ...
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We’re staying in Singapore, says Cargolux
Cargolux has denied that it is to move one of its key Asian hubs from Singapore’s Changi airport to Batam Hang Nadim in Indonesia.Reports in the local press had suggested that a move to Batam, which lies just across the Straits of Singapore, was imminent, after the finalising of a ...
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Kung Fu Panda-fighting
Is a dogfight about to break out over the skies of Asia? No sooner had Air Cargo News broken the news of the Hainan Airlines ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Dreamliner than Eva Air retaliated by unveiling its latest Hello Kitty-themed 777-300ER.Not to be outdone by Hainan’s Kung Fu Panda-emblazoned fuselage (Story ...