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NewsCost cutting continues at Asian airlines despite traffic growth
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region enjoyed cargo traffic growth of 9% in April as export orders from the region continued to surge, but carriers continue to cut costs to meet rising costs.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) (see table at end of article) ...
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DHL's fish freighter for Norwegian seafood logistics
DHL Global Forwarding is accelerating Norway’s seafood supply chain by shipping live crabs and other seafood on dedicated weekly flights from Oslo to Asia and Northern America.The express giant is transporting fresh seafood from Laskselv airport in northern Norway to Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South Korea ...
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Tracking tracksuits: Rugby kit to be monitored for flight to New Zealand
British & Irish Lions rugby kit and equipment being flown out to New Zealand will be monitored by tracking technology originally developed to protect fine art and pharmaceutical products.Five sensors, provided by insurer QBE, will be sent out with the rugby kit that can record location, pressure changes, light exposure, ...
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Airfreight rates continue to rise in April
Airfreight rates improved again in April led by improvements on services from Asia to North America.The latest Sea and Air Shipper Insight report from Drewry, which uses a weighted average of buy rates across 21 trade lanes, showed that average east-west airfreight prices increased by 7.9% year on year in ...
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IAG warns Heathrow plans to bridge M25 could ground expansion
IAG has warned that plans to build a bridge over the busy M25 motorway - one of the busiest in Europe - as part of the expansion of Heathrow airport could ground the project.In its submission to a government consultation document, the airline group warned that there is no detailed ...
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GSSA network selects e-Cargoware as preferred systems provider
Recently-launched GSSA network 1GSA has selected e-Cargoware as its preferred supplier of IT systems, gaining preferential rates for members.The network said e-Cargoware is already installed and operational at 1GSA founder member and UK representative, Select Airline Management.M&C Aviation, which was one of the first GSSA companies to join the 1GSA ...
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Agility reaches partial settlement over US government military supply contract
Logistics firm Agility has agreed to a settlement for one element of the ongoing criminal court case over allegations it defrauded the US government on a military supply contract, but the wider civil and criminal case continues.The company has agreed to plead to a misdemeanour in connection with US government ...
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TAAG Angola renews freighter lease deal
Angola national airline TAAG Angola Airlines has renewed its long-term freighter lease deal with Network Airline Management.Operating a weekly scheduled service from Liege, Belgium, to Luanda, the capital of Angola, Network Airline Management provides a Boeing 747-400F factory-built freighter with nose door which carries up to 120,000 kilos of oil-related ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Another busy month for European carriers
April proved to be another good month for some of Europe’s major airlines as increases in cargo traffic were recorded at Lufthansa, Air France KLM and IAG.The latest monthly stats from Lufthansa, the largest of the three in cargo terms, show a 6% year-on-year improvement in traffic for April to ...
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Dedicated to air cargo: Lise-Marie Turpin
Lise-Marie Turpin admits that she “fell into the airline industry” after completing her degree: “I was a student looking for a summer job, and Air France (AF) in Canada was hiring reservation agents at the time, so it was a great option.“You were paid relatively well and got to travel ...
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Emirates' focus on Vietnamese perishables bears fruit
Emirates SkyCargo has seen a near five-fold increase in the volumes of exports of fruits between Vietnam and Dubai over the last year.Collaborative efforts between Middle East carrier’s cargo arm and Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency Vietrade saw perishables exports to Dubai, including rambutans and lychees, touch a record close to ...
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WFS signals global ambition with senior appointments
Global cargo ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced a raft of senior appointments.Group chief executive Craig Smyth said that the appointments signal WFS’ ambition to build its operations globally. WFS is a major cargo handler, processing 6.3m tonnes a year for 300 airline customers.WFS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa ...
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DHL adds another China-Europe rail link
DHL Global Forwarding is continuing to expand its rail services between China and Europe with a new connection to Belarus.The forwarding giant today launched the first regular rail connection between Shenzhen and Minsk.The route takes 12 days and also covers new overland connections to several major cities along China’s “Belt ...
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Volga-Dnepr flies 11 generators in 14 days
Volga-Dnepr has transported eleven generators onboard a series of six An-124-100 freighter flights to the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo, in a 14-day period.The delivery of the 57 tonne generators from the island of Mauritius on behalf of forwarder customer Kupa Proje Tasimacilik Ve Lojistik will boost the capacity of the existing ...
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NewsAmerican cargo monthly: US carriers see demand fly as rates improve
The three major US carriers continued to record rapid increases in cargo demand in April and sources have indicated that rates are also now starting to pick up.The latest figures from United, American and Delta show that all three carriers registered an improvement in demand during the month.The largest of ...
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Kalitta Air takes delivery of first GECAS-leased B747-400F
US freighter operator Kalitta Air has taken delivery of the first of two leased 747-400F factory freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), an Ireland-based aviation leasing and financing company.GECAS said that the aircraft delivery marked “a new milestone in the decade-long relationship of the two companies”.While GECAS has previously ...
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SIA Cargo to be "re-integrated" into the parent group
SIA Cargo is to be "re-integrated" into the parent airline, in a “business as usual” move intended “to improve efficiency through greater synergy with the wider SIA Group".The wholly-owned cargo subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA) will become the cargo division within the parent group and the transition is expected to ...
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National Airlines and Navitrans in weekly Round-the-World 747-400F Service
US-based freighter operator National Airlines and charter company Navitrans USA are to launch a weekly scheduled Round-the-World (RTW) B747-400 freighter service, set to begin on June 1.The RTW service and will operate year-round connecting several key global airports: Chicago (ORD), Liege (LGG), Heydar Aliyev International in Azerbaijan (GYD), Hong Kong ...
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EgyptAir Cargo to add pharma product
EgyptAir Cargo has revealed it will launch a pharma product this summer after signing a deal for passive containers with va-Q-tec.The airline said that va-Q-tec's passive container rental service will enable deviation-free transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals around the world to over 70 EgyptAir Cargo destinations.The two companies finalised the deal ...
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Brum, Brum, Emirates freighter for Jaguar Land Rover cars
Emirates SkyCargo has operated an ad hoc Boeing 777 freighter aircraft from Birmingham airport as part of a new bespoke service for the transportation of exclusive Jaguar Land Rover cars to Chicago.Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9923 departed Birmingham Airport to deliver cars for further testing. Metro Shipping, the logistics service provider ...