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One charter does not a summer make
The UK government’s plan to develop air services to one of its furthest flung territories, the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena reached a major milestone when the airport handled its first ever passenger charter flight.Aviation services firm Air Partner has just operated a return flight from Cape Town ...
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Long haul leads south London cargo surge
Growth in long-haul routes drove a 27.2% increase in cargo traffic at London’s Gatwick airport in April. Traffic hit 7,142 tonnes, compared with 5,615 tonnes in April 2016. The moving annual total (May to April) was up 20%, to 82,666 tonnes in 2016-17 compared with 68,891 tonnes in 2015-16.Gatwick’s chief ...
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DHL tech makes for a speedier, safer warehouse
DHL Supply Chain is testing new technology that monitors warehouse activity in real-time at three pilot sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Data is aggregated from sensors on scanners and material handling equipment, and DHL’s warehouse management system which is then visualised on ‘heat maps’ to improve efficiency and ...
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Qatar to fly to Saudi hub
Qatar Airways has launched thrice-weekly Airbus A320 passenger weekly flights between its Doha hub and Yanbu, increasing to four times a week from June 23.The inaugural flight QR1216 to Prince Abdulmohsin Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Yanbu on May 9 was welcomed with a traditional water salute.Qatar Airways group chief executive, ...
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Etihad steps up service to Ohio hub
Etihad is to start a second weekly 777F freighter service to Rickenbacker on May 12 following a new $40m agreement with transport firm Trinity Logistics and the Ohio airport.According to Etihad Cargo senior vice president, David Kerr two new major customers have been secured for the second frequency and their ...
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Refresh for Ireland’s longest runway
Shannon Airport has started work on a €15 million project to upgrade its runway, the longest in Ireland at 3,199 metres (almost two miles).The 1961-built runway was last fully rehabilitated in 1983 and has under gone regular maintenance but a full resurfacing of 2,400m is now required.Work includes the rehabilitation ...
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Antonov sets its sights on US and Hong Kong
Heavylift carrier Antonov Airlines is to establish a presence in the US and Hong Kong as part of its expansion plans.Kyiv, Ukraine-headquartered Antonov has already established an office at London Stansted Airport in the UK, and has appointed a general sales agent for Japan and Australia.It operates a fleet of ...
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Qatar to launch Heathrow freighter
Qatar Airways Cargo is launching a weekly A330 freighter flight to London’s Heathrow Airport from its Doha hub on June 3.The freighter will be in addition to the Middle East carrier’s existing London-Stansted all-cargo services which started in May 2014.Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Ulrich Ogiermann said that the carrier ...
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Boom times for Luxembourg cargo
Luxembourg airport says it saw exceptionally high growth of 16.4% in the first four months of 2017 , hitting the 286,000-tonne mark. It followed an already very successful year in 2016, it added. The gateway also said its growth is running ahead of the worldwide 14% increase in airfreight according ...
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Four more years for Etihad-Jettainer deal
Etihad Airways is to extend its cooperation with ULD management company Jettainer until 2021. The Lufthansa-owned outsourcing firm will continue to manage and maintain the container fleet of the UAE airline and will also introduce intelligent containers that automatically give their position, temperature or maintenance status.Etihad Cargo will be Jettainer’s ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to go nine times a week to Shanghai
Increased frequencies to Shanghai and Guangzhou are among the recent timetable changes announced by Lufthansa Cargo.The Shanghai service goes up from seven to nine times a week from September and the route will exclusively be operated by Boeing 777F cargo aircraft with capacity of around 103 tonnes. Some services were ...
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UPS satisfies the need for speed
UPS has launched an Express Critical service in Europe for shipments such as parts for grounded aircraft parts or urgently required surgical tools.A UPS team will assess the shipping request through a round-the-clock contact center, identify transportation alternatives and implement a delivery solution that meets time and cost requirements.These include ...
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New routes for bmi regional
Short-haul UK airline bmi regional has launched new routes from Birmingham to Gothenburg and Nuremberg. Both be operated six times per week, and are the latest in a series of new services for the carrier, which also launched London Stansted to Derry in Northern Ireland and Birmingham – Graz in ...
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Airfreight industry rallies round to help Yemen kids
Customers of Coyne Airways and Air Charter Service are helping life-saving support from War Child UK get through to the children of Yemen.Money raised goes towards the charity’s vital work, for example providing some of the most vulnerable households with food vouchers."The funds contributed by Coyne Airways and ACS are ...
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Cargospot is the champ in Austria
Champ Cargosystems has signed Linz Airport in Austria for its ‘out-of-the-box’ Cargospot Handling IT solution.Currently handling 46,000 tonnes per year, Linz is the second airport in Austria in terms of cargo throughput.The country’s busiest gateway, Vienna International Airport, is already a user of the Cargospot system, which offers cargo management, ...
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DHL has vision of a shared future
The ‘Sharing Economy’ is shaking up logistics and the latter will in turn play a major role in shaping it, says a new Trend Report by express carrier DHL.It predicts a future built around digital platforms and business models built on sharing rather than owning assets, which could a significant ...
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Airline taps into pharma demand with va-Q-tec containers
Portuguese airline TAP Cargo has signed a global rental agreement with temperature-controlled container rental specialist va-Q-tec.TAP said the partnership would be particularly important on its Europe to Brazil trade lane. Rita Costa Silva, responsible for business development at TAP Cargo, explained: “Brazil is a big pharma consumer market, importing high ...
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Kerry takes stake in Italy’s Tuvia
Asian forwarder Kerry Logistics is to buy a majority stake in Italy’s Tuvia Group.Tuvia Italia is active in air, maritime, land, multimodal shipments, and integrated logistics in Italy. Headquartered in Milan with offices in Verona, Venice, Trieste, and Nerviano, the company manages over 25,000sq m of logistics space.As ISO9001 certified ...
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Tehran firm aims to beat the jams
A new courier firm aims to tap into Tehran’s 400,000 parcels per day market, drawing inspiration from the Uber taxi system.Peykyab’s app “hails” a courier, tracks the parcel’s progress, and notifies the sender/receiver when the order is delivered. The company says it has seen rapid growth since its launch in ...
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Chapman Freeborn takes main stake in Magma Aviation
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has increased its stake in UK-based aircraft management firm Magma Aviation to 75%.Chapman Freeborn held a minority holding in Magma since it was launched in 2010 to commercially and operationally manage wide-body cargo aircraft, contracted on an exclusive basis from airline partners.At the same time Magma has ...