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K+N takes aim at oil and gas business with new Aberdeen office
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) is targeting the oil and gas market with the opening of a new branch office in the Scottish city of Aberdeen.The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarding giant’s new facility in the city, one of Europe's major oil and gas hubs, will measure 11,000 sq m and is located close to ...
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NewsHong Kong retains crown as world's top cargo airport
Hong Kong retained its title as the world’s busiest air cargo airport in 2016 as the top 20 freight hubs saw demand increase by just over 3% (see end of article for table).Airports Council International’s annual review of the world’s 20 leading cargo hubs showed that throughput increased by 3.3% ...
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Singapore's SATS mints Kiwi lamb trade transhipments
Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU.With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments over the next two years.Meat shipments from New Zealand destined for ...
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IAG Cargo's Critical product passes the 1,000 mark
IAG Cargo’s premium Critical product has handled its 1,000th shipment since launching in October 2016, sending urgently needed automotive parts from Europe to South America.Critical is focused on urgent and emergency shipments, providing guaranteed capacity and enhanced shipment monitoring for “must-fly” goods.David Shepherd, commercial director at IAG Cargo, the freight ...
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NewsAmericas Cargo Monthly: Demand flies at US carriers
March was a bumper month for US carriers as the big three all registered a surge in air cargo demand.United, American and Delta all saw cargo demand increase during March compared with a year ago, with Delta registering its first year on year improvement since February 2015.IATA has reported that ...
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Cathay carriers show March cargo boost
Asia Pacific cargo volumes continue to trend upwards, with Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon's combined traffic figures for March showing a 15.4% increase in cargo and mail compared to the same month in 2016.The two Hong Kong-based airlines carried 181,189 tonnes of cargo and mail in March 2017. The cargo ...
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Qatar switches to B777F on Brussels flight
Qatar Airways Cargo will switch one of its A330F aircraft that fly to Brussels for a larger capacity B777F.The Middle Eastern carrier currently offers seven all-cargo flights per week into Brussels using A330F aircraft but this month is upgrading one of those aircraft to a B777F flying on a rotation ...
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NewsAirport cargo demand improves in February
Airports enjoyed another bumper month in February for cargo, fueled by international demand.The latest cargo figures from industry body Airports Council International (ACI) show that volumes “surged” by 7.8% year on year in February.International demand improved ahead of domestic, with the former growing by 9.6% on the same month last ...
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Atlas dispatchers vote in favour of new agreement
Flight dispatchers working at Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have ratified changes to their existing contract.The agreement, which was set to expire in November, has been extended for another four years and becomes amendable on November 12, 2021.The new provisions of the tentative agreement include a 30% wage increase ...
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NewsUnited records double-digit cargo revenue improvement in Q1
United Airlines recorded double-digit improvements in cargo revenues and traffic during the first quarter of the year.The busiest US cargo carrier saw first-quarter cargo traffic increase by 20.3% year on year to 748m cargo ton miles.Revenues also improved during the period but by the lower amount of 13.4% against a ...
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Hong Kong's 'significant growth' in March cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world's number one airfreight hub by throughput, recorded "significant growth" in cargo volumes during March 2017.Cargo traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 17.8% to 433,000 tonnes in March. Passenger volume dropped 2% to 5.9m, compared with the same month last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: ...
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AEI picks Flightstar to boost freighter conversion capacity
Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has selected Flightstar Aircraft Services, based in Jacksonville, Florida, as an authorised conversion centre to meet market demand for passenger to freighter conversions.AEI’s passenger-to-freighter conversion products, which currently include the Boeing 737-400SF, MD80SF and CRJ200SF, and which will soon add the B737-800SF, "require that additional conversion ...
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Converted B747-400 freighter for Pacific Air Cargo
Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has introduced a newly-converted Boeing 747-400 freighter between Los Angeles and Honolulu.The former passenger aircraft, under an ACMI agreement with PAC’s long-time lessor partner Kalitta Air, will fly a six-times a week service previously operated by a B747-200F aircraft.PAC chief executive Beti Ward said: “All the ...
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South African Airways Cargo: A hard road to travel
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) general manager Tleli Makhetha is a man with an infectious laugh, but he also does not beat around the bush when it comes to outlining current market conditions.“2016 was probably one of the toughest years for airfreight and therefore for us,” he says.His thoughts ...
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IAG Cargo freighter flight caters for pharma demand
IAG Cargo has launched a new dedicated freighter service between its Madrid hub and Basel to cater for the pharma market.The cargo group, which offers space on British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus flights, said that the weekly scheduled service will be operated by Spanish airline Cygnus Air using one ...
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Video: Kiwi's Americas Cup racing yacht flies with Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo has transported New Zealand Aotearoa – Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat – from Auckland to Bermuda in advance of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup sailing competition which will begin in late May 2017.Emirates SkyCargo transported Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat and all associated support equipment including ...
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Asia Pacific Airlines expands fleet with B757 converted freighter
Asia Pacific Airlines has expanded its fleet with a new Boeing 757-200 conversion aircraft.The passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion was carried out by Precision Aircraft Solutions at its HAECO Americas Greensboro facility.Along with the cargo conversion, the aircraft received new winglets and flat-panel flight deck displays. It is the second B757-200 P2F ...
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UPS expands dangerous goods network
UPS has expanded its global dangerous goods shipping programme by adding more than 400 commodities that can be accepted in its global air network and more than 300 products across its ground network in Europe.The company also increased the allowable quantity of select dangerous goods accepted for shipment.A UPS spokesperson ...
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Alexa, where's my cargo?
CHAMP Cargosystems has developed a system that allows users to make air cargo track and trace requests using Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service.The new system enables voice interaction with CHAMP's Traxon track and trace application, allowing users to obtain air waybill statuses using simple voice commands on devices that offer ...
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NewsDelta records slight decline in cargo revenues and traffic
Delta Air Lines recorded a slight decline in cargo revenues and traffic in the first quarter of the year.The Atlanta-based airline saw first-quarter cargo revenues decline by 1.2% year on year to $160m, roughly in line with a 1.5% drop off in traffic to 470m cargo ton miles (CTM).Average revenues ...