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A tale of two airports: Heathrow and Schiphol
It was a tale of two cities and their airports, when the cargo chiefs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and London Heathrow took to the stage in Abu Dhabi for the IATA World Cargo Symposium.The theme was “It takes a village”, with Jonas van Stekelenburg, head of cargo at Schiphol, seated alongside Nick ...
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Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded
IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi.IATA senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security, Nick Careen, handed over the certificate to Schiphol cargo director to Jonas van Stekelenburg in recognition of Schiphol’s support for its Center ...
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Rolling back the years
Hard to believe, but commercial aviation can nowadays look back on over a century of history.Miami International Airport and HistoryMiami Museum have celebrated the opening of Hall of Aviation attended by leading lights of the industry, and quite a few people for whom the events of the last few decades ...
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Wood chopped as Cargolux goes greener with cardboard fibre substitute
Cargolux Airlines has signed an agreement with Trinkaus-Solutions to use its squAIR-timber product that results in more payload and lower aircraft fuel consumption.Cargolux said that it is the first airline worldwide to introduce the lightweight material in its operations, and currently uses it on all pharma shipments out of its ...
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DHL eCommerce expands in South China
DHL eCommerce is increasing its presence in South China through the introduction of e-commerce logistics services in the Fujian province.The company also announced the expansion of its Shenzhen Distribution Center and Hong Kong Distribution Center to manage a capacity of 81m shipments a year.According to research, China's booming cross-border e-commerce ...
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NewsAsia Cargo Monthly: Demand takes off in February
Asian air cargo carriers recorded a demand boom in February, with Cathay Pacific citing improvements in imports from North America and Europe.The latest monthly figures from some of Asia’s leading airlines show high single-digit and double-digit year-on-year demand improvements in February, usually the slowest month of the year.The region’s busiest ...
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'Hospital with wings' lands in Doha
Qatar Airways welcomed the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital to Doha International Airport with an official reception.The medical training facility housed within a MD-10 aircraft will be on display until 29 March as part of a tour to raise awareness about preventable blindness and its impact on developing countries.The plane, which ...
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Carriers see Europe-Asia demand surge as box lines feel a capacity pinch
A surge in airfreight demand on the Europe-Asia trade has seen IAG Cargo suggest that a capacity crunch in ocean shipping is forcing shippers and forwarders to switch transport modes.IAG Cargo said that it had seen a boom in demand on key routes from Europe into Asia over the first ...
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Time:matters adds digital platform for on-board courier service
Time:matters has added a new digital platform for customers using its on-board courier service offering instant quotes.The Lufthansa-owned time-critical logistics specialist's new platform allows customers to input their shipment details and receive a complete quote in less than a minute, which can then be used to make an immediate online ...
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Kerry set for CIS forwarding acquisition as it offloads HK airfreight terminal
Kerry Logistics increased its profits and revenues last year and has also revealed plans to offload a stake in a Hong Kong cargo terminal subsidiary, to invest in the CIS states and to grow its e-commerce business.In a stock exchange filing, the Hong Kong-headquartered logistics firm revealed that subsidiary Torres ...
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Ethiopian adds India's Ahmedabad to its freighter network
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest cargo operator, will add Ahmedabad as its fifth cargo gateway in India with a direct freighter link from March 28.The rotation for the flight will be Addis Ababa, Hong Kong, Ahmedabad and back to Addis Ababa.Ahmedabad, India’s second oldest stock exchange and largest producer of cotton, ...
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IAM and American Airlines Cargo step up in time of crisis!
March 17 is St Patrick’s Day, and one of the most important days in the Irish calendar requires celebrating on both sides of the Atlantic.American Airlines Cargo's general sales agent in Dublin – IAM – sprang into action to ensure that expats and locals alike could enjoy their traditional tipple ...
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Focus: Miami targets sea-air
A 10-ton consignment of snow peas on board a vessel from Guatemala saw the launch of a pilot programme to develop sea-air traffic from Latin America to destinations across the Atlantic as well as in Asia.The Crowley Maritime ship sailed on January 26 on a course for Miami International Airport ...
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Agility invests S$25.5m in Singapore warehouse
Logistics firm Agility has acquired a two-storey warehouse close to Changi International Airport, giving it more than 600,000 sq ft of warehouse space in total in Singapore.The newly acquired 177,000 sq ft warehouse cost S$25.5m and is located in an area with access to "an array of logistics services" and ...
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FAA forecasts 3.1% average total annual RTM growth for next 20 years
US aviation regulator FAA has issued its long term forecast for domestic and international cargo revenue ton miles (RTMs) over the next 20 years.After decreasing by 0.9% in 2016, total RTMs are forecast to grow 1.4% in 2017, said the FAA in its its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years ...
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Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo's new Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations, said during the ground-breaking ceremony: “We’ve gained a great deal of experience in the worldwide transport of sensitive medications. CEIV certification from IATA has recently highlighted this. “The excellent collaboration ...
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Five more years for von Hoensbroech at Lufthansa Cargo
Alexis von Hoensbroech has been appointed board member products and sales of Lufthansa Cargo for a further five years.The company’s Supervisory Board extended his contract early and unanimously until November 30, 2022."As part of corporate-wide restructuring, von Hoensbroech had re-positioned his department at the start of the year to increase ...
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Forwarders keep you hanging on the telephone
Freight forwarders’ call handling standards have come into question as the result of a major new study into telephone practice.The research conducted by audio branding specialist PHMG, which audited 476 firms in the freight forwarding sector, discovered that the large majority risk losing business by subjecting customers to generic music ...
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ICAO and TIACA set for African conference in June 2017
Air cargo supply chain association TIACA is collaborating with UN aviation body ICAO to hold an African air cargo conference in Addis Ababa in June that will coincide with the official opening of Ethiopian Airlines’ new airfreight terminal.Air Cargo Development in Africa, the second such ICAO event but the first ...
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Air France KLM Cargo to add five new destinations for the summer
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF KLM) has announced it will add five new destinations to its schedule this summer.The Franco Dutch airline group has revealed that from March 26, it will begin offering cargo capacity to Accra in Ghana, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Monrovia in Liberia, Cartagena in Colombia ...