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DSV reveals 2016 performance as UTi’s integration continues
Denmark-headquartered logistics services provider DSV has published its 2016 annual report and, given the ongoing integration of new acquisition UTi into the business, it makes for some interesting reading.DSV’s Air & Sea forwarding division saw 2016net revenue increased by 48% compared to the previous year, its gross profit by 57.6%.The ...
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Heathrow and Gatwick start the year with a bang
London Heathrow has begun 2017 with record traffic figures. In January, it handled 124,401 tonnes of cargo, 4.4% up on the same month of 2016.Over the 12-month period between February 2016 and January 2017, it handled 1.55m tonnes, up by 3.1% year on year.It’s a time of challenge but opportunity ...
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New Super Hercules aircraft another step closer to launch
The latest version of the famous Super Hercules aircraft has taken another step closer to launch, with its official walkout taking place today.The rollout ceremony for first LM-100J commercial freighter – the newest member of the C-130J Super Hercules family - saw employees who have helped design and build the ...
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UK and India to ease flight restrictions
The UK and India have today (February 9) agreed a deal to ease restrictions on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries.The move came on the back of what are described as “successful talks” in India this week, where UK aviation minister Lord Ahmad has been visiting. India’s ...
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IATA looks back at encouraging end to 2016
IATA has produced its latest quarterly Cargo Chartbook, which looks back at the final quarter of last year and, indeed, 2016 as a whole. It also looks ahead to what we can expect this year.Highlights of the report include the fact that global cargo traffic, as measured in freight tonne ...
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Solid year for cargo at Alaska Air
Alaska Air Group’s 2016 results show that it was a solid year in terms of cargo performance for the carrier.The airline’s cargo and mail operations made an operating revenue of $108m over the year, exactly the same as had been the case in 2015.The final quarter’s performance did reflect a ...
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US carrier group backs Open Skies in Middle East subsidy row
As reported in Air Cargo News at the start of this month (February), a number of US legacy passenger airlines have resurrected their complaints to the US Government that they are suffering as a result of Middle Eastern carriers being unfairly subsidised by their state authorities.American Airlines, United and American ...
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FedEx launches FedEx Fulfillment offering
Third-party logistics services provider (3PL) FedEx Supply Chain, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has launched FedEx Fulfillment, an e-commerce solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).FedEx said the system would allow SMEs to fulfil orders from channels such as websites and online marketplaces and manage inventory for their retail stores.The ...
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NewsJanuary sees airfreight rates continue ahead of 2016 levels
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes continued to track ahead of last year's levels in January, but prices did decline compared with the levels registered in December.The latest figures from TAC Index show that airfreight rates on transpacific services from Hong Kong to the US declined in January to $3.24 ...
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Tip of the iceberg: Air cargo steps in for lettuce crisis
The air cargo industry has seen a spike in demand for shipments of lettuce from North America as bad weather hit crops in Spain.Earlier today, IAG Cargo reported that retailers in the UK were looking to source lettuce and other vegetables from the Americas as a result of a shortage ...
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Reckling scoops top job at DHL Express Germany
DHL Express has appointed Markus Reckling as its new chief executive for Germany.With effect from January 2017, he has taken responsibility for further expanding the express division’s business in Germany and will continue to drive the focus on customer service, quality and employee engagement.He takes over from Wolfgang Albeck, who ...
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Singapore Airlines enjoys cargo upswing in third quarter
Singapore Airlines has released traffic and financial performance details for the third quarter of its 2016-17 financial year – the period between October 1 and December 31 2016.Its cargo division enjoyed a rise in freight volumes of 6.6%, boosted by stronger than expected peak season demand. SIA Cargo carried a ...
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Saudia Cargo renews human organ transportation agreement
Saudia Cargo has renewed its commitment to human organ transportation by re-signing its agreement of collaboration with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, a publicly funded organisation that oversees the organ donation process in Saudi Arabia.Faisal Shaheen, the organisation’s director general, re-signed the deal – originally agreed in January 2014 ...
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Jettainer takes over management of Brussels Airlines’ ULD fleet
Jettainer, the Raunheim, Frankfurt-headquartered provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management services, has taken over responsibility for the management and maintenance of Brussels Airlines’ container fleet.A specially designed ULD has been handed over to the airline to mark the start of the collaboration, with Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary Jettainer having ...
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Swissport to handle Emirates SkyCargo at three French airports
Swissport Cargo Services France, a subsidiary of global aviation service provider Swissport International, will handle the freight of Emirates SkyCargo at the three French airports of Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon and Nice.The agreement comes into force on April 1 this year. It covers the full range of cargo handling ...
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Cargo IQ to offer new smart data portal
Cargo iQ, the IATA interest group that seeks to create and encourage the implementation of quality standards for the worldwide air cargo industry, is to launch a smart data program that will give its more than 80 members – major airlines, freight forwarders, ground-handling agents, trucking companies and IT solution ...
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Hamad International Airport still on the up
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) handled a total of 1.7 million tonnes of airfreight (cargo and mail) last year.This represented a 20.8% increase over the previous year’s throughput.The Qatari capital’s air gateway also processed a total of 245,800 landings and take-offs during the year, up by 15.8% on the figure ...
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US carriers seek Tillerson meeting in Gulf states subsidy row
US passenger airline bosses have asked to meet the new US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, to discuss allegations that Middle East Gulf states are unfairly subsidising state-owned carriers.This latest move in a long simmering row has seen the chief executives of American Airlines, United and Delta Air Lines post ...
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Pedro Garcia joins WFS in IT role
Pedro Garcia has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as chief information officer, based in Paris.Prior to joining WFS, Garcia spent 10 years with Swissport, including the last five years in the role of vice president, cargo information systems.At WFS, he is responsible for the development of "robust, sustainable and standardised" ...
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Good start to the year for Leipzig/Halle
Leipzig/Halle airport, Europe’s fifth-busiest and Germany’s second-biggest airfreight gateway, handled 84,782 tonnes of cargo in January this year, an increase of 6.9% over the same month of 2016.Operated by Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (which also operates Dresden airport as well as cargo and ground handler PortGround), Leipzig/Halle handled approximately 1.05 million ...