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Haiti: global air cargo effort helps thousands of people
The world's global air cargo community is continuing to help with the massive humanitarian effort after Hurricane Matthew struck the Caribbean island of Haiti on October 4.Rapid response aviation charity Airlink, partnering with 35 airlines and 60 non-governmental relief organisations, has sent its second, large charter flight to Haiti, packed ...
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MAB Kargo launches Guangzhou freighter
Malaysia’s MAB Kargo has launched a twice weekly Airbus A330 freighter service to Guangzhou from its Kuala Lumpur hub in order to strengthen its footprint in eastern China.The new service by the airfreight arm of Malaysia Airlines will call at Guangzhou every Tuesday and Thursday with 60 tonnes of cargo ...
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K+N expands San Juan pharma hub
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has expanded its KN PharmaChain logistics network with temperature-controlled warehousing space at the growing pharma hub of San Juan in Puerto Rico.“With the new facility, we expand our KN PharmaChain footprint to now over 150 global fully GXP compliant stations,” said Bob Mihok, president and chief ...
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Airlines group BARIG wants Frankfurt charges to be cut
Frankfurt-based airlines are calling for a reduction in airport charges for all airlines after low cost carrier Ryanair announced that it would start flying into Germany’s largest hub next summer.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) wants “the fully equal treatment for all airlines at Frankfurt – newcomers and ...
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Gateway supply chain strategy 'under siege' from growing belly capacity at secondary hubs
The gateway airport supply chain strategy for air cargo is “under siege” as increasing belly capacity flying to secondary airports has allowed forwarders to switch to a point-to-point operation.During a debate at last week’s Air Cargo Forum, speakers looked at how excess belly capacity and a rise in the number ...
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Investment fund buys ULD specialist CHEP
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the Unit Load Device (ULD) management specialist, is being sold to EQT Infrastructure II of Sweden.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, said that the transaction with the infrastructure fund will complete during November 2016.CHEP Aerospace Solutions offers pooling, management, maintenance and repair of ULDs ...
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So far so good for IAG’s new Critical service
IAG Cargo’s new Critical product is doing everything expected of it in service performance terms since its launch in early October, says the carrier’s global products manager, Daniel Johnson.The service had handled around 110 individual shipments by the start of November, ranging from oil rig and ship parts to Formula ...
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IATA the latest to report improving airfreight market but warns trade remains weak
IATA is the latest organisation to report an improvement in air cargo demand in September but has warned the improvement is partly down to one-off factors and that trade indicators remain weak.The airline organisation said that in September air cargo demand in freight tonne km terms improved by 6.1% year ...
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UPS steps on the pedal for European coverage
Parcels giant UPS has redesigned its European ground network in order to offer faster deliveries from six countries in the European Union (EU) to Switzerland.Customers in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland and Sweden will benefit from a faster UPS Standard delivery service, with improvements of up to two days when ...
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GEFCO lands €8bn logistics contract with car maker PSA
Car maker PSA of France has signed a new €8bn "exclusivity" agreement with fourth party logistics (4PL) provider GEFCO to manage and optimise the automaker’s entire global manufacturing supply chain.The five year agreement, which includes airfreight in a multimodal supply chain solution, will take effect from January 2017.GEFCO will design ...
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Compass maps out helicopter airlift to Afghanistan
Aerospace logistics specialist Compass Forwarding has airlifted a medium-sized utility helicopter from Canada to Afghanistan in support of a time-sensitive project.The Bell 212 Twin Huey helicopter was flown from Alberta in a Boeing 747-8 freighter, arriving in Afghanistan two days ahead of schedule.New York-based Compass fielded a dedicated 24/7 aerospace ...
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Are conditions finally improving for the air cargo industry?
The air cargo industry finally has reason to celebrate as market conditions strengthened in September and there are hopes of further improvements in October.Analyst WorldACD's September market round-up shows that air cargo volume demand increased by 5% year on year in September — a level of increase not seen for ...
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Air Cargo Forum: Boeing hails UPS 747 order and says there's more to come
Boeing has described UPS’ order for 14 Boeing 747-8 freighters as seminal and expects more orders for the aircraft to follow.Speaking at Tiaca’s Air Cargo Forum shortly after the deal was officially announced, Boeing Commercial Airplanes regional director, airline market analysis marketing & business development Tom Crabtree and regional director, ...
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IAG Cargo to strengthen network across North America
IAG Cargo will launch two new routes from London-Gatwick to North America in the first quarter of 2017, adding Boeing 777-200 bellyhold capacity to Fort Lauderdale and Oakland.The addition of these routes will bring the total number of IAG Cargo-operated US gateways to 25 from the summer of 2017.The Fort ...
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NewsLufthansa's cargo business is in the red again
Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division has slipped to its sixth quarterly operating loss in a row as market overcapacity and weak demand continued to blight financial performance.The German airline group’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters and other cargo related businesses, recorded a third quarter earnings before interest and ...
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Precision in Altech link-up
Precision Aircraft Solutions, the US-based passenger to freighter conversion specialist, has reached a definitive agreement with Altech Aerospace of Portland, Oregon, to join forces in the aerospace industry.Altech will continue doing business under its brand name as a division of Precision.Altech provides engineering services to airlines, MROs and aircraft manufacturers ...
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Swissport swoops on Skylink to boost Schiphol presence
Swissport Cargo Services' Dutch business has announced it will purchase Skylink Handling Services as it looks to expand its reach at Schiphol Airport.Through the acquisition of Skylink, a cargo handling company specialised in air cargo handling based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Swissport will expand its air cargo business at the ...
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Logistics Plus expands in East Africa
Logistics Plus has expanded its presence in east Africa with four new locations in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Kampala in Uganda and Juba in South Sudan.The expansion will allow the US-headquartered supply chain specialist to provide additional logistics and warehousing throughout the entire east Africa corridor, including Burundi, Tanzania, ...
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Peter Conway says: Goodbye from me
This is my last article as an air cargo journalist.Though I hate the word, I am retiring. I am not going on to work in any other capacity or to become a consultant. I am just stopping.Faced with such announcements, journalists like to look for the hidden agenda. Did he ...
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DSV continues to see double-digit airfreight growth after UTi purchase
DSV Continued to see growth in its airfreight volumes, revenues and gross profits following the acquisition of UTi at the start of this year.The Denmark-based forwarder saw overall airfreight volumes for the third quarter increase by 84.5% year on year to 147,744 tonnes on the back of the UTi purchase, ...