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NewsLufthansa Cargo confirms management job losses by year end
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed reports that it is to cut a large swathe of management level positions by the start of 2017.The falling of the axe forms part of Germany carrier’s Cargo Evolution strategy and C40 cost-cutting programme, announced in June this year, to make the bellyhold and freighter operator ...
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Lufthansa Cargo becomes sixth airline to achieve CEIV
Lufthansa Cargo has become the sixth airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification.The German airline said that over the past few months independent specialists had reviewed the airline’s processes when transporting pharmaceutical products. The airline’s Frankfurt Cool Centre was also certified.“Pharmaceutical shipments are extremely ...
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New "high calibre" forwarder network launched
A new freight forwarder network is being launched that will only accept the “highest calibre” members in each air and seaport location.The new Globalia Logistics Network is being developed by the Conqueror Freight Network and will have strict qualifying requirements. Applications for the network are now being accepted.Globalia founder Antonio ...
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Boeing forecasts China trillion dollar new plane order boom
Boeing is projecting a demand for 6,810 new airplanes in China over the next 20 years with a total value of just over $1trn, the US plane maker’s first trillion dollar aviation market.Driven by China's growing e-commerce business – already the largest in the world – air cargo is expected ...
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Atlas: No pick-up in demand related to Hanjin receivership so far
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) has said it is too early to say whether the bankruptcy of container shipping line Hanjin will result in a similar boost to air cargo as the US west coast port strikes last year.Speaking during the RBC Capital Markets Global Industrial Conference, AAWW executive vice ...
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Cold chain charter to Libya
Cargo Movers, an X2 Cold Chain member, arranged a full charter of Fresenius medicals to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, Libya including ground handling.The cargo included 217 pallets of medicine, medicals and related materials with a total weight of 90.8 tonnes.“It was a very big deal and very difficult but was ...
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Mixed August for European cargo hubs
European cargo hubs saw a mixed August, with two of the top three airports seeing monthly declines but year to date increases in airfreight volumes.Cargo throughput (airfreight+airmail) at Frankfurt, Europe’s number cargo hub in 2015, remained “almost stable” at 171,871 tonnes in August, down 0.1% on the same month last ...
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CH Robinson swoops on Australian forwarder
CH Robinson has expanded its presence in Australasia with the acquisition of forwarder and customs brokerage provider APC Logistics.The US forwarder and trucking giant said it would pay around $225m for APC, with which it has had a long standing exclusive agent relationship.The agreement is subject to certain customary closing ...
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Cargolux latest to add San Juan flight for pharma sector
Pharmaceutical hotspot San Juan has attracted its second new freighter flight in the space of a week with Cargolux announcing a new direct flight to the Puerto Rican airport.The Luxembourg-based freighter operator said it will launch the new flight on October 2, with departure every Sunday at 22.15 and arrival ...
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K-Mile signs up FL Technics for freighter spare parts service
Cargo airline K-Mile Asia has signed a deal with FL Technics that will see the maintenance company provide spare parts for the Thai airline’s two Boeing 737 freighters.The deal will see FL Technics provide both routine and ad hoc spare parts delivery for K-Mile’s two B737-400SF at the carrier’s hub ...
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European airports see cargo demand improvements in July
Europe’s airports saw cargo traffic grow in July ahead of performance for the rest of the year thanks to improvements at airports within the European Union.The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that air cargo demand at the continent's airports increased by 2.3% year on year in ...
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New Seattle centre for DHL after airport move
DHL Express has opened a new service centre close to Seattle-Tacoma Airport with a $4m investment after moving its air operation to the airport in May.The new 26,000 sq ft facility can process more than 1,000 pieces per hour and will serve greater Seattle and outlying areas for pickup, delivery ...
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RAF Avia adds freighter to Hahn operation
Latvian cargo airline RAF Avia has added a second aircraft to its operations based at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.The airline has been flying from the German airport since August but has now added a second aircraft to its set up.Frankfurt-Hahn head of sales Roger Scheifele said the airline had decided to start ...
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CH Robinson appoints new European operations director
CH Robinson Europe has named Nikolay Pargov as operations director, Europe transportation.Pargov brings 13 years of experience to the role, which includes leading the region’s capacity teams.He will also serve on the Europe leadership team, which is focused on growing the company’s presence in the region.Pargov joins CH Robinson from ...
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Silk Way West adds new freighter
Silk Way West has taken delivery of its latest Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft following the approval of rights to operate flights to the US.The Azerbaijan-based airline took delivery of its fourth 747 aircraft last week. The aircraft was met at Baku airport with a traditional water cannon.After a two-and-a-half hour ...
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ANA to end scheduled charter operation with NCA
ANA Cargo has revealed it is ending its scheduled charter operation partnership with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) after just over three years.The Japanese airline recently revealed that it would cut the number of cargo and passenger flights it offers in the second half of the year because of a downturn ...
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CAL adds new Americas flights and looks for further expansion
All-cargo airline CAL Cargo Airlines has announced that from September 15 it will begin to offer flights to San Juan in Puerto Rico and is hoping to add more flights to the Americas in the future.The call in San Juan is in addition to stops in Tel Aviv, Liege and ...
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Matternet and Mercedes-Benz in van and drone partnership
Drone-maker Matternet has signed a strategic partnership that will see Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Vans make a multi-million dollar investment in an end-to-end platform for last-mile delivery.Mercedes-Benz Vans has unveiled its Vision Van concept, featuring a fully automated cargo management system and Matternet delivery drones. See video hereMatternet developed the technology that ...
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Shippers strive for greater role in creation of air cargo regulations
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) is developing a closer relationship with ICAO in order to give the UN organisation a wider view of the impact its regulations have on the whole air cargo supply chain.GSF secretary general Chris Welsh told Air Cargo News that ICAO attended its recent annual meeting ...
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Seko opts for Gagne as president
SEKO Logistics has appointed James Gagne as president, effective January 1, 2017.William Wascher, who has led SEKO as president and chief executive since 2002, will continue as chief executive as Gagne transitions into his new role.In January 2018, Wascher – who remains the largest independent shareholder of SEKO and a ...