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UPS pilots agree labour deal
UPS pilots, represented by the Independent Pilots Association, have ratified a new five-year labour agreement after more than four years of negotations.The contract ratified with more than 91% of the vote, with more than 98% of the eligible members casting ballots.The collective bargaining agreement, which goes into effect tomorrow, covers ...
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Time to look beyond the e-AWB
The air cargo industry needs to start looking beyond the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) as supply chains will rely increasingly on digital technology.Speaking after attending an IATA e-AWB workshop in Atlanta, Markus Flacke, managing director at CHAMP Cargosystems said one of his reasons for attending the event was to promote ...
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Freightos takeover creates world's largest air cargo rate database
Logistics technology developerFreightos has announced the acquisition of air cargo rate management provider WebCargoNet.Freightos said the acquisition would create the world’s largest database of air, ocean, and land freight rates with hundreds of millions of international and domestic rates and routes, enabling shippers and freight forwarders to conduct business online ...
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Cargo yields down at Air China Cargo
Air China Cargo saw yields decline in the first half of the year as the slowdown in the global economy and sluggish trade volumes took their toll.The Beijing-headquartered airline saw first-half cargo yields, excluding fuel surcharges, decline by 10.2% year on year to RMB1.04 per revenue freight tonne km (RFTK).“In ...
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Digital vision: DHL staff don smart glasses to be perfect pickers
DHL Supply Chain is rolling out the next phase of its Vision Picking Programme that equips order pickers with smart glasses to display where packages need to be placed in the next stage of the supply chain.Successful trials of the “augmented reality technology” in the Netherlands with partners Google, Vuzix ...
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Logistics firm sets up new Rickenbacker operation
Logistics firm Morrison Express has opened a new hub close to Rickenbacker International Airport to serve the fashion, electronics and retail industries.Morrison’s new 8,250sq m facility is located around 15km from the airport and will allow the company to reach more than 70% of the US and Canada’s population within ...
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PEMCO launches support services for conversion and MRO
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering is adding new services to support the operators of its converted freighter aircraft and its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) customers.The added services include training for liaison engineers, customised electronic weight and balance load charts, certification consulting services, and MRO consulting services.Training services focus ...
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Asian airlines see demand pickup in July
Asian airlines continued to record improvements in traffic in July, registering a “modest pickup” in demand for the second month in a row.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that in July air cargo demand at airlines based in the region increased by 3.9% year ...
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B&H Worldwide appoints Haythornthwaite
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Gillian Haythornthwaite to the position of non-executive director; human resources (HR).Haythornthwaite is a senior HR professional with over 30 years’ experience working at executive and board level.She runs an independent HR consultancy business specialising in supporting companies to up-skill their HR teams, meet ...
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Brokers warned of escalating cyber attacks
BACA ─ the worldwide association of air charter professionals – has issued a cyber attack alert after reports that an increasing number of European brokers and operators have fallen victim to system hacks.The association said: “It appears that a very sophisticated criminal community is targeting the business aviation sector and ...
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Turkish Cargo gains pharma certification
Turkish Cargo has become the latest airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certificate for its pharmaceutical operations.The airline was awarded the CEIV certificate after meeting IATA’s CEIV standards.Turkish Cargo has a storage area totalling 3,000sq m and covering four different temperature ranges (from -20 ...
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Finnair selects terminal operator for its new Helsinki freight hub
Finnair Cargo has selected HUB Logistics as the terminal operator for its new 37,000sq m Cool Nordic hub due to open at Helsinki airport in May 2017.The two companies will work closely over the next eight months to maximise use of the new terminal from the start of operations.The transition ...
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Jettainer launches JettCare for ULD expertise training
Jettainer, the outsourced unit load device (ULD) management specialist, is launching JettCare, a programme to create awareness for the value and importance of airfreight containers and pallets.The programme will involve training several thousand ground services staff, making them “ULD-X-Perts” said the Lufthansa Cargo sister company.Jettainer stated: "Expenditure on repairs is ...
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Five more years for Gerber as Lufthansa Cargo chief executive
Lufthansa Cargo's supervisory board has confirmed Peter Gerber as chief executive and executive board chairman for a further five years.The board has "unanimously agreed" an early extension of Gerber's contract to April 30 2022 said the German flag carrier's cargo arm and freighter operator.It added in a statement: "Lufthansa Cargo ...
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VIDEO: Trucker Jan de Rijk bones up on T-Rex transport
Jan de Rijk Logistics has transported the 66m year old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.Airline KLM asked the Netherlands-based road feeder services provider to move the dinosaur, affectionately known as 'Trix', from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to the Naturalis Museum in the Dutch city of Leiden."We do not get his kind ...
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IPR redelivers its first ATR72 LCD conversion
IPR Conversions has redelivered its first large cargo door ATR72-202F conversion.The Switzerland-based company said the delivery of the ATR aircraft to Summit Air of Yellowknife, Canada, was its first large cargo door conversion since the purchase of the supplemental type certificate from Alenia last year.Summit Air booked an additional ATR72 ...
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Crane Worldwide opens new Heathrow office and reveals new customer portal
Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics is set to reveal a new customer IT portal following on from the opening of its latest office and warehouse at London Heathrow.The US-headquartered company, which began its UK and Ireland operations in 2009, yesterday held an opening ceremony to celebrate the opening of its ...
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Airfreight rates climb again in July
Airfreight rates continued to climb in July, reaching a new high for the year and closing in on last year’s level.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s Sea and Air Shipper Insight Report show that in July average global airfreight prices reached $2.82 per kg, up from June's level of $2.78 ...
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Schiphol's half year cargo on the rise but passenger capacity at the limit
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport saw 2016 half year cargo volumes increase 1.6% over prior year to 796,801 tonnes, but the hub's passenger capacity is "reaching the limits".The Netherlands airport, Europe's third largest cargo hub by volume in 2015 at 1.6m tonnes, outperformed the number one European freight hub, Frankfurt in ...
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WFS appoints ex-Menzies Aviation boss as chief executive
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed former Menzies Aviation boss Craig Smyth as its new chief executive.Smyth will start the job on August 29 and takes over from Olivier Bijaoui, who announced he was stepping down from the role in July.He joins WFS following more than 20 years ...