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DHL locks up security contract for another four years
DHL’s Global Forwarding air and ocean freight arm has renewed its contract with security hardware specialist Southco for four more years.DHL Global Forwarding has provided Southco with logistics services for the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific since 2009, providing air, ocean, domestic and customs brokerage services on various trade lanes, ...
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BAE looks to launch RJ100 P2F conversion programme
BAE Systems is hoping to launch a passenger-to-freighter conversion programme for the Avro RJ jetliner and is seeking customer feedback to asses market potential.The principal variant for conversion would be the RJ100 aircraft, which are now starting to come out of passenger service and will be available over the next ...
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Better late than never
More of interest to travellers than cargo shippers maybe, but recent probing by the BBC has revealed that Gatwick, not oft-maligned Heathrow was the worst airport in the UK for flight delays.On average, Gatwick flights were delayed 18 minutes per flight between January 2015 and March 2016, whereas for Heathrow ...
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Emirates to fly A380 to Guangzhou
Emirates is to replace the 777-300ER on its daily Dubai-Guangzhou route with an A380 from October 1. It follows recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Milan and Johannesburg routes.Other destinations served by Emirates A380 include Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, London, Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland, Bangkok, and Seoul.Although the ...
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World's largest aircraft take-off delayed
We will have to wait a little while longer before the world’s largest aircraft makes its maiden flight.Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) expected its airship Airlander 10 to take off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire last Sunday (August 14) but last-minute technical hitches have forced a postponement.The helium-filled Airlander 10 measures ...
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Cargojet delivers growth surge despite flat market
Canadian express freight airline Cargojet defied flat overall growth to deliver “exceptional” financial results in the second quarter of the year as its contract with Canada Post results in demand growth.Total revenues were up by C$4.1 million or 5.5%, to C$79.3 million, versus quarter two of the previous year. Gross ...
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Fall in freight pulls down Latam revenues
A 22.3% decline in cargo revenues, along with a 13.7% decline in passenger income, helped push Latam Airlines Group’s total revenue down by 12.5% in the second quarter of 2016, the South American carrier reported in its latest financial results.Total revenues in the second quarter 2016 were $2.1bn, compared with ...
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Flexport goes online in Hong Kong
US-owned forwarder Flexport has opened an Asian regional headquarters in Hong Kong.Backed by Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Y Combinator and others, Flexport is a licensed freight forwarder built around an online system which provides clients with real-time shipment visibility and analytics for international routes, rates, speeds and customs ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: declines at LATAM and Delta and improvements at United and American
Demand patterns at America’s major bellyhold cargo carriers continued along a similar trend to the rest of the year with United and American recording increases while LATAM and Delta reported declines.American Airlines Cargo flew 190.5m cargo ton miles in July, up by 5.7% on the same month of 2015. The ...
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Munich on the up
Munich Airport handled 29.686 tonnes of cargo (airfreight and mail, excluding military cargo) in July, up by 2.9% on the same month of 2015.Over the seven-month January-July period, the Bavarian gateway processed 202,174 tonnes of cargo, up by 4.1% year on year.Of that total, 75,635 tonnes was unloading cargo, 115,318 ...
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Delta operations return to normal after Monday's power outage
Delta Air Lines says its flight operations have now returned to normal after customers faced cancellations and delays this week as a result of a power outage in Atlanta on Monday morning.The power outage caused the airline to call a ground stop on Monday morning and while flights were re-started ...
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Brussels Airlines to launch Mumbai link
Brussels Airlines is to inaugurate services to Mumbai in March next year, forming its first link to an Asian destination.The carrier will fly Airbus A330 equipment to the Indian city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji airport five times a week.With a population of 20 million, Mumbai is amongst the 10 biggest cities in ...
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Emirates points to cargo potential for new Southeast Asian link
On 3 August, Emirates launch a daily, linked service that flies from Dubai to Yangon in Myanmar, before going onwards to Hanoi in Vietnam.Operated with Boeing 777-300ER equipment, the new service expands the airline’s network in Southeast Asia to 12 cities across seven countries.Yangon is the first destination within Myanmar ...
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Yusen boosts airfreight footprint in Mexico
Yusen Logistics, a Japan-headquartered third-party logistics provider, has opened an airfreight forwarding office branch in Guadalajara, Mexico.The Guadalajara Branch, which opened for business on 1 August, had added to what the company said is its “rapidly growing presence in Mexico and enables it to add new capability and flexibility and ...
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Finnair upgrades Helsinki-Heathrow connection
Finnair is to move to an all-A350 XWB operation on its Helsinki-London Heathrow service.The link is currently flown three times a week by A350 and twice a week by A320, but from 5 October Finnair will use the A350 on all five weekly frequencies.According to the airline, switching to the ...
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Broker and cargo carrier team up to support Solar Impulse
Globally active charter broker Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr, the Russian cargo charter carrier, have collaborated to provide logistics support for the round-the-world trip of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), said to be the first aircraft able to fly day and night without fuel or polluting emissions.Solar Impulse became the first solar-powered ...
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MAG sees mixed picture for cargo volumes in July
The various airports owned and operated by the UK’s Manchester Airports Group – London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth in addition to Manchester – enjoyed mixed fortunes in terms of their freight operations last month (July).Cargo volumes fell by 4% year-on-year at East Midlands to 27,153 tonnes, but there was ...
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Dragonair to take on KL route from Cathay Pacific
Dragonair is to operate services to Kuala Lumpur in March next year, taking over responsibility for the route from sister carrier Cathay Pacific.It will fly four times a day from its Hong Kong hub, the new services being phased in between March and May.Kuala Lumpur will become Dragonair’s third destination ...
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Gatwick hits the highs
London Gatwick International Airport achieved what it says was the “busiest-ever month in its 80-year history” in July, with the development of its long-haul network at the heart of that expansion.In particular, new routes to North America, established over the last 12 months by carriers such as WestJet, have represented ...
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Precision reaches the 60th 757 re-delivery landmark
Jacksonville, Florida-based Precision Aircraft Solutions has re-delivered its 60th 757 freighter conversion. And it has another nine more Boeing 757 aircraft currently going through its passenger to freighter conversion process.MSN 29312, Precision’s 60th re-delivery, is also its fifth conversion of the year for European Air Transport Leipzig Airline (EAT), the ...