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Agility expands in South Africa
Global logistics operator Agility is expanding its African footprint through a joint venture South African supply chain specialist Super Group after acquiring a minority stake in Micor, the Johannesburg-based company’s freight forwarding unit.The new unit will be led by Henk Theron, formerly chief executive of Micor.Super Group, listed on the ...
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NewsEliska the Rhino flies home, thanks to DHL
DHL has transported a female eastern black rhino called Eliska from her birthplace in the Czech Republic to her natural homeland in Tanzania.Three-year-old Eliska, weighing 900 kg, was moved to a natural park in Tanzania as part of an ongoing conservation project run by the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust, ...
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Air Charter Service's new logo
Air Charter Service (ACS) unveiled a new logo earlier this week, the first change in the company’s branding for more than a decade.ACS group marketing director James Leach explained: “The previous logo was created 12 years ago and had begun to look a little tired."Since that was created the company ...
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IAG to boost its Shanghai cargo capacity by 65% to cater for peak demand
IAG Cargo is hoping that peak demand for electronics, pharmaceuticals and automobile parts will help fill additional Boeing 777 flights to Shanghai.The cargo arm of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, said the airline group’s new flight from Madrid to Shanghai had touched down for the first time today, while ...
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Lean and green Cargolux
Cargolux has become the first airline to receive the Lean & Green award, recognising its commitment to improve its carbon efficiency by 10% within five years.Lean & Green was started in 2008 as an initiative of the Dutch government to reduce the carbon footprints of companies.Dirk Reich, president and chief ...
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Cargo partnership trend continues as Lufthansa and ANA expand their tie-up
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have moved to extend their cargo partnership, with the two carriers combining their European feeder networks.The joint network includes more than 90 weekly direct connections between Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Brussels and Vienna in Europe and Tokyo Narita, ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo opts for VN Cargo in Lagos
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed VN Cargo Connect as its new general sales agency partner in Lagos, Nigeria.In support of the new Virgin Atlantic contract, VN Cargo Connect has increased the size of its sales team in Nigeria from seven to 12 people.All dedicated sales activities are being coordinated at ...
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Chapman Freeborn OBC India adds to business development team
Chapman Freeborn has added two new members of staff to its on-board courier (OBC) team in India in line with expected growth in the country.Franklin Henry and Paraq Joshi have both been added to Chapman Freeborn’s on-board courier business development team in India, having previously held management and sales positions ...
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Rhenus Group eyes Middle East expansion
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up its own country organisation in the UAE and is already eyeing further expansion in the Middle East.The new business will operate as Rhenus Group logistics Gulf DWC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rhenus Group.It will offer air and sea freight handling ...
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NewsAsian airlines see cargo demand slide in May
Asian airlines saw air cargo demand slide in May, while extra capacity caused load factors to decline.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that air cargo demand increased by 0.7% year on year in May in freight tonne km terms.Meanwhile, freight capacity was up by ...
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NewsRosen to retire as DP DHL chief financial officer
Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that chief financial officer Lawrence Rosen, often known as Larry, has resigned from his position and will be replaced by Melanie Kreis.Rosen, who is retiring, spent seven years in the position and over thirteen years as chief financial officer at DAX-listed companies.“Larry Rosen very ...
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African oil and gas cargo market under pressure but agriculture thrives
Air cargo traffic in Africa continues to be affected by the downturn in the oil and gas market, but there are hopes for an improvement and the overall market continues to grow.Speaking at the Africa Air Cargo Summit in Addis Ababa, Saudia Cargo’s director of charters and strategic partners Michael ...
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MIQ wins French Connection logistics deal
MIQ Logistics has scooped a five-year deal to provide inbound logistics services to fashion retailer French Connection.The $40m deal sees MIQ provide inventory management and multimodal transport services from French Connections factories in Asia, India, Turkey, Romania and Poland to stores in Europe and North America and wholesalers in a ...
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Network Cargo Management scoops TAAG GSA deal
Network Cargo Management (NCM) has been appointed as the exclusive general sales agent for TAAG Angola Airlines in the US, Canada and Mexico.NCM will market the national airline of Angola, which operates a weekly Boeing 747-400F factory built freighter with nose door from Liege, Belgium to Luanda the capital of ...
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May is a merry month for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reported a 31% year-on-year increase in tonnage for both the month of May and for the first five months of 2016. The Russian-owned airline carried 50,482 tonnes and 238,154 tonnes respectively, an increase of 21% for the month and 24% for the first five months of 2016.ABC ...
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JettLease moves into Leipzig
Lufthansa-owned ULD management company Jettainer has set up a base station for its JettLease network at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany's second largest airfreight hub. Airlines can lease equipment for periods ranging from one day to several months, at very short notice, if necessary.As well as standard containers, horse boxes and car ...
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CAL to add more Americas flights
Israeli-owned, Liege-based CAL Cargo Airlines could launch flights to new destinations in the Americas, the owner of the carrier, Offer Gilboa, told Air Cargo News.He confirmed that with an earlier plan to launch twice-weekly flights to Shanghai now “in the deep freeze” owing to the weak market in China.As a ...
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FedEx boosted by e-commerce and lower fuel costs, commits to six more freighters
Express services giant FedEx has reported on its fourth-quarter results for its 2016 fiscal year (three months ending May 31), as well as its full fiscal year results.Revenue rose year on year in the results for both the fourth-quarter (up to $13bn from $12.1bn in the same prior year quarter) ...
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UK airport expansion debate reignited by Brexit vote
The Brexit vote has reignited calls for a decision on airport expansion in the southeast of the country and the debate over whether Heathrow of Gatwick is best suited to provide an extra runway.Shortly after the results of the vote were announced, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would ...
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Boeing to sell aircraft to Iran Air
Boeing has signed a deal with Iran Air for the latter’s purchase of an unspecified number of passenger aircraft.A statement from the Chicago-headquartered manufacturing giant informed: “Boeing confirms the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Iran Air, expressing the airline’s intent to purchase Boeing commercial passenger airplanes“Boeing negotiated ...