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African air cargo: challenges remain but moves towards open skies
A lack of market liberalisation continues to be a major challenge holding back the development of air cargo in Africa, but there have been positive developments over the last 18 months.Speaking at the Africa Air Cargo Summit in Addis Ababa, speakers outlined what they believed were the key challenges to ...
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Egyptair opts for FlyUs as Benelux GSSA
Egyptian national carrier Egyptair has chosen FlyUs as it cargo GSSA across Benelux.Effective June 2016, the Dutch-headquartered company will be responsible for freight on the North African carrier’s daily services from Amsterdam and four-times a week service from Brussels.In addition the 6 weekly freighters flying out of Ostend and Cologne ...
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Heathrow pushes case for expansion following EU vote
Heathrow Airport has pushed its case for expansion following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) and with the possibility of a Heathow-expansion sceptic becoming the next prime minister.Shortly after the result of the vote was announced, the airport emphasised the importance of its expansion for UK businesses.“Only ...
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UK forwarders say avoid over complicated trade procedures following EU vote
Freight forwarders are calling for the UK government to avoid implementing over complicated trade procedures following the country’s vote to leave the European Union.The British International Freight Association (BIFA) pointed out that it is a neutral body but would support its members as forthcoming legislative changes become apparent between now ...
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American Airlines Cargo to benefit from launch of Auckland connection
American Airlines has launched a daily non-stop service between its Los Angeles Airport hub and Auckland, New Zealand.The route, operated by Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ equipment, opens up “vast new opportunities” for freight customers, notes the carrier’s cargo wing, with connections on the American Airlines network through its Los Angeles gateway ...
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ACI Asia Pacific reports mixed fortunes for freight in April
Airports Council International Asia Pacific has reported that airfreight traffic through its gateways in the Asia-Pacific region was “largely stagnant in April”.There was a marginal increase of just 1.3% year on year in the Asia-Pacific region, although cargo growth through the trade body’s Middle Eastern gateways rose by 4.9% over ...
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FAA offers first operational rules for small UAS
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finalised its first set of operational rules covering the commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, more commonly known as drones), opening what it describes as “pathways towards fully integrating UAS into the nation’s airspace”.The new regulations work, the FAA said, to ...
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Volga-Dnepr freighter flies 85-tonne cargo to Magadan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a six metre wide turbine runner and other cargo weighing a total of 115 tonnes from St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport into Sokol airport in the Magadan region of far eastern Russia.The outsize cargo, destined for the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station, was flown on one of Volga-Dnepr ...
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Amazon falls foul of FAA
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed two civil penalties be levied on Amazon, the e-commerce retailer, for allegedly violating US hazardous materials regulations.In the first case, the FAA has proposed a $78,000 civil penalty be levied against Amazon, alleging that on 24 May 2014 Amazon ...
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IBS to offer SENTRY tracking as part of iCargo system
OnAsset Intelligence, the Texas-headquartered supplier of asset-tracking technologies in the logistics industry, has agreed a deal with IT systems provider IBS that will see the full integration of OnAsset’s product suite with IBS’s air cargo management system, iCargo.As a result, OnAsset’s SENTRY 500 FlightSafe cargo monitoring device will be offered ...
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Davies Turner to expand its UK airfreight base
UK-based freight forwarder Davis Turner has confirmed that it intends to begin construction this autumn on a second multi-million pound regional distribution centre (RDC), doubling the size of its present facility in Avonmouth, Bristol.Bristol is the headquarters site for Davies Turner’s air cargo subsidiary.The company has planning consent for a ...
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Agility names Markus Lingohr as managing director for Central Europe
Global supply chain services giant Agility has appointed Markus Lingohr as managing director for its Area Central Europe division, giving him responsibility for the company’s operations in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland.He will be based in Hamburg, Germany.Mike Bible, CEO, Agility Europe, commented: “Markus has profound knowledge of the ...
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China Eastern looks to Jan de Rijk for trucking in Prague and Amsterdam
China Eastern Airlines has inked a road feeder service (RFS) deal covering Prague and Amsterdam with Netherlands-headquartered trucking giant Jan de Rijk Logistics.China Eastern Airlines starts three times a week services from Shanghai to Prague on 23 June.Then, on 26 June, the carrier will launch its first passenger flights between ...
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B&H Worldwide appoints Reg Echeumuna as vice president – Americas
London Heathrow-headquartered aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has named Reg Echeumuna as its new vice president – Americas.He will be based in the company’s Miami facility.“The appeal of this role is the opportunity to play a direct lead in further building up the US operation of such a strong niche ...
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Precision completes fourth 757-200 conversion this year for DHL
Precision Aircraft Solutions has completed its third freighter conversion for DHL since May, its fourth for the integrator so far this year.The 757-200 aircraft, MSN 29330, will join two other Precision-converted freighters at European Air Transport Leipzig (EAT), the largest of three airlines with dedicated service to European, Middle Eastern ...
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LUG Frankfurt gains JAL
Japan Airlines is to switch its cargo-handling partner at Frankfurt airport from Fraport Cargo Services to LUG from July.The deal comprises bellyhold freight on JAL’s daily Boeing 777-300ER and B787-900 (Dreamliner) and road feeder services.Describing the move as “a highlight in our jubilee year”, LUG managing director and chief executive, ...
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Changes at the top at Royal Jordanian
Royal Jordanian’s Board of Directors elected Said Darwazeh as chairman during the board’s meeting on 21 June.Darwazeh had been appointed a representative of the Government Shareholdings’ Management Company on RJ’s board as of 19 June, replacing Suleiman Hafez, who had chaired the RJ board of directors since November 2014.RJ’s president ...
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Volga-Dnepr flies telescopic bridge into Rio
Moscow-headquartered Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a 35 metre long telescopic crane bridge from Nanjing in China to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.The outsize cargo, which weighed approximately 40 tonnes, was flown on one of the cargo charter specialist’s AN-124-100 freighters.A special ramp loading system designed and manufactured by engineers at ...
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IAG Cargo benefits from Kuala Lumpur link
A year after IAG launched a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger flight between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur, the joint Anglo-Spanish carrier concern’s freight operation, IAG Cargo, has confirmed that the service has “exceeded expectations”.A statement from the freight carrier said that the Malaysian capital has proved “a valuable gateway for ...
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DHL expands its express footprint in Myanmar
DHL Express has opened what it describes as “the largest express facility in Myanmar”. Located in Yangon, close to the city’s airport, it occupies over 50,000 sq ft of land and has a built-up area of 32,500 sq ft.“DHL launched this facility to cater to Myanmar's increasing logistics needs, driven ...