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NewsAirfreight demand picks up but prospects look bleak
Air cargo demand picked up in April but IATA is downbeat in its expectations for the months ahead.The latest figures from the airline organisation show a 3.2% year-on-year improvement in air cargo demand in April led by growth in the Middle East and Latin America, with increases of 7.7% and ...
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NewsAir cargo rates improve but tough summer predicted
Air freight rates continued their recovery in April as cargo load factors remained steady, but tough market conditions are expected to prevail over the summer.The latest statistics from analyst Drewry show that air freight rates climbed by three cents on the March level to $2.61 per kg. It is the ...
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Website launch to fill cargo charters' empty legs
A new website for the worldwide aviation charter market is designed to allow the operators and brokers to list their empty leg flights in the search for return loads.The founder and brainchild of Flyemptyleg.com, Paul Ludick, said: “It’s about time that charter companies are being allowed and supported to promote ...
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Groth is West Atlantic's new chief executive
Fredrik Groth has been appointed West Atlantic's new chief executive after holding the interim post at the Gothenburg-headquartered dedicated cargo airline specialising in integrated mail and express freight solutions.Groth assumed his new role from May 25. He joined West Atlantic in January 2016 with over 25 years' accumulated experience in ...
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Interview – Cindy Miller, UPS
ONLY weeks away, the London 2012 Olympic Games – running from 25 July to 12 August – represent an ‘interesting’ challenge for the organisers. The Games’ official logistics company is UPS and it will be responsible for delivering all the sporting equipment, and vast amount of additional equipment – from ...
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E-AWB usage returns to growth
The use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) picked up again in April after a surprising drop off in March.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration reached 38.3% in April, up 1.2 percentage points compared with March figures.The improvement will be welcomed by IATA after there was a 0.4 ...
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Caroline Rose of TNT Express is the FTA's logistics woman of the year
Caroline Rose, head of regional operations at TNT Express in the UK, has been chosen as the Woman of the Year in the Freight Transport Association’s 2016 everywoman in transport & logistics awards.The award recognises Rose’s talent as “a visionary team leader who has a proven track record for leading ...
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Shipper heavyweights join TIACA advisory committee
Industry association TIACA is expanding its Shippers' Advisory Committee by appointing a cross-section of influential global air cargo customers.Representatives from Chanel Fragrances and Beauté, Ericsson, and Sandvik Machining Solutions will join the committee, which is chaired by Lars Droog, manager of supply chain and general affairs with Tosoh Corp, the ...
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Air Malta appoints NAS as cargo agent
Air Malta has appointed Network Airline Services (NAS) to be its general sales and services agent (GSSA) as it looks to expand its cargo volumes.NAS will start its GSSA duties from June 1 and will provide guaranteed income as part of a total cargo management agreement that will see the ...
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Changi three runway system contract award
Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has awarded a S$1.1bn contract to help develop a three-runway system at the key Asian passenger and cargo hub that handled 1.84m tonnes of freight in 2014.A joint venture formed by Samsung C&T Corporation and Koh Brothers won the contract for the first package of ...
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Analyst sees ray of hope in air cargo gloom
Analyst World ACD sees glimmers of hope in world air cargo figures for March 2016.Although year-on-year volumes overall dropped by 0.9% worldwide, flows from Asia Pacific to Europe and the Middle East & South Asia (MESA) showed growth of 19% and 12% respectively, holding out some hope of a change ...
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Volga-Dnepr moves 59 tonne compressor unit
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) created a transportation frame to move a 59 tonne compressor from Zurich to Singapore for inclusion into a bespoke oil rig.The frame served two purposes, spreading the weight of the compressor throughout the cargo cabin of the Antanov 124-100 freighter and also protecting ...
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a robot peregrine falcon designed to reduce the danger of bird strikes at airports
Bird strikes represent a huge danger to aircraft when they are taking off and landing, but one German airport is hoping a new robot bird could help solve the problem.Weeze Niederrhein Airport near Dusseldorf is running tests of a robot bird, known as robird, made and flown by Netherlands-based company ...
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NewsAmerican cargo carriers monthly: Air cargo declines across the board in March
March was another tough month for the leading America-based combination carriers as all three recorded declines in air cargo demand, while the Latam Group continued to suffer from the weak economic performance of major South American countries.The largest decline registered amongst the three US airlines came from Delta Air Lines, ...
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HAE to be American Airlines GSA in Africa
American Airlines Cargo has appointed HAE Group as its first general sales agent (GSA) in Africa.HAE Group is responsible for selling American Airlines Cargo services from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gabon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and South Africa.The outbound market from Africa splits roughly 50/50 between perishable and general cargo, and ...
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DB Schenker opens new Dubai World Central logistics facility
DB Schenker has opened a new facility in Dubai Logistics City (DLC) freezone, located close to Dubai World Central Airport.The German logistics company’s new logistics building measures 7,200 sq m and is first part of a three phase plan to open facilities with a footprint of 25,000 sq m at ...
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NewsFedEx to maintain major hubs in Liege, Paris CDG and Cologne following "historic" TNT acquisition
FedEx has completed its “historic” €4.4bn acquisition of TNT Express and announced it plans to keep all three of the main European hubs operational.Speaking at a press conference this morning, FedEx Express president and chief executive David Bronczek described the completion of the deal as “truly remarkable” and said it ...
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NewsBrussels and Miami airports launch global pharma organisation
Brussels and Miami airports are to set up a global organisation focused on improved pharmaceuticals handling and quality in the air cargo supply chain.Pharma.aero will focus on airport communities that "embrace" IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharma (CEIV Pharma) programme and are looking to further build on the ...
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DHL extends Airfreight Plus network to Russian cities
A switch in customer demand from overnight deliveries will see DHL Global Forwarding integrate Moscow and Russia’s other major cities into its alternative Airfreight Plus network.Ingo-Alexander Rahn, global head of airfreight, DHL Global Forwarding, said: “We have noticed a switch from overnight demand to more economical distribution solutions, and thus ...
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Whitehorn is new president of the UK's CILT
Will Whitehorn has been officially welcomed as the new president of the UK's Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).Over 100 guests joined Whitehorn at the president’s inauguration lunch in London.During his first speech as president for 2016/17, Whitehorn said: “Great change is upon us,” as he made reference to ...