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DHL points to the future of logistics: robots
Global express services provider Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) has focused in its latest Trend Report on the subject ‘Robotics in Logistics’. In its look to the future, DHL predicts that robots will revolutionise the global logistics industry, soon handling tasks such as picking, packing and moving goods to such an ...
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WCA members to be given free access to WIN’s e-AWB platform
Independent forwarder members of the WCA network will all have free access to WIN’s electronic air waybill (e-AWB) platform for the remainder of this year, delegates at the WCA's annual conference 2016 have heard.The WIN platform, designed specifically for independent cargo agents and which connects to over 90 airlines, will ...
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IAG Cargo handles ‘The Man’
IAG Cargo, the freight wing of the Anglo-Spanish carrier concern, has flown a collection of 18 portraits of David Beckham for a Hong Kong-based, VIP auction preview of ‘David Beckham: the Man’, in support of 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund and Positive View Foundation.The event forms part of a ...
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Frankfurt happy with progress on digital switch-over
A little more than a year ago, the FrankfurtAIR@Link (FAIR@Link) cargo community system (CCS) went into operation at Germany’s busiest air freight hub. According to Frankfurt airport operator Fraport, since the system was introduced at the gateway in January 2015, the number of users and also the volume of cargo ...
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Titan turns to Ancra for B767BDSF cargo loading systems
Titan Aviation, one of the subsidiaries of New York-based freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide, has chosen Ancra International to supply the cargo loading systems for the latest additions to its freighter fleet.Ancra delivered two such systems to the leasing concern in 2015, and is delivering more this year for the ...
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Etihad chief points the way
Giving the opening address to more than 1,200 delegates attending the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) Conference held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition between 10-13 March, Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan offered his thoughts on the past successes and future direction of the UAE flag-carrier’s freight operations.Etihad Cargo ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds ground link to flower hub
German freight carrier Lufthansa Cargo has established a new direct trucking connection to its home hub of Frankfurt International Airport from Aalsmeer, the Dutch town which lies to the south of Amsterdam, close to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Schiphol, and which is home to the world’s biggest flower auction. Aalsmeer handles ...
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HKIA reveals disappointing February for cargo
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world’s busiest air freight gateway in 2015, saw a year-on-year fall in its cargo traffic in February of 14.9%. Handling a total of 258,000 tonnes of cargo, operator Airport Authority Hong Kong attributed the decline in large part to poor export performance – in ...
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FedEx reaches first milestone on Malpensa development
Global express services giant FedEx has completed work on the external structure of its expanded base at Italy’s busiest air cargo gateway, Milan-Malpensa International Airport. The ongoing expansion of the FedEx infrastructure at Malpensa will triple the size of the current facility and allow the integrator to handle up to ...
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American invests in cold-chain facilities
American Airlines Cargo is further developing its extensive perishables and pharmaceutical handling capability. Its most recent investments have seen significant improvements in its cold-chain infrastructure at two airports - Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and San Juan – that both handle large volumes of the carrier’s perishables cargo.American’s new drive-through perishables facility ...
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Ethiopian Airlines relaunches cargo flights at Brussels Airport
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo is returning to Brussels Airport with 12 direct daytime freighter flights a week out of the Belgian airfreight hub, bound for Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.In late 2015, the African combination carrier was forced to switch services to Maastricht-Aachen after it was not able to obtain ...
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Crumbs: Freighters end a UK biscuit shortage
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has helped UK consumers maintain their biscuit supply following a national shortbread...sorry, shortage.The rich tea cargo team at the UK hub have welcomed two Boeing 777 freighters full of biscuits into the region in the last two weeks.Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager at the airport, said: “There has ...
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Turkish Cargo get in on the superhero market with transport of Batmobile
For a while now pharma has been the segment of choice for the air cargo industry, but with more and more companies targeting the high-margin industry, Turkish Cargo has identified a new customer base to target: superheroes.The Turkish cargo carrier revealed that it will be transporting the Batmobile to various ...
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Cargolux to take a flexible approach to airfreight capacity deployment
Cargolux will look to the charter market and try to be as flexible as possible with its fleet as it looks to mitigate current market conditions.Cargolux executive vice president sales & marketing Niek van der Weide told Air Cargo News that he expected market overcapacity and yield pressure to remain ...
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Lufthansa Cargo reveals summer freighter schedule with six destinations added to line-up
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed its summer airfreight schedule with Moscow, Ashgabat, Baku, Doha, Seattle and Los Angeles added to its service offering.The German carrier said that since the start of March, an MD-11 freighter had been operating on a rotation of Frankfurt, Domodedovo, an existing destination, Moscow, Ashgabat and Baku.It ...
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US forwarders urge DoT to think freight when awarding Cuba licenses
The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) has urged the country’s Department of Transportation (DoT) to assign routes for Cuba to US passenger airlines that also offer air cargo service.The AFA said a total of eight US carriers had applied to operate routes from between the US and Cuba, but only five ...
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Bangladesh garment producers urge lifting of UK's airfreight ban from Dhaka
Bangladesh garment producers have called on the government to work with the UK to lift the ban on airfreight shipments from Dhaka saying it hurts exports from the country.Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Siddiqur Rahman urged the government to ensure that ...
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PACAVI completes pre-modification tests on A320 series freighter conversion
PACAVI, the US-based engineering and conversion specialist, is moving forward with the supplemental type certificate (STC) development for its Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme.PACAVI Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: “Our STC programme, started in January 2015, is progressing on schedule, as well as the conversion of our prototype ...
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UPS to offer cryogenic airfreight service in Europe
Integrator UPS is now offering European customers a cryogenic shipping service through the use of specialist containers.The service, which is available on airfreight services as well as other modes of transport, uses cryogenic containers from Cryoport which use liquid nitrogen stored in dry vapour form to keep products frozen at ...
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Chapman Freeborn and RUS Aviation announce Asia cargo agreement
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Sharjah-based RUS Aviation have announced an exclusive cargo sales agreement to provide airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.Effective this month, Chapman Freeborn will sell per-kilo shipments from Hong Kong to the UAE, with onward connections via RUS Aviation’s regional network ...