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ACS in charity fundraiser
Air Charter Service raised more than $11,000 for charity at its London headquarter's fancy-dress Christmas party.The fundraising activities centred on a raffle featuring prizes such as an Apple Watch, lunch on the Orient Express and a trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights donated by generous operators. Tina Leach, ...
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SF Airlines gets first widebody freighter
Fast-growing SF Airlines has taken delivery of its first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) as it looks to capitalise on China’s rapidly growing e-commerce market.The delivery represents the addition of the first wide-body aircraft in the SF Express-owned airline's fleet, which until today consisted of 25 B757s and B737s.It is ...
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ASL raises $110m to support expansion
ASL Aviation, a company rumoured to be interested in the sale of TNT’s freighter fleet, has completed a funding agreement worth $110m to be used for “ongoing growth and expansion”.BNP Paribas coordinated the transaction and through its Paris & Brussels offices is providing $60m and the Birmingham, UK office of ...
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Olya Lebedyeva appointed VP business development at SEKO Logistics
Olya Lebedyeva has been appointed vice president, business development at SEKO Logistics to help spearhead its growth into new markets through the recruitment of more strategic partners in the US.Strategic partners can be existing independent companies looking to join an innovative company or individuals that open a new SEKO location ...
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Air cargo prices slide in November and difficult 2016 expected
Air cargo carriers had a tough November peak season as prices declined for the first time in four months, while next year is also expected to be a difficult period for airlines.The latest Drewry East-West Air Freight index saw average rates for November decline to $3.22 per kg from $3.31 ...
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IATA looks to cut ULDs' $400m annual repair and damage costs
It’s a rough and tumble life being an airfreight unit load device (ULD).Despite being regulated as an aircraft part, the containers used for baggage and cargo still have a $300m annual repair bill due to ‘bends, scrapes and holes’.As the only aircraft equipment that travels up and down the logistics ...
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AirBridgeCargo reports double-digit airfreight growth as it looks ahead to 2016
AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) strong growth continued in November with a 27% upswing in cargo carried compared to the same month a year ago.In November, ABC transported more than 50,000 tonnes and for the first 11 months of 2015 volumes jumped by 20% year-on-year to 439,000 tonnes.ABC executive president Denis Ilin ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo to add new US freighter route
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a new freighter route to Dallas/Fort Worth from Liege in early 2016 and more services can be expected as the year progresses.The Doha-based airline will start the service on January 19 using a Boeing 777F to fly twice per week between the Belgian and US ...
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IATA and FIATA not far apart on new forwarder and airline programme, despite CASS differences
AN agreement between IATA and forwarder group FIATA over the new cargo agent modernisation programme (CAMP) is not far off, despite the two organisations reaching a bypass over the accounts settlement system.The two organisations have been trying to modernise the concepts contained in the existing IATA cargo agency programme under ...
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Cargolux and unions finally reach an agreement
Cargolux has finally agreed a new collective working agreement with ground staff and pilot unions after 24 hours of intensive talks.The airline said this morning that, after repeated meetings over the last 24 hours, management had finally reached an agreement with the OGB-L, CLSC and LCGB unions.The new agreement will ...
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Kohlsaat joins Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport has appointed John Kohlsaat as senior vice president sales, responsible for the development of the passenger and cargo airline business.Kohlsaat’s recruitment is part of a restructuring of the German airport’s sales department which will see Frankfurt-Hahn Airport put “a stronger focus on the different requirements in the passenger ...
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Wildtgrube becomes Finnair Cargo's head of global sales
Fredrik Wildtgrube has been appointed Finnair Cargo's head of global sales, effective from January 11 next year.Wildtgrube has broad experience in logistics and sales, having worked in multiple freight forwarding companies and most recently at Nokia and Microsoft Mobile."I warmly welcome Fredrik to Finnair Cargo. Together with Fredrik's business and ...
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IATA tackling lithium battery risk for air cargo
IATA Cargo is working with regulators, postal authorities, airlines and forwarders to combat the threat posed by unauthorised or wilfully mis-declared airfreight shipments of lithium batteries.Dave Brennan, assistant director of cargo safety and standards at airline industry grouping IATA, said that 400m lithium batteries are manufactured each week.Lithium batteries are ...
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Jettainer and Thomas Cooks extend their ULD cooperation
Outsourced ULD management specialist Jettainer and Thomas Cook Group Airlines are expanding their cooperation.The new contract not only covers Condor, a Jettainer customer since 2006, but also Thomas Cook Airlines UK and Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia.As a result, all the carriers’ ULDs will now be looked after by the same ...
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ACS brings home the bacon as ham takes flight
Air Charter Service last week brought home the bacon when it flew 17 tonnes of ham to Puerto Rico as the island was close to running out of the meat.ACS North America president of operations Richard Thompson explained the emergency flight was required because an order had been missed: "Someone ...
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Volga-Dnepr makes first-ever air drop
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its first-ever ‘air drop’ by parachuting 208 barrels of fuel from an IL-76TD-90VD freighter onto a remote airfield in the Antarctic.The delivery will be used for inland scientific missions, vehicles and small airplane operations.The 34-ton shipment was placed onto 26 special parachute platforms and was dropped ...
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Schiphol Cargo eBook provides guidance for pharma logistics managers
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has produced a pharma e-book which features interviews with seven experts in the pharma and pharma logistics sectors.Vision Pharma Logistics 2020: Insights and practical advice is published by Schiphol Cargo – the European airport’s dedicated cargo department.One of the main conclusions in the book is that pharma ...
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FPS to allow multiple membership
Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) freight forwarding group is to change its constitution to allow multiple membership in each territory.The decision was reached at this year’s AGM and conference, which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, attended by representatives of the network’s global membership.Advisory board chairman Sam Aparo, co-owner of one of ...
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Hire fliers: Cargolux begins hunt for new pilots following union deal
Cargolux Airlines has begun the hiring and training process for 100 new pilots in Luxembourg.The airline said 52 candidates had already been selected and Cargolux plans to begin the training process for eight candidates per month from January until July 2016.Candidates for the remaining 48 open positions are expected to ...
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IAG Cargo appoints new chief executive
Andrew Crawley, currently British Airways chief commercial officer, is to become chief executive of IAG Cargo from January 2016.He will report into IAG chief executive Willie Walsh and become a member of the Group’s management committee.Crawley will replace Steve Gunning who is leaving IAG Cargo in January to become British ...