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Strike hits Frankfurt freight
Frankfurt Airport said its November traffic was badly hit by a Lufthansa flight attendant strike which led to the cancellation of 3,400 scheduled flights. Cargo for the month was down 3.9%; for the year-to-date it fell by 2.7% to just over 1.9 million tonnes.The Fraport Group’s Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide ...
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Cathay’s freight fails to catch up with passenger growth
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger and cargo traffic showed divergent trends in November with a sizeable increase in the former but a fall cargo and mail uplifted compared with the same month in 2014.The two airlines carried 160,120 tonnes of cargo and mail in November, a 3.0% decrease compared to ...
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Ethiopian switch hurts Brussels’ cargo
The switch by Ethiopian Airlines to Dutch hub to Dutch hub Maastricht-Aachen hit Brussels Airport’s cargo traffic in November, said the Belgian airport.Cargo for the month fell by 5.7% and the full freighter segment by 15.5% after Ethiopian failed to get Belgian traffic rights for its onward flights to Dubai, ...
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Brussels sooths TIACA’s customs fears
European Union tax officials have reassured the airfreight industry that there will be no abrupt changes to the rules for temporary storage, says TIACA secretary general Doug Brittin. The trade will also be invited to join a new project group on the issue that will work with member states and ...
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Flat picture for freight at world airports
World airfreight was significantly weaker than passenger traffic, inching up by only 0.3% in October, reports Airports Council International (ACI). International freight grew by 0.3% and domestic only 0.2%.The results for major freight hubs were mixed, with Dubai reporting a 10% increase in freight while Frankfurt, Tokyo-Narita and Taipei seeing ...
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Gloomy November for Hong Kong cargo
Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dropped by 3.1% to 407,000 tonnes in November compared to the same month last year. The fall was mainly due to a 6% drop in transshipment and 4% in imports, compared to the same month last year, with traffic to and from ...
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e-AWB target of 56% by end of 2016 says IATA
IATA Cargo has set a 56% target for electronic air waybill (e-AWB) usage by the end of 2016, despite missing the 45% target for 2015.In October this year, the figure for e-AWB penetration was just 35.1% but Guillaume Drucy, IATA’s head of cargo e-business management, remained hopeful that ratio would ...
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IATA Cargo working closely with forwarders
IATA Cargo will acquire a leaner look as it cuts back on bureaucracy and complexity, as well as building a closer working relationship with the freight forwarder industry via the latter’s global body, FIATA.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo and now 18 months into the new role, said that ...
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IATA to meet US security chiefs on continued mutural recognition for European airfreight
IATA will meet next week with representatives of the Washington air cargo security community to safeguard a mutual recognition agreement between Europe and the US that is currently “under jeopardy”.The mutual recognition agreement (MRA) means that cargo being transferred or transited through the European Union (EU) is not subject to ...
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Paris attacks and strike action take their toll on European air cargo carriers in November
The November monthly statistics from European air cargo carriers paint a bleak picture for the end of the year as demand declines, the Paris attacks and strike action affected European airlines cargo operations.IAG, Air France KLM, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded year-on-year demand declines in November, with the German group ...
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Swissport Cargo Liège gains CEIV certification
Air cargo handler Swissport International’s business at Liège Airport has successfully completed the validation process for IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for pharmaceutical logistics.Swissport Cargo Liège is, after Swissport Cargo Brussels, the second Swissport Cargo station to successfully complete the certification process, which aims to help airlines, ...
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Cathay Pacific runs airfreight test flight to Wellcamp Airport
Cathay Pacific has run an air cargo test flight to the Australian town of Toowoomba to gauge commercial interest in the region and to test operations.The Hong Kong-headquartered carrier deployed a Boeing 747-8 Freighter to Wellcamp Airport, which is located in one of Queensland’s richest agricultural areas.The airline said the ...
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Business slams 'dithering' UK government over runway decision delay
Airlines, shippers and business leaders have condemned the British government’s postponement of a decision on UK south east runway capacity expansion for at least six months.The aviation industry had expected a mid-December decision on whether to push ahead with a third runway at London Heathrow, as recommended by the Airports ...
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IAG and Exelsius set 2016 pharma GDP training schedule
IAG Cargo and Exelsius have announced their pharmaceuticals Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy workshop programme for 2016.The new workshops will follow the successful format of those held in London and Hyderabad, combining classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharma products with a ‘live’ visit to an airport ...
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Cargolux pilots' union 'opens the possiblity' of industrial action
The war of words between Cargolux and its pilots union have intensified with the LCGB union “opening the possibility to initiate industrial actions”.In November, more than 94% of the LCGB members at Cargolux voted in favour of industrial action if negotiations were unsuccessful.Today's sharply worded statement from the LCGB comes ...
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DSV target UTi sees airfreight volumes slide as it stays in the red
DSV takeover target UTi remained in the red during its financial third quarter, while airfreight volumes also suffered a double-digit decline.The company recorded a 17.9% year-on-year decline in revenues to $884.7m during the quarter ended October 31 while it recorded a net loss of $32.7m compared to $33.7m last year.It ...
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Lufthansa Cargo releases new tracking app for airfreight
Lufthansa Cargo has released a new app that offers customers the ability to track consignments but also offer feedback to the airline.The new Lufthansa Cargo eServices app updates users with information on their shipments on request via push notifications.It also allows customers to provide feedback on shipments, including the ability ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and United Cargo set for transatlantic co-operation deal
Lufthansa and United Airlines are to extend their current cooperation on passenger services to include cargo on routes between the US and Europe.The aim is to create “a seamless network” including alignment of IT and warehouse facilities. It will create a more efficient and comprehensive transatlantic cargo network and increase ...
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ACS saves client $200,000 on fire truck charter
Air Charter Service saved a client $200,000 by using special ramps to load three fire trucks onto two IL-76s flying from Turkey to Iraq rather than onto a single Antonov 124.Justin Lancaster, ACS’ commercial director, commented: “The trucks are for the Iraqi government. We worked extremely closely with our customer ...
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March to head WCA as Menen joins supervisory board
Dan March has been appointed chief executive of WCA, the independent forwarder network, with founder David Yokeum becoming chairman and Ram Menen joining a new global supervisory board.Based in London, March has been WCA’s communications director for over five years.He will oversee the day-to-day operations and work closely with Yokeum ...