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Setback for Cargolux peace talks
Cargolux management said that talks on a new collective work agreement (CWA) with the LCGB pilots' union were cut short after the union “surprisingly backtracked on the agreement in principal reached on December 1.”According to the Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline, LCGB “declared unexpectedly to all participants that they considered the negotiations ...
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Freight falls back in October, says IATA
Freight-tonne-kilometres volumes fell back in October after showing signs of modest growth in the third quarter, said IATA in its latest Financial Monitor. Volumes fell in October compared with September, from around 17.5 billion FTKs to just over 17bn FTKs. And while passenger load factors reached a new record high ...
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Royal Jordanian’s Turkish delight
Royal Jordanian celebrated the return of regular flights to the Turkish capital with a ceremony in Ankara on 9 December. The Airbus 321 was greeted on arrival from Amman by Jordanian Ambassador to Turkey Amjad Adayleh at a at Ankara’s Esenboğa International Airport.Flights had been suspended for ten years for ...
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Switch and save with sophisticated software
Logistics management software specialist Softlink Global says it can now offer full e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) connectivity to over 90 airlines through its WIN online platform.WIN is an online platform for independent freight forwarders to connect with partner agents, airlines and other logistics service providers and its collaboration platform is used ...
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Chennai recovers from floods
Freight operations are beginning to return to normal at Chennai airport in India following several days of severe flooding. Freight forwarder BDP International reports that commercial flights resumed into the south-eastern gateway on Sunday, 6 December after being suspended since 2 December but it would take 2-3 more days for ...
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Singapore centre puts DHL at the cutting edge
DHL has opened an Asia Pacific Innovation Center (APIC) in Singapore, a multi-million dollar facility that will offer a visionary view of logistics and develop innovative solutions to meet evolving supply chain needs.Supported by the country’s Economic Development Board (EDB), the Singapore APIC showcases futuristic technologies such as augmented reality ...
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The world’s our lobster, says Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo has now shipped 35,000 tonnes of Cool Chain products through its freighter hub at Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central (DWC) which opened earlier this year.The SkyCentral facility has 15,000 square metres of dedicated storage for temperature-sensitive goods and complements services such as Emirates SkyCargo White Cover, a protective ...
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Dubai cargo doing well
Cargo at Dubai International airport was up 7.6% in October at 215,714 tonnes compared with 200,435 tonnes in the same month last year. Year-to-date traffic totalled 2.07 million tonnes, up 3.1% from 2.01m tonnes in the first ten months of last year.Passengers were up 4.4% in October, and aircraft 6.5% ...
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DHL helps India prepare for disaster
Guwahati International Airport is the latest location to benefit from the joint DHL-UN Development Programme (UNDP) Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) programme to improve handling of relief goods. The Assam gateway is hosting the programme, the first to be held in India, on 8-11 December.Speaking at the event, UNDP ...
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Would the owner of a white Boeing 747F, registration TF-ARN…
Many of us will at some time have had to ring up officialdom asking them to remove an abandoned car from our street but Kuala Lumpur International in Malaysia is experiencing the problem on a much bigger scale. Someone has dumped three Boeing 747-200 freighters at the airport.Decluttering airport officials ...
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Hong Kong handler targets online business
Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services (Hacis) – the added-value logistics arm of Hong Kong’s largest air cargo handler, Hactl – has opened an e-commerce depot in Guangdong Free Trade Zone.The Hacis Nansha depot, in southern Guangzhou, and the handler’s seventh inland cargo terminal in mainland China, will become the ...
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Handler CAS helps forwarders go ‘e’
North America’s largest cargo handler, Consolidated Aviation Services’ (CAS), has launched a web-based tool to help freight forwarders move to the electronic air waybill (e-AWB).The tool, ePic Easy Export, is aimed at small and medium-sized forwarders and supports CAS’ commitment to a paperless air cargo environment in line with IATA’s ...
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Future pharma boost for Tel Aviv-London
IAG Cargo pharma traffic between the UK and Israel will benefit from an aircraft upgrade on the carrier’s London Heathrow-Tel Aviv route from March 2016.The carrier is replacing its remaining Airbus A321 with wide-body Boeing 777-200s, which will operate twice daily.The cargo arm of British Airways and Iberia of Spain ...
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New EU aviation plan lacks detail, say critics
European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has unveiled a new European Union aviation strategy to a chorus of disapproval from many industry stakeholders.A number of interest groups, including the European Express Association (EEA) said that the proposals form the European Commission in Brussels lacked detail and they called for more specific ...
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BRUcargo to launch Air Cargo Belgium with Polmans as chairman
The BRUcargo community in Brussels is launching a new independent organisation that will work to improve the logistics and cargo operations linked to Brussels Airport.The new Air Cargo Belgium organisation, which will be launched in February next year, is the next stage of development of BRUcargo’s Strategic Committee.Brussels Airport head ...
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Forwarder frustration as UK runway decision ‘delayed’
The UK’s main trade association for freight forwarders and logistics service providers said it was frustrated at reports that a decision on expanding UK south east airport capacity could be delayed for another six months.The British International Freight Association (BIFA) called on Prime Minister David Cameron to have a rethink ...
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Vueling fueling IAG Cargo growth
IAG has added 26 new stations from its low-cost carrier arm Vueling to the group's cargo network, bringing its total to 128 stations in Europe and increasing the number of point to point options.The new stations will open up smaller, provincial airports as well as bigger European hubs for IAG ...
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Brussels promises new rules for drones
European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has promised a regulatory framework for commercial drones as part of a proposed new aviation strategy unveiled this week.European Union flight safety agency EASA would be charged with drawing up new laws that would strike a balance between safety, privacy and data protection.EASA would draw ...
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AirBridgeCargo renews safety certificate
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) for a further two years following a five-day independent audit.Inspectors reviewed the carrier’s flight performance, operating control, maintenance and ground handling, aviation security and quality management under the standard two-year re-evaluation scheme.IOSA certified airlines have a crash rate ...
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No paper please, says Air Canada
Air Canada Cargo says that electronic air waybills (e-AWBs) will become the preferred method of shipping cargo at seven of its international stations from next year.They are Amsterdam (effective 1 January), Paris CDG, Frankfurt (FRA) (both 1 February) and London Heathrow, Zurich, Milan and Dubai (all 1 March).The carrier is ...