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Could leftover branches and sawdust be turned into jet fuel?
A new study is looking in whether leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste can be turn into sustainable aviation biofuel. Planemaker Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Canada's aviation industry are among those collaborating to launch a project to produce sustainable jet aviation biofuel.Canada, which has extensive ...
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European airports pledge to go carbon neutral
The European airport industry has pledged that 50 airports will be carbon neutral by 2030 at the United Nation’s COP21 environmental conference in Paris.During a UN and International Carbon Reduction and Offset panel session at COP21, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe vowed to increase the number of carbon neutral airports ...
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AON meets in Kuala Lumpur
AerOceaNetwork (AON) celebrated its 11th annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 111 members present.The meeting sessions were split into 20 and 30 minute blocks, with the final day a stream of one-to-one meetings."In all the years that I have been in the international logistics networking business, this was ...
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DP DHL declines to comment on IT project compensation reports
Deutsche Post DHL has declined to comment on reports it is considering seeking damages from a software supplier over the now scrapped IT system for its forwarding business.A report in the German Manager Magazin suggests that the Bonn-headquartered company was considering whether to seek damages from software suppliers over the ...
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Air cargo growth flat lines in October
A weakening of air cargo growth at European carriers caused overall demand to flat-line in October, according to the latest data from IATA.IATA's latest figures show that air cargo demand in freight tonne km rose just 0.5% in October compared with a year ago.The growth was lower than the one ...
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Freighters World: Asian capacity shifts
From the latest edition of Freighters World, out now...In a short-lived venture nearly twenty years ago United Airlines was running a transpacific freighter operation centred on Tokyo, writes Ian Putzger.On the tarmac at Narita airport, the US carrier’s DC-10-30Fs stood out like strange minnows surrounded by behemoths. Practically all the ...
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Cargolux hails “breakthrough” but unions remain "very cautious"
Cargolux has announced a “major breakthrough” in its negotiations with the OGBL and LCGB ground staff and pilot unions on a new collective work agreement (CWA).However, the pilots body Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) spoke of a "slightly too enthusiastic press release” published by the European all-cargo and ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Eva Air, EasyJet and IAG place orders in November
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature analysing the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.EasyJet orders an additional 36 A320 Family aircraftEasyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451.The agreement for six A320ceo ...
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Lufthansa-ANA cargo joint venture to serve Fukuoka and Sapporo
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways Cargo (ANA) are expanding their year-long network joint venture between Europe and Japan by adding destinations in Japan.Fukuoka on the main island Kyushu in south Japan will be the first destination to be added, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island.Starting ...
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CHEP renews ULD management with Air Transat
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the outsourced ULD provider, and Canadian holiday carrier Air Transat have extended their partnership for a further five years.Since 2003, CHEP has managed the entire pool of ULDs for Air Transat's growing fleet, including the supply of lightweight ULDs to maximise operational efficiency and sustainability.CHEP Aerospace Solutions ...
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ECS scoops Meridiana GSSA contract
ECS Group has won a contract to provide global general sales and service agent services to Italian leisure airline Meridiana.Under the three year contract, ECS will provide its total cargo management services to Meridiana, mainly focussing on its prime cargo routes to and from Mexico, the US and the Dominican ...
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UTi opens Asian multimodal hubs to beat air cargo capacity shortages
US forwarder UTi Worldwide has opened multimodal hubs in Malaysia and Vietnam to overcome reduced air cargo capacity by using short haul flights and road feeder services.UTi Worldwide, now the world’s eighth largest air forwarder after its takeover by Denmark’s DSV, has opened hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi ...
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Finnair to sell decommissioned Helsinki cargo facility
Finnair is to sell its current Helsinki Airport cargo terminal site, set to be decommissioned in 2017, to Finnish airports group Finavia.Finnair’s cargo operations will continue in the terminal until they are relocated to a new facility in 2017, the airline confirmed.It stated: “Finnair’s strategic objective is to double its ...
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Emmert to head Frankfurt Cargo Services
Hans-Georg Emmert has been appointed managing director of Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), following Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) acquisition of a 51% shareholding in the cargo handler.WFS, handling 4m tonnes of cargo last year and with annual revenues of €750m, signed an agreement in July 2015 with FCS parent Fraport to ...
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Air cargo yield declines not as bad for industry as you may think
This year’s air cargo yield declines may not have had as much of a negative impact on airlines as many have suggested, according to analyst WorldACD.The latest market review from the Netherlands-based analyst shows that dollar air cargo yields including surcharges for the first nine months are down by 14% ...
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Air cargo industry holds its breath over climate change funding
The air cargo industry and its customers will be holding their breath over the next few weeks as they wait anxiously for the results of the Climate Change Conference (COP 21) taking place as this article appears.The big question is: will international aviation and maritime transport be included in the ...
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Russia bans charter flights to Turkey
Russia has banned charter flights to Turkey as part of a range of sanctions in response to last week’s downing of a Russian jet.In a range of decrees announced over the weekend, the Russian government announced it would take measures to introduce a ban on charter flights between Russia and ...
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ACS expands Frankfurt office
After “significant growth” in 2015, UK broker Air Charter Service is expanding its German operation into new premises in Frankfurt.Caroline Werf, managing director ACS Germany, said: “We are near the end of what is set to be our record year and we have almost doubled in size, in terms of ...
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Cargolux union makes last minute plea ahead of crunch talks
One of Cargolux’s pilot union has issued a final plea to the airline’s management ahead of today’s crunch talks over a new collective working agreement.The existing working agreements covering pilot and ground staff is due to expire on December 1 and the LCGB union has urged Cargolux management and chief ...
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Australia passes known consignor rules
Australia’s Parliament has passed amendments to existing regulations in order to meet US air cargo security requirements for US-bound exports at piece-level by July 2017.Changes to Australia’s Aviation Transport Security Act (2004) will create a 'known consignor' scheme for exporters, which will permit them to secure their products to US ...