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ACS appoints Werf in Frankfurt
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Caroline Werf to managing director of its Frankfurt operation ahead of its move to larger premises.Werf originally worked in the company’s London headquarters before taking up her role in the Frankfurt office.She is an Aviation Management graduate of the International University of Applied Sciences ...
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Norwegian Cargo signs airmail agreement with Royal Mail
Norwegian Cargo, the freight arm of low-cost airline Norwegian, has signed a two year framework agreement with Royal Mail’s Gatwick Air Mail Unit (GAMU) to support international airmail shipments between the UK, Scandinavia and the USBjørn Erik Barman-Jenssen, head of cargo at Norwegian, said: “Norwegian’s huge expansion in the UK ...
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Big changes for small airports when new EU customs code goes live
The European Union's new Uniform Customs Code (UCC) will usher in big changes for ports and airports — mostly smaller ones — that currently do not have electronic inventory links.Under the new regime, all airport will have to be electronically linked and those that are not would have to cease ...
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Free to download freighters directory wallchart
A free copy of Air Cargo News' exclusive 2016 Freighter Fleet Directory is available to download.The editorial team worked with cargo charter broker Chapman Freeborn to produce the updated wallchart, comprising the leading players in the industry. The directory can also be found in next week's edition of Air Cargo ...
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Steppin' out for charity
A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 freighter is flying around the world with the footprints of 24 children on its fuselage as a “flying ambassador” for the aid organisation Cargo Human Care.The colourful design, unveiled at Nairobi airport in Kenya, symbolises the motto "Step by step, giving children a future".The footprints on ...
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Jettainer completes partner certification programme
Jettainer has completed the certification of its outsourced ULD partners around the globe, a measure it hopes will reassure customers that the repair shops it uses conform to set standards.The Lufthansa-owned ULD management company developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers in the spring of ...
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Cargolux pilot unions "not optimistic" about talks
Ahead of Monday’s crunch talks to avoid further strike action, Cargolux’s pilot union representatives remain unimpressed by an airline management proposal to hire 100 additional pilots.Dirk Becker, general secretary of the Luxembourgish Pilots Association (ALPL), said that he was “not optimistic” about the outcome of Monday’s negotiations to hammer out ...
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Cargolux to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg
Cargolux is to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg and has announced a fleet upgrade that will replace two 747-400BCF with three nose-door equipped 747-400Fs.The pilot job announcement comes as management at the European all-cargo carrier prepares to meet with pilot unions on Monday about signing a new collective ...
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E-AWB growth slows in October
Growth in the use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) slowed in October making any hopes of hitting IATA useage targets now look forlorn.The latest IATA figures show that in October e-AWB penetration edged up by one percentage point compared with a month earlier to 35.1%.This follows two months in a ...
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Eddie McMullen: 'A true character and a great aviation man'
Eddie McMullen, the founder of animal transport specialist Intradco, has passed away, aged 66.Chapman Freeborn, which acquired Intradco in early 2014, issued the following statement:"We are sad to announce that Eddie McMullen passed away on the 19 November, aged 66. Eddie serviced the air cargo industry over a career spanning ...
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Air Partner and Air Cargo Integrators launch new partnership
Air Partner’s freight division and UAE-based Air Cargo Integrators (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop both their freight charter and global airfreight products.Under the terms of the MoU, UK-based Air Partner Freight has appointed ACI as its official freight sales and marketing representative in the UAE ...
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Asia Pacific airlines report demand weakness
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region saw demand decline in October as weaker activity in major economies continued to take its toll.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines showed that October’s air cargo shipments slipped by 0.7% in freight tonne km terms compared with the same ...
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CargoLogicAir goes live with website as footage emerges of aircraft
Video footage has emerged of an aircraft in the livery of rumoured new UK cargo airline CargoLogicAir, while a website is also now online.You Tube account AirlinerVideos has posted footage of a Boeing 747-400 freighter taking off from Cambridge Airport (see below) with a CargoLogicAir livery.Industry speculation suggest the new ...
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Aussie rules OK for FedEx takeover of TNT
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose FedEx’s proposed $4.8bn acquisition of TNT Express.ACCC chairman Rod Sims said that the commmission had sought information and views from a range of interested parties including online retailers and suppliers of express services, adding: “Customers did not raise significant competition ...
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ABC adds new Atlanta flights
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added two new services to its North American route network with the launch of twice-weekly flights to Atlanta.The new Boeing 747 freighter services, which commenced November 20, operate on Fridays and Sundays and will connect ABC's global route network to Atlanta.ABC senior vice president sales & ...
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Swissport owner HNA takes stake in Azul of Brazil
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which owns ground handler Swissport, is to take a 23.7% strategic stake worth $450m in Azul Brazilian Airlines.HNA Group now becomes the single largest shareholder of Brazil’s third largest airline and will appoint new members to the board of directors.HNA, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan ...
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Shake on it: Lufthansa and CSafe sign ULD lease deal
Temperature-controlled container supplier CSafe Global will provide Lufthansa Cargo with a dedicated fleet of specialist ULDs for the German carrier’s Cool/td-Active product.The fleet of CSafe RKN containers are being made available to the carrier for lease via Cool/td-Active which allows an unbroken cool chain for temperature-sensitive goods from their place ...
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Georgi and Menian join Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
Georgi Transporte and Menian Spedition have joined Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the alliance of companies, institutions and associations aimed at promoting Europe’s number one airfreight hub by volumes.“The intensive activities of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt and its members sustainably bear fruit in many areas,” said Joachim von Winning, executive ...
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Lufthansa cabin crew union calls off further strikes
Germany's Independent Flight Attendant’s Organisation (UFO) has agreed immediately to call off the strikes at Lufthansa announced for Thursday, Friday and next Monday after progress was made in talks with the airline's management.Lufthansa said that UFO has agreed to forgo strikes "until at least the 2nd of December", when an ...
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Aviation: don't tax us to fund non-aviation related environmental programmes
The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) governing council has urged regulators not to use taxes raised from the aviation industry for non-aviation related environmental schemes.At a recent meeting, the 36-state governing council adopted a formal declaration calling on the overall ICAO group and member states to express a serious concern, ...