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Lufthansa goes steady with Ho Chi Minh
Lufthansa Cargo is to make its Vietnam service permanent in its new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over the summer, it will fly a Boeing 777F weekly to Ho Chi Minh City.The flight departs from Frankfurt is on Thursday, operating via Mumbai and terminating in Hong Kong.Vice president ...
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Asian slowdown subdues airfreight
Air freight at Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern gateways remained weak in August, reports Airports Council International in its latest bulletin. The market is still affected by the slowdown in Asian export markets and oil producing economies. In August 2015, freight volumes were essentially flat in Asia-Pacific and the Middle ...
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Two new Asian routes for Air China
Air China is to start two new passenger services in late October - Beijing-Kuala Lumpur nonstop on 25 October and Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi on 26 October.The Kuala Lumpur service will operate four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with Airbus 330-300 aircraft.The Islamabad-Karachi flight, the first by a Chinese ...
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Third United chief in six weeks as Hart steps into the breach
United Airlines has appointed its third chief executive in little more than six weeks after it named current executive vice president and general counsel, Brett Hart, as acting CEO. He takes over from Oscar Munoz, who was reported on 19 October to have taken medical leave following a heart attack, ...
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Soft airfreight pulls down Panalpina profits
Panalpina’s air freight volumes decreased 2% from January to September in what it described as a “very soft” market that grew less than 1% during that period. The Swiss-based forwarder says it moved less oil and gas and automotive cargo, but more perishables.Gross profit per ton decreased 4% to CHF ...
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Finance expert sees freed-up freighter market
A range of financing options are expected to remain open for new and used freighters, according to one speaker at the Freighters and Belly Cargo Conference.President and managing director of Guggenheim Aviation Partners, Paul Newrick told delegates that he expected there to be ongoing access to diverse forms of finance ...
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XPO man to lead transport experts
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has appointed former XPO Logistics director Kevin Richardson as its new chief executive from on 1 December. He will take over from Steve Agg, who is stepping down after nearly ten years in the role on 1 January.Richardson was XPO’s ...
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It’s back to the Seventies Down Under
Qantas is to paint a second Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a 1970s retro livery to mark its 95th anniversary. The Australian airline wants to build on the popularity of the first historical livery unveiled last year.Group executive for brand, marketing and corporate affairs, Olivia Wirth, said: “You can see from ...
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Brussels to offer year-year Belfast link
New services due to be launched by Brussels Airlines in summer 2016 include year-round services to Belfast City, the first link from the Belgian capital to Northern Ireland. The service will operate five times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.There will also be a new seasonal service ...
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Tiffany the trailblazer
She probably doesn’t know it, but Tiffany is a record-breaker - she has become the first live animal to be moved by American Airlines between the Netherlands and the US. Tiffany, an extremely rare Dutch Smoushond, travelled animal VIP class courtesy of specialist forwarder, Animals to Fly.AA Cargo’s GSA in ...
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Agility primes the pump for Flowserve
Flowserve Corporation has named its logistics provider Agility as Partner of the Year for helping it keep its shipments moving during the recent US ports stoppage.The Middle East headquartered forwarder was recognised by the US-based provider of and related products and services for its consistent and reliable service, quick response ...
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Hong Kong sees cargo revival
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reversed recent declines in air cargo with a 1% year-on-year rise to 368,000 tonnes in September. The rebound was primarily due to a 3% year-on-year growth in exports; imports experienced negligible growth and transshipments decreased by 3% compared to the same month last year. Amongst ...
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Volga-Dnepr adds more Antonovs
Volga-Dnepr Group is to acquire two more An-124-100 Ruslan freighters following the signing of a lease agreement with JSC Sberbank.As the charter cargo arm of the Group, Volga-Dnepr Airlines will now operates a fleet of twelve AN-124-100 and five IL-76TD-90VD freighters, all of which comply with current and prospective ICAO ...
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My Opinion
Joost van Doesburg - Airfreight policy manager European Shippers’ CouncilOn how the air cargo industry should look to develop in the future“We are optimising the air cargo supply chain and in the last five years this process has really improved some parts of the industry, while innovation has also gained ...
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LAX reigns supreme
All over the world freighter operations seem to be losing ground to belly cargo, but one could be forgiven for thinking the trend had passed Los Angeles by.A list of the top freight carriers at LAX shows the largest as Korean, China Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Cargo Airlines, NCA, EVA ...
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Elite Global Logistics Network holds first conference
Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN) has held its first annual conference, in Bangkok.Around 150 delegates from 90 companies attended, and more than 4,500 one-on-one meetings took place to discuss past, potential and future business opportunities.EGLN, formed in May 2015, has established industry members drawn from organisations that specialise in global ...
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Holt lands Cargolux flight ops role, Ketellapper to focus on China JV
Cargolux Airlines has appointed Jason Holt as its new nominated person flight operations.Holt succeeds Wieger Ketellapper, who will concentrate on the development of the planned joint venture airline in Zhengzhou, China.The change took effect on October 15, following the approval of Luxembourg’s Civil Aviation Authority.Holt has only recently taken up ...
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Delta Air Lines records decline in Q3 cargo revenues
Delta Air Lines’ cargo division saw revenues, volumes and yields decline during the third quarter of the year, despite the overall airline recording an increase in profits.The US airline saw its cargo revenues decline for the second quarter in a row, dipping by 19.7% on a year earlier to $196m ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo applies new pricing structure
Brussels Airlines Cargo (BAC) is introducing a fixed net sum plus consolidated airfreight surcharge rate structure from October 25, following the lead set by sister companies Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss World Cargo.Said BAC: “This new structure better meets the market demand for more transparency. Instead of charging various surcharges on ...
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Qatar Cargo teams up with UK actress for Nepal aid flight
Qatar Airways Cargo stepped in to transport 5.3 tonnes of aid collected by several charities supported by British actress Joanna Lumley to earthquake victims in Nepal.The aid was collected by several of the Gurkha charities which Joanna Lumley supports in the UK, but they had no means of transporting the ...