All Middle East Articles – Page 15
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Cargo equipment specialists ALS and Goldhofer join forces with Dubai office
Germany-based cargo equipment specialist Goldhofer Airport Technology has opened a sales and service center in Dubai in collaboration with cargo handling supplier ALS Logistic Solutions.The decision is based on a long-term relationship between the two companies and in response to increased demand for internal airport logistics in the Middle East ...
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Emirates eyes Irish cargo
Emirates SkyCargo carried close to 10,000 tonnes of Irish exports, from Dublin, during 2018.The Dubai-based carrier offers up to 25 tonnes of cargo capacity on each of its Boeing 777 passenger aircraft that operate the Dublin route.Around 35% of Emirates SkyCargo’s Irish export cargo for 2018 comprised food items such ...
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Qatar Airways boosts Iranian connections
Qatar Airways is to boost its existing links with Iran by adding a new twice-weekly direct service to Isfahan International Airport on February 4 next year, as well as by increasing its frequency of service to Shiraz and Tehran from early January.Isfahan will become the airline’s fourth Iranian connection, joining ...
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Video: Emirates SkyCargo flies champion of the race that stops a nation
Emirates SkyCargo transported Cross Counter, a three year old horse from Dubai's Godolphin stables, which won the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event and commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation.Following the race victory, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on a ...
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Saudia Cargo supports wrestling tournament
Saudia Cargo has transported 100 tons of equipment and supplies to Riyadh ahead of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ‘Crown Jewel’ tournament.A Boeing 747-8 carried equipment, machinery, sound and lighting systems, and other supplies from Maastricht to the Saudi capital in mid-October.Earlier this year, in April, the carrier moved WWE ...
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Gulf Air picks Aero Cargo France for Paris relaunch
ECS Group subsidiary Aero Cargo France is to represent the cargo activities of Gulf Air in France when the carrier relaunches services to Paris Charles de Gaulle.Flights from the French capital to Gulf Air’s home hub in Bahrain will connect with services across the airline’s network. As such, Aero Cargo ...
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Emirates SkyCargo supports Sri Lankan perishables
Dubai-headquartered Emirates SkyCargo transported 22.8% of Sri Lanka’s total air exports in 2017-18, moving 27,000 tonnes of Sri Lanka's total air exports of 118,000 tonnes.Temperature-sensitive perishable goods are among the principal exports from Sri Lanka and benefit from the carrier’s Emirates Fresh solution.“In 2017-18, Emirates SkyCargo carried more than 7,500 ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo rolls out automated mail management system
Qatar Airways Cargo has rolled out a fully automated mail management system at more than 50 stations across its global network in what it says is a first for the industry.It has also signed an agreement with leading logistics solutions provider Descartes to integrate the Descartes Velocity Mail (vMail) solution ...
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Saudia Cargo appoints chief ground handling officer
Saudia Cargo has appointed Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak to lead the airline's ground handling business unit.The appointment of Al-Mubarak as chief ground handling officer is part of Saudia Cargo’s recognition of the important role its ground handling business unit has in achieving its Strategy 2020 transformation program.Al-Mubarak joins Saudia Cargo with a ...
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Emirates SkyCargo seeks to boost Vietnam trade
Emirates SkyCargo has signed an agreement with the Investment and Tourism Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City to jointly explore opportunities to promote trade to and from Vietnam.The Dubai-based carrier started operations in Hanoi in 2008 and over the last decade has scaled up the number of freighter and ...
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Clear vision for Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways will host the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at Doha International Airport as part of its support for the inaugural Doha Healthcare Week, 6 -12 November.The Flying Eye Hospital, operated by global eye health charity Orbis, is a fully-equipped plane with state-of-the-art medical equipment, an operating theatre and a ...
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Special Economic Zone for Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia is to open a Special Economic Zone focusing on integrated logistics in King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.The Integrated Logistics Bonded Zone (ILBZ) has been assigned to the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) and Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and is part of the Kingdom’s Vision ...
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Saudia Cargo investment streamlines processes
Saudia Cargo’s investment in infrastructure facilities at its Jeddah and Riyadh cargo stations has reduced import and export documentation and procedures by 75%, said Saudi Airlines Cargo Company chief executive Omar Talal Hariri.In his speech delivered at the Second Supply Chain and Logistics Conference held in Riyadh, he reiterated the ...
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Etihad SPRINTs to cargo technology platform
Etihad Cargo has completed its migration to SPRINT, an IBS iCargo fully integrated technology platform which the carrier has adopted as the digital answer to its evolving cargo management needs.The cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways has spent 12 months on the implementation process andservices that are now available ...
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Qatar adds direct flights to Macau and then across the Pacific
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched twice-weekly freighter services from Doha to Macau, adding the destination to its Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai portfolio.The Boeing 777 freighter, offering 100 tonnes cargo capacity, will continue from Macau to Los Angeles and Mexico City, before flying on to Liege, Belgium and then back ...
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Emirates SkyCargo marks two-year freighter anniversary in Oslo
Emirates SkyCargo has celebrated two years of operating Boeing 777 freighter services to Oslo airport, the fast growing north European perishables hub for fish shipments.In 2017, Oslo Airport was the fastest growing cargo airport in Europe with a 36% year-on-year increase to 185,000 tons, of which 90,000 tons were seafood.Dubai-based ...
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Fly Express, a piece of cake for Saudia Cargo
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched Fly Express, offering high priority express delivery for urgent international shipments.The new service offers customers high priority status for shipments that can be accepted three hours prior to the scheduled time of departure, alongside quick handling procedures at arrival.Fly Express, said the Middle East carrier, ...
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Saudia to boost connectivity on select long-haul routes
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is to add further frequencies on its passenger services to Singapore, Los Angeles (LA) and Abu Dhabi.The airline currently flies three times a week to Singapore from Jeddah, but this frequency will increase to four times a week from October 29 this year.The carrier’s Singapore connection ...
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dnata granted GDP certification at Zurich
Ground handler dnata has been awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for pharma handling at the company’s facility in Zurich, Switzerland.Dubai-headquartered dnata “completely refurbished” one of its Zurich Airport warehouses, while also making “significant enhancements to its quality systems, operations documentation and facilities management practices”.The European Commission’s GDP certification relates ...
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China's Uni-top to fly to Dubai with a B747 freighter
Chinese freighter operator Uni-top Airlines is to inaugurate a service connecting Kunming, China, with the Middle Eastern gateway of Dubai.The link is expected to operate three times a week with a Boeing 747-200 freighter.Formally established in 2007, Wuhan-headquartered Uni-top took delivery of its first aircraft (a B747-200SF) in 2009 but ...