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Emirates Group profits slide 64% while cargo volumes remain flat
The Emirates Group saw profits decline by 64% in the first half of the year, while cargo volumes remained stable and capacity increased 9%.Group revenues for the first six months of the financial year, which include Emirates and dnata figures, increased by 1% on the same period last year to ...
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Compass maps out helicopter airlift to Afghanistan
Aerospace logistics specialist Compass Forwarding has airlifted a medium-sized utility helicopter from Canada to Afghanistan in support of a time-sensitive project.The Bell 212 Twin Huey helicopter was flown from Alberta in a Boeing 747-8 freighter, arriving in Afghanistan two days ahead of schedule.New York-based Compass fielded a dedicated 24/7 aerospace ...
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E-commerce spurs Aramex growth
Middle East based logistics company Aramex saw revenues up 15% in the third quarter of 2016 to AED1.05bn but net profit was down 3% at AED72.2m compared with like period last year.However, for the first nine months of the year, net profit was up 16% to AED294.8m while revenue was ...
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New management appointments for dnata
Handling company dnata has appointed Steve Allen as divisional senior vice president, UAE airport operations, and Mark Gibb as senior vice president, dnata safety and standards, responsible for dnata’s safety culture globally and the company’s One Safety programme.Allen has 15 years of experience in British Airways, helping to design Heathrow’s ...
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Fashionable Rickenbacker picks up Etihad cargo flights for Trinity Logistics
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a "multimillion dollar" deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the Middle East carrier operate a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio, and to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo, which will operate either Boeing 777F and ...
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dnata opens Cargo Integrated Command Centre in Dubai
Dnata’s new customer service centre for export cargo customers has been officially inaugurated by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.Located in Dubai Airport Free Zone-Freight Gate 5, the export centre marks the beginning of a product improvement programme for airlines, freight ...
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VIDEO: Emirates targets seafood with new Oslo freighter
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its presence in Scandinavia with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter from Oslo in Norway to its Dubai hub in the UAE.The Middle East Gulf carrier said that new freighter service, departing Oslo every Tuesday, will facilitate increasing exports of seafood, in particular salmon, ...
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Air cargo forum told of better times ahead
The first 15 years of the century have not been kind to the air cargo industry – but there could be better times ahead, the Neutral Air Partners (NAP) forum in Abu Dhabi has heard.Airline and forwarder delegates to the first ever NAP gathering learned from Etihad Cargo Airlines commercial ...
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Call for closer cooperation along the air cargo cool chain
A rapidly growing market for global pharmaceuticals, already worth an estimated $1.1trn per annum, will require closer cooperation along the partners in the air cargo cool chain.That was one take-away from the Cool Chain Association (CCA) pharma and biosciences conference in Dubai, along with a heads-up that pharma shippers are ...
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Emirates hopes to end perception Middle East hubs aren't pharma cargo friendly
Emirates SkyCargo’s opening of a $190m dedicated pharmaceuticals handling centre at its Dubai home hub will help end a legacy perception in some sections of the industry that Middle East hubs are not pharma-friendly.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, speaking at the opening of the Emirates SkyPharma facility, ...
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Emirates opens GDP compliant pharma terminal in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is aiming for a bigger slice of the growing pharmaceuticals market with the official opening of its specialist terminal for handling temperature-controlled medical products in Dubai.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, said that the Middle East Gulf carrier hoped to increase its pharma volumes, from a ...
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Qatar Cargo the first to fully implement Cargo-XML
Qatar Airways Cargo has fully adopted, implemented and integrated IATA's Cargo-XML data messaging standard, becoming the first airline to do so.IATA’s Cargo-XML was created to replace the incumbent system, Cargo-IMP, which has been criticised for being too rigid.It was also created with the aim of having a standard format for ...
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Cold chain charter to Libya
Cargo Movers, an X2 Cold Chain member, arranged a full charter of Fresenius medicals to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, Libya including ground handling.The cargo included 217 pallets of medicine, medicals and related materials with a total weight of 90.8 tonnes.“It was a very big deal and very difficult but was ...
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IAG Cargo starts offering Tehran bellyspace
IAG Cargo has today commenced a new London to Tehran service as it looks to capitalise on the removal of trade sanctions on Iran.IAG said customers would benefit from six flights per week to and from Iran, which will improve connectivity between European and Middle Eastern markets.The service will be ...
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Qatar launches freight load centre at Doha
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a freight load control centre at its Middle East home hub in Doha.The new system will be an integral part of effective pallet loading procedures for the Middle East Gulf airline’s current fleet of 20 freighter aircraft.Qatar Airways’ chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “Automation ...
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SATS enters Saudi cargo ground handling market
Singapore-based airport ground handler SATS has expanded its footprint in the Middle East by becoming the first international cargo handler to operate in Saudi Arabia.Its SATS Saudi Arabia subsidiary has won a tender for the cargo handling licence to operate at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam. The concession ...
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Aramex lands NewBridge pharma contract
Dubai-based Aramex is partnering with specialist shipper NewBridge Pharmaceuticals to provide logistics services in the Middle East, Africa, Canada and the UK.Also based in Dubai, NewBridge’s customers include pharmaceuticals, biological, genomics and other healthcare companies.Through the partnership, Aramex is managing the logistics of patient samples across clinics and hospitals from ...
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Emirates update on flight delays and cancellations
Operations at Dubai International Airport resumed on Wednesday at 1830 local time following the crash landing of a Boeing 777 passenger aircraft belonging to the airline at the Middle East hub.More information on Emirates flights will be available on the Emirates website and social media channels.All 282 passengers and 18 ...
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Qatar investment arm takes stake in St.Petersburg's Pulkovo airport
Fraport Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport) and its consortium partners at Russia’s Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg are to sell part of their shares in Thalita Trading to Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).Thalita is the parent company of Northern Capital Gateway consortium which has the 30-year concession for operating Pulkovo Airport ...
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Qatar Airways ups stake in IAG to 20%
Middle East gulf carrier Qatar Airways has increased its shareholding in IAG, the parent group of British Airways and Iberia, to 20.1%, saying that it does not intend to increase its stake further "unless there are material changes to the current situation".This latest move follows a gradual stakebuilding by Qatar ...