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European regulations benefit Turkish air cargo operators
REGULATORY constraints on European airport expansion present a business opportunity for Turkish airlines and hubs, believes the head of Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport cargo division.Gerton Hulsman, Dusseldorf Airport Cargo managing director, told an audience of logistics students in Istanbul that carriers such as Turkish Airlines can take “a large chunk” of ...
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Air cargo to play a big role in Turkey's future
AIRFREIGHT has a key role in Turkey’s ambitious programme to be the world’s tenth largest economy by 2023, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the republic.Transportation, including the airport and aviation, is one of the six economic pillars supporting the 2023 Vision set out by Turkish Prime Minister Recep ...
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Shippers support Heathrow's cargo hub role
LONDON Heathrow's role as an air cargo hub for UK PLC needs to be safeguarded in the political debate over the country's plans for future airport capacity.The Multimodal conference audience in Birmingham heard from a shipper, freight forwarder and airline that the air cargo hub concept plays a vital part ...
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Emirates secures ACC3 validation
EMIRATES has successfully completed the validation process for the European Union-initiated ACC3 security regulation, becoming the Middle East region’s first air carrier to do so.The qualification ensures Emirates SkyCargo’s uninterrupted services into the EU.ACC3 is short for ‘air cargo or mail carrier operating into the EU from a third-country airport.’Failure ...
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Cargolux certified for simplified Customs access
CARGOLUX and sister company Cargolux Italia have become accredited European Commission Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs).It gives the all-cargo airlines simplified Customs access for shipments throughout the EU and beyond.The status was granted by the Luxembourg and Italian Customs administrations on behalf of the Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union ...
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Runway rivals: Heathrow and Gatwick make their case
Heathrow and Gatwick airports have submitted rival proposals for new runway capacity in the UK.Heathrow wants a third runway, generating “at least £100 bn of UK economic benefits”, while Gatwick seeks to build a second runway, which its owners argue will produce an extra £40 bn of economic benefits to ...
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Emirates wins EU security validation for Dnata
DUBAI-based ground handler dnata has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU countries in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.The certification for its premises at Dubai International ...
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Aircraft noise plea
MORE people in the UK are affected by aviation noise than any other country in Europe, reveals the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).The regulatory body, which is calling on the aviation industry to address the problem more efficaciously, has published a series of recommendations in a document entitled: Managing Aviation ...
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One Question
Denis Ilin, executive president, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), answers:"LOOKING BACK 10 years ago to today, [our] Customs [authority] is much better. It used to take 8-12 hours for import cargo to be cleared by Customs and then released to the client.‘Now it takes about three hours and, for special cargo, such ...
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US shipper faces hazmat fine
SHIPPER VT Milcom is facing a US$91,000 fine by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allegedly violating hazardous materials regulations.The telecommunications company sent two, one-gallon metal containers of paint for shipment by FedEx from Virginia Beach to Jacksonville in July 2013, says the FAA.Staff at the integrator’s sorting facility ...
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US postpones 100 per cent container scanning
FORWARDERS are not surprised by the latest US climbdown on controversial plans to introduce 100 per cent ocean container screening, writes Nigel Tomkins, managing director.Peter Quantrill, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), says it is “hardly surprising” to hear the news that the USA has delayed – ...
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UK sniffer dog certificates to be withdrawn
THE UK certification for sniffer dogs used to detect explosives is to be withdrawn.A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “UK aviation security measures are among the most robust in the world and are kept under constant review. We do not comment on specific security matters.”Sniffer dogs, or explosive ...
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German airspace costs angers airlines
PLANS by the German air navigation service to radically increase overflight costs has angered airlines.Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) wants to increase user charges by €300 million a year from 2015, a move which has been branded as ‘unacceptable’ by the Association of European Airlines (AEA).The reason given for the increase is ...
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Emirates Security Group gets TACSS
EMIRATES Group Security has become the first aviation and airline security organisation in the Gulf region to be awarded with the TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) Air Cargo Security Standard (TACSS) certifications for its cargo facilities.TACSS is a new certification programme which consolidates security solutions for air cargo, including best ...
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PACTL gets TAPA
SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) has been awarded the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) certification.The type 'A' certificate is the highest offered by the security standards organisation for activities related to the security of freight in transit.The award comes after the body carried out an audit, which included ...
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TAPA augments trucking security standards
THE Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has issued revised supply chain security standards for facilities and trucking in order to combat increasingly sophisticated thefts by organised criminal gangs.The new 2014 versions of the Association’s Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements (TSR) are the result of a year-long review ...
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TSA jettisons air cargo screening report rule
THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has welcomed the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) U-turn on forcing operators to provide burdensome, monthly air cargo screening volume reports.The decision comes less than a year after TIACA called for the regulation to be axed warning it was needlessly putting a strain on ...
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New London airport 'better' for UK regions
A FOUR RUNWAY airport built to the east of London would provide better UK regional connections than an expanded Heathrow, states a new report.Researchers York Aviation and Oxford Economics suggest that a Thames Estuary Airport – an idea backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson - is “vital not just to ...
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‘Controllers strike will affect short haul flights’
AIR FRANCE says the strike action by French air traffic controllers will have very limited impact on its operations.The French flag carrier reveals that while short/medium haul flights from Orly airport will be affected, long haul services departing from Charles De Gaulle should not be.“Of course we are keeping our ...
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Hactl wins EU security validation
HONG KONG Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU countries in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.The certification follows an exhaustive independent ...