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Swiss WorldCargo takes off for new Winter destinations
Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Zurich-based Swiss International Air Lines, has launched flights to new destinations in Asia, South America and Africa for the Winter season.The carrier will begin twice-weekly services to Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 3 and will start flying to Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon at the ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes decline despite surge in airmail
Although airmail tonnage grew strongly at Frankfurt for the first nine months of 2018, cargo fell 0.8% compared to the same period last year.This is marginally more than reported for the first half when cargo volume fell 0.4% and was attributed to "temporary capacity bottlenecks" in cargo handling, a decline ...
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Record tonnage for Heathrow
Five new services to China helped London Heathrow Airport achieve a record high of 1.3m tonnes, up 1.5%, in the nine months to September 30.Overall, revenues climbed 2.3% to £2.2bn “on the back of higher demand to fly and strong retail spend”, according to the airport.It says progress continues on ...
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Air Charter Service works on Indonesia relief efforts
Air Charter Service’s global offices have been sourcing aircraft to carry relief goods to Indonesia since the earthquake and tsunami struck on September 28.“We have been flying in different types of much needed aid, such as shelter kits and water purifying tablets on a variety of aircraft types, including Antonov ...
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CEVA stakeholder CMA CGM to provide "exit option" to other shareholders
CEVA Logistics is to broaden the partnership with CMA CGM, its major shareholder and strategic partner.As part of this initiative, CEVA Logistics will acquire the freight management business of CMA CGM.The Board of CEVA Logistics has also agreed that CMA CGM can offer to buy shares in CEVA Logistics from ...
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Capacity outstrips demand for Asia Pacific airlines in September
Asia Pacific airlines saw demand for international air cargo grow in September compared to the same month last year, but the freight load factor declined.Preliminary traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that international air cargo demand in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) grew by 4.4% ...
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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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IATA warns of ‘no deal Brexit’ chaos
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for urgent action by the UK and the European Union to put in place contingency planning for the continuation of air services in the event of a ‘no-deal Brexit’, and to move much faster to bring certainty to three critical air transport ...
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DSV pulls out of CEVA bid process after revised offer is rejected
DSV will not seek to acquire CEVA Logistics after the Danish supply chain giant's "revised private proposal" was rejected.The second offer of CHF30 a share by DSV would have provided CEVA shareholders with a premium of 60.4% to CEVA’s share price of CHF 18.70 as of 1 October 2018.DSV's first ...
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Low cost carrier Jetstar Asia increases cargo volumes
Jetstar Asia is predicting it will carry more than 15,000 tons of cargo this year, a 25% increase on last year’s total.Operating with a fleet of A320s, the low cost carrier serves 30 destinations in southeast and north Asia as well as Darwin in Australia from its hub in Singapore.Jetstar ...
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Schiphol's van Pelt moving on to the next step in her career
Saskia van Pelt is leaving Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after ten years working as the Dutch hub's director of business development cargo.Van Pelt has decided to move forward and take a next step in her professional career.Having experienced many changes and developments in the air cargo industry, van Pelt has indicated ...
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Seko Logistics wins beauty contest
Feelunique, Europe’s leading online beauty retailer, is opening a distribution hub in Hong Kong this month in partnership with SEKO Logistics to serve its rapidly growing customer base in mainland China.Sales have grown exponentially since the retailer launched its dedicated Chinese website three years ago and China now accounts for ...
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Yusen wins Jurox animal healthcare contract
Animal healthcare specialist Jurox has awarded Yusen Logistics UK a contract for warehousing and final mile distribution in the UK and Ireland as part of a strategic move to appoint one global partner.Yusen Logistics already handles Jurox’s international cross border airfreight, together with its complete outbound and inbound flows from ...
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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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UK Singles Day spend will double predicts e-commerce specialist
Singles’ Day will double in value in the UK this year, predicts e-commerce delivery specialist Parcelhero.Last year the e-commerce-enabled event, which originated in China and is now a global spending spree, generated worldwide sales of $25.3bn, dwarfing Black Friday/Cyber Monday combined sales of $14.48bn.As the day falls on a Sunday ...
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DHL fashions the global logistics for Sweden's Lindex
DHL Global Forwarding has assumed all the freight operations for Lindex, the Swedish fashion chain with 490 stores across 18 Markets plus e-commerce in 30 countries.The forwarding arm of logistics giant DHL manages freight consolidation and distribution to Lindex. Cargo must be shipped from 240 factories managed by 140 suppliers ...
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Jettainer to market lightweight pallets that help the environment
Jettainer is to market pallets containing a high proportion of lightweight squAIR-timber, a material which does not sacrifice load-bearing capacity.The outsourced ULD management specialist, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has signed a partnership with German start-up trilatec to use innovative ‘paper beams’.The beams are made of a special cardboard fibre ...
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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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Air France reaches pay agreement with key unions
Air France and the unions representing its ground staff and cabin crew have signed an agreement that includes a general pay increase of 2%, backdated to January 2018, and a general pay increase of 2% from January 2019.The unions party to the agreement represent 76.4% of the employees who voted ...
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Turkish Cargo preparing for its new home
Turkish Cargo is preparing for the opening of Istanbul New Airport which takes place with a grand ceremony on October 29.The carrier has confirmed that it will continue all of its cargo operations from Istanbul Atatürk Airport until December 31, 2018, at which point all bellyhold cargo will be flown ...