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Room at the Inn: Liege hosts elite horses ahead of WEG
Hard on the heels of Emirates SkyCargo’s announcement of its involvement in the transportation of horses to the US ahead of the FEI World Equestrian Games, Liege Airport has confirmed its own role in getting the competition under way.Over 500 horses will depart from the Belgian gateway this month (September), ...
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Jeju Air domestic cargo flights take off
Local press reports indicate that South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air will begin domestic airfreight services linking Jeju International Airport and Gimpo International Airport on September 17.According to Pulse, the English news service of the Maeil Business News, the airline expects to carry around 15 tons of freight per day ...
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Dubai’s ISS Global Forwarding: ‘a regional powerhouse’
The Investment Corporation of Dubai has launched ISS Global Forwarding as part a strategic directive by the Government of Dubai to separate Inchcape Shipping Services Holding into two standalone companies focused on marine services and – in the case of ISS Global Forwarding – supply chain logistics.The new venture will ...
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Air China to offload majority stake in cargo arm in face of uncertain market
On 30 August, Air China announced its intention to sell its 51% stake in Air China Cargo to sister unit Capital Holding in light of uncertainties in international trade.Once the RMB2.4bn ($357m) transaction is completed, Air China Cargo will no longer be a subsidiary of the Beijing-headquartered airline. Capital Holding ...
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BARIG calls for joint action on capacity
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) has highlighted a need to address capacity issues in the European country as recent months have seen numerous flight cancellations and delays.“Now all players in the industry as well as authorities and politics have to work on joint solutions," said BARIG secretary ...
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Miami welcomes new scheduled Ethiopian freighter service
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its first-ever scheduled freighter service to Miami International Airport (MIA) on 29 August.The African carrier is to operate a twice-weekly freighter connection between the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and Miami, creating the first-ever cargo-only route between the African continent and the Florida gateway.The scheduled service operates ...
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Jet Airways commits to further restructuring
Earlier this week, the board of directors of Indian airline Jet Airways met to announce the company's financial results for the first quarter of its 2019 financial year (which coincides with the calendar year).The board also discussed various cost-cutting measures, debt reduction and funding options, and tasked the airline’s management ...
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DSV wins multimodal contract from GEO Specialty Chemicals
The UK business of Denmark-headquartered logistics operator DSV recently inked a two-year contract with GEO Specialty Chemicals to provide domestic and multi-market export fulfilment services for chemicals manufactured at the company’s facility in Hythe, Southampton.The contract, which extends up to April 2020, with the possibility to extend by a further ...
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Kerry reports on successful first half to 2018
Kerry Logistics has announced its interim results for the first half of 2018, the six months up to the end of June.The Hong Kong-based logistics specialist’s turnover rose by 27% year on year to reach HK$17,461m, while core net profit increased by 22% to reach HK$700m.Its International Freight Forwarding (IFF) ...
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Hermes Germany takes over SEKO Logistics GmbH
On 1 September 2018, Hermes Germany will formally take over SEKO Logistics GmbH.SEKO Logistics GmbH has offices in Bremen and Frankfurt and all employees of both these offices in Germany will be incorporated into the new Hermes structure.Hermes provides international logistics services to the retail industry. Headquartered in Hamburg, it ...
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Leading airfreight operator calls for more from African airports
Sanjeev Gadhia, the founder and chief executive of Astral Aviation, an all-cargo carrier based at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, as well as a TIACA director and vice chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, has made a plea on behalf of freighter carriers for African airports ...
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B777F boom continues as AeroLogic adds another freighter
AeroLogic, the freighter operator jointly owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Post AG through their subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express (each with 50% shares), is to add another Boeing B777 freighter to its fleet in January.This latest addition will take the carrier’s all-cargo inventory to 11 aircraft.Lufthansa Cargo ...
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Finnair plans development of Asian links for summer 2019
Finnair has announced that it will be adding frequencies on many of its Asian routes next summer.The expansion of its Asian links continues what Finnair says has been recent “strong growth” in key markets on the continent. Finnair markets itself as “a network airline specialised in flying between Europe and ...
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Hainan introduces new connection to Zurich from Shenzhen
Hainan Airlines launched its inaugural service between Shenzhen and Zurich.The first non-stop service to connect China’s Guangzhou-Shenzhen area with Switzerland, it also represents Hainan Airline's seventh intercontinental service originating at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.The carrier will operate a Boeing B787 ‘Dreamliner’ on the new Zurich link, with two round-trip flights ...
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Mark Rollinson to head up Dachser UK
Germany-headquartered logistics giant Dachser has announced that Mark Rollinson will take over as managing director of Dachser UK at the end of September.After more than 17 years in the position of MD for Dachser UK, Nick Lowe is taking early retirement from the company, and he will be succeeded by ...
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Nepal Airlines signs ULD management agreement with Unilode
Nepal Airlines Corporation has agreed a five-year deal with Switzerland-based Unilode Aviation Solutions for the latter to supply and manage ULDs for the Nepalese flag-carrier’s two new Airbus A330-200s.Unilode will supply pallets and new lightweight containers for these aircraft, which were only recently delivered to the airliner.According to a statement ...
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BIFA calls for further clarification on possible ‘no deal’ Brexit
On 23 August the UK Government offered some thoughts on how British companies might continue to do business with Europe should do deal be Brexit deal be reached by the European Union and British Government before the country’s exit from the EU scheduled for 29 March next year.The British International ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: Mixed bag for airlines in July
Asian air cargo carriers reported mixed performance in July, with the majority of airlines seeing volumes track lower than earlier in the year.The region’s largest air cargo carrier group, Cathay Pacific, saw traffic increase by 2.1% year on year in July to just over 1m revenue freight tonne kms, which ...
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Conrady to take over cargo role at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) will have a new senior vice president, cargo development and management, from November this year, when Max Phillip Conrady takes over from Felix Kreutel.Conrady is currently Fraport's head of operations planning terminal management at Frankfurt.Kreutel, who is to take up a new position within the Germany airport ...
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DHL Express attains the company's 300th TAPA certification
DHL Express UK's Birmingham Service Centre has become the 300th company facility worldwide to be awarded with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) security certification.This independent recognition confirms that DHL Express has met the highest TAPA Freight Security Requirements (FSR) worldwide.DHL Express' 300 certified TAPA Level A and B certificated ...