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Crane Worldwide turns to world's largest aircraft after ocean space shortage
Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide turned to the world's largest aircraft to transport a shipment of chemical drums after an ocean freight space shortage.The forwarder said that it utilised the Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft to transport 223 pallets of chemical drums from multiple vendors in Singapore and Malaysia to Dammam from ...
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ANA international cargo revenues soar in 2017
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) saw domestic cargo dip in the 2017/18 financial year, ended in March, as international revenues soared.ANA, which has 12 Boeing 767 freighters alongside its passenger aircraft fleet, recorded a 26.5% in international airfreight to ¥118bn, while domestic revenues were down 0.5% to ¥30.7bn. International ...
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dnata retains ground handling role at Zurich for seven years
Dnata has been re-awarded the licence to provide full ground and cargo handling services at Zurich Airport for another seven years until 2025. The Middle East-owned company's successful bid follows a public tender conducted by Zurich Airport. European Union and Swiss legislation requires airport and governmental authorities to open a ...
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Mann steps into interim finance role at Air Partner
Air Partner has appointed Chris Mann as interim chief financial officer.The company's former chief financial officer, Neil Morris, resigned after the UK charter broker revealed an accounting error related to the collection of receivables from customers for uncollected amounts since the 2010/11 financial year.Mann is a chartered accountant who has ...
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CargoLogicAir: Flying the flag in a Brexit world
You don’t have to smoke a big cigar and display the V for victory sign to prove you are a true Brit.A UK Air Operator Certificate (AOC) does the job equally well for CargoLogicAir (CLA).David Kerr, chief executive of Stansted-based CLA, has declared that the carrier remains “totally committed” to ...
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Jettainer's shake, rattle and roll-out of next generation digital containers
Jettainer, the outsourced ULD management subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has started testing its enhanced digital container.Together with IT experts from Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Jettainer has revised the original device and equipped it with new functions.The focus is now on "registering and recording shocks and damage" as well as temperature changes, ...
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March dip for cargo at Changi Airport
Singapore's Changi Airport saw cargo shipments dip 0.6% to 187,550 tonnes in March, compared to the same period last year.For the first quarter of this year, Changi Airport registered a 3.6% increase in airfreight to 512,080 tonnes. Japan and South Korea were some the fastest growing markets by airfreight volume ...
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Mack to leave DB Schenker for DP DHL
DB Schenker airfreight boss Thomas Mack is joining Deutsche Post DHL, in a story broken by German trade paper DVZ.Mack will lead DP DHL's air cargo business from July 1.A spokesperson for DP DHL said: "We can confirm that Thomas Mack will be joining DHL Global Forwarding and take on ...
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CargoLogicAir adds more Hong Kong and Atlanta freighter frequencies
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has boosted its freighter services from the UK with additional Boeing 747F operations to Atlanta, Dubai and Hong Kong.The British all-cargo airline’s third flight per week to Atlanta, which returns directly to its London Stansted hub, is in addition to its existing 747F flights from Stansted to Mexico ...
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NewsLufthansa reports another strong quarter for cargo on rate increases
Rate increases helped boost revenues at Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics business in the first quarter of the year.First-quarter figures from the Frankfurt hubbed aviation group show that its logistics business segment saw revenues increase by 12.7% year on year to €641m in the first quarter.This is ahead of a 4.6% ...
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Geodis expands in Uganda to cater for industrial project growth
Geodis has opened a new office in Kampala, Uganda, to cater for the surge in industrial projects currently taking place in the east Africa region.The Uganda-based office will extend Geodis - Industrial Projects’ footprint in Africa for both current and new global clients.The new presence also provides a mechanism through ...
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Asia Pacific air cargo growth moderate but still positive in March
Asia Pacific carriers saw "more moderate but still positive growth in air cargo demand" during March as international air passenger markets reported "firm" increases versus the same year in 2017.Preliminary traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that international air cargo demand, measured in freight tonne ...
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Antonov offers An-124s to fill SALIS gap
Antonov Company is ready to provide additional support to NATOs' Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) programme with "the necessary number of An-124-100 aircraft".The offer from Ukrainian-owned Antonov comes after Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group served notice that it is to quit the SALIS contract at the end of 2018.Two Antonov 124-100 aircraft, ...
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UK MPs to study freight and Brexit
Westminster MPs have today launched an inquiry into the effect of Brexit on the UK's freight sector.Parliament's Transport Committee, made up of MPs from all parties, is offering freight operators and their "diverse customers", the opportunity to specify their "different freight-related needs" when the UK leaves the European Union (EU).Though ...
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UK ministers in Brexit talks with aviation industry
UK government ministers have met with representatives from the country's aviation industry to discuss how the sector can "continue to flourish" after Brexit.Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Steve Baker, Minister for Exiting the European Union (EU), saw senior representatives from the UK aviation industry today.The meeting follows the agreement in ...
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NewsCargolux surges to $122m net profit in 2017
Cargolux Airlines saw 2017 full year net profit after taxes reach $122.3m, compared with a prior year $5.5m for the European freighter aircraft operator.For the first time in its history, the Cargolux Group exceeded one million chargeable tonnes flown, as FTKs increased by 12.3% in 2017 and the Luxembourg-based carrier's ...
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Paint-a-freighter and win $50,000 in cash
China's SF Airlines has launched a competition to create a livery for the two ex-Jade Cargo Boeing 747 freighters that it bought online last year.Prizes totalling $100,000 can be won by "creative talents" around the world who enter the competition, with a submission deadline of May 19, 2018. The list ...
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DB Schenker starts work on new Dubai airport hub
DB Schenker has started work on its second logistics center in Dubai, located next to Dubai World Central airport.The 35,000 sq m temperature-controlled warehouse, with a 3,500 sq m mezzanine area for value-added services, is the largest investment in the history of DB Schenker Middle East & Africa.The facility, which ...
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Air Partner appoints Ian Holder as managing director of Baines Simmons
Air Partner, the UK-based global aviation services group with a cargo charter division, has appointed Ian Holder as managing director of Baines Simmons, the aviation safety consultancy it acquired in 2015.Holder takes up the role immediately, reporting directly to Air Partner chief executive Mark Briffa, and will also sit on ...
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time:matters sales revenue up 55% in 2017
Express logistics provider time:matters saw 2017 sales revenue up 55% prior year to €108m as the Lufthansa Cargo-owned company targeted internationalisation and the digitisation of its service offering.In a statement, the company said that the opening of the first sameday air station outside of Europe, in Tel Aviv, represented "a ...