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Forwarder group's cyber attack warning
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging its members to review their cyber security policies after last year's petya cyber attack that caused major disruption at Maersk Line and TNT.BIFA said the cyber attacks revealed the scale of impact that security breaches can have on global logistics and supply ...
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Changi sees cargo growth accelerate in January
Changi Airport saw air cargo demand get off to a flyer in January as growth accelerated ahead of levels registered in 2017.The Singapore airport handled 175,590 tonnes of cargo in January, an increase of 10.7% on a year earlier.The January increase follows a record breaking 2017 when cargo demand increased ...
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Tianjin Cargo Airlines set for May launch
Tianjin Cargo Airlines is set to launch operations in May utilising B737 aircraft, according to local reports.According to China Civil Aviation Network News, the airline will begin operations on May 2 utilising three B737 freighters.Initially, the airline will operate routes between Tianjin and Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Shanghai Pudong ...
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UK exporters warned they could be held back by lack of air cargo access
Heathrow Airport has warned that the UK's exporters could be held back by a lack of access to markets unless a new runway is built at the hub.The UK's largest cargo airport, which is hoping to add a new runway, said that the latest cargo volume statistics show that services ...
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IAG Cargo helped by "unexpectedly buoyant market" in 2017
IAG Cargo adapted to an "unexpectedly buoyant market" in 2017, following a "competitive trading environment" in 2016.Announcing its full year results for 2017, IAG airlines group, which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, reported that cargo revenue for the full year 2017 increased by 8% at constant currency to ...
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DHL opens new hub in Brussels, story update
DHL Express has officially opened its new regional hub at Brussels Airport, almost quadrupling the integrator's handling capacity at the European gateway.An investment of over €140m, including lease expenses, has seen approximately 200 additional DHL jobs created at the airport, three years earlier than planned.DHL Express chief executive Ken Allen ...
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South African Airways suspends B737 freighter aircraft services
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has temporarily suspended its Boeing 737-300 freighter aircraft services while it undertakes maintenance to be in compliance with regulatory flying requirements.A spokesperson for the African carrier said: “We are awaiting software from suppliers to update the Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems on specific aircraft to ...
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Plans for Netherlands-India digital airfreight corridor
IT specialist Kale Logistics Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cargonaut, the Schiphol cargo community service provider, to create a digital airfreight corridor between Holland and India.Mumbai Airport, India and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, together with their cargo community system partners, Kale Logistics Solutions and Cargonaut, are pioneering ...
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Lufthansa Cargo partners with Plug and Play
Germany’s biggest airfreight carrier, Lufthansa Cargo, has been chosen as an ‘anchor partner’ of global technology accelerator Plug and Play.Based in Sunnyvale, California, Plug and Play describes itself as the world’s largest technology accelerator, working to bring technology start-ups and relevant companies together.The goal is to combine forces to further ...
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Cathay to launch seasonal Cape Town connection
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific will launch a seasonal non-stop service to Cape Town later this year.A three times a week service flown by A350-900 aircraft will operate from November 13 this year until February 18 2019.This service will complement Cathay Pacific’s current daily non-stop flights to Johannesburg.Cathay Pacific chief ...
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Calls for rethink on cargo slots at Schiphol
Three key players in the Dutch airfreight industry have called for more cargo slots to be made available at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Dutch shippers’ group evofenedex and Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) argue that further delays in opening Lelystad Airport, 45km to the north east of Amsterdam, ...
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Heathrow celebrates continued growth in cargo volumes
Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) has released financial and traffic results for last year, with increased freight traffic contributing to improved revenues and earnings.The gateway handled 1.7m tonnes of cargo during the 2017 calendar year, a 10.2% increase compared with 2016.2017 represented one of the strongest periods of business over the ...
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China Southern to fly into Wuhan on new London link
China Southern Airlines is to launch a new service from the UK to China, with flights between London and Wuhan set to take off on May 30.The new route will be the only non-stop air link connecting London to the city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province, central China.The service will ...
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ACS on the up after another big year for cargo charters
Air Charter Service (ACS), the globally active charter broker, has announced that it made revenue of $677m in its last financial year (the 12-month period ending January 31).This figure represented a 39% increase on the previous financial year’s revenue.The company arranged almost 15,000 contracts during its 2017 financial year, up ...
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Agility reports on ‘critical’ 2017
Global logistic services provider Agility has reported a 14% rise in 2017 full year revenues to KD1.4bn.The Kuwait-headquartered operator saw EBITDA of KD135.2m in 2017, up by 17.4% year-on-year. Net profit at KD68.5m was up by 16% over 2016.Agility chief executive and vice chairman Tarek Sultan said: “In 2017, Agility ...
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KOG adds to project logistics teeth in the US
Swiss project logistics specialist KOG Worldwide has further expanded its presence in the US with a Chicago branch under the management of subsidiary KOG Transport Inc.With representative offices already located in New York and Houston, this is the project logistics specialist’s third site in the US.“The business potential in the ...
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Schiphol to merge cargo department with aviation marketing
Schiphol Airport is combining its cargo department with aviation marketing, with the current head of the freight business moving onto another role.Maaike van der Windt will head up the new Aviation Marketing and Cargo Division from its launch on 1 April 2018.Jonas van Stekelenburg, who has headed up Schiphol Cargo ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of world’s first A350-1000
Qatar Airways celebrated the world’s first delivery of an Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft washanded over at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France.The Doha-based carrier is the aircraft’s global launch customer.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, commented: “Qatar Airways always demands the very best for its customers, so ...
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Ukraine spreads its wings
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is planning further expansion this year, in terms of both network coverage and service support.Established in 1992, Kiev Boryspil-hubbed UIA now provides connections to 38 countries across Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Middle East.This year, it intends to further expand its aircraft fleet in order ...
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ESC points to problems in slot allocation for all-cargo services
The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has encouraged national governments to look closely into the continent’s slots allocation problem.It has pointed to the fact that members of various European nations’ national parliaments are already discussing criteria that relate to slot allocations, such as sustainability, noise reduction and economic output of flights, ...