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Local councils launch legal challenge to Heathrow's third runway plan
Heathrow Airport's plans for a third runway face a challenge in the courts after a coalition of local councils served legal papers on the UK government for "unlawfully supporting the expansion" of the UK's number one passenger and cargo hub.Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead councils, together with environmental ...
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DB Schenker combines air, sea and land board divisions
The management board of Schenker is being reorganised from the start of next year, with the air and ocean freight division being combined with its land transport division.The transport company said the new board division will be called freight and it hopes the combination will "improve integrated transport products and ...
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European airports see cargo growth reach five-year high
The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that year-on-year cargo demand growth for October reached its highest level since May 2011.ACI Europe recorded an 8.7% year-on-year increase in freight traffic in October, with airlines in European Union (EU) countries reporting growth of 7% and those outside the ...
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Panalpina donates UNICEF relief flight to Chad
A Panalpina-chartered freighter has landed in Chad with more than 80 tons of life-saving goods for water treatment, sanitation and nutrition programmes.It is the fourth consecutive year that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and logistics giant Panalpina have joined forces to fly relief goods into Africa. Previous flights went ...
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Forwarder WFS set for growth after IATA accreditation
UK forwarder WFS International has become an IATA Accredited Cargo Agent, an achievement it hopes will help propel future growth.Based near London Stansted Airport, the company’s airfreight manager, Andy Lee, told Air Cargo News the application process to become an accredited agent had taken around 10 weeks.The whole process had ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to expand Frankfurt Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has announced it will increase the size of its cool centre at its home hub of Frankfurt Airport by almost 80% on the back of temperature-sensitive cargo growth.The German cargo giant said it would expand its Cargo Cool Center from 4,500 sq m to 8,000 sq m with ...
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MAG sees cargo revenues increase in first half
UK airport operator MAG saw revenues generated through its cargo business increase by 3.8% year on year during the first half of its financial year.The MAG Group, which operates East Midlands, Manchester and Stansted airports, said that improvements in cargo revenues in the April-September period were driven by new all-cargo ...
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China Eastern to offload loss making China Cargo Airlines
China Eastern Airlines will sell its shareholding in freighter operator China Cargo Airlines on the back of continuing losses and to allow it to concentrate on its passenger business.In a complicated deal, China Eastern will sell its shareholding in Eastern Logistics, which owns 83% of China Cargo Airlines, for RMB2.4bn ...
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Lufthansa hits out at Frankfurt fee increases
Lufthansa is the latest organisation to criticise a decision to increase the fees for using Frankfurt Airport in Germany.The airline group said the decision, which was authorised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development of the Federal State of Hesse, would affect it disproportionally because Frankfurt ...
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Cargolux unions want answers over airline's future
Unions representing Cargolux workers are asking for answers from airline bosses about the company's long-term strategy following a recent interview given by its chief executive and rumours amongst staff.Yesterday, pilots union ALPL and the LCGB, which represents ground staff and other workers connected with the airline, held a press conference ...
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Jet Time calls it a day on air cargo
Danish airline Jet Time has decided to back out of the air cargo business as part of efforts to return to profitability.The airline said it would exit air cargo – along with its aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) deal with SAS – during 2017, with a gradual scale down ...
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Airlines' group criticises Frankfurt Airport fees increase
Airlines have slammed a decision to raise the charges for carriers using Frankfurt airport (FRA) in Germany at a time when rival European hubs are lowering their pricing structures.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG), which represents around 100 national and international airlines based at Frankfurt, criticised the decision ...
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WorldACD: Air cargo demand on the up in October
Air cargo demand growth continued on an upward trajectory in October led by Asia Pacific-based carriers.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 6.2% year on year in October, up from September's 5% improvement.Yields also improved during the month, up 3% compared with September, led ...
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Nippon Cargo signs up for Atlas B747
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) announced yesterday (December 1) that its Atlas Air business has agreed a deal to operate a Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of Japanese freight carrier Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA).From January next year, Atlas will fly the freighter for the Japanese carrier on transpacific routes linking ...
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Aeroflot reports healthy nine-month figures
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot group revenues increased by 23.2% year on year in the first nine months of 2016, while cargo revenue rose by 27.1% to 8.2bn roubles ($129.2m) as cargo and mail volumes rose by 24.1%.Shamil Kurmashov, PJSC Aeroflot deputy chief executive for commerce and finance, commented: “Our results for ...
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Asiana Airlines opts for IBS’s cargo management system
Asiana Airlines Cargo, the freight operation of the South Korea-based carrier, has inked a 10-year, multi-million-dollar contract with logistics IT solutions specialist IBS Software for the its iCargo management system.According to the terms of the deal, IBS will integrate the complete range of Asiana Cargo’s business operations – incorporating sales, ...
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Milan-Malpensa offers second line options
SEA, operator of Italy’s busiest airfreight gateway, Milan-Malpensa International Airport, is to offer freight forwarders and express service providers the option to build second line warehouses at the hub.Though the facilities would not have direct access to the apron, they would be located within the airport and close to its ...
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Lufthansa makes new pay offer to pilots as strikes continue
Lufthansa has made an improved pay offer to pilots as it tries to avoid further industrial action related to a dispute over wages.The German airline giant said it is now offering a two-step 4.4% increase in remuneration plus a one-off payment. Remuneration would be increased by 2.4% for 2016 and ...
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Qatar Airways announces further network expansion plans
Qatar Airways has confirmed that it will launch a further eight new passenger destinations in 2017-18, in addition to the seven that it had already announced.The newly confirmed connections will be from Doha to: Canberra (the airline’s fifth destination in Australia), Dublin in Ireland, Las Vegas (its 11th destination in ...
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Etihad Cargo hits the highs
Etihad Cargo carried more freight in October than in any other month in its history, flying a total of 53,785 tonnes.This figure surpassed by 501 tonnes its previous best, achieved in November 2014.According to the freight wing of the UAE’s flag-carrier, growth in perishables traffic from Africa, increased US imports ...