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Oslo Airport considers seafood centre after recent freighter wins
Oslo Airport’s recent freighter service wins, fuelled by rapidly rising demand for seafood, has led the airport to consider building a new seafood centre and new areas for air cargo.The Norwegian airport’s operator, Avinor, said that in conjunction with exporters it has been working on a feasibility study to look ...
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NewsCargoLogicAir and ABC end African operation
UK-based freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) and AirBridgeCargo (ABC) have ended their scheduled operation between Europe and Africa after less than seven months.Speaking to Russian Aviation Insider, ABC general director Sergey Lazarev said the airline had decided to end the operation it ran through a CLA Boeing 747 freighter because of ...
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Blue Dart Aviation becomes wholly owned by parent express firm
Indian express firm Blue Dart Express has bought all remaining shares of its aircraft operating subsidiary Blue Dart Aviation.The express firm, which is 75% owned by DHL, said in a stock exchange announcement it would increase its stake in the airline from the current 74% to 100%.Blue Dart Aviation was ...
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Asian airlines on the up in October
Asian airlines saw cargo demand continue to strengthen in October, but the region’s airline association warns of weak trade conditions and the growth of protectionism.Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that carriers in the region saw cargo demand increase by 7.1% in freight tonne km terms.AAPA ...
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Round of a-paws as South African Cargo opens new pet facility
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has introduced a new pet lounge facility for domestic pets at Cargo OR Tambo International Terminal.The lounge is specially designed for the pets’ comfort and safety, ensuring they experience a stress-free environment during their journey, the airline said.In addition, the facility also minimises any ...
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B&H wins Logix Aero Heathrow contract
Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has been appointed to operate a new Heathrow parts facility for aircraft parts provider Logix Aero.The deal will see B&H provide inventory management at a dedicated facility located close to London Heathrow airport using its specialist inventory management tool, which provides greater control of stock ...
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Lufthansa pilots to go on strike again as talks break down
Lufthansa pilots will go on strike again this week as talks between unions and management broke down.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union has announced that on Tuesday (November 29) there will be strikes on short-haul flights from 00:01am until 23:59pm and on Wednesday (November 30) there will be action affecting all ...
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Hactl to handle new SW Italia express freighter flight
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited won a contract to handle a new weekly Boeing 747-8F service for SW Italia.The new flight – which routes from Hong Kong to Prague – is for the exclusive use of Sto Express, one of the major Chinese express operators. The aircraft is operating ...
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Cyber Freight receives IATA CEIV Pharma-certificate
Cyber Freight Amsterdam has received its IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators’ Pharma (CEIV Pharma) certificate.The Hoofddorp-based subsidiary of family-owned Cyber Freight International is a member of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) at Schiphol Airport.PGA, launched by the Netherlands airport, is a community-based cool chain logistics programme for the niche ...
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Lufthansa pilot strike extended into Saturday
Lufthansa pilots will extend their strike action into the weekend, this time targeting only long-haul flights and with all-cargo flights again escaping the industrial action.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union announced last night that the industrial action they first launched on Wednesday would be extended to run from 00.01 on Saturday ...
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Qantas freighter's milk run to China
Qantas Freight will use the belly of a Boeing 767-300 freighter to carry VAN Dairy’s fresh Tasmanian milk export to Ningbo in China.Subject to government and regulatory approvals, Qantas will carry more than 50,000 litres of fresh VAN milk in the first half of 2017.The B767-300 freighter will operate from ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to divide regions as part of management cull
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed more details on how it will divide up its regions in order to offload a layer of management in line with its cost cutting programme.The German airfreight giant will now operate with eight regions instead of the previous four to allow it to remove a management ...
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Chapman Freeborn reorganises senior management
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has made senior management level changes in a move that it says will “help deliver further growth across the group”.In one change, the air charter broker has appointed Pierre van der Stichele to a newly created role, that of group cargo operations director.During his 14 years with ...
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Lufthansa pilots' strike set to go into Friday
Lufthansa pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is extending its current walkout until tomorrow (Friday).The strike, in place since Wednesday of this week, will now extend to cover Friday between 00.01 and 23.59. According to Lufthansa, all its short-haul and medium-haul flights within Germany and Europe will be affected.Lufthansa Cargo is ...
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Brussels Airport lays out its strategy for the next 25 years
Brussels Airport Company chief executive Arnaud Feist has laid out the gateway’s long-term strategy in the form of a programme called Strategic Vision 2040.According to Feist, the airport has an ambitious plan to prepare itself for what it envisages will be significant growth in air traffic over the next 25 ...
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Saudia Cargo looks to Bangladesh and Kenya
Saudia Cargo has been reporting strong improvements in demand on its Kenyan and Bangladesh services over recent months.The airline’s vice president commercial, Rainer Mueller, told Air Cargo News that at the start of October it had increased its capacity from Kenya by 25% through the addition of new freighter flights ...
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Royal Jordanian takes delivery of sixth B787
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has taken delivery of its latest – its sixth – Boeing 787 Dreamliner.The aircraft flew into Amman, RJ’s home hub, direct from the Boeing manufacturing facility in Seattle on the west coast of the US.This aircraft and a seventh B787, expected to join the RJ fleet at ...
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Changi on five year cargo high led by pharma and perishables
The first nine months of 2016 have seen Singapore's Changi Airport register its best cargo performance in the last five years on the back of growth in perishables and pharmaceutical demand.Changi Airport Group assistant vice president, cargo and logistics development division Phau Hui Hoon said that between January and September ...
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Analysis of the growing threat from cyber attacks
The logistics supply chain has become a favoured target because the industry is underprepared for a serious cyber attack.Global cargo theft and supply chain disruption reportedly cost $56bn last year.One part of that supply chain, the aviation industry, is expanding, evolving, and becoming ever more connected due to the rapid ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand on the up as peak season gets underway
It was another strong month for cargo volume growth for some of Europe’s major airline groups in October as the winter peak season gets underway.Statistics from Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair all showed continued improved performance during the month, while Air France KLM continued to see a decrease as it adjusts ...