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MAB Kargo launches Guangzhou freighter
Malaysia’s MAB Kargo has launched a twice weekly Airbus A330 freighter service to Guangzhou from its Kuala Lumpur hub in order to strengthen its footprint in eastern China.The new service by the airfreight arm of Malaysia Airlines will call at Guangzhou every Tuesday and Thursday with 60 tonnes of cargo ...
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Airlines group BARIG wants Frankfurt charges to be cut
Frankfurt-based airlines are calling for a reduction in airport charges for all airlines after low cost carrier Ryanair announced that it would start flying into Germany’s largest hub next summer.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) wants “the fully equal treatment for all airlines at Frankfurt – newcomers and ...
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Investment fund buys ULD specialist CHEP
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the Unit Load Device (ULD) management specialist, is being sold to EQT Infrastructure II of Sweden.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, said that the transaction with the infrastructure fund will complete during November 2016.CHEP Aerospace Solutions offers pooling, management, maintenance and repair of ULDs ...
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So far so good for IAG’s new Critical service
IAG Cargo’s new Critical product is doing everything expected of it in service performance terms since its launch in early October, says the carrier’s global products manager, Daniel Johnson.The service had handled around 110 individual shipments by the start of November, ranging from oil rig and ship parts to Formula ...
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UPS steps on the pedal for European coverage
Parcels giant UPS has redesigned its European ground network in order to offer faster deliveries from six countries in the European Union (EU) to Switzerland.Customers in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland and Sweden will benefit from a faster UPS Standard delivery service, with improvements of up to two days when ...
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GEFCO lands €8bn logistics contract with car maker PSA
Car maker PSA of France has signed a new €8bn "exclusivity" agreement with fourth party logistics (4PL) provider GEFCO to manage and optimise the automaker’s entire global manufacturing supply chain.The five year agreement, which includes airfreight in a multimodal supply chain solution, will take effect from January 2017.GEFCO will design ...
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Compass maps out helicopter airlift to Afghanistan
Aerospace logistics specialist Compass Forwarding has airlifted a medium-sized utility helicopter from Canada to Afghanistan in support of a time-sensitive project.The Bell 212 Twin Huey helicopter was flown from Alberta in a Boeing 747-8 freighter, arriving in Afghanistan two days ahead of schedule.New York-based Compass fielded a dedicated 24/7 aerospace ...
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IAG Cargo to strengthen network across North America
IAG Cargo will launch two new routes from London-Gatwick to North America in the first quarter of 2017, adding Boeing 777-200 bellyhold capacity to Fort Lauderdale and Oakland.The addition of these routes will bring the total number of IAG Cargo-operated US gateways to 25 from the summer of 2017.The Fort ...
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NewsLufthansa's cargo business is in the red again
Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division has slipped to its sixth quarterly operating loss in a row as market overcapacity and weak demand continued to blight financial performance.The German airline group’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters and other cargo related businesses, recorded a third quarter earnings before interest and ...
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Swissport swoops on Skylink to boost Schiphol presence
Swissport Cargo Services' Dutch business has announced it will purchase Skylink Handling Services as it looks to expand its reach at Schiphol Airport.Through the acquisition of Skylink, a cargo handling company specialised in air cargo handling based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Swissport will expand its air cargo business at the ...
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Logistics Plus expands in East Africa
Logistics Plus has expanded its presence in east Africa with four new locations in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Kampala in Uganda and Juba in South Sudan.The expansion will allow the US-headquartered supply chain specialist to provide additional logistics and warehousing throughout the entire east Africa corridor, including Burundi, Tanzania, ...
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DSV continues to see double-digit airfreight growth after UTi purchase
DSV Continued to see growth in its airfreight volumes, revenues and gross profits following the acquisition of UTi at the start of this year.The Denmark-based forwarder saw overall airfreight volumes for the third quarter increase by 84.5% year on year to 147,744 tonnes on the back of the UTi purchase, ...
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Fast footwork speeds pumps to China
Taiwan-based freight-forwarder Dimerco Express moved quickly to fly 30 tons of petrochemical pumps from Los Angeles to Tianjin in China, just two weeks after being invited to bid.Dimerco split the shipment into two routes into China and arranged to have them cleared at Tianjin Customs within 24 hours. Customers and ...
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Hainan to launch Brussels-Shanghai service
China’s Hainan Airlines said it would launch direct flights between Brussels and Shanghai Pudong during 2017.It made the announcement during an official visit led by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in which the carrier and airport signed a letter of intent.Hainan Airlines previously operated on the route from May 2010 ...
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Partners pledge to push ahead with third runway
Heathrow Airport has joined forces with business and trade union leaders to see the third runway, approved last week by the UK government, through to completion.Worker and industry representatives committed to work with the airport authority and government in a ceremony at Heathrow’s Terminal 2.Signatories included director general of ...
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E-commerce spurs Aramex growth
Middle East based logistics company Aramex saw revenues up 15% in the third quarter of 2016 to AED1.05bn but net profit was down 3% at AED72.2m compared with like period last year.However, for the first nine months of the year, net profit was up 16% to AED294.8m while revenue was ...
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Official opening for Ghana Airport Cargo Centre in Accra
Ghana Airport Cargo Centre (GACC), a public private partnership (PPP)-funded facility at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport, saw its grand official opening ceremony attended by John Dramani Mahama, the country’s president.The 10,000 sq m of dedicated cargo warehousing is already handling 50% of the local air cargo market, having contracts with ...
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Jettainer to take over ULD management for Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines has appointed Jettainer as the new service provider to manage its unit load devices (ULDs) and pallets from the Spring of 2017.Belgium's largest airline currently outsources its ULD management to another provider and is now switching to Jettainer, which has set up a ULD controller at Brussels Airport, ...
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IAG Cargo Q3 volumes up but revenues and yields down
IAG Cargo saw third quarter 2016 commercial revenues fall by 7% to €240m compared with the like period 2015.Adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, commercial revenue decreased 6.5% versus last year at constant exchange.The airfreight arm of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus saw ...
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Asia air cargo – so far so good
There was a continued uptick in air cargo during September, although the future is clouded, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). Provisional figures show a further improvement with 5.3% growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), despite prevailing weak trade conditions.The average international freight load factor increased marginally, by ...