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Logwin adds new German office
Logistics firm Logwin has continued to expand its German operations with the opening of a new office in Mannheim, providing air and ocean forwarding services.Head of Logwin Air + Ocean Deutschland Stefan Schwind said it had decided to open the new office to be close to its air and ocean ...
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DHL to build Malpensa hub
DHL Express has signed an agreement to build a €90m logistics hub at Milan Malpensa airport. Work will begin at the end of 2016 and be completed by end of the second quarter of 2018.DHL is the second express parcel giant to expand at the Italian hub after FedEx started ...
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Quikjet confirms launch of Indian operations as it looks to capitalise on e-commerce and lack of freighters
Quikjet Airlines is the latest company to announce plans to capitalise on India’s fast-growing and underserved air cargo market as it confirms that it launched freighter services yesterday.The Bengaluru-based Indian airline, which is 72.6% owned by the fast-growing ASL Aviation Group, launched operations using a B737-400SF connecting Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru ...
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Thumbs up for Singapore drone tests
Singapore will be the launch pad for test trials of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, for last mile delivery.Airbus Helicopters and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct UAS proof-of-concept trials, named the Skyways Project.Skyways, said the project team, aims ...
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MD-11 freighter impounded at Harare after a dead body is found
A Western Global Airlines MD-11 freighter has been detained at Harare Airport by the Zimbabwean authorities after a dead body and a large amount of South African currency were found on board.The aircraft, believed to have been on a flight from Germany to South Africa, had made a refueling stop ...
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WGA statement on detained MD-11 freighter
Western Global Airlines (WGA) has issued a statement after one of the US-based lessor’s MD-11 freighters was detained at Harare airport in Zimbabwe, Africa, when the body of a stowaway was found onboard.WGA said that the freighter is leased to Network Airline Management, a logistics provider, which was engaged “to ...
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ABC gets new European partner through ACMI deal with CargoLogicAir
CargoLogicAir’s first scheduled service has in fact been revealed as an ACMI tie-up with partner airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC).From February 14, CargoLogicAir’s B747-400 freighter began flying to Africa twice per week on behalf of ABC.The routing will start ex-London Stansted via Frankfurt to Libreville and onto Johannesburg, returning to Stansted via ...
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Cargolux expands Brazil network with Rio de Janeiro
A pre-Olympics airfreight boom to games' host Brazil will see European carrier Cargolux return to Rio de Janeiro with a B747 full freighter service starting in March.The flight continues to Viracopos before returning to Europe.Luxembourg-based Cargolux said: "The return to Rio was driven by growing demand for pre-Olympic Games freight ...
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Arafa to be head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo
Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.Arafa, currently head of cabin crew at SWISS, will assume his new duties in June. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who became head of Swiss WorldCargo last October.In his new capacity, Arafa will be in overall charge of the ...
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Flower power makes scents for LAN Cargo
LATAM Airlines Group’s cargo unit transported more than 160m bouquets of flowers during the three weeks leading up to this weekend's St Valentine’s Day, the peak time for flower exports around the world.Approximately 100 cargo aircraft operated by LATAM Airlines Group’s cargo unit took off from Colombia and Ecuador between ...
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Students earn their GDP spurs at IAG Cargo/Exelsius workshop
A further 18 students have graduated from the IAG Cargo/Exelsius Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy — the fifth such international training course — this time held in London.Attended by students from Singapore, India and the UK, the course was of particular benefit to forwarders and ground handlers who are either ...
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Record start to the year for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) had a record breaking start to 2016 but has warned of a challenging year ahead.The Russian airline recorded a 30% year-on-year increase in demand in January to a new high for the month of 43,605 tons after it added new freighters and expanded its network last year.Newly-launched ...
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Volga-Dnepr looks to expand in aerospace, humanitarian and oil & gas
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has announced the appointment of three global directors to push its expansion in the aerospace, humanitarian, and oil & gas sectors.Axel Kaldschmidt has been appointed global director, aerospace Industry.Aerospace customers account for 30% of Volga-Dnepr’s annual business and since its launch, the airline has operated over 5,250 flights ...
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TNT returns to the black in the fourth quarter
Express delivery firm TNT returned to the black during the fourth quarter of last year on the back of revenue growth and cost cutting measures.The Amsterdam-headquartered company, which is the process of being taken over by FedEx, reported fourth-quarter revenues of €1.9bn, up 4.1% compared with the same period in ...
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Toll records revenue and operating income declines
Freight forwarder Toll has seen revenues and operating profits decline since its takeover by Japan Post last year.The Japan Post Group, which is reportedly interested in the purchase of DHL Global Forwarding, released its results for the nine month period until the end of December.Its international logistics business, which is ...
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Cargo partly to blame for low profitability at Asian carriers
Cargo is one of the main reasons carriers based in Asia continue to suffer from lower profitability levels than competitors from most other regions of the world.Speaking at the Singapore Airshow Aviation Summit, IATA chief executive and chairman Tony Tyler said the overall airline industry was expected to return profits ...
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NewsMarket Talk: Deutsche Post considers future for DHL Global Forwarding, says Reuters
DHL Global Forwarding may be sold or spun off by German parent group Deutsche Post, with Japan Post Holdings a possible buyer, claims news agency Reuters, citing "two people familiar with the matter".Deutsche Post and Japan Post, which owns top-20 forwarder Toll Global Forwarding, both declined to comment.According to Reuters, ...
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CargoLogicAir's launch customer named as Chapman Freeborn
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has revealed that the charter flights it carried out earlier this year were arranged by Chapman Freeborn Italia on behalf of freight forwarder Savino del Bene.CLA’s first charter flights flew from Stansted to Bari via Frankfurt and carried a total of 113 tons of automotive parts, including engine ...
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Chinese express airlines looking to continue e-commerce fuelled expansion
Fast expanding Chinese express carriers YTO Express Airlines and SF Airlines have applied to add extra routes from the country’s capital as they look to capitalise on the growing domestic e-commerce market.Recently launched YTO has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate a cargo service between its ...
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Air France KLM Cargo picks up CEIV certification
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has been awarded IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification for its hub operations in Amsterdam and Paris.The airline group said it had decided to meet the standards of the IATA CEIV Pharma programme, rather than the European Union’s Good Distribution Practice ...