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GDP academy takes off
The IAG Cargo/Exelsius Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy formally took off from Heathrow this week when the two organisations launched their initial joint training workshop.Aimed at improving industry compliance to GDP standards for Healthcare and Life Science products, the two-day course was attended by 17 students from the UK, Eire ...
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Air Partner and Envirotainer respond to the Ebola crisis
As the global response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa grows, the role of timely and effective logistics for temperature-sensitive medical supplies increases.Charter broker Air Partner is working with cool chain equipment supplier Envirotainer to access the specialist containers required to maintain key medical supplies to UK-funded treatment centres ...
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TNT cockpit iPads save 50kg in paper
TNT Airways is to roll out paperless cockpits across its worldwide fleet by using iPad Air tablets as electronic flight bags.TNT’s subsidiary airline, with a fleet of 50 aircraft, has made the move following approval from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.Each iPad will replace the 50kg of paper books and ...
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DHL to launch Asia Pacific innovation centre in Singapore
Deutsche Post DHL is set to open a S$10m Asia Pacific logistics innovation centre in Singapore next year, located within the company’s new S$160m Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre (ARC) building currently under construction in Tampines LogisPark.The new facility follows on from the successful introduction of DHL’s main innovation centre ...
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TNT adds Venice freighter call
Parcels carrier TNT is launching a five-times a week B737-400 freighter service between Venice and its Liege air hub in Belgium, aimed at exporters and importers trading with north-east Italy.The morning flight from Liege arrives at Venice Airport Marco Polo (VCE) at 6:00 am and continues onto Ljubljana (Slovenia) before ...
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IAG Cargo gains pharma certificate
IAG Cargo has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for pharmaceutical transport.The carrier, bringing together the cargo divisions of British Airways and Iberia, says that it is the first airline to be awarded GDP certification by a national government health agency in meeting the premier standard for pharma transport.IAG Cargo ...
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Cathay signs up DoKaSch pharma containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has signed a master agreement to rent DoKaSch Temperature Solutions' RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers.The containers, to be rolled out across the Hong Kong-based airline’s network in the first quarter of 2015, are aimed at the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods and pharmaceutical products,.“Cathay Pacific Cargo is ...
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Milwaukee freighter link from DHL
DHL Express has added a B767-200F flight to Milwaukee, a growing commercial and industrial hub for the Great Lakes region.International shippers in the Milwaukee metro area and surrounding cities will now enjoy later pick-up cutoff times –1.25 hours on average.The new flight departs the DHL ramp at Milwaukee Mitchell airport ...
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Africa: sprinting ahead of the pack
Africa has some of the strongest economic growth in the world, with six countries from the continent among the world’s ten fastest growing, according to the all-cargo carrier Cargolux.The Luxembourg-based airline's remarks come ahead of the Air Cargo Africa 2015 exhibition and conference in Ekurhuleni, South Africa.In 2013, trade in ...
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Bertling plugs into Antonov for power station logistics
Germany’s Bertling Logistics has transported three power substations from Portugal to Argentina using Antonov Airlines freighters.The logistics operation required three An-124-100 flights to airlift nine outsize transformers from Porto, Portugal, to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.The sub-stations had to travel from the manufacturer’s facility (Efacec) to the end user ...
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Pharma defection to ocean is ‘wake-up call’ to airfreight
Airlines are targeting premium products to claw back lost revenue from the recession. Foremost of those is the cool chain for fresh produce and pharmaceuticals.But, according to Steef Van Amersfoort, chairman of the air transport at the Dutch Shippers Council and veteran pharmaceutical-logistics executive, there is a massive difference between ...
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Sodexi opens Paris airport warehouse
Aéroports de Paris and Sodexi have opened a 7,600 sq m express freight warehouse at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The warehouse, with a €22m investment, will be used to manage and process flows of air freight and mail for express specialist Sodexi, which is 65 per cent owned by Air ...
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Swiss signs quality deal with handlers
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with ground handlers Cargologic and SATS to boost service standards and information flow between Singapore and Switzerland.The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines wants to intensify collaboration in areas such as quality, e-initiatives, temperature-controlled transport and specialised handling.The MoU, signed in ...
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TNT helps customers cut the carbon
TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge.The carrier measures how much CO2 is produced in transporting consignments and then ‘neutralises’ them with an equivalent amount of CO2 credits.TNT uses CO2 credits only from renewable energy projects that meet Gold Standard requirements. ...
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Qatar's Pharma Express links Brussels and Basel
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a twice weekly A330 freighter service to Basel, Switzerland, later this month.The airline will also commence a ‘Pharma Express’ service in January, linking two key pharma origins, Brussels and Basel, with the Qatar Airways' network via its Middle East hub in Doha.Basel has a large ...
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ATSG and DHL extend US freighter agreement
Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has completed a new agreement that extends its support of DHL’s air cargo network in the US until at least March 2019.Principal elements of the new agreement include extended dry leases for the 13 B767 freighters currently leased to DHL and new dry ...
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Ethiopian Cargo adds Brussels B777F quartet
Ethiopian Cargo has returned to Brussels airport with four B777 freighters per week to Addis Ababa.The freighters will provide onward connections out of Africa, direct to Dubai, Shanghai and Hong Kong.The flights will carry mainly flowers, while exports will be general freight. Kuehne & Nagel and DHL Starbroker have actively ...
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All smiles as IGAT takes on VEX for Virgin
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new and extended general sales and service agency (GSSA) contract to InterGlobe Air Transport (IGAT) in India.Extending its 12-year working partnership with Delhi-based IGAT for cargo sales, IGAT now also handles the airline’s VEX courier express product, taking over from Patel On-Board Couriers.Virgin Atlantic’s ...
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Centurion promises Latin link to Schiphol
Miami-based freighter operator Centurion Cargo is promising a four-times-a-week service from the US and Latin America to Amsterdam Schiphol from February 19. The route will be operated by 747-400 nose-loading freighters.Founded in 1985 as Challenge Air Cargo – it changed its name in 2001 – Centurion operates a fleet of ...
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FlyUs is Aeroflot GSSA in Central America
Dutch-headquartered FlyUs will be Aeroflot’s cargo GSSA in six countries across Central America.FlyUs will represent the Russian national carrier in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.It will sell capacity on Aeroflot’s four times weekly A330-200 flight between Moscow and Miami in Florida, with the offline cargo being ...