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Jettainer signs up for the ten golden rules in preventing ULD damage
Jettainer, the outsourced ULD management specialist, has signed up to new code of conduct for better handling of airfreight containers.The "Ten Rules for ULDs", published by ULD CARE, a not-for-profit Canadian corporation, are intended primarily to help reduce preventable damage to airfreight containers and pallets through the raising of staff ...
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ACS on-board courier team moves office to meet growth
Air Charter Service’s Germany-based onboard courier (OBC) team has moved into its own independent office next to Frankfurt Airport.Oliver Weigelt, ACS’s time critical manager, said the Frankfurt team had grown so quickly that it needed to move from the ACS charter office to a new premises, located in Kelsterbach, sooner ...
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Broekman Logistics adds air cargo charter desk
Broekman Logistics has introduced a dedicated Global Air Charter Desk as demand for air cargo services changes.The freight forwarder said it had decided to launch the desk in response to tightening capacity and shorter supply chains.The new charter division will be led by Ton Smulders, a "well-known airfreight veteran" with ...
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VIDEO: Mercy Ships calls for air cargo industry support
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA) has become the first air cargo company based in the UK to partner with Mercy Ships for the charity’s annual Cargo Day initiative.Mercy Ships Cargo Day has been running for two years, and is a fundraising campaign that asks the shipping industry to unite on one ...
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Cerberus Capital Management to acquire ground handler WFS in a €1.2bn deal
Global ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is set to be acquired by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management in a deal worth €1.2bn.Cerberus has confirmed that its subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire WFS from Platinum Equity. The sale is expected to close during Q4 2018, subject ...
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ECS Group sold as it looks to fund future acquisitions
Cargo sales agent ECS has been acquired by investment firm Naxicap Partners to help continue the GSSA's acquisition strategy.Naxicap said that in a market ripe for consolidation, offering a strong pool of build-up opportunities, the company intends to pursue an active strategy of acquisitions, "generating significant commercial synergies", while continuing ...
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CAPA: retired B747s could help solve cargo capacity crunch
A report from CAPA – Centre for Aviation – published earlier this month indicates that with airfreight demand on the up, the conversion of retired Boeing B747-400 passenger aircraft could help solve a potential capacity crunch – if the trend continues.CAPA said that the pool of available freighters is small, ...
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Singapore Airlines extends WFS cargo contracts
Singapore Airlines has extended its cargo handling contracts with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in France and the UK.In France, the Paris-headquartered handler looks after the airline’s daily A380 flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle as well as providing offline cargo reception points, handling and domestic trucking at all WFS stations across ...
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Widerøe goes live with GALAXY
Norway’s Widerøe Ground Handling has gone live on Kale Logistics Solutions’ GALAXY web-based air cargo management system as part of a phased implementation of the technology at airports in its network across the Nordic region.India-based IT solution provider Kale says GALAXY facilitates automation, visibility and control as well as helping ...
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Air Partner grows US presence
UK-headquartered charter broker Air Partner has strengthened its presence in the US with the opening of a new office in Los Angeles to serve the west coast as part of its ongoing expansion strategy.The Los Angeles branch bolsters Air Partner’s US network, which also includes offices in New York, Fort ...
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Air Partner: record freight performance
UK-based charter broker Air Partner has reported results for the financial year ended January 31, including details of the accounting review it undertook to resolve an error detected during its year-end close process.The company’s gross profit for the year stood at £36.1m, up 13.8% on the previous reporting period. Underlying ...
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Hactl and ABC overcome outsize challenge
First published in June 2018:Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has handled two Boeing 747-8 Freighter charter flights operated by Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), each carrying nearly 19 tonnes of 20m-long machinery components from Schiphol to Hong Kong.Hactl chief operating officer Chee Hong Tan noted: “These were ...
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Lufthansa picks WFS for Newark ramp handling
Germany’s Lufthansa has awarded a three-year ramp handling contract to Paris-headquartered Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at Newark Liberty International Airport in the US.The deal comes into effect with the start of the Lufthansa Group’s summer schedule, which includes three Lufthansa flights per day to Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich as well ...
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ST Engineering adds Pensacola MRO facility
Adding to its existing two maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sites in San Antonio, Texas and Mobile, Alabama, Singapore-headquartered ST Engineering has opened a third facility in the US – this one located at Pensacola International Airport in Florida.“Pensacola serves as an excellent base for us to serve the MRO ...
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TAPA publishes truck security standards for industry review
The Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) has published all three levels of its Parking Security Requirements (PSR) certification programme for industry review.The organisation, which aims to reduce the number of crimes related to trucks, said it is on course to launch the higher levels one and two of its Parking ...
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WFS scoops three new Scandinavian cargo handling deals
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won three new airline cargo handling contracts in Denmark and Sweden.In Copenhagen, WFS is now handling Ukraine International Airlines’ 10 Boeing 737 flights a week connecting the Danish capital with Kiev.And, in Arlanda, China Eastern has chosen WFS to handle cargo carried onboard its seasonal ...
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Chapman Freeborn marks 45 years in air charter
Chapman Freeborn colleagues from every office, function and seniority around the world gathered for a weekend of fun in Malta to celebrate the charter company’s 45 years in business.Over the past four and half decades it has grown from a small UK-based operation to become an international business with a ...
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Hactl to handle Air Belgium's cargo in Hong Kong
Newly-launched carrier Air Belgium has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle cargo for its new service.Air Belgium started twice-weekly Charleroi (‘Brussels South’) to Hong Kong services on June 4, using A340-300 passenger aircraft with about 14 tonnes’ cargo capacity per flightHactl is providing the airline with ...
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Indonesia’s Cardig Air adds to its freighter fleet
Indonesian all-cargo operator Cardig Air has leased a Boeing 737-400F from leasing and specialist MRO organisation Vallair.Following conversion in the US, final compliance checks were carried out at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France before the aircraft was delivered to Jakarta mid-May.Head of Vallair’s cargo conversions business unit, Peter Koster, said ...
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Forwarder Xpediator gains Heathrow presence with Anglia buy
Xpediator has acquired fellow UK freight operator Anglia Forwarding Group, including its Heathrow Airport branch.Stephen Blyth, chief executive of Xpediator which specialises in road services to and from East Europe under the Delamode brand along with online delivery services, said that that Anglia’s airfreight office at Heathrow, combined with its ...