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Saudia appoints ACP as GSA in South Africa
ACP Worldwide has been appointed South African cargo general sales agent (GSA) for Saudia Cargo.The carrier currently operates three times weekly B747 freighter flights from Johannesburg to Jeddah and Amsterdam, shared with Nairobi, and ACP will also sell belly space on the carrier’s three times weekly B777-200 wide-body flights between ...
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Now we’re getting rally cross
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and logistics partner GAC transported 19 Rallycross cars from Canada to Norway on a chartered Kalitta Air B747-200F for the FIA World Rallycross Championship.It is the first time cars for the competition have been transported by air.The occasion was attended by Norwegian rally drivers Petter Solberg and ...
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The great ketchup catch-up
Air Charter Service kept a leading fast food restaurant chain in ketchup last week when it moved 90 tonnes of sachets.President of the North American operation, Richard Thompson, explains: “The company’s restaurants across the North East and South East of the US were running extremely low on ketchup and the ...
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ACS arranges aid flight to war torn Aden
Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged the first civilian cargo flight into Aden since the troubles started in Yemen almost five months ago.ACS chief executive Justin Bowman said that civilian cargo flights carrying much needed humanitarian aid have not been allowed into Aden for months.But on August 13 the charter ...
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Acquisition sees Air Partner expand into aviation safety consulting
Air Partner, the UK-based global aviation services group with a cargo charter division, has acquired aviation safety consultancy Baines Simmons for a total net cash consideration of up to £6m.It is the second acquisition this year by Air Partner following the takeover of Cabot Aviation in May.Baines Simmons, specialising in ...
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Eagle MRO has landed for Volga-Dnepr Gulf
Volga-Dnepr Gulf (VDG) has signed a contract with Malaysian charter operator Eagle Express to provide maintenance services for the airline’s Boeing 747-400 fleet.The contract covers maintenance services for A4-check, Out-Of-Phase Routine Tasks and AD/SB performance.Work under the contract will be carried out in Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s hangar complex located in Sharjah.Managing ...
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AmSafe tests fire containment for lithium batteries
AmSafe Bridport has conducted a full scale test for its fire containment products by simulating a lithium-ion battery fire within an airfreight container.In the test, the UK-based company reports that the subsequent fire was suppressed for over six hours.Joe Ashton, cargo business manager at AmSafe Bridport, said: “The fully certified ...
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United Airlines enters ground handler market
There was another development in the fast-changing ground handling industry today when United Airlines announced it had decided to enter the market.United Ground Express, which will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of United, will provide ground handling services including customer service, station operations, and ramp and cargo services at select airports ...
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From the spare room to the boardroom: Bowman’s 20 years at Air Charter Service
Air Charter Service chief executive Justin Bowman has celebrated 20 years at the company, which he joined after lodging with the broker company’s founder.Bowman first became aware of ACS when as a student he moved into founder and chairman Chris Leach’s spare room in the early 1990s.Leach said: “During the ...
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Quick change B737 for Mistral Air
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a converted Boeing 737-300QC (Quick Change) to Automatic, a US-based aircraft leasing company.US-based passenger to freighter conversion specialist PEMCO said that the aircraft, built in 1998, is to be operated by Mistral Air based in Italy.Mistral Air is one of the main Italian air ...
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WFS expands at Heathrow
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services has signed a lease for a “significant” new facility at the Heathrow Cargo Centre (HCC).Property owner Airport Property Partnership (APP), owned by SEGRO and Aviva Investors, said WFS had signed up to take a 7,650 sq m airside unit at HCC.Alan Holland, director of APP ...
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Ground handling shake-up continues as HNA swoops on Swissport in Sfr2.7bn deal
The fast-changing ground handling industry today saw a second major takeover take place within a week when China’s HNA Group swooped on Swissport in a Sfr2.73bn deal.HNA, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan Airlines, said Zurich-based Swissport would remain a standalone business within the group and added that it would ...
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HNA Group to acquire Swissport Group from PAI Partners SAS
Swissport Group has announced that PAI Partners SAS has today agreed to the sale of Swissport to HNA Group Co, a global enterprise group based in Haikou, China. Swissport, the world´s largest ground and cargo handling company, will remain as a stand-alone business within HNA Group, complementing HNA’s existing activities ...
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Sharjah partners firm up road feeder agreement
Sharjah Aviation Services and Wallenborn have formalised their strategic partnership in the Middle East with a newly entered agreement.It extends the current cooperation between Sharjah Aviation Service and the Luxembourg-headquartered road feeder services (RFS) supplier.Sharjah Aviation Service and Wallenborn offer general cargo and temperature controlled airfreight RFS to all the ...
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Ground handler shake-up continues as dnata swoops on Amsterdam business
The shake-up of the ground handling industry continued today as dnata announced it had struck a deal to acquire Aviapartner’s cargo handling operations at Schiphol airport.The deal will see dnata gain Aviapartner’s 44,000sq m of warehouse space, where it handles 360,000 tonnes of cargo each year and employs 430 staff.The ...
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AMI appoints French in Africa
Airfreight wholesaler AMI has promoted its General Manager South Africa, Milton French, to the post of vice president, Africa, following the retirement of current incumbent Mike Todd.French has spent over 30 years in the freight industry, holding a variety of senior posts for leading forwarders including Mitchell Cotts, Micor Meadows ...
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LuxairCargo ready to go green
Luxair Group’s airfreight handling division LuxairCargo says it is one of the first four companies to apply for a ‘Lean & Green’ label from the Luxembourg Government.The scheme was launched in June 2014 by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures in collaboration with Cluster for Logistics, which promotes and ...
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Shanghai surge: PACTL sees half year tonnages up 10.9%
Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) saw a 7.2% rise in airfreight volumes to nearly 130,000 tonnes in June versus same month 2014, resulting in a 10.9% year-on-year growth for the first six months of 2015 to 762,000 tonnes.The 2015 half-year cargo throughput, the highest in the company’s history, ...
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ACS: record month reflects years of investment
Air Charter Service’s (ASC) recent strong growth is down to gains in market share and investment in infrastructure.Earlier this week, ACS reported that June was a record month with 1,056 charters organised, representing the first time it had breached the 1,000 charter contract mark in a single month.March and May ...
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Coyne appoints KIWI as Singapore GSA
Coyne Airways has appointed KIWI Logistics Cargo GSA as its general sales agent (GSA) in Singapore.The charter airline's chief executive Larry Coyne said: "Singapore is at the forefront of our push to increase sales in the Asia Pacific region and I am confident that, together with KIWI Logistics, we can ...