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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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Paperless cockpit for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has adopted Lufthansa Systems' Lido/iRouteManual, Lido/Enroute and Lido/DocView IT solutions to move to paperless cockpit systems.The new IT systems are designed to ease the workload of ABC pilots with flight deck crew iPads continually updated with documents and data, and with up to date charts, downloadable directly from ...
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Cloud offers bright future for MASkargo
Malaysian carrier MASkargo is to replace its legacy computer network with a Cloud-based Unisys system to manage domestic and international cargo services.A contract with Malaysian Airline System Berhad will see Unisys replace MASkargo’s current in-house mainframe-based system with the Unisys Logistics Management System (LMS) which will also interface with automated ...
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Cathay's cargo app is up and running
Cathay Pacific Airways has launched a mobile app for cargo that can track shipments and provide other freight data.“The app allows customers to track shipments through their smart phone or tablet device at any time and from anywhere. Customers can also review the e-booking status of their shipment by logging ...
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Cathay chooses CHAMP
Cathay Pacific has selected CHAMP Cargosystems (CCS) to provide the Hong Kong-based carrier's new cargo IT platform after a six-month design phase.John Johnston, chief executive of CCS, commented: “We are delighted to partner with Cathay Pacific to further its ambitions in the air logistics market.”James Fernandez, CCS vice president for ...
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TransGlobal spearheads push to end the paper air waybill
A switch away from the airline industry’s historic Cargo-IMP messaging to modern XML standards could lead to an upsurge in e-air waybills (AWBs) and even finally see off paper documents, predicts Kevin Jones, airfreight director of UK-based forwarder TransGlobal.TransGlobal has been told by IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British ...
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We will do better, promise TNT management
TNT Express has outlined the steps that will return the parcels and freight operator to profit.A core part of its strategy is to set up focused international Europe and domestic units, strengthening its management and accelerated investment in its transport and IT, along with improved service levels.At a capital markets ...
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Nordisk parent sold to TransDigm
Aerospace components firm TransDigm Group has reached agreement to buy the Telair Cargo Group of businesses, owners of the Nordisk airfreight container manufacturing company.US-based TransDigm will pay around $725m in cash for Telair, which it describes as “a global leader in on-board cargo loading and handling, restraint systems and unit ...
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Kale breaks into Iraq market
Iraqi ground-handler Azmar Air has gone live with Kale’s Galaxy International air cargo management system.Azmar, based at Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq will use the system for e-freight compliance, warehouse management and vehicle management, and it will be able to offer real-time updates to customers’ ...
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NewsDebate - Pilot fatigue row steps up
CAN cargo pilots fly safely having had less sleep than their colleagues who fly passenger planes? “Whether you’re flying boxes or passengers it’s irrelevant to a smoking hole that’s left in the ground because it doesn’t care what the load was,” says US Republican congressman Chip Cravaack.“The same skies and ...