Africa – Page 15
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New Ethiopian Airlines cargo hub to open in April
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its new cargo terminal at Addis Ababa is 82% complete and expected to be operational "towards April 2017".The African carrier said that the new facility will have an annual storage (for both dry and perishable goods) of 1.2m tons and a capacity to handle eight ...
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Panalpina donates UNICEF relief flight to Chad
A Panalpina-chartered freighter has landed in Chad with more than 80 tons of life-saving goods for water treatment, sanitation and nutrition programmes.It is the fourth consecutive year that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and logistics giant Panalpina have joined forces to fly relief goods into Africa. Previous flights went ...
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NewsCargoLogicAir and ABC end African operation
UK-based freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) and AirBridgeCargo (ABC) have ended their scheduled operation between Europe and Africa after less than seven months.Speaking to Russian Aviation Insider, ABC general director Sergey Lazarev said the airline had decided to end the operation it ran through a CLA Boeing 747 freighter because of ...
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Round of a-paws as South African Cargo opens new pet facility
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has introduced a new pet lounge facility for domestic pets at Cargo OR Tambo International Terminal.The lounge is specially designed for the pets’ comfort and safety, ensuring they experience a stress-free environment during their journey, the airline said.In addition, the facility also minimises any ...
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Boeing lands ten orders for freighter conversions
Boeing has unveiled ten new orders for its B737 and B767 passenger to freighter conversion programme.The order book includes two 737-800BCFs for Cargo Air of Bulgaria, and two others for Colombia-based Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo. Air Algerie has also signed a commitment for two of the type while an ...
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Logistics Plus expands in East Africa
Logistics Plus has expanded its presence in east Africa with four new locations in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Kampala in Uganda and Juba in South Sudan.The expansion will allow the US-headquartered supply chain specialist to provide additional logistics and warehousing throughout the entire east Africa corridor, including Burundi, Tanzania, ...
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Official opening for Ghana Airport Cargo Centre in Accra
Ghana Airport Cargo Centre (GACC), a public private partnership (PPP)-funded facility at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport, saw its grand official opening ceremony attended by John Dramani Mahama, the country’s president.The 10,000 sq m of dedicated cargo warehousing is already handling 50% of the local air cargo market, having contracts with ...
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NewsWorld's first national drone delivery service takes off
The Rwandan government has today launched the world's first national drone delivery service to transport medical supplies to hard-to-reach places.The drones, designed and operated by Californian firm Zipline, will make up to 150 on-demand deliveries of blood to 21 transfusing facilities located in the western half of the country.While the ...
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African airlines set up cargo group
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has launched a cargo steering committee to provide greater focus on the continent's airfreight business.Egyptair vice president of cargo operations Walaa Yousri was elected chairman and Astral Aviation chief executive Sanjeev Gadhia vice chairman of the new grouping. Yousri said that the new committee would ...
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LATAM starts South America-South Africa flights
South American carrier LATAM Airlines launched flights from to South Africa on 3 October, from São Paulo to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.Operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, the overnight service departs São Paulo on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Johannesburg on the afternoon of the next day (local ...
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Freighters World: Africa and Middle East markets are flying high
ONE of Africa’s leading home based freighter operators is Ethiopian Cargo.“We have been leading the continent with (its) largest and most efficient air cargo network, offering connectivity with Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia for African exports and imports,” remarks Berhanu Kassa, director global cargo sales & services ...
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Start-up Express Air Cargo signs up MRO provider as it prepares for launch
Tunisian start-up airline Express Air Cargo has appointed FL Technics as its maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider.Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide re-delivery checks on the carrier’s two owned Boeing 737 freighter aircraft.“Being a start-up airline, we had been obviously looking for a trusted EASA certified maintenance partner ...
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Panalpina moves Cairo operations to the new cargo city location
Panalpina Egypt has moved its country head office and all of its Cairo operations to the newly developed Cairo Cargo City at Cairo International airport.Fouad A. AbouElela, country head of sales and marketing, said: “Being in the heart of action and close to the government’s business related entities, such as ...
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Astral and Ethiopian outline African expansion plans
African cargo carriers Ethiopian Cargo and Astral Aviation have outlined their ambitious expansion plans as they look to capitalise on the growing marketplace.Speaking at the Africa Air Cargo Summit in Addis Ababa, Astral Aviation chief executive Sanjeev Gadhia said the company hoped to add new Boeing 747 freighters and B737-400F ...
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Ultimate Air operates South Sudan evacuation flights
Ultimate Air has performed a series of urgent air evacuation flights from South Sudan against the recent flare-up in troubles in and around the capital Juba. With all commercial flights in/out of the country being suspended amidst the unrest, Ultimate Air operated over 20 evacuation flights from the country carrying ...
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Astral Aviation: Looking to the horizon
When you think of air cargo in Africa, there is a perception that the level of sophistication on offer is somewhat behind that of Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.And while there may be many areas of this vast continent that have poor infrastructure and lag behind on ...
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Ethiopian Cargo appoints GSSAs in Italy and France
Ethiopian Cargo has appointed Air consult and ATC Aviation Services as its new general sales and service agents (GSSA) in Italy and France effective from June 24 and July 16 respectively.ATC Aviation Services, a Germany-based GSSA, has 32 offices worldwide. The company has already been serving as a GSSA for ...
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Report sees continued growth for courier sector
Growing demand for urgent and timed delivery will boost the turnover of the global courier industry to $66bn by 2021, according to new research by financial consultants, Ngenko Investments.The report, Global Courier Industry Analysis, sees particularly strong demand from the pharmaceutical, banking, garments, fast-moving consumer goods, IT and automotive industries.New ...
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Air industry to raise its game in Africa
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Union Commission (AU) have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve air transport.Signed in Geneva by IATA director genera and chief executive, Tony Tyler and the AU’s commissioner for infrastructure and Energy, Dr. Elham Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim, it aims to ...
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Agility expands in South Africa
Global logistics operator Agility is expanding its African footprint through a joint venture South African supply chain specialist Super Group after acquiring a minority stake in Micor, the Johannesburg-based company’s freight forwarding unit.The new unit will be led by Henk Theron, formerly chief executive of Micor.Super Group, listed on the ...