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Enfeebled Asia-Pacific airfreight market and sluggish Europe warns ACI
A weakening of international trade activity has “enfeebled the Asia-Pacific airfreight market” in the first half of 2015, while Europe remains “sluggish” in the same period as North America and Middle East volumes rebound.Latest data from Airports Council International (ACI) indicates that global airfreight volumes in June showed average “modest” ...
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Logwin answers a logistical trunk call
An elephant never forgets, nor does it flap a deaf ear.Germany-based logistics services provider Logwin has transported a supersize format loudspeaker by truck and aircraft to Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.The equipment will allow the University of Vienna to study how elephants can communicate over great distances ...
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TNT launches Tunis air link
TNT has launched a Boeing 737-400 freighter link to Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, from its main European air hub in Liege, Belgium.The service will operate five times weekly via Marseilles, with flights arriving in Tunis every weekday before start of business and leaving the city in the evening.The ...
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Ethiopian Airlines' African ambitions
In 2010, Ethiopian Airlines set out a bold vision for future growth which included 725,000 tonnes of cargo by 2025. In 2014 it was a quarter of the way to that target, with cargo tonnage of 187,000 tonnes, up 40% since the plan was announced.Still some way to go then, ...
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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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Qatar Airways Cargo to add new African air cargo freighter operation
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued to expand its operations to Africa with the addition of a seventh dedicated freighter service to the continent.The airline announced today that it would launch a new Airbus 300F flight to Djibouti from its Doha hub on August 1.Qatar said the service would target the ...
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NAHCO opens cargo warehouses at Enugu airport
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) has opened two cargo warehouses at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu.The ground handler said the opening of the two warehouses, one within the airport, and the other just outside, would further enhance the development of the air cargo business in the south east, and ...
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ABC appoints new VP EMEA as it eyes Africa and the Middle East
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has appointed Georges Biwer as Vice President, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the airline expands services in these regions.In his new role, Biwer, who has more than 24 years’ experience in the air cargo industry, will focus on growing ABC’s scheduled cargo operations inside and ...
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Air Charter Service takes part in lion conservation project
Air Charter Service has helped transport seven lions from South Africa to Rwanda as part of a conservation project.The two males and five females made most of the 2,500 mile journey by air as they were transported to the Akagera National Park.Air Charter Service Africa managing director Lyndee du Toit ...
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AA Cargo appoints new regional sales manager
American Airlines Cargo has appointed Richard Hartmann to the newly created position of regional sales manager, cargo, South Asia, Middle East and Africa.Hartmann will be in charge of both sales development in the existing countries served by the carrier in the region and also extending the airline’s reach into new ...
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Volga-Dnepr shifts giant power stations
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown from New York to Cairo, Egypt, a 28-ton shipment of power stations that will be used to supply the Suez Canal widening project.Volga-Dnepr engineers provided technical expertise to ensure that the power stations, mounted into special six metre cradles, would fit into the IL-76TD-90VD’s cargo hold.The ...
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Air Djibouti cargo set for 2015 take-off
Air Djibouti has taken another step closer to launch and confirmed that it plans to commence cargo operations later this year.The east African Republic of Djibouti’s new national carrier is being established by the government of Djibouti to support the development of the country as a regional hub for commercial ...
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American Airlines is Cargo Airline of the Year 2015
American Airlines is the 2015 Cargo Airline of the Year.The presentation was made to Jim Butler, president, American Airlines Cargo, at a sparkling Air Cargo News gala event in London. Butler was presented with the award by Mark Whitehead, chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), the ...
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ECAir adds Dakar and Bamako
Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) has launched passenger flights from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, to Dakar in Senegal via Bamako in Mali.The route will be operated by a B757-200 until early June and then by a B737-700. It brings ECAir’s route network to 11 destinations, including Kinshasa, Libreville, ...
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Nothing sheepish about growth, says WorldACD
Asia Pacific single-handedly lifted air cargo growth in February 2015, says analyst WorldACD Market Data.While the region did well in all directions, as did intra-Asia, volumes from all other areas except Africa decreased.Asia Pacific chalked up a year-on-year improvement of 28 per cent in volume and three per cent in ...
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Hong Kong top of the league for air cargo
Hong Kong (HKG) continues to be the world’s largest air cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, a six per cent increase in volumes over prior year.The preliminary annual statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) puts Memphis (MEM) in second place with 4.2m tonnes, an increase of 2.9 percent, followed ...
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Kenya Airways appoints new CEO
MBUVI NGUNZE has been appointed group managing director and chief executive of East African flag-carrier Kenya Airways.From December, he takes over from Dr Titus Naikuni who is retiring at the end of November, having been at the helm for 11 years.“In January this year, the board of directors engaged the ...
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2014 'a challenging year for air cargo'
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of a world recession.IATA figures show that cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year, but acceleration took root in the latter half of 2013, eventually ...
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Air Zimbabwe board 'investigated'
REPORTS from Harare claim that Air Zimbabwe has had its entire board of directors fired by Zimbabwean Minister of Transport, Obert Mpofu.The airline's management is at the centre of an alleged US$11million insurance scam following a forensic audit of the airline's operations.According to the ministry, a soon-to-be-appointed reconstituted board will ...
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Saudia Cargo says it with Kenyan flowers
SAUDIA Cargo is running four additional B747 freighter flights from Nairobi to Amsterdam this month, to meet the high demand of flower exports during the St Valentine’s peak period.The extra frequencies will be supplementary to the carrier’s already existing six weekly scheduled B747F frequencies on this prime sector, thereby providing ...