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NewsEveryone's a winner at the Air Cargo News Awards
American Airlines Cargo last night scooped the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Award 2020 at a unique 36th Air Cargo News Awards — the first ever digital ceremony.The awards usually take place every year in London, but the coronavirus outbreak limited the gathering of people; instead, an online awards ...
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Air Partner adds its first African office
Charter broker Air Partner has opened its first office in South Africa as it looks to capitalise on "record growth" for its freight division over the last three years.The new office is in Johannesburg and operations will be overseen by newly appointed cargo sales manager Fred Du Plessis.The broker said ...
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IAG Cargo resumes services to key African destinations
IAG Cargo has resumed regular services from London Heathrow to Abuja, Accra Cairo, Lagos and Cape Town, following an announcement of plans to kickstart the services in August.The resumed services, which were initially paused due to coronavirus-related passenger travel restrictions, are being carried out daily using widebody Boeing 777 and ...
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NewsRwandAir seeks to acquire freighter
Source: Rwand AirRwandAir wants to bring in its first dedicated freighter as it seeks to take advantage of rising demand for air cargo services.The African carrier is “looking at acquiring a cargo freighter in the near future”, its chief executive Yvonne Makolo told Air Cargo News' sister title FlightGlobal during ...
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NewsWFS expands at OR Tambo as new cargo contracts get underway
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has expanded its cargo handling operations at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa and Swiss WorldCargo.WFS has acquired the lease on a further 3,600 m² of warehouse capacity in Johannesburg, purchased additional cargo handling equipment and increased its workforce.The ...
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NewsIAG Cargo updates its network destinations in Africa
IAG Cargo has updated its flight network in Africa.The carrier has added Nairobi and Johannesburg as network destinations. It is also resuming flights to and from Abuja, Accra, Cairo and Lagos.Meanwhile, IAG Cargo saw is revenues rise in the first half of this year, despite volumes being down on a ...
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NewsSoftbox donates thermal covers to enable pharma delivery to Africa
Temperature-controlled packaging firm Softbox has donated thermal covers to help facilitate the delivery of medicines to the Democratic Republic of Congo.The medicines, which were sent by the charity International Health Partners (IHP), were covered with Softbox's 'Silverskin' thermally insulating pallet covers.Softbox said the shipments of essential health packs each included ...
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Q7 Air Cargo invests in perishables specialist Airflo
Dubai-based logistics firm Q7 Air Cargo is to acquire an interest in the Dutch holding company of perishable forwarder Airflo from the Dutch Flower Group.Q7 Air Cargo and its sister company, Tiger Freight, are long term operators in the African perishable logistics industry and their participation in the Airflo businesses ...
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NewsUN An-74 badly damaged in Mali landing accident
One of Utair Group’s freighter aircraft, an Antonov An-74 TK-100, has been substantially damaged in an accident at Gao in eastern Mali.The United National Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali – known as MINUSMA – said the aircraft was landing at Gao after arriving from the capital, Bamako, at around ...
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NewsCEVA Logistics expands in Africa with acquisition
Source: CEVA LogisticsCEVA Logistics is expanding its operations in Africa after having acquired a controlling shareholding in third-party logistics provider AMI Worldwide, which has a presence in East and Southern Africa.On July 1, employees at AMI Worldwide offices in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa will join join the ...
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NewsAero Africa appoints director of product development
Image source: Aero AfricaAero Africa has announced its new director of product development: James Cameron.Cameron, based in Johannesburg, will be responsible for developing Aero Africa's airfreight consolidation products and scheduled cargo service into the region. He will also oversee all shipments into and out of South Africa.Cameron previously spent more ...
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NewsWFP's coronavirus air cargo network begins operations
Global Humanitarian Response Hub in Liège (Liege Airport)The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its network of global logistics hubs that will support the delivery of vital medical and humanitarian supplies to developing countries at a time when commercial air transport is at a virtual standstill.A WFP-contracted Boeing ...
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TIACA: African air cargo sector faces capacity shortage
TIACA has raised its concern that the air cargo sector in Africa could be hit with a capacity shortage on European operations.The organisation, quoting figures from CLIVE Data Services, said that there had been a 70% drop in cargo capacity to Europe compared with a year earlier.TIACA said it is ...
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NewsAfrican carriers respond to covid-19 outbreak with extra cargo flights
Ethiopian Cargo and SAA Cargo have both been adding additional cargo flights to cater for medical equipment demand related to the coronavirus outbreak.For the first time in its history, the cargo division of South African Airways, SAA Cargo, operated a passenger aircraft for a pure cargo uplift.On April 6, SAA ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo in medical supplies freighter flight
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has transported emergency medical supplies from Jack Ma, the founder of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, to support the fight against COVID-19.A freighter flight carrying 108 tons of test kits and other healthcare products took off from Guangzhou in China and arrived at Addis Ababa Bole ...
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Astral adjusts freighter schedule
African freighter operator Astral Aviation has adjusted its flight schedule in response to the coronavirus outbreak.The carrier said that key staff will continue working at its headquarters at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while the rest of its staff will be working from home and will be accessible at all ...
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NewsKintetsu and Chapman partner on Sudan relief flights
Freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express, in partnership with charter broker Chapman Freeborn, recently completed a series of seven Airbus A300F charter flights from Dubai World Central Airport (DWC) to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, uplifting over 230,000kg of aid and relief materials.The project was completed in "less than three ...
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Allied Air signs up for four B737 conversions
African freighter operator Allied Air has signed up for four B737-800 conversions to be carried out by Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI).The agreement calls for two firm orders with an additional two options.The first aircraft (MSN 36746) will commence modification in mid-March 2020 and all touch labour will be performed by ...
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NewsEthiopian freighter flights help China fight the coronavirus
Ethiopian Cargo has transported around 1,000 tonnes of medical kits to China to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).The African carrier operated 10 chartered flights from a number of cities around the world, including Liege, São Paulo, Durban, Accra, Diass, Khartoum and Dar es Salaam, to three Chinese cities: ...
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NewsSwissport achieves CEIV pharma first for Africa
Swissport Nairobi Pharma Center openingSwissport has become the first globally operating air cargo handler to receive the CEIV Pharma certification for a facility in Africa.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) awarded Swissport’s warehouse operations at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with the pharma standard.“We are very pleased to officially open ...