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Jet Airways commits to further restructuring
Earlier this week, the board of directors of Indian airline Jet Airways met to announce the company's financial results for the first quarter of its 2019 financial year (which coincides with the calendar year).The board also discussed various cost-cutting measures, debt reduction and funding options, and tasked the airline’s management ...
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DSV wins multimodal contract from GEO Specialty Chemicals
The UK business of Denmark-headquartered logistics operator DSV recently inked a two-year contract with GEO Specialty Chemicals to provide domestic and multi-market export fulfilment services for chemicals manufactured at the company’s facility in Hythe, Southampton.The contract, which extends up to April 2020, with the possibility to extend by a further ...
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Kerry reports on successful first half to 2018
Kerry Logistics has announced its interim results for the first half of 2018, the six months up to the end of June.The Hong Kong-based logistics specialist’s turnover rose by 27% year on year to reach HK$17,461m, while core net profit increased by 22% to reach HK$700m.Its International Freight Forwarding (IFF) ...
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Hermes Germany takes over SEKO Logistics GmbH
On 1 September 2018, Hermes Germany will formally take over SEKO Logistics GmbH.SEKO Logistics GmbH has offices in Bremen and Frankfurt and all employees of both these offices in Germany will be incorporated into the new Hermes structure.Hermes provides international logistics services to the retail industry. Headquartered in Hamburg, it ...
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Thai Cargo signs up WFS for five years in UK and Ireland
Thai Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a five-year cargo handling contract for the UK and Ireland market.Effective from 1 September, WFS will provide handling for Thai’s double-daily Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 flights from London Heathrow to Bangkok, as well as regional cargo handling across its UK and ...
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DHL expands Tucson service centre on international growth
Express services giant DHL has moved its service centre in Tucson, Arizona, to a new location nearly double in size in order to handle what it says is an increased volume of international shipping.The new facility is just a three-minute drive from Tucson International Airport (as opposed to 20 minutes ...
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Navitrans to operate leased B747-400ERF to Zhengzhou
The start of September will see air charter service provider Navitrans begin the lease of a Boeing 747-400ERF (Extended Range Freighter) from Sky Lease.The lease on the nose-loading freighter covers a period of 36 months from September 1.Navitrans is to use the aircraft to operate a scheduled three times a ...
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Cathay Pacific: plenty to look forward to in the Americas
Fred Ruggiero, vice-president cargo, Americas for Cathay Pacific, has reported on a “very strong year in the Americas so far” for the Hong Kong-headquartered carrier.“Our monthly network performance has continued to grow from last year’s base and July was a particularly strong month for transhipment volumes from the US via ...
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K+N restructures in Europe
Switzerland-headquartered supply chain services provider Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) is to establish a single integrated region of Europe within its business on January 1 next year.The new Europe region business will have its head office in Hamburg, and within its remit will be consolidated K+N’s management for all European countries.The ...
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NewsLargest US horse airlift ahead of World Equestrian Games
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), a relatively small air hub in the northwest corner of South Carolina becomes the focal point this weekend as what is believed to be the largest-ever airlift of horses into the US gets underway.On Sunday, afternoon, the first of 20 chartered Emirates freighters will bring 75 ...
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Kochi Airport re-opens following Kerala floods
India’s Kochi Airport re-opened as some semblance of normality returns to the country’s Kerala region following a period of sustained and heavy flooding.Indian carrier Jet Airways has been amongst those to offer assistance, in its case agreeing to waive airfreight charges on all domestic cargo shipments of relief material flown ...
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NewsIATA warns of slowing rate of airfreight growth
According to the latest statistics produced by IATA, demand for airfreight services – as measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) flown, rose by just 2.1% year on year in July.This was, the trade association noted, the slowest monthly year on year pace of growth seen since May 2016, and well ...
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Leading airfreight operator calls for more from African airports
Sanjeev Gadhia, the founder and chief executive of Astral Aviation, an all-cargo carrier based at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, as well as a TIACA director and vice chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, has made a plea on behalf of freighter carriers for African airports ...
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B777F boom continues as AeroLogic adds another freighter
AeroLogic, the freighter operator jointly owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Post AG through their subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express (each with 50% shares), is to add another Boeing B777 freighter to its fleet in January.This latest addition will take the carrier’s all-cargo inventory to 11 aircraft.Lufthansa Cargo ...
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AT&T and Softbox collaborate on drone deliveries
US telecommunications giant AT&T recently worked closely with UK-headquartered Softbox on a drone demonstration intended to show that vital medicines can indeed be delivered by unmanned systems in times of crisis.Softbox is a designer and manufacturer of passive temperature-control packaging solutions. It has worked with some of the world’s biggest ...
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Finnair plans development of Asian links for summer 2019
Finnair has announced that it will be adding frequencies on many of its Asian routes next summer.The expansion of its Asian links continues what Finnair says has been recent “strong growth” in key markets on the continent. Finnair markets itself as “a network airline specialised in flying between Europe and ...
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SEKO appoints Matthew Brown as new CFO
US-headquartered supply chain services specialist SEKO Logistics has appointed Matthew Brown as its new chief financial officer (CFO).He has replaced Dan Sarna, who retired as CFO at the beginning of August.Brown brings to the role over 25 years of experience in international business and financial management. He is based at ...
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U-Freight points to boom in AOG business
Hong Kong-based freight forwarder U-Freight has reported a significant increase in its shipments related to aircraft-on-ground (AOG) business, in large part thanks to its ongoing collaboration with SOAR, a US-headquartered provider of services for emergency AOG repairs, as well as of scheduled airframe repairs.Among recent projects involving U-Freight has been ...
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New Tianjin Airlines service flies into Heathrow from Chongqing
Heathrow has welcomed its first scheduled flight arriving directly from the Chinese city of Chongqing.Operated by Tianjin Airlines, the inaugural flight of what is a three times a week A330-200 service landed at the UK’s busiest air gateway this past weekend.The service will offer capacity for up to 3,744 tonnes ...
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CEVA names Binetti as its new CCO
Supply chain services giant CEVA Logistics has confirmed that Laurent Binetti will take up the position of chief commercial officer at the company on September 1.According to a CEVA statement: “Binetti brings a wealth of experience in developing and managing different sales channels, from small enterprises to leading global multinationals.”And ...