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More speakers added to the Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 has added more speakers to its two-day conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the event.According to the latest update, Turkish Cargo chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen will join a panel discussion on express and e-commerce growth; Qatar Airways vice president cargo ...
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Swiss WorldCargo's ULD pharma network grows
Swiss WorldCargo now has 36 Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) accredited stations, says the pharmaceutical cold chain solutions provider.The carrier’s network consists of QEP Basic, Advanced and Expert levels, with 31 stations receiving the QEP Advanced accreditation, the highest such number in the industry.Its Zurich hub has also recently been recognized ...
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North of England airport site set for further expansion
Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has been given the green light from the local council for further expansion of its 1,600 acre Aero Centre Yorkshire.The expansion will include up to 600,000 sq ft of office, general industry, storage and distribution space developed with the potential to create up to 800 jobs.It ...
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Chapman Freeborn marks 45 years in air charter
Chapman Freeborn colleagues from every office, function and seniority around the world gathered for a weekend of fun in Malta to celebrate the charter company’s 45 years in business.Over the past four and half decades it has grown from a small UK-based operation to become an international business with a ...
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Brazilian trucker strike resulted in lost cargo volumes for LATAM
LATAM Airlines Groups has outlined the effect the Brazilian truckers’ strike had on cargo operations and also the financial implications for the overall company.Although the action did not directly involve the carrier, blockades by truckers led to a shortage of aviation fuel at most of the country’s airports, while trucking ...
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Emirates SkyCargo adds two new UK destinations
Emirates SkyCargo is adding London Stansted and Edinburgh to its network – its seventh and eighth destinations in the UK.The Dubai-based airline will operate a daily service to both destinations using the bellyhold capacity of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with a cargo capacity of up to 20 tonnes per ...
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Work starts on £1bn Manchester airport transformation project
Manchester Airport has started work on a new taxiway as part of its £1bn transformation programme announced in July last year.The building of Taxiway Delta Echo marks the start of the reconfiguration of the airfield at the Northern UK airport – the third largest in the country – to help ...
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US hits back in Russian overflight spat with new requirements for cargo carriers
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has told Russia's all-cargo carriers and combination carriers to file detailed information about any services operating in the country after accusing Russia of placing operational restrictions affecting US cargo carriers.In a filing last Wednesday, the DoT said that AirBridgeCargo, Aeroflot and Yakutia had seven ...
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NewsAirfreight rates on major trades continue ahead of last year
Airfreight rates continued to trend ahead of last year’s levels in May, with the transpacific trade lane showing particularly strong growth.The latest data from Tac Index shows that in May airfreight rates on services from Hong Kong to North America increased by 22% year on year to reach $3.88 per ...
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Cainiao led JV to run new Hong Kong Airport e-commerce hub
Airport Authority Hong Kong has awarded a tender to develop and manage a premium logistics centre to a joint venture led by Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group.Other shareholders include China National Aviation Corporation and YTO Express.The centre, at Kwo Lo Wan in the South Cargo Precinct of ...
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Lindsey Jalil joins Delta Cargo team
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Lindsey Jalil as managing director – commercial. She replaces Kristin Colvile, who was recently promoted to chief executive officer and managing director, SkyTeam.Joining Delta in 2005, for the past eight years, Jalil has been part of the operations analysis and performance team where, as ...
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Rising costs the main talking point at IATA's AGM
This week saw the great and good of the aviation industry gather in Sydney Australia for IATA’s Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, with concerns over profitability being the main talking point.Rising costs have eaten into expected airline profits, said IATA in its latest market analysis revealed at ...
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UK Cabinet poised for Heathrow runway decision
The UK Cabinet’s economic sub-committee is expected to approve plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport later today (see update here), paving the way for a decision by the full cabinet followed by a vote by MPs during the next few weeks.It could bring finally ring down the curtain ...
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Cabinet approves Heathrow expansion
The UK government has backed plans for the development of a new runway at Heathrow Airport.The UK Cabinet’s economic sub-committee approved plans for a third runway at the London airport before the proposals were backed by the full cabinet.The UK secretary of state for transport Chris Grayling said: "A successful, ...
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Saudia Cargo targets pharma traffic with new facility
Saudia Cargo has opened cold storage facilities for pharmaceuticals and medicines at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport to coincide with the launch of the carrier’s FlyPharma product.The new facility boasts a 1,010 sq m handling space and conforms to World Health Organization, European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ...
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FJ Miller leaps aboard Carousel Logistics
Carousel Logistics Group has appointed Franz-Joseph Miller as board chairman. He was co-founder of German same-day delivery specialist and former chief executive of Lufthansa’s time:mattersIn his new role, he will position Carousel Logistics group – which incorporates Carousel Logistics Ltd and LSi Logistik - as a key European player.He will ...
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Cargolux bans hunting trophies
Cargolux has banned the transport of game hunting trophies on board its aircraft.The Luxembourg all-cargo carrier joins a growing list of airlines that refuse to carry such shipments, saying that it “does not align with the company’s ethical engagements and policies”.President and chief executive Richard Forson said: “Cargolux is committed ...
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Hactl to handle Air Belgium's cargo in Hong Kong
Newly-launched carrier Air Belgium has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle cargo for its new service.Air Belgium started twice-weekly Charleroi (‘Brussels South’) to Hong Kong services on June 4, using A340-300 passenger aircraft with about 14 tonnes’ cargo capacity per flightHactl is providing the airline with ...
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Kuehne + Nagel offers digital solution for SMEs
Kuehne + Nagel Integrated Logistics has developed a supply chain management solution for small and medium-sized enterprises.KN ControlTowerDynamic offers a scalable and efficient supply chain management solution with a “revolutionary” pricing model. It has been designed to fulfil all major requirements for smaller firms, especially those in the industrial, consumer ...
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Indonesia’s Cardig Air adds to its freighter fleet
Indonesian all-cargo operator Cardig Air has leased a Boeing 737-400F from leasing and specialist MRO organisation Vallair.Following conversion in the US, final compliance checks were carried out at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France before the aircraft was delivered to Jakarta mid-May.Head of Vallair’s cargo conversions business unit, Peter Koster, said ...