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Moscow airport gets its hands on the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup has already been presented, several days before the start of the ultimate football tournament in Russia in mid-June.Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport held its own World Cup ceremony when the legendary trophy was presented by airport management as part of the FIFA World Cup preparations. Appropriately, the ceremony ...
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American to start first US Cuba belly cargo service
American Airlines says it has become the first US passenger carrier to offer a cargo product in Cuba with the launch of a mail service, including letters, parcels and express to and from Havana’s José Martí International.American currently operates four daily flights from Miami - scheduled to increase to five ...
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Finlogistics acquisition doubles Leman’s Finland footprint
Danish-based logistics company Leman has acquired Finland-based FL Services Finlogistics, doubling its presence in the country.Based in Kerava, 35km north of Helsinki as well as in Kotka, Finlogistics offers airfreight, sea freight and logistics solutions. It has ten employees and a turnover of €9m.Leman Group chief executive Thomas Krøyer said ...
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VIDEO: Apollo 11 goes on tour with FedEx
Having made it to Moon and back in July 1969, the Apollo 11 Command Module has just a little further to travel – thanks to FedEx’s Custom Critical service.Between now and September 2019, the Columbia module is making a tour of four cities – Houston, Saint Louis, Pittsburgh and Seattle ...
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Serious business growth for air cargo in April
There was “serious business growth” for air cargo in April after fluctuating performance during the first three months of the year.Analyst WorldACD said that the cargo volumes increased by 4% in April, compared with a 4.8% improvement during the first quarter, when the Chinese New Year had its usual distorting ...
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DHL breaks ground on new Americas innovation centre
DHL will extend its network of technological showcase centres to North America in summer next year when it opens its third Innovation Center in Chicago.Like the existing DHL Innovation Centers in Troisdorf, Germany, and Singapore, the Americas Innovation Center will house DHL’s logistic innovations and robotics.It will offer customers and ...
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Forwarder Xpediator gains Heathrow presence with Anglia buy
Xpediator has acquired fellow UK freight operator Anglia Forwarding Group, including its Heathrow Airport branch.Stephen Blyth, chief executive of Xpediator which specialises in road services to and from East Europe under the Delamode brand along with online delivery services, said that that Anglia’s airfreight office at Heathrow, combined with its ...
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West Atlantic on the up in Q1 despite Norwegian Mail route termination
Gothenburg-headquartered freighter operator West Atlantic saw revenues increase during the first quarter of this year despite Norwegian Mail’s early termination of five routes.The company saw first-quarter revenues increase by 1% year on year to SEK396.1m, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation doubled to SEK62.3m and net income improved to ...
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Cargo helps Air Charter Service make a record start to the year
Air Charter Service (ACS) made a record start to the year in its financial first quarter, with cargo charter numbers increasing by 33%.ACS group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans said that during its first quarter the company arranged 1,048 cargo contracts, compared to 790 during the same period last year, while ...
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New board appointments at Cargo iQ
Henrik Ambak, senior vice president, cargo operations worldwide with Emirates SkyCargo, has been made the new vice chairman of Cargo iQ.Ambak’s appointment came as Cargo iQ welcomed board members from Qatar Airways Cargo and Swissport.Nadeem Sultan, vice president - global cargo operations at Qatar Airways Cargo, and Hendrik Leyssens, head ...
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Bertus the rhino takes to the skies with Intradco
Intradco Global helped to transport a greater one-horned rhino from Europe to Southeast Asia as part of an endangered species-breeding programme.The 2.5 ton male rhino Bertus was relocated from Edinburgh Zoo to a new home at Batu Secret Zoo in Indonesia, driven from Scotland to Luxembourg where he flew on ...
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Tianjin Cargo Airlines continues progress towards launch
Tianjin Cargo Airlines has continued to make progress towards its launch, most recently receiving its Air Operator's Certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).The airline had been hoping to launch operations in May, but this now appears to have been pushed back.Details on the CAAC website dhow the ...
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Polar appoints Winkelbauer as COO
Airline Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has appointed Lars Winkelbauer as executive vice president and chief operating officer.From July 1, Winkelbauer succeeds Robert Hyslop, who is moving from the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings subsidiary to rejoin DHL Express as senior vice president global aviation, based in Florida.Winkelbauer’s new role will include ...
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Air cargo could save billions of dollars of costs by automating
The air cargo industry could save billions of dollars in costs if it automated transactions between various players in the supply chain, according to one speaker at the Air Cargo China event.During a panel discussion on the future of air cargo, Lufthansa Cargo chief commercial officer Alexis von Hoenbroech said ...
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CAM delivers B767-300 converted freighter to Amerijet
Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has delivered a Boeing 767-300 converted freighter to Amerijet International Airlines under an eight-year dry lease.The Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary now leases six B767 freighters to Amerijet, including five B767-300s and one B767-200.Mike Berger, chief commercial officer of ATSG, said: "We are pleased to ...
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Transpacific demand drives increase in airfreight rates
Demand growth on the transpacific trade lane helped boost airfreight rates to their highest level of the year so far in April.The latest figures from Drewry’s Sea and Air Shipper Insight report show that average all-in buy rates paid by forwarders to airlines on 28 east-west routes increased by 10.8% ...
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Cainiao reveals plans for five global logistics hubs
Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao has selected five cities to become its global hubs, with Hangzhou, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Liege and Moscow the chosen locations.According to the Alizila news network, which is also controlled by Alibaba, the e-commerce giant revealed to the Global Smart Logistics Summit its strategy to create more ...
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WFS signs contracts in the US with five major airlines
Five global airlines have signed up for more Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) passenger, ramp and cargo handling services in the US.WOW Air has chosen WFS to provide ramp, passenger and cargo services for its three Airbus A330-300 flights each week from Dallas/Fort Worth to Keflavik International Airport, serving Iceland’s capital ...
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Chinese cities Wuhan and Sanya added to Heathrow network
London’s Heathrow airport today welcomed the launch of two new direct routes to the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Sanya by China Southern.Both destinations are a first for direct routes into Heathrow, while the connection to Sanya is a first for Europe. These routes, said an airport spokesperson, will allow ...
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Air France-KLM is launch customer for CSafe Global's RAP e-container
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KLMP) has joined hands with CSafe Global to launch the ULD pharma specialists' new RAP e-container.A spokesperson for the Franco-Netherlands carrier said: "As the most robust operational container, this new electrical container will allow us to offer state-of-the-art service to our customers in the pharmaceutical ...