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Virgin Atlantic Cargo doubles Jo’burg flights
On October 28, Virgin Atlantic Cargo will double its services between London and Johannesburg with the launch of a second daily flight using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft that can carry up to 24 tonnes of cargo.Meanwhile, the carrier will open a local Contact Centre this April to support customers in ...
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DHL gears up for Formula 1 season
DHL and Formula 1 are extending their global partnership ahead of the start of the 2018 season, which will open with the Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 23-25.DHL remains the Official Logistics Partner, and the agreement also makes it the first official partner of the F1 eSports ...
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Nimbus paves Yakutsk runway with gold
Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed that a Nimbus Antonov 12 aircraft spilled part of its 9-ton cargo of precious metals onto the runway of Yakutsk Airport in the Sakha Republic in Russia.Reports said that the cargo of ingots belonged to the Chukotka Mining and Geological Company and was on its ...
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Brussels load factor dips
Brussels Airlines has posted a slight decline in its cargo load factor for February, down 1.8 percentage points year on year at 74%.Freight volumes carried in the airline’s bellyhold space “grew significantly” during the month, rising 35% – but capacity grew faster. Available ton-km stood at 167.446 while revenue ton-km ...
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Call for harmonisation of air cargo screening device requirements
The air cargo industry would like to see greater harmonisation of rules and regulations around air cargo scanning devices to reduce the need to have different set ups in each country.Speaking at the World Cargo Symposium, independent aviation security consultant Jennifer Haigh said that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ...
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Call for data-sharing to speed up e-commerce
A senior manager at Alibaba’s logistics subsidiary has called for greater data-sharing among airfreight stakeholders, while an official at the World Customs Organisation warned that criminals are exploiting the boom in e-commerce to traffic drugs and other illegal goods.Roger Su, head of global network planning and operations Cainiao/Alibaba, told IATA’s ...
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DHL to build ‘mega parcel centre’ near Brandenburg
Deutsche Post DHL Group is building a new 165,000 sq m “mega parcel centre” in Ludwigsfelde near Brandenburg, which is scheduled to open in 2020.Capable of sorting about 50,000 shipments per hour, the new facility will support DHL’s two existing centres located in nearby Rüdersdorf and Börnicke.Jürgen Gerdes, board member ...
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Lufthansa achieves best results yet
Lufthansa Group achieved its best-ever results in 2017, with total revenues up 12.4% to €35.6bn and earnings growth primarily driven by its airlines – including cargo.A combination of cost reductions and strong demand helped Lufthansa Cargo to improve its adjusted EBIT by almost €300m to €242m, a statement said.For the ...
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Spohr to stay on as Lufthansa CEO
Carsten Spohr is to remain in his post as chief executive of Deutsche Lufthansa for another five-year term.The group’s supervisory board has extended SPohr’s contract through December 2023. He has been a member of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa since 2011 and its chief executive since 2014.The board’s chairman, ...
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Ontario: double-digit cargo growth
Ontario International Airport has posted year-on-year growth of 19.8% in its cargo throughput for February.The double-digit rise in volumes saw 50,449 tonnes of cargo moving through the Californian gateway.Mail rose by 2.6% year on year, to 2,182 tonnes for the month. The combined freight and mail total was 52,631 tonnes, ...
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IATA e-DGD: “a powerful step forward”
IATA has adopted e-Dangerous Goods Declaration (e-DGD) standards at the World Cargo Symposium taking place in Dallas, Texas on March 13-15.An electronic approach to managing the IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD), the e-DGD leverages industry initiatives to digitise data and embrace data-sharing platform principles, the association said.Implementation of e-DGD supports ...
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SkyCargo latest to receive Cargo iQ certification
Hot on the heels of the IATA Cargo iQ certifications awarded on March 13 (to Menzies Aviation, Qatar Airways Cargo and Kuehne + Nagel), Emirates SkyCargo has also received the seal of approval during the World Cargo Symposium currently under way in Dallas, Texas.IATA’s external auditor SGS looked at the ...
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ABC sticks with Unilode
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its ULD management agreement with Unilode until mid-2023.The partnership dates back to 2004 and involves over 10,000 ULDs.Sergey Lazarev, AirBridgeCargo general director, said: “AirBridgeCargo is pleased to continue its long-term partnership with Unilode that has developed an intimate understanding of our requirements during ...
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Unilode: digitising ULDs
ULD provider Unilode Aviation Solutions intends to implement a ULD tracking system in cooperation with OnAsset Intelligence and a leading ULD manufacturer.Based on a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag fully embedded into the structure of the ULDs, which is supported by a global interoperable reader infrastructure, the initiative will be ...
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‘Giant step forward’ for dangerous goods compliance
IATA has launched a new digital solution, Dangerous Goods AutoCheck (DG AutoCheck), that allows the air cargo supply chain to check the compliance of shippers’ Declaration for Dangerous Goods (DGD) against the association’s Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).“The air transport industry handles in excess of 1.25 million dangerous goods shipments transported ...
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Air cargo told to step up its perishables performance
Air cargo must improve its performance if it wants to take advantage of the growing perishables market and avoid losing out to disruptors and other modes of transport.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, forwarder Adelantex business development manager perishables Frank Van Gelder outlined how consumers were changing their expectations for ...
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Air France-KLM adds summer capacity
Air France-KLM is upping its long-haul passenger capacity this summer, resulting in additional belly space on a number of routes.Air France will begin flying from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Nairobi (three times a week by Boeing 787) and Seattle (five weekly B777-200 flights) on March 25; three times a week ...
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Schiphol data sharing platform blooms
As part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is now linking critical flower shipment data to air waybills at source, the Dutch gateway announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium currently under way in Dallas, Texas.The SCMP aims to increase efficiencies at Schiphol through increased data ...
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Lufthansa Cargo launches new APIs
Lufthansa Cargo is offering customers direct access to capacity and rate data through two new APIs (application programming interfaces).Users can obtain and process the information available via GetCapacity and GetRates quickly and easily in their own systems without the need for manual upload.The carrier also pointed out that real-time data ...
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Neutral Air Partner and TIACA join forces
Global freight network Neutral Air Partner and TIACA have entered into a partnership that will see them working together on events, networking opportunities and training initiatives globally, as well as promoting industry best practice across Asia.TIACA secretary general Vladimir Zubkov (pictured) explained: “We have been paying increased attention to the ...