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Russian firm plans heavyweight cargo drone
Russian technology firm ARDN says it is developing a new design of crone capable of carrying a payload of up to 250kg – or 50kg over a distance of up to 350km.It says that its SKYF unmanned vertical take-off and landing aerial carrier platform has been developed after close consultation ...
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Carr to head up Etihad Cargo after Kerr's departure
Etihad Cargo has announced that Justin Carr, who recently joined the carrier, will head up the cargo business to replace David Kerr.The airline said that Carr will take over the position of vice president cargo as Kerr heads over to UK-based freighter airline CargoLogicAir.Carr joined the company as vice president ...
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Freight growth moderates as summer storms abate
The recent surge in freight volumes receded in September 2017, said Airports Council International (ACI).In its latest figures published on 24 November, ACI said year on year figures fell to 6.8%, from 10.5% in August of the same year. Passenger traffic also slowed down slightly, dropping 1.6 percentage points from ...
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Astral flies into Yemen as blockade is lifted
Kenya-based Astral Aviation has operated a humanitarian flight from Nairobi to Sanaa in Yemen - the first aircraft to land at the airport after the Saudi led coalition lifted a three-week blockade.The Boeing 727-200 freighter landed on Saturday 25 November with 15 tons of vaccines for over 600,000 children on ...
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French charter manager for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed David De Clercq as charter sales manager for France.Based in Paris, he will help expand the cargo charter and on board courier client base, working the company’s existing team in Belgium.De Clercq previously held positions at firms including CityJet, Flightcare and Jetairfly and was most ...
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Airlines cancel Bali flights as Mt. Agung threatens to erupt
Airlines have cancelled all flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali due to volcanic activity.However, the threatened eruption of Mount Agung has so far had only a localised effect, with no sign yet of the wider disruption to global air travel on the scale of Eyjafjallajökull incident in ...
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It’s the pits for DHL and Lewis Hamilton
Just like express parcels delivery, Formula One is an unforgiving business in which seconds can make the difference between success and failure.So it was entirely appropriate that DHL, as the official logistics partner once again presented the Fastest Lap and Fastest Pit Stop Awards for this year’s Formula One season ...
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Safair and Airlink plan to unite
Dublin-based aircraft owner ASL Aviation Holdings is seeking approval from the South African Competition Commission to unite its Safair subsidiary with South Africa’s Airlink.The deal will see ASL take a minority shareholder within the merged Airlink group of companies and the Airlink and Safair brands will continue to operate separately, ...
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Air Canada Cargo freighter operation to end
Air Canada Cargo has confirmed that after a year and a half it's freighter operation to the US, Mexico, Europe and South America will come to an end.The Canadian airline confirmed that after discussions with partner Cargojet they had mutually decided to end their "positive" B767-300F freighter tie-up at the ...
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Black Friday boosts airfreight peak season
The annual post-Thanksgiving Day tradition of Black Friday ushers in the ‘official’ start of Christmas shopping. Having originated in the US, it is fast becoming a global phenomenon with far-reaching effects on the supply chain, with online sales complementing high street spending.According to the BBC, this year’s Black Friday sales ...
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Manston airport reopening: more consultations
RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP), which proposes to reopen the UK’s Manston airport as a cargo hub, is to hold a further consultation on its latest plans before applying to the Secretary of State for Transport for a Development Consent Order in 2018.Several consultations were held in June and July this ...
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Ethiopian Airlines fleet keeps growing
Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of its second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on November 21, less than a month after it received its first aircraft of the same type.The new aircraft brings the carrier’s total fleet to 95. Ethiopian recently confirmed an order for four B777 Freighters – a new order for ...
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Bolloré and Oro deliver B2B e-commerce solution
France-headquartered Bolloré Logistics and Californian software company Oro Inc have joined forces to launch an order-to-delivery B2B e-commerce platform aimed at retailers and their customer companies.With B2B e-commerce activity predicted to be worth US$6.7tn by 2020, Bolloré said the joint service “harnesses the considerable success of direct digital sales to ...
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Dimerco expands Europe footprint
Taiwan’s Dimerco Express Group has opened a new office in Venlo – its third in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam) – as it continues to expand its European network.The global logistics and transportation company saw growth of 30% year on year in the 2016-2017 period. Its new office will ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Growth continues but at a lower pace
Asian airlines continued to report strong cargo growth figures in October, although the pace of improvement has slowed compared with earlier in the year.The latest figures from the region’s largest cargo airline group, Cathay Pacific, show that during October traffic increased by 4.2% year on year to reach 1bn cargo ...
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Gatwick: long-haul growth boosts cargo
Gatwick airport’s report for the six months ended September 30 indicates a positive trend in cargo throughput at the UK’s second-largest gateway.Freight volumes rose by an impressive 23.3% in comparison with the same period of 2016, a development attributed to a 12.4% growth in long-haul flights.More connections to far-flung destinations ...
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ABC gets fresh with online pharma platform
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has entered into a service level agreement with Sky Fresh to use the Belgian IT firm’s online data platform for monitoring time- and temperature-sensitive shipments.The move to digital processes will enable users to complete checklists via an app on their smartphone or tablet, with ...
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Forwarder MNX expands healthcare presence with Logical acquisition
MNX Global Logistics has acquired Australian forwarder Logical Freight Solutions (LFS) as it looks to expand its international healthcare supply chain offering.Melbourne-based LFS serves the healthcare industry, including life science, ag-bio, diagnostics, therapeutics, proteomics, medical devices, microbiology, genomics, chemicals, radiopharmaceuticals, instruments, spare parts and all consumables for these industries.US-headquarterd MNX ...
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dnata tests successfully blockchain technology with air cargo partners
Ground handler dnata has introduced blockchain technology into its cargo operations, in conjunction with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo.Blockchain technology is seen as a secure, public electronic ledger and peer-to-peer network that can be managed autonomously to exchange information between different parties.Kevin Ennis, vice president commercial and business ...
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ASL offloads Budapest cargo handling business
ASL Aviation Holdings has sold its Budapest-based handling business to airport services firm Menzies Aviation for an undisclosed sum to concentrate on core activities.The Dublin-based aircraft owner said the staff and assets of Farnair Handling, which provides cargo warehouse and ramp handling services at Budapest Airport, have been transferred to ...