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HNA set to move into Latin America with Brazilian airport investment
HNA will add Latin America to its investment portfolio through the purchase of a controlling stake in the owner of Rio de Janeiro's largest airport, Aeroporto Internacional Antônio Carlos Jobim – Galeã (GIG Airport).The deal sees HNA Infrastructure take a 60% share in Rio der Janerio Aeropotos, which is the ...
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"Significant" cargo growth for Hong Kong in first half 2017
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 2.3m tonnes of cargo in the first six months of 2017, soaring 11.3% over the same period last year and helped by an exports surge in June.Cargo throughput in June was 410,000 tonnes, representing year-on-year growth of 11.4% at the world's number one freight ...
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NewsAmerican Air Cargo Monthly: Boom times continue in June
June was another bumper month for US cargo airlines as the three major bellyhold players all registered double-digit percentage improvements in freight traffic.The largest US bellyhold airline, United, recorded a 22.3% year-on-year improvement in traffic in June to 280m cargo revenue ton miles.This is the airline’s tenth double-digit percentage improvement ...
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China Airlines selects WFS as Honolulu cargo ground handler
China Airlines has selected World Flight Services as its cargo ground handler in Honolulu.WFS has served China Airlines in Honolulu since 2001 when it was first awarded a passenger services contract. In 2005, it also won the airline’s ramp handling contract, and in May 2017, WFS successfully bid to handle ...
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New air cargo vice president for SkyTeam
Airline alliance SkyTeam has announced the appointment of Nico Van der Linden as vice president of its air cargo partnership.Van der Linden, who took over the role on July 1, has more than 30 years of air cargo experience. Previous positions include management posts at both KLM Cargo and Air ...
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NewsDelta records first increase in quarterly cargo demand since 2015
Delta Air Lines has registered an improvement in quarterly airfreight traffic for the first time since the start of 2015.The Atlanta-based airline saw second-quarter cargo demand improve by 11.7% year on year to reach 554m cargo ton miles (CTM).It is the first time the airline has seen cargo traffic increase ...
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New KLM Cargo facility has e-commerce and pharma sorted at Schiphol
KLM Cargo has opened officially a new sorting system at its Amsterdam Schiphol airport hub that can handle post, express and pharmaceutical consignments.The new express product sorter will allow KLM to launch a Europe-wide sameday delivery product, called 12Send, in September this year after completing trials this summer in London, ...
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CLA backs model airplane competition for aspiring engineers
CargoLogicAir (CLA) joined forces with the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) to support this year’s Payload Challenge for aspiring international aviators and engineers.Organised by the British Model Flying Association (BMFA), the competition was held at the National Flying Centre at Buckminster Lodge in Lincolnshire, UK.Participating teams were tasked with designing, building ...
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FTA has grave doubts over new Customs system's ability to handle Brexit
The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has expressed concerns that the country's future Customs Declaration Service (CDS) programme will not be able to process the amount of transactions anticipated post-brexit.Responding to the publication of the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report on the progress of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) programme, ...
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Hactl scoops Virgin Australia Cargo HK contract
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has been appointed as cargo ground handler for Virgin Australia’s new services from Melbourne to Hong Kong.The five-times-weekly flights began on July 5, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 14 tonne bellyhold capacity. Hactl will provide terminal handling and all documentation.Hactl has handled cargo ...
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Prime Day sales beat Black Friday and Cyber Monday for Amazon
Sales on Amazon’s third annual ‘Prime Day’ surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday, making it the biggest day ever in Amazon history.On July 11, members of the e-commerce giant’s Prime service were given discounts on goods and streaming services over a 30 hour period.Although the company did not release sales ...
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DHL scoops Cathay Pacific MRO logistics deal
DHL Supply Chain has commenced management of all aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul logistics activities for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon in the airlines’ home base at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), part of a 10-year contract signed earlier this year.The contract will see DHL Supply Chain take overall responsibility ...
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Network Airline Mangement renews MD11F deal
Network Airline Management (NAM) has renewed its long-standing freighter deal with Western Global Airlines (WGA) covering Africa-Europe operations.Under the terms of the agreement, WGA will continue to operate up to three MD11Fs on behalf of NAM, with operations based in Liege, Belgium.The aircraft support NAM’s operations with Allied Air of ...
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FedEx adds Bangladesh security surcharge
FedEx Trade Networks will add a surcharge on shipments from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU) after stricter security standards were introduced.FedEx's forwarding arm said that as a result of the EU adding Bangladesh to its list of high-risk countries shipments will need to go through new screening measures in ...
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Volga-Dnepr in the fast lane for Nippon Express' urgent automotive machinery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines' load planners responded to an urgent request from Nippon Express to transport 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery from Japan to the US.The airline’s Hanoi-based load planning experts were on hand to assess quickly the cargo and prepare the most efficient plan for its delivery from Toyko to ...
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Tigers speeds Rapha Racing deliveries in APAC
Hong Kong-headquartered supply chain specialist Tigers is handling Asia Pacific B2C distribution for cycling clothing brand Rapha Racing from its e-commerce fulfilment hub in the Special Administrative Region.The company is also providing value-added services such as labelling, quality checks, kitting and returns management for the region. It handles around 250 ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes rise in June
Frankfurt Airport saw its June cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) increase by 4.7% to 188,256 tonnes, "supported by ongoing economic growth, particularly in the eurozone's industrial sector".Frankfurt's cargo volume grew by 4.8%in the first half of 2017, reaching almost 1.1m tonnes - the highest first-half volume achieved in the past ...
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DHL robot: Take me to your loader (VIDEO)
Technology group Wärtsilä and DHL have completed a successful pilot to test mobile robots in a warehouse environment.The pilot phase of Fetch Robotics technology was carried out in Wärtsilä’s central distribution centre in Kampen, the Netherlands, where the entire logistics chain of Wärtsilä’s spare parts, from order intake to customer ...
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Amerijet awarded CEIV Pharma certification
Amerijet has become the first US-based all-cargo airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) Pharma certification.Vic Karjian, president and chief executive of Amerijet International Airlines, said: “This certification reconfirms our commitment to offering the highest consistent quality, professionalism and transparency to our ...
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Heathrow cargo volumes up 13.4% in June
London's Heathrow airport saw monthly airfreight volumes in June increase by 13.4% on last year to 142,349 tonnes, with cargo going to and from Latin America up by more than 38% compared with like period 2016.North America retains its position as the largest cargo market for Heathrow, with June’s volume ...