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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Demand flies in April
Asian airlines continued their run of success on the cargo demand front in April, with the region’s major carriers all registering traffic growth on a like-for-like basis.The region’s largest cargo carrier, Cathay Pacific, saw cargo traffic increase by 6.2% in April to 907m cargo and mail tonne km. The increase ...
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IAG to dispatch cargo as priority after IT failure
IAG Cargo has "made good progress" in flying customer bookings affected by an IT outage over the weekend.The cargo division said that it had experienced "significant operational disruption" on May 27 after the airline group faced IT issues causing the cancellation of thousands of flights and affecting around 75,000 passengers.IAG ...
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Changi sets new record
Singapore Changi Airport has set a new record in its air cargo history, handling more than 2m tonnes of airfreight during the 12 months ended April 30 – up seven percent on the previous reporting period.There was growth across imports, exports and transhipment flows, key segments being aerospace parts, perishables, ...
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ACI: Airfreight volumes ‘revive’ in Q1
Airports Council International (ACI) has noted a rise in air cargo volumes over the first quarter of this year (the three months ended March 31).“Improvements in business confidence, economic outlook and global trade have helped revive airfreight volumes in the first quarter of 2017,” ACI stated. “Overall freight volumes increased ...
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Virgin links Melbourne and Hong Kong
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to offer 14 tonnes of cargo capacity on new five-times-a-week Airbus A330 services between Melbourne and Hong Kong that its partner, Virgin Australia, will launch on 5 July.“Hong Kong is an important and growing market for companies in Australia, with over 21.5m kilos of air cargo ...
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Qatar Airways expands pharma network
Doha-based Qatar Airways has added Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Dublin (Republic of Ireland) to its pharma network, bringing the total number of destinations covered to 73. Operations to Colombo began on 15 May, while Dublin is due to become active on 12 June with the launch of the carrier’s Boeing ...
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ABC moves eROSITA telescope
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported the eROSITA X-ray telescope from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics near Munich to the premises of the Russian aerospace company, Lavochkin Association, in Moscow.The movement of the highly sensitive cargo was carried out in partnership with integrator DHL. Ensuring the ...
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Air cargo industry invited to online Q&A about wildlife trafficking
The authors of a new report on of wildlife trafficking in the air transport sector are hosting an online presentation and Q&A in June for members of the industry to learn more about the findings.The USAID Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES) Partnership will hold the session ...
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Ciao: WFS sells ground handling business in Italy
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has sold its ground handling business in Italy to Inceptus.WFS has operated ATA, a ground handler in Italy, since June 2015 through its fully owned subsidiary WFS Ground Italy, which has now been sold to Inceptus.WFS is no longer involved in ground handling activities in Italy ...
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Unisys launches pharma tracker to help combat fraud and theft
Unisys has launched its PharmaTrack software that combines "leading security, advanced data analytics and compliance technology in a single, unified platform".The global IT firm says that the software will provide life sciences and healthcare companies "enhanced visibility and oversight" of the entire global pharmaceutical supply chain and so help combat ...
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NewsCost cutting continues at Asian airlines despite traffic growth
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region enjoyed cargo traffic growth of 9% in April as export orders from the region continued to surge, but carriers continue to cut costs to meet rising costs.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) (see table at end of article) ...
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DHL's fish freighter for Norwegian seafood logistics
DHL Global Forwarding is accelerating Norway’s seafood supply chain by shipping live crabs and other seafood on dedicated weekly flights from Oslo to Asia and Northern America.The express giant is transporting fresh seafood from Laskselv airport in northern Norway to Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South Korea ...
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Tracking tracksuits: Rugby kit to be monitored for flight to New Zealand
British & Irish Lions rugby kit and equipment being flown out to New Zealand will be monitored by tracking technology originally developed to protect fine art and pharmaceutical products.Five sensors, provided by insurer QBE, will be sent out with the rugby kit that can record location, pressure changes, light exposure, ...
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Airfreight rates continue to rise in April
Airfreight rates improved again in April led by improvements on services from Asia to North America.The latest Sea and Air Shipper Insight report from Drewry, which uses a weighted average of buy rates across 21 trade lanes, showed that average east-west airfreight prices increased by 7.9% year on year in ...
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IAG warns Heathrow plans to bridge M25 could ground expansion
IAG has warned that plans to build a bridge over the busy M25 motorway - one of the busiest in Europe - as part of the expansion of Heathrow airport could ground the project.In its submission to a government consultation document, the airline group warned that there is no detailed ...
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GSSA network selects e-Cargoware as preferred systems provider
Recently-launched GSSA network 1GSA has selected e-Cargoware as its preferred supplier of IT systems, gaining preferential rates for members.The network said e-Cargoware is already installed and operational at 1GSA founder member and UK representative, Select Airline Management.M&C Aviation, which was one of the first GSSA companies to join the 1GSA ...
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Agility reaches partial settlement over US government military supply contract
Logistics firm Agility has agreed to a settlement for one element of the ongoing criminal court case over allegations it defrauded the US government on a military supply contract, but the wider civil and criminal case continues.The company has agreed to plead to a misdemeanour in connection with US government ...
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TAAG Angola renews freighter lease deal
Angola national airline TAAG Angola Airlines has renewed its long-term freighter lease deal with Network Airline Management.Operating a weekly scheduled service from Liege, Belgium, to Luanda, the capital of Angola, Network Airline Management provides a Boeing 747-400F factory-built freighter with nose door which carries up to 120,000 kilos of oil-related ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Another busy month for European carriers
April proved to be another good month for some of Europe’s major airlines as increases in cargo traffic were recorded at Lufthansa, Air France KLM and IAG.The latest monthly stats from Lufthansa, the largest of the three in cargo terms, show a 6% year-on-year improvement in traffic for April to ...
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Dedicated to air cargo: Lise-Marie Turpin
Lise-Marie Turpin admits that she “fell into the airline industry” after completing her degree: “I was a student looking for a summer job, and Air France (AF) in Canada was hiring reservation agents at the time, so it was a great option.“You were paid relatively well and got to travel ...