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    WFS appoints global head of people

    2017-04-12T07:39:12Z

    Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Fabienne Bricaud to the post of global head of people.In her new role at the ground handler, Bricaud will be based in Roissy and report directly to Craig Smyth, chief executive of WFS.She started her career in the telecommunications and engineering sector with Alcatel-Alsthom, ...

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    An-124s in compressor flight from UK to Seoul

    2017-04-12T07:39:09Z

    ANTONOV Airlines has transported three 23 tonne compressors on one of its seven AN-124-100s, from its UK base at London Stansted Airport to Incheon International Airport.The compressors measured 648cm long, 284cm wide, and 358cm high and travelled in modified crates designed to work with the AN-124-100's unique on-board crane system.ANTONOV ...

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    ABC expands Asian network with call in fast growing Taipei

    2017-04-12T07:39:08Z

    AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has continued the expansion of its operations in Asia with the addition of Taipei to its list of destinations.ABC will fly to Taipei twice per week utilising a Boeing 747F aircraft. The new service, which was launched on April 8, will operate from Moscow Sheremetyevo every Wednesday ...

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    Heathrow cargo surge in March leads UK hub upswing

    2017-04-11T09:40:27Z

    Heathrow Airport saw its March 2017 cargo volumes surge to 148,000 tonnes, a near 13% increase over the same month last year and the largest monthly growth in more than five years.The UK’s number one airfreight hub and Europe’s fourth largest air cargo gateway saw long-haul emerging markets remain a ...

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    New eastbound London-China rail service

    2017-04-11T09:15:33Z

    The number of rail services between China and Europe that target airfreight customers increased again yesterday when Kerry Logistics and a series of other companies came together to launch an eastbound operation.The first of the new services left DP World's London Gateway terminal yesterday as it set off on a ...

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    Turkish Cargo freighter flights to Oslo

    2017-04-11T09:09:53Z

    Turkish Cargo has confirmed the launched of a two times a week Airbus A330-200 freighter service to Oslo Airport, aimed at the growing Norwegian seafood export market.Said the carrier: "2016 was a record year for Norwegian seafood export, and Turkish Airlines wishes to take part in this development. Turkish Cargo ...

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    Another CEIV station for DHL

    2017-04-11T09:07:32Z

    DHL Global Forwarding's Shanghai station is the latest to achieve IATA's CEIV pharma certification.The certification of Shanghai comes shortly after the forwarder's stations in Dublin and Leipzig achieved the quality award.DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016."Following ...

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    ABC promotes Ryan to VP Americas

    2017-04-10T10:29:45Z

    AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has promoted Vince Ryan to the post of vice president, North and South America as it targets further growth from the region.Ryan joined ABC as cargo manager, Americas in 2013 and prior to this latest appointment, was cargo sales manager Americas and global account development.He will be ...

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    New Peli president looks to grow BioThermal business

    2017-04-10T09:52:20Z

    New Pelican Products group president Phil Gyori will target growth in the company’s BioThermal temperature controlled packaging division.Gyori was appointed to the role late last year and will report into chief executive Lyndon Faulkner, while leading all Pelican divisions – commercial/government; consumer; and Pelican BioThermal/Peli Bio Thermal.Prior to joining Pelican ...

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    UK retailer signs up with SEKO Logistics

    2017-04-07T10:04:07Z

    UK retailer Joules has signed a three-year supply chain contract with SEKO Logistics as it embarks on a global expansion.SEKO will manage Joules’ global supply chain from all its sourcing locations in Asia and the Indian Sub-continent into their distribution centre in Corby in the UK and into the US, ...

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    Atlas reaches tentative agreement with dispatchers

    2017-04-07T09:07:24Z

    Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has reached a tentative contract agreement with aircraft dispatchers at subsidiaries Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide.The tentative agreement includes pay increases, as well as benefits associated with the dispatcher’s relocation to the Cincinnati operating hub.One of Atlas' largest customers, Amazon, has announced it will ...

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    CargoLogicAir adds to management team

    2017-04-07T08:38:18Z

    CargoLogicAir (CLA) has announced two new appointments to its executive team.The freighter operator has appointed John Nicholas as technical director and David Bowden as its chief financial officer.Nicholas will take charge of all technical matters relating to the airline’s Boeing 747 freighter fleet and air safety programme.He worked for 19-years ...

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    Cargo pilots take protest over pay and conditions to Trump

    2017-04-06T15:54:36Z

    Pilots at airlines flying on behalf of DHL are taking a dispute over pay and working conditions to US president Donald Trump.In an open letter to Trump, the Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224, accuses DHL of lowering US industry standards in pay and quality of life, pointing out that ...

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    Conference speakers point the finger at hold-ups on the ground

    2017-04-06T15:42:08Z

    During one of the conferences at the ongoing Multimodal 2017 event, being held in Birmingham in the UK this week, a number of speakers have questioned the efficacy of the air cargo supply chain during those times when a shipment is on the ground.For example, Mark Olney, general manager – ...

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    Air Canada Cargo to offer freight space in direct link to Mumbai

    2017-04-06T14:33:55Z

    Air Canada has confirmed that a new year-round, direct service to and from Mumbai will be inaugurated by the carrier on July 1.The service, on which Air Canada Cargo will market the available bellyhold space of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft operating the route, will complement Air Canada’s existing year-round ...

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    AAPA reports on encouraging February for Asia Pacific cargo carriers

    2017-04-06T11:29:14Z

    Preliminary traffic figures for the month of February produced by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reveal that the rate of growth in air cargo markets in the region quickened.International air cargo demand on the region’s cargo carriers, as measured in freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs), increased by 11.3% compared to ...

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    Swiss WorldCargo looks to roll out new innovations

    2017-04-06T10:29:35Z

    Swiss WorldCargo is an airline that likes to innovate, and in a move to “keep pace with the modern challenges of global logistics” it has created a new organisational structure and revealed a further push into digitalisation.Swiss International Air Lines head of cargo Ashwin Bhat tells Air Cargo News that ...

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    Canadian airport authorities meet with parliamentarians

    2017-04-06T09:55:58Z

    Senior executives from Canada’s biggest airports came together earlier this week (on April 5) to meet with parliamentarians.Leaders from more than two dozen of its air gateways met in the capital, Ottawa, to highlight the important role they play in the Canadian economy.According to Daniel-Robert Gooch, president of the Canadian ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo takes a lead on climate protection

    2017-04-06T09:32:44Z

    Lufthansa Cargo has been named as one of two runners-up in the ‘CO2 avoidance as a contribution to climate protection’ category of the German CSR Forum awards for the freight carrier’s ‘OMEGA – using big data to reduce CO2’ project.OMEGA (short for Ops Monitor and Efficiency Gap Analyzer) is a ...

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    Cathay Pacific to fly daily to Manchester in December

    2017-04-06T08:55:42Z

    Cathay Pacific’s current four times a day Hong Kong to Manchester, UK connection will be upgraded to a daily frequency from 1 December this year.In March, the carrier had said that the frequency on the route would be increased to six times a week by the end of the year. ...