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Airlander makes progress towards resumption of flight testing
Hybrid Air Vehicles, the company behind the new Airlander hybrid aircraft - which utilise new technology to combines favourable characteristics of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters with lighter-than-air technology – has said that it has passed two milestones on its way to the resumption of its flight test programme.The Airlander ...
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DHL Leipzig station receives IATA CEIV Pharma certification
The airfreight station in Leipzig of DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been granted Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification by IATA.IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification “attests the highest service and quality standards for life sciences ...
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Qatar Cargo the latest to add Phnom Penh freighter
Qatar Airways Cargo has today launched its first freighter service to the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh as it looks to capitalise on growing demand from the Southeast Asian origin.The new service will utilise an Airbus A330 freighter operating on the Doha–Phnom Penh–Doha route once a week, offering 60 tonnes ...
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New San Juan to Philadelphia link represents boost to pharma transport
American Airlines has launched a daily, non-stop Airbus A330-200 service between San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín Airport and Philadelphia International Airport.American Airlines Cargo has a 25,000 sq ft facility dedicated to pharmaceuticals handling at Philadelphia International and the new daily A330-200 widebody service represents a further link between the two ...
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On the move from Mauritius to Madagascar
ALE has completed the first phase of a project to move 11 generators from Mauritius to Madagascar in East Africa.The UK-based heavy transportation and lifting expert flew the machines, totalling 57.2 tonnes, on an Antonov An-124 freighter from Mauritius’ Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport to Ivato International in Antananarivo.ALE used ...
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Heathrow welcomes new China trade link
Heathrow Airport has welcomed the extra cargo capacity that a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner China Southern service will bring to the UK-China market.The west London airport said that China Southern's new twice daily service between Heathrow and Guangzhou would increase capacity to the Chinese city to up to 8,760 metric ...
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Intrepid delivers first of two B747-8 freighters to AirBridgeCargo
US lessor Intrepid Aviation has delivered the first of two new B747-8 freighters from Boeing and placed the General Electric GEnx powered aircraft on "very long term lease" with AirBridgeCargo (ABC), a part of the Volga-Dnepr Group.This latest handover comes after aircraft lessor BOC Aviation last week announced that it ...
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Antonov's An-132D multipurpose turboprop completes first flight
Antonov has completed the first flight of its new An-132D aircraft, which will target the cargo industry as well as other sectors.The Ukraine-based aircraft manufacturer said that on March 31 the An-132D flew for one hour and 30 minutes after taking off from the company’s airfield in Kiev.The aircraft, which ...
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Emirates SkyCargo targets perishables market with new product launches
Emirates SkyCargo has added extra perishables solutions as part of its new SkyFresh product.The cargo carrier said its SkyFresh product brings together the cool chain infrastructure at its Dubai hub, its wide-bodied aircraft including freighters, and a range of innovative cool chain solutions.This includes its new 16-tonne capacity ventilated cool ...
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Air cargo rides the wave of an improving world economy
Air cargo rode the “wave of an improving world economy” over the first two months of the year but should not expect current growth to continue across the whole of 2017.In its latest market update, analyst WorldACD said that air cargo demand grew by 6.3% year on year in weight ...
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Ethiopian launches freighter services to Milan and Zaragoza
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest cargo operator in Africa, has launched two new cargo routes to Europe: Milan in Italy and Zaragoza in Spain.Currently, Ethiopian is providing the European market with minimum weekly tonnage capacity of 2,200 from Liege (LGG), deploying Boeing 777 freighters.Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: ...
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Swiss drones on track for hospital deliveries
Swiss Post is to begin regular drone flights of laboratory samples between two hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland, from 2018.Switzerland’s Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) has given the project the green light after assessing 70 autonomous test flights undertaken by Swiss Post, the Ticino EOC hospital group and US-based drone ...
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BOC Aviation in B747-8F lease deal with AirBridgeCargo
Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has purchased two Boeing 747-8 freighters from the US plane builder which have been committed on long-term leases to Russia's AirBridgeCargo (ABC).Steven Townend, chief commercial officer (Europe, Americas and Africa) for BOC Aviation, said: “We are pleased to add a strong new partner, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, to ...
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Seko Logistics appoints new chief operating officer for Asia
SEKO Logistics has named Tony Barnes as chief operating officer Asia Pacific. He will also lead SEKO’s Global Ocean Product as senior vice president ocean services.Barnes brings more than 25 years’ experience in the shipping, freight forwarding and logistics industry in sales and marketing, business development, operations and general management ...
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One Question
Lise-Marie Turpin, vice-president of cargo at Air Canada, answers:"This is not about going back to the ‘90s. It is not about cutting out the forwarders. Forwarders provide services that airlines cannot provide.In the passenger business, today, the travel agent adds value and charges for that. He has to do more ...
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Cargo Champion – Lise-Marie Turpin
ALTHOUGH it is impossible to accurately predict what will happen from one day to the next – and it is rather foolish to attempt to do so – one can still proffer a reasonable forecast supported by trends or patterns.Peering into Lise-Marie Turpin’s past, it is fair to say her ...
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Warsaw opening continues Kerry’s European expansion
Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics Network has opened a new office in Warsaw, Poland as part of its European expansion programme.It will be headed by Diana Sokół, managing director of Poland, who was previously at C.Spaarmann Logistics in Warsaw.Sokół, who holds joint Polish and German citizenship and has extensive knowhow in ...
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E-AWB use sees slight decline in February
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration of the market tailed off slightly in February, according to the latest IATA monthly report. The figure for the month was 0.3% down on January, according to the association’s latest figures.eAWB volume in February was 639,419 while in January it was 639,540.Nevertheless, IATA has set ...
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Forwarder partners provide Iran and Maghreb link
Forwarders Militzer & Münch and Andreas Schmid Logistik have founded a joint venture, MMAS Eurasia Logistic, to offer regular services to Iran and the Maghreb region of North Africa.The new company plans to offer several departures per week from its base at Gersthofen near Munich to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and ...
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Latin American fleets set to double, says Airbus chief
The Latin American aircraft fleet is set to more than double during the next 20 years, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast.The Toulouse-headquartered plane-maker sees demand for 2,570 new passenger and freighter aircraft in 2016-35, including 2,030 single-aisle and 540 widebody aircraft, worth an estimated US$350bn.President of Airbus ...