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Ethiopian adds India's Ahmedabad to its freighter network
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest cargo operator, will add Ahmedabad as its fifth cargo gateway in India with a direct freighter link from March 28.The rotation for the flight will be Addis Ababa, Hong Kong, Ahmedabad and back to Addis Ababa.Ahmedabad, India’s second oldest stock exchange and largest producer of cotton, ...
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IAM and American Airlines Cargo step up in time of crisis!
March 17 is St Patrick’s Day, and one of the most important days in the Irish calendar requires celebrating on both sides of the Atlantic.American Airlines Cargo's general sales agent in Dublin – IAM – sprang into action to ensure that expats and locals alike could enjoy their traditional tipple ...
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Focus: Miami targets sea-air
A 10-ton consignment of snow peas on board a vessel from Guatemala saw the launch of a pilot programme to develop sea-air traffic from Latin America to destinations across the Atlantic as well as in Asia.The Crowley Maritime ship sailed on January 26 on a course for Miami International Airport ...
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Agility invests S$25.5m in Singapore warehouse
Logistics firm Agility has acquired a two-storey warehouse close to Changi International Airport, giving it more than 600,000 sq ft of warehouse space in total in Singapore.The newly acquired 177,000 sq ft warehouse cost S$25.5m and is located in an area with access to "an array of logistics services" and ...
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FAA forecasts 3.1% average total annual RTM growth for next 20 years
US aviation regulator FAA has issued its long term forecast for domestic and international cargo revenue ton miles (RTMs) over the next 20 years.After decreasing by 0.9% in 2016, total RTMs are forecast to grow 1.4% in 2017, said the FAA in its its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years ...
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Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo's new Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations, said during the ground-breaking ceremony: “We’ve gained a great deal of experience in the worldwide transport of sensitive medications. CEIV certification from IATA has recently highlighted this. “The excellent collaboration ...
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Five more years for von Hoensbroech at Lufthansa Cargo
Alexis von Hoensbroech has been appointed board member products and sales of Lufthansa Cargo for a further five years.The company’s Supervisory Board extended his contract early and unanimously until November 30, 2022."As part of corporate-wide restructuring, von Hoensbroech had re-positioned his department at the start of the year to increase ...
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Forwarders keep you hanging on the telephone
Freight forwarders’ call handling standards have come into question as the result of a major new study into telephone practice.The research conducted by audio branding specialist PHMG, which audited 476 firms in the freight forwarding sector, discovered that the large majority risk losing business by subjecting customers to generic music ...
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ICAO and TIACA set for African conference in June 2017
Air cargo supply chain association TIACA is collaborating with UN aviation body ICAO to hold an African air cargo conference in Addis Ababa in June that will coincide with the official opening of Ethiopian Airlines’ new airfreight terminal.Air Cargo Development in Africa, the second such ICAO event but the first ...
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Air France KLM Cargo to add five new destinations for the summer
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF KLM) has announced it will add five new destinations to its schedule this summer.The Franco Dutch airline group has revealed that from March 26, it will begin offering cargo capacity to Accra in Ghana, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Monrovia in Liberia, Cartagena in Colombia ...
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NewsRacing certs for Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has transported some of the world’s top racehorses to its Middle East hub for the Dubai World Cup event, which will take place on March 25 at the Meydan racecourse.Champion thoroughbred horses have been arriving at the Dubai World Central hub on Emirates SkyCargo freighters over the last ...
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Riga Airport Supervisory Board nominates Ilona Līce as chairman
Ilona Līce, already a member of the airport’s board, has been nominated by the Supervisory Board of Riga Airport to be its new chairman.However, the Latvian Ministry of Transport, as shareholder of Riga International Airport, has to approve the nomination.Līce has been a member of the board at Riga since ...
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American Airlines Cargo appoints new head of Florida, Caribbean and Latin America
American Airlines Cargo has announced the appointment of Lorena Sandoval as managing director of its Florida, Caribbean and Latin America (FCLA) division.She takes over from Carmen Taylor who retired from the airline at the end of 2016. Sandoval joined the carrier 26 years ago in Quito, Ecuador, and has held ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Another mixed month for carriers
February was another mixed month for Europe’s cargo airlines as Lufthansa and IAG recorded improvements in demand, while there was a decline at Finnair and Air France KLM.Despite an extra day in February 2016 due to it being a leap year, the continent’s busiest carrier Lufthansa registered a 5.2% year-on-year ...
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Hong Kong cargo boost in February
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) experienced strong cargo growth in February, with a sharp year-on-year increase of 14.1% to 294,000 tonnes.In the first two months of 2017, HKIA recorded a 7.7% increase to 666,000 tonnes from the same period of last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: “The combined robust growth in ...
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Qatar expands freighter fleet with B777F
Qatar Airways Cargo has received its latest Boeing 777 freighter, taking the Doha-based carrier's total freighter fleet count to 21.Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Ulrich Ogiermann said: “The arrival of our newest Boeing 777 freighter comes at a time when we are consciously strategising our freighter network expansion this year, ...
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Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit reach a deal
Lufthansa and the German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have reached an agreement regarding what the former describes as “all previously unresolved collective bargaining matters”.Lufthansa and VC had been in dispute for some time, leading to strikes on more than one occasion last year, before the two agreed to mediation.In ...
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EC re-adopts punitive decision on airfreight cartel
The European Commission (EC) has re-adopted a cartel decision previously made against 11 air cargo carriers and imposed a fine totalling more than €776m for operating a price-fixing cartel.The Commission’s original decision had been annulled by the European Union’s General Court on procedural grounds.Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition ...
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Lufthansa reveals tough times for cargo operations
Lufthansa, the German flag-carrier, has released details of its 2016 financial performance, within which are a number of indicators pertaining specifically to its logistics business.As well as marketing the freight capacities of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines’, Eurowings’ and Austrian Airlines’ passenger aircraft, Lufthansa Cargo operates its fleet of freighter aircraft, comprising ...
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Panalpina’s airfreight business on the up
Panalpina’s 2016 management report has taken a look back at last year and the global supply chain services provider’s performance over the 12 months.The company noted that the global airfreight market grew by between 1 and 2% in 2016, while capacity outpaced demand by more than 5%.This created a “continuous ...