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Turkish Cargo sees 7.1% tonnage surge in 2019
Turkish Cargo recorded a 7.1% tonnage increase in 2019 compared with a global air cargo market that fell by 4.4%.Citing data from airfreight market analyst World ACD, a spokesperson for Turkish Cargo said that the carrier had the largest growth rate among the top 10 airlines.It also rose to seventh ...
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NewsA321 converted freighter secures EASA certification
European authorities have certified the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion undertaken by the airframer’s EFW joint venture with ST Engineering.Approval of the supplementary type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency follows the maiden flight of the initial converted aircraft on 22 January. The aircraft is set to be delivered ...
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NewsJoe Hete to retire as ATSG chief executive
Joe HeteJoe Hete will retire as chief executive officer of US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) in May this year.Company president Rich Corrado will become chief executive and a director of ATSG, whose clients include Amazon Air and UPS.Hete, who pioneered the leasing of midsize converted freighters for ...
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NewsBUD welcomes twice a week Seoul B777 freighter
Budapest Airport has welcomed the first direct Seoul-Budapest cargo flight with the arrival of a Korean Air Boeing 777 freighter at the new BUD Cargo City logistics base.The twice a week freighter service to Hungary will have a Seoul-Budapest-Frankfurt-Seoul rotation.The carrier will also launch a passenger flight to the South ...
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NewsWFS promotes leadership team in North America
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced key appointments to its leadership team in North America to support its air cargo and ground handling growth ambitions.Paul Walton joins the company as senior vice president express, responsible for all aspects of WFS’ express business. He previously served as senior vice president of ...
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NewsSpyrou joins TIACA's board of directors
Christos SpyrouChristos Spyrou, chief executive and founder of Neutral Air Partner, has joined the board of directors at The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).Spyrou’s appointment forms part of TIACA’s expansion and modernisation drive, which aims to combine the strengths of all stakeholders, consolidate all concerns and priorities, and represent the ...
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NewsFedEx donates delivery of medical supplies to China
FedEx Express has donated the use of its global transportation network and logistics resources to deliver urgently needed medical supplies to China.Up to February 20, FedEx has delivered eight shipments consisting of 197 pallets of humanitarian aid to China on behalf of Direct Relief.These shipments include 557,560 N95 masks, 232,450 ...
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NewsDHL Express adds first of six B777Fs for 2020
DHL B777 FreighterDHL Express' fleet renewal and e-commerce-led Strategy 2025 continues apace with the delivery of the first of six Boeing 777F-200 production line freighters which will touch down in 2020.The first plane landed at its future base of operations, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and will be operated by ...
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E-commerce boost for Sheremetyevo airport
E-commerce helped Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport increase its airfreight volumes by 6.9% in 2019 to over 329,000 tonnes, while mail rose by 37.4% to 49,400 tonnes.Moscow Cargo, the main airfreight handler at Sheremetyevo, saw its throughput rise by 12% over 2018 to 275,000 tonnes of cargo and mail.A spokesperson for the ...
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Challenging year for Agility's logistics arm
Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) saw full year 2019 revenue fall 2.5% to KD1.1bn, in what was described as “a challenging year for the freight forwarding industry as a whole”.GIL, the freight forwarding arm of the Kuwait-based Agility logistics and warehousing group, reported a full year 2019 decline versus 2018 ...
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Antonov Airlines HQ to take over GSSA role
Following the end of the general sales and service agent (GSSA) agreement with UK-based Dreamlifts, Antonov Airlines has confirmed that these tasks will be handled in-house at its headquarters in Ukraine, according to Air Cargo News sister title Heavy Lift and Project Forwarding.As reported last week, Dreamlifts will no longer ...
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Exports surge at Dominican Republic airports
A surge in exports from the Dominican Republic helped airport operator Aerodom register a 5.6% rise in total 2019 volumes to 71,500 tons, the highest amount for 10 years.The Caribbean nation saw exports grow by 8% versus 2018, while imports rose by 2.4% in the same period.The growth in airfreight ...
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InstoneAir collapsible airstable reduces container positioning costs
Horse transport specialist InstoneAir has received European regulator approval for its fully-collapsable airstable which reduces container positioning costs.The European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) authorisation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) enables empty units to be transported in the lower decks of freighter and passenger aircraft.Designed to fit all wide-bodied ...
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NewsE-commerce surge sees DHL Express expand Cleveland Ohio service centre
A surge in international shipping and e-commerce has seen DHL Express invest $3.8m to double the size of its Cleveland, Ohio, service centre.The expanded facility, close to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, is around 20,000 sq ft larger than the previous one.DHL Express said that the expansion and addition of new ...
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Global Transport Solutions launches 2020 buy and build strategy with Airsped
Global Transport Solutions Holding (GTS) has completed the first of four planned acquisitions in 2020 after buying Airsped Logistics, a 3PL logistics service provider in Norway.Netherlands-based GTS is the holding company of Singapore-headquartered Marinetrans Group and Best Global Logistics Group of Netherlands.GTS confirmed that it is working on three other ...
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UPS sets the 2020 investment agenda ahead of 2019 Q4 results
UPS has announced a number of product and technology upgrades, plus sustainability initiatives, ahead of publishing its 2019 fourth quarter and full-year results later today.The US global logistics, e-commerce and parcel delivery giant said that its “aggressive roll-out” of innovative new services and solutions was “squarely focused on the needs ...
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NewsANA's international cargo revenues fall 20.9% in nine months
US-China trade tensions contributed to a 20.9% dive in All Nippon Airways' (ANA) international cargo revenues to ¥20.6bn ($190m) during the nine months ended December 2019, as domestic cargo revenue fell 7.7% (year on year) to ¥1.6bn in the same period.The Japanese carrier said: “The Japanese economy saw increasing weakness ...
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Worldwide cargo revenues fell 11.7% in 2019
December 2019’s worldwide air cargo chargeable weight fell 1.7% year on year (YoY) while 2019 full year dollar revenues dropped 11.7% over boom year 2018.The December volume figure was the smallest decrease since January 2019, but in its latest market data report, Netherlands-based analyst WorldACD said: “The year ended with ...
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NewsAvia Solutions to buy freighter operator Bluebird Nordic
Avia Solutions Group, which owns UK broker Chapman Freeborn and freighter operator Magma Aviation, is to acquire 100% of cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic and so step into the narrow-body ACMI cargo business.According to the Cirium database, Iceland-headquartered Bluebird Nordic, founded in 1999, operates one B737-300SF and four B737-400SFs.Gediminas Ziemelis, founder ...
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NewsDublin's EFL recruits Byrne Air Freight staff as founder Eddie retires
June Shaw and Chris RadleyDublin-based freight forwarder EFL International has recruited the staff of Byrne Air Freight after its owner and founder, Ex-Aer Lingus employee Eddie Byrne, decided to retire.One of Dublin’s last independent airfreight agents, Byrne Air Freight was founded in the early 1980s. Byrne Air Freight’s June Shaw ...