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DHL promotion for Goh in Asia Pacific
DHL has appointed Alfred Goh as Regional Head of Customer Solutions and Innovation (CSI) Asia Pacific, providing the company's largest and strategically important customers with simplified access to the full offering of DHL across the business units: express, forwarding, warehouse management to e-commerce services.Goh will also maintain his position as ...
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Kerry Logistics snaps up German film and media specialist
Kerry Logistics Network, the Asia-based service provider, has further expanded its European operations by acquiring Germany’s Multi Logistics, a specialist film and media logistics provider with 30 years’ experience in the sector.The expansion will add four offices and bring in additional logistics expertise to Kerry Logistics’ existing resources and network ...
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China Airlines and Japan Airlines to strengthen cargo and passenger cooperation
Taiwan's China Airlines and Japan Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand their strategic cooperation on cargo and passenger operations.No details were given on the cargo aspect of the cooperation which may have significant benefits for the Japanese carrier. JAL does not operate freighters at present but ...
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Year of steady growth for dnata
Dubai-based passenger and cargo handler dnata has called 2016 a “year of steady growth” despite challenges in the aviation industry and “increased economic pressures around the globe”.The Emirates Group ground handling subsidiary closed 2016 with 419,133 tonnes of cargo at Dubai International Airport (DXB) which is a monthly average of ...
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Brussels airport's 2016 cargo volumes boosted by freighter and pharma
Brussels Airport saw a 1.1% rise in cargo volumes during 2016 to 494,637 tons, helped by strong performances in the pharmaceuticals sector and also by a double digit percentage rise in loads carried by freighter aircraft.A spokesperson for the European cargo hub said: “Strong figures were noted, particularly in the ...
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Vienna announces expansion of air cargo facilities
Vienna Airport has announced plans to expand its air cargo facilities by one third as demand continues to improve.The Austrian airport said the project would expand its Air Cargo Center by 15,000 sq m at a cost of around €16m.At present around 800 tonnes of freight are handled by the ...
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India plans new community system to improve air cargo efficiency
The Indian government will develop an air cargo community system through a public private partnership to try and reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of processing airfreight shipments.A report by an Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation committee said that it backed having a single window system for the air ...
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Asia Pacific carriers record another cargo improvement in November
Asian carriers continued to benefit from improving air cargo market conditions in November but global trade remains soft.The latest update from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines shows that airlines in the region registered a 5.3% year-on-year improvement in cargo demand in November “underpinned by broad-based improvements in new export ...
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Air cargo has the best peak season in years
The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that the air cargo industry had the "best peak season in years" in 2016, with demand growth recovering from a slow start and yields improving at their fastest pace since 2010.The latest data from the analyst shows that demand in tonnage terms in ...
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IAG Cargo in charitable transport of blankets and sleeping bags
IAG Cargo has transported a charitable collection of blankets and sleeping bags from across the IAG family for special causes in Kenya.IAG Cargo shipped 4 pallets of 400 cabin blankets and 150 crew sleeping bags from London to Nairobi for Kenyan school children in need.The donation traveled 4,255 miles and ...
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Halifax pots a red with Chinese lobster freighters
Canada’s Halifax Stanfield airport has secured five Boeing 747-400 freighter charters by Yangtze River Express in January to meet demand from Chinese consumers for fresh Nova Scotia lobster.Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) said that Nova Scotia seafood worth more than C$15m has already been shipped overseas in the holiday season.That ...
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AAT scoops T'way cargo contract for Hong Kong service
Low-cost South Korean airline T’way has appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its cargo handler for a new service from Hong Kong.The deal will see AAT provide cargo handling services and documentation handling on the airline’s three weekly Boeing 737 passenger services between Hong Kong and Daegu, which were launched ...
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VIDEO: IAG Cargo's Crawley looks forward to 2017
In IAG Cargo’s latest talking heads You Tube video, chief executive Drew Crawley has identified his highlights of 2016 and outlined areas of focus for the coming 12 months.Crawley listed working on projects such as The Who's latest tour, moving a David Beckham photo exhibition, and transporting valuable artefacts for ...
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ATSG subsidiary swoops on MRO and conversion firm Pemco
Aircraft conversion firm Pemco has been bought by Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).ATSG, which runs an air cargo operation for Amazon through its ABX subsidiary, said the acquisition will allow for a number of strategic benefits through combining operational strengths, expanded capabilities ...
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New Ethiopian Airlines cargo hub to open in April
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its new cargo terminal at Addis Ababa is 82% complete and expected to be operational "towards April 2017".The African carrier said that the new facility will have an annual storage (for both dry and perishable goods) of 1.2m tons and a capacity to handle eight ...
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Antonov Airlines appoints UK sales team
Antonov Airlines – operator of the Antonov AN-124, AN-225 and AN-22 aircraft – has appointed Dreamlifts Limited as its general sales agent, replacing Ruslan International.Based at Antonov’s new offices in Stansted Airport’s Diamond Hangar, Dreamlifts’ sales team includes experienced names in the outsize cargo sector.Paul Furlonger continues his long association ...
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Jim Butler: A look back on 2016 and a focus on the year ahead
In the following Q&A article, American Airlines Cargo president Jim Butler took some time out of his busy schedule to look back on the last 12 months and also to look ahead to the coming year.Overall for American Airlines how was 2016 compared with 2015 for your airfreight business?2016 was ...
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Saudi to open bidding process for second cargo operations at King Khalid airport
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has confirmed that the bidding process for a second cargo operator's licence at King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh will start in February 2017.GACA also confirmed that future investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia will include “full cargo airports,” with details to ...
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Baggage handler takes trip in cargo hold
It seems that going on vacation during the holiday season is becoming increasingly popular, experiencing a new city, somewhere a bit warmer.However, one baggage handler was perhaps not so happy with the trip he went on last Sunday when he was accidentally locked in the cargo hold of a United ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: November another bumper month for Asian carriers
November turned out to be another bumper month for Asian cargo carriers, although Cathay Pacific did see demand decline as a new air traffic control system was introduced in Hong Kong.The latest airline statistics from Asia-based carriers show that six out of seven carriers included in the Air Cargo News ...