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Militzer & Münch bags myAirCargo contract from Lufthansa
Swiss forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed the exclusive partner in Europe for myAirCargo, Lufthansa Cargo’s international door to door service for its passengers who buy goods abroad that are too heavy or large for carry-on luggage.Currently, myAirCargo is available only on routes connecting Europe and the US, and ...
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Fashionable Rickenbacker picks up Etihad cargo flights for Trinity Logistics
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a "multimillion dollar" deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the Middle East carrier operate a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio, and to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo, which will operate either Boeing 777F and ...
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Steve Walker sets up logistics consultancy
The former head of UK freight forwarder SBS Worldwide, which was taken over by DSV, has launched his own consultancy after leaving the Danish company.Steve Walker, who moved over to DSV when it bought out SBS Worldwide in 2013, yesterday launched Steve Walker Global.The company offers consultancy, merger and acquisition, ...
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dnata opens Cargo Integrated Command Centre in Dubai
Dnata’s new customer service centre for export cargo customers has been officially inaugurated by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.Located in Dubai Airport Free Zone-Freight Gate 5, the export centre marks the beginning of a product improvement programme for airlines, freight ...
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DHL Express expands in Turkish market with long term view
DHL Express has expanded aircraft capacity to the Turkish market despite the recent problems faced by the country as it looks to the long term.DHL Express Turkey managing director Markus Reckling revealed that in August the express giant added more Airbus A300 flights to its services to the Turkish city.This ...
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Broker ACS signs capital partner to accelerate growth plans
Investment house Alcuin Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in Air Charter Service (ACS), the first external investor in the UK airfreight broker which is looking to accelerate its growth through acquisitions. "The investment will see Alcuin purchase a minority stake in the business and provide a platform for ...
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Frankfurt cargo surge in September
A “slight recovery” of the global economy saw September total cargo throughput at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) rise by 5.9% to 180,252 tonnes.Europe’s largest cargo hub saw volumes (airfreight + airmail) for the first nine months of 2016 increase marginally by 1.3% to just under 1.6m tonnes.Earlier this week, London ...
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Cathay Pacific launches group business review
Cathay Pacific has launched a “critical review” of its business, blaming “overcapacity and strong competition” in the passenger sector for a “deteriorated” outlook.In a trading statement, which did not mention cargo, the Hong Kong-based carrier said that its earlier 2016 interim report had indicated that "the operating environment in the ...
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Brisbane's Wellcamp wins Cathay B747-8 freighter call
Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding its freighter services in the South West Pacific with the addition of a weekly scheduled service to Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport in southern Queensland, Australia.It will become the first dedicated international freighter service to Wellcamp, and will operate on a Hong Kong–Sydney–Melbourne–Brisbane West Wellcamp–Hong Kong ...
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Alaska Airlines chooses SmartKargo booking system
Alaska Airlines has selected SmartKargo to provide a booking engine for the carrier’s expanding cargo business throughout North America.The cloud-based solution provides a backend system to allow users to input the booking requirements on a single screen.The engine comes pre-loaded with key information, such as IATA regulatory and commodity codes. ...
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Gatwick welcomes new UK agreement to double flights with China
Gatwick Airport has welcomed a new agreement between the UK and Chinese governments to more than double the number of permitted flights between China and the UK.Under the new deal, passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100, ...
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VIDEO: Emirates targets seafood with new Oslo freighter
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its presence in Scandinavia with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter from Oslo in Norway to its Dubai hub in the UAE.The Middle East Gulf carrier said that new freighter service, departing Oslo every Tuesday, will facilitate increasing exports of seafood, in particular salmon, ...
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Atlas and Boeing ink deal for nine B767 freighter conversions
Freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW ) has placed an order with plane maker Boeing to convert nine 767 passenger airplanes into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF).Four of the orders were previously announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in July this year, attributed to an “unidentified customer”, widely thought to ...
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NewsSeptember rise for Heathrow cargo volumes
Heathrow airport’s cargo volumes rose 5.9% in September to 126,109 tonnes on the back of growth to East Asia and Latin America, with China volumes up 13% as Brazil airfreight soared 18%, and Mexico 7%.Year to date, airfreight at the UK's number one air cargo hub grew by 2.1% to ...
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FTA demands quick UK runway decision
The UK's Freight Transport Association has called on the UK government to make a quick decision on whether to add an extra runway at Heathrow Airport.Speaking at the Shaping the Future Heathrow’ Conference at the Royal Institute of British Architects, FTA director of global and European policy Chris Welsh said ...
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Third Qatar freighter flight for Budapest
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed that it will increase its Doha-Budapest freighter flights from two to three a week from 7 October, with an additional Friday service.It follows the inauguration of the service, on Thursdays and Sundays, six months ago.Flights are operated by Airbus A300-200F aircraft, offering over 60 tonnes ...
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NewsForson is new Cargolux chief executive
Cargolux has confirmed that Richard Forson will take over as president and chief executive of the all-cargo airline from Dirk Reich, who is stepping down for personal reasons.In a statement sent out this afternoon, the Luxembourg-headquartered carrier said that Forson would take over in the role from August 1.Cargolux also ...
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NewsSeattle welcomes new AirBridgeCargo B747 to Sea-Tac Airport
Port of Seattle celebrated a new cargo freighter service - and aircraft - from AirBridgeCargo (ABC) with a dedication event at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-TAC).The ABC service will include two incoming flights per week from Moscow with outbound flights to Amsterdam and Frankfurt.Port of Seattle Commissioner John Creighton led a ...
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Air cargo antitrust settlements totaling $1.2bn granted final approval in the US
All 28 settlements, totaling more than $1.2bn, in the decade-long air cargo antitrust litigation have been granted final approval by the US courts.US lawyers Robins Kaplan said that the last four settlements with defendants in the long-running air cargo antitrust litigation, originally brought in 2006 against more than 30 air ...
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E-tailers told: not so fast but more control over where, when and how you deliver
Online customers are more concerned about where, when and how they receive their ordered goods rather than the speed of delivery, a new e-commerce survey has found.The study, conducted by DHL, suggests that e-tailers will remain competitive only if they give customers greater control over their deliveries.“Speed isn’t everything,” said ...