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DHL scoops new ATR supply chain contract
Turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has renewed its contract with DHL Supply Chain to provide global inventory management and orders of aircraft spare parts.The new contract covers a three-year period and it is the third time ATR has renewed its contract with DHL.The new contract includes inventory management, international distribution of ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July
Lufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July, while Air France KLM saw traffic decline.Lufthansa saw cargo demand increase by 1.6% year on year during July to reach 854m revenue cargo tonne km. The largest increase was recorded on demand out of ...
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Manser joins cargo charter firm Hunt & Palmer
Steve Manser has signed up to work with Crawley-based Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters.Having recently returned to the UK from the Middle East where he spent more than 12 years, Manser was looking for his next challenge when the opportunity to join the Hunt & Palmer organisation presented itself.With an ...
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GECAS signs purchase-and-leaseback deal with Korean Air for five B777Fs
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Korean Air Lines for five new Boeing 777 freighters as part of the Asian carrier’s fleet renewal programme.The commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE said that deliveries of the GE90-powered aircraft freighters are scheduled in late 2016 and 2017.Korean ...
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ULD handling: it's not just a box says IATA
IATA has launched a unit load device (ULD) safety campaign to focus industry attention on the the one aircraft component that is handled by multiple, non-regulated parties outside of the airport.According to IATA, there are some 900,000 ULDs in circulation with a replacement cost of more than $1bn and with ...
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IAG Cargo starts offering Tehran bellyspace
IAG Cargo has today commenced a new London to Tehran service as it looks to capitalise on the removal of trade sanctions on Iran.IAG said customers would benefit from six flights per week to and from Iran, which will improve connectivity between European and Middle Eastern markets.The service will be ...
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AMI installs dual view X-ray scanners in the UK
AMI, the trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has installed a latest generation cargo X-ray scanner at its flagship London Heathrow facility.The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine, as required by security regulations from January this year, with a 180 x 180cm tunnel aperture.Its 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...
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Air cargo demand recovery eases in July
Hopes of a recovery in airfreight demand suffered a setback in July as year-on-year volume growth during the month eased off compared with June levels.The latest figures from WorldACD show that in July air cargo demand in terms of weight increased by 1.8% worldwide, compared with the 3% improvement seen ...
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Virgin promotes Phillips to regional sales manager role for Europe
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Claire Phillips as Regional Sales Manager – Continental Europe.Phillips, who takes up her new post from September 5, has worked for the airline for five years, initially as Route Development Manager and Capacity Controller.Prior to this promotion, Phillips played an integral role in the training ...
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Air Partner appoints Katsouris as freight business development manager
Air Partner, the global aviation services group and charter broker, has appointed Alexander Katsouris as business development manager in the freight division.Katsouris will be based in Air Partner’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and will report directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Katsouris has spent the last seven years working in ...
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UPS pilots agree labour deal
UPS pilots, represented by the Independent Pilots Association, have ratified a new five-year labour agreement after more than four years of negotations.The contract ratified with more than 91% of the vote, with more than 98% of the eligible members casting ballots.The collective bargaining agreement, which goes into effect tomorrow, covers ...
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Time to look beyond the e-AWB
The air cargo industry needs to start looking beyond the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) as supply chains will rely increasingly on digital technology.Speaking after attending an IATA e-AWB workshop in Atlanta, Markus Flacke, managing director at CHAMP Cargosystems said one of his reasons for attending the event was to promote ...
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Freightos takeover creates world's largest air cargo rate database
Logistics technology developerFreightos has announced the acquisition of air cargo rate management provider WebCargoNet.Freightos said the acquisition would create the world’s largest database of air, ocean, and land freight rates with hundreds of millions of international and domestic rates and routes, enabling shippers and freight forwarders to conduct business online ...
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Cargo yields down at Air China Cargo
Air China Cargo saw yields decline in the first half of the year as the slowdown in the global economy and sluggish trade volumes took their toll.The Beijing-headquartered airline saw first-half cargo yields, excluding fuel surcharges, decline by 10.2% year on year to RMB1.04 per revenue freight tonne km (RFTK).“In ...
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Digital vision: DHL staff don smart glasses to be perfect pickers
DHL Supply Chain is rolling out the next phase of its Vision Picking Programme that equips order pickers with smart glasses to display where packages need to be placed in the next stage of the supply chain.Successful trials of the “augmented reality technology” in the Netherlands with partners Google, Vuzix ...
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Logistics firm sets up new Rickenbacker operation
Logistics firm Morrison Express has opened a new hub close to Rickenbacker International Airport to serve the fashion, electronics and retail industries.Morrison’s new 8,250sq m facility is located around 15km from the airport and will allow the company to reach more than 70% of the US and Canada’s population within ...
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PEMCO launches support services for conversion and MRO
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering is adding new services to support the operators of its converted freighter aircraft and its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) customers.The added services include training for liaison engineers, customised electronic weight and balance load charts, certification consulting services, and MRO consulting services.Training services focus ...
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Asian airlines see demand pickup in July
Asian airlines continued to record improvements in traffic in July, registering a “modest pickup” in demand for the second month in a row.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that in July air cargo demand at airlines based in the region increased by 3.9% year ...
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B&H Worldwide appoints Haythornthwaite
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Gillian Haythornthwaite to the position of non-executive director; human resources (HR).Haythornthwaite is a senior HR professional with over 30 years’ experience working at executive and board level.She runs an independent HR consultancy business specialising in supporting companies to up-skill their HR teams, meet ...
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Brokers warned of escalating cyber attacks
BACA ─ the worldwide association of air charter professionals – has issued a cyber attack alert after reports that an increasing number of European brokers and operators have fallen victim to system hacks.The association said: “It appears that a very sophisticated criminal community is targeting the business aviation sector and ...