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Turkish Cargo gains pharma certification
Turkish Cargo has become the latest airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certificate for its pharmaceutical operations.The airline was awarded the CEIV certificate after meeting IATA’s CEIV standards.Turkish Cargo has a storage area totalling 3,000sq m and covering four different temperature ranges (from -20 ...
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Finnair selects terminal operator for its new Helsinki freight hub
Finnair Cargo has selected HUB Logistics as the terminal operator for its new 37,000sq m Cool Nordic hub due to open at Helsinki airport in May 2017.The two companies will work closely over the next eight months to maximise use of the new terminal from the start of operations.The transition ...
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Jettainer launches JettCare for ULD expertise training
Jettainer, the outsourced unit load device (ULD) management specialist, is launching JettCare, a programme to create awareness for the value and importance of airfreight containers and pallets.The programme will involve training several thousand ground services staff, making them “ULD-X-Perts” said the Lufthansa Cargo sister company.Jettainer stated: "Expenditure on repairs is ...
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Five more years for Gerber as Lufthansa Cargo chief executive
Lufthansa Cargo's supervisory board has confirmed Peter Gerber as chief executive and executive board chairman for a further five years.The board has "unanimously agreed" an early extension of Gerber's contract to April 30 2022 said the German flag carrier's cargo arm and freighter operator.It added in a statement: "Lufthansa Cargo ...
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VIDEO: Trucker Jan de Rijk bones up on T-Rex transport
Jan de Rijk Logistics has transported the 66m year old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.Airline KLM asked the Netherlands-based road feeder services provider to move the dinosaur, affectionately known as 'Trix', from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to the Naturalis Museum in the Dutch city of Leiden."We do not get his kind ...
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IPR redelivers its first ATR72 LCD conversion
IPR Conversions has redelivered its first large cargo door ATR72-202F conversion.The Switzerland-based company said the delivery of the ATR aircraft to Summit Air of Yellowknife, Canada, was its first large cargo door conversion since the purchase of the supplemental type certificate from Alenia last year.Summit Air booked an additional ATR72 ...
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Crane Worldwide opens new Heathrow office and reveals new customer portal
Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics is set to reveal a new customer IT portal following on from the opening of its latest office and warehouse at London Heathrow.The US-headquartered company, which began its UK and Ireland operations in 2009, yesterday held an opening ceremony to celebrate the opening of its ...
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Airfreight rates climb again in July
Airfreight rates continued to climb in July, reaching a new high for the year and closing in on last year’s level.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s Sea and Air Shipper Insight Report show that in July average global airfreight prices reached $2.82 per kg, up from June's level of $2.78 ...
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Schiphol's half year cargo on the rise but passenger capacity at the limit
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport saw 2016 half year cargo volumes increase 1.6% over prior year to 796,801 tonnes, but the hub's passenger capacity is "reaching the limits".The Netherlands airport, Europe's third largest cargo hub by volume in 2015 at 1.6m tonnes, outperformed the number one European freight hub, Frankfurt in ...
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WFS appoints ex-Menzies Aviation boss as chief executive
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed former Menzies Aviation boss Craig Smyth as its new chief executive.Smyth will start the job on August 29 and takes over from Olivier Bijaoui, who announced he was stepping down from the role in July.He joins WFS following more than 20 years ...
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NewsAirports report marginal airfreight growth during the first half
Airports saw airfreight volumes increase by 0.5% during the first half of the year as demand was affected by subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies and a modest recovery in advanced economies.Figures from Airports Council International (ACI) show the 0.5% growth rate in global freight volumes comprised a ...
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TIACA's Brittin to retire at end of 2016
Doug Brittin, TIACA’s secretary general since 2013, is to retire from the air cargo industry association at the end of this year, sparking a search to appoint his successor.TIACA chairman Sanjiv Edward said in a message to members: “Doug has done a great job since joining us, and while we ...
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Samsung SDS forms logistics partnership with ALS to capitalise on Vietnam's growth
Samsung SDS – the IT solutions and logistics arm of Samsung – hopes to expand its business in Southeast Asia through a new partnership with Vietnam-based airfreight terminal operator Aviation Logistics Service (ALS).Through the partnership, Samsung SDS, which provides logistics services to non-Samsung companies as well as the electronics giant, ...
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CargoLogicAir awards maintenance contract to Volga-Dnepr Gulf
CargoLogicAir has awarded Volga-Dnepr Gulf the contract to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter.The scope of works agreed with Volga-Dnepr Gulf includes airworthiness directive/service bulletin (AD/SB) accomplishment, modifications and Out-of-Phase (OOP) tasks.London Stansted based CargoLogicAir, which is a partner of Volga-Dnepr, started operations in February with its B747-400, ...
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Air Charter Service adds onboard courier team in Asia
Air Charter Service (ACS) has expanded its onboard courier (OBC) operations through the creation of a new team in Asia in addition to its Frankfurt setup.The new team will be led by Hugo Liu and will be based in Air Charter Service's office in Hong Kong.ACS time critical manager Oliver ...
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CHEP lands LATAM for outsourced ULDs
LATAM Airlines Group has awarded the management of its containers and pallets to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the outsourced unit load device (ULD) specialist.The five year agreement will see CHEP managing one of the largest outsourced ULD fleets in the industry, said the two companies in a joint statement.CHEP, following its ...
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Airlander airship damaged while landing
The prototype Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 Airship has been damaged while landing at Cardington Airfield in the UK. There are no reports of injuries.It made its maiden flight earlier this month on August 18 (see video below).According to the BBC the £25m vehicle, described as the world's largest aircraft, ...
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VIDEO: World's longest aircraft makes maiden flight
The world’s longest aircraft – the Airlander 10 airship – has completed its maiden flight, taking off from Cardington Airfield in the UK last night (see end of article for video).The £25m aircraft had been due to make its maiden flight last Sunday, but take-off was delayed because of a ...
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Sofa so good as Chapman Freeborn OBC team expands
Chapman Freeborn OBC has announced a series of appointments as the on board courier (OBC) business specialist continues to expand its global hand-carry services.The Cologne-headquartered company said that it has gained “several experts from the aviation and express logistics industry” in order to satisfy the increased demand from the market.It ...
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Tighten up enforcement or face battery ban, says freight industry
Freight industry and manufacturing groups have written to governments worldwide to demand stricter enforcement of international regulations on the transport of lithium batteries.The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), together with the US Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA), the European ...