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    Difficult cargo markets hit Qantas Freight

    2016-08-24T08:59:11Z

    Qantas Freight, the cargo arm of the Australian flag carrier, reported a 44% fall in full year earnings before interest and tax to A$64m, reflecting “difficult global cargo markets and the end of favourable legacy agreements with Australian Air Express”.Commenting on the airline’s full year results ended June 30, group ...

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    Budapest Airport to develop new warehouse for DHL Express

    2016-08-24T08:55:41Z

    DHL Express and Budapest Airport have signed an agreement to develop a new 13,000 sq m warehouse at the Hungarian hub.Budapest Airport will develop a large warehouse and office complex near Terminal One for the airport operations of DHL Express, which will sign a 20 year lease.DHL Express performs its ...

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    Start-up Express Air Cargo signs up MRO provider as it prepares for launch

    2016-08-23T11:54:46Z

    Tunisian start-up airline Express Air Cargo has appointed FL Technics as its maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider.Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide re-delivery checks on the carrier’s two owned Boeing 737 freighter aircraft.“Being a start-up airline, we had been obviously looking for a trusted EASA certified maintenance partner ...

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    Abigail French joins CSafe Global

    2016-08-23T10:21:19Z

    CSafe Global, which provides temperature-controlled containers for pharma and medical products, has appointed Abigail French as the company’s newest director of strategic life science sales.French, based in North Carolina, will be responsible for contributing to CSafe's overall business growth while she consults with the region's biopharma, medical device, and partner ...

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    Quick-change operator seeks cargo business

    2016-08-23T10:20:21Z

    Malta-based operator Maleth Aero is making its Boeing 737-300QC quick change aircraft available to the cargo market.The aircraft has until now been flying ad hoc summer passenger charters around Europe.Chief executive Michael O'Brien, said: "While we have initially operated the QC in a passenger configuration, we are actively seeking work ...

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    Record seven months for Shanghai cargo handler PACTL

    2016-08-23T08:59:41Z

    Shanghai airport’s main cargo terminal operator continued its growth path in the first seven months of 2016, handling 919,461 tonnes of airfreight, a 2% year-on-year increase.Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) said that the volume increase was “the strongest result for the first seven months of any year ...

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    Qatar launches freight load centre at Doha

    2016-08-23T08:40:50Z

    Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a freight load control centre at its Middle East home hub in Doha.The new system will be an integral part of effective pallet loading procedures for the Middle East Gulf airline’s current fleet of 20 freighter aircraft.Qatar Airways’ chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “Automation ...

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    SATS enters Saudi cargo ground handling market

    2016-08-23T08:09:30Z

    Singapore-based airport ground handler SATS has expanded its footprint in the Middle East by becoming the first international cargo handler to operate in Saudi Arabia.Its SATS Saudi Arabia subsidiary has won a tender for the cargo handling licence to operate at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam. The concession ...

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    Aramex lands NewBridge pharma contract

    2016-08-23T08:03:30Z

    Dubai-based Aramex is partnering with specialist shipper NewBridge Pharmaceuticals to provide logistics services in the Middle East, Africa, Canada and the UK.Also based in Dubai, NewBridge’s customers include pharmaceuticals, biological, genomics and other healthcare companies.Through the partnership, Aramex is managing the logistics of patient samples across clinics and hospitals from ...

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    VIDEO: IAG Cargo supports The Who's fiftieth anniversary tour

    2016-08-22T11:58:40Z

    VIDEO: IAG Cargo have has been providing transport services for The Who's fiftieth anniversary global tour that includes 65 shows spanning 100,000 thousand miles.Over the course of five months, IAG Cargo was responsible for transporting key equipment for The Who’s 65 shows in North America, out of a planned 100 ...

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    Bangladesh's forwarders call for more charter flights amidst capacity shortage

    2016-08-22T11:14:48Z

    Bangladesh-based freight forwarders are calling for the government to speed up the approval of cargo charter flights as they face an airfreight capacity shortage.In written comments seen by Air Cargo News, the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) wrote to one of the Bangladesh’s leading newspapers calling on the government to ...

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    Wilson appointed divisional director of Toll Global Express

    2016-08-22T10:58:41Z

    Australia's Toll Group, owned by Japan Post, has appointed Bruce Wilson as divisional director of Toll Global Express, effective immediately.Wilson has been acting in this role since April, managing the express freight operations and business logistics solutions in Australia, including the Toll IPEC, Toll People and Toll Priority businesses.Wilson’s career, ...

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    GSF adds new board member

    2016-08-22T08:44:52Z

    The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has welcomed to its board Sean Van Dort – Chairman of the Sri Lankan Shippers’ Council.Van Dort is head of commercial & logistics at MAS Holdings, a $1.6bn conglomerate, positioned as one of the world’s most recognised design–to-delivery solution providers in the clothing and textile ...

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    Panalpina moves Cairo operations to the new cargo city location

    2016-08-19T16:02:26Z

    Panalpina Egypt has moved its country head office and all of its Cairo operations to the newly developed Cairo Cargo City at Cairo International airport.Fouad A. AbouElela, country head of sales and marketing, said: “Being in the heart of action and close to the government’s business related entities, such as ...

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    East Midlands Airport to close at weekends for runway refurbishment

    2016-08-19T14:59:28Z

    East Midlands Airport in the UK will close at the weekends during November and December as its runway undergoes refurbishment.The refurbishment will be completed over seven consecutive weekends, a UK first for airport runway refurbishment projects, meaning that the airport will be closed to all traffic for 48 hours each ...

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    Aircraft orders monthly: Boeing confirms Volga-Dnepr deal, conversions snapped up

    2016-08-19T09:15:37Z

    Each month Air Cargo News analyses the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.Boeing signs freighter-logistics deal with Volga-DneprAs previously reported by Air Cargo News, Boeing signed a deal at the Farnborough Airshow with Russian heavylift airline Volga-Dnepr Group for 20 747-8 Freighters, including four that have already been delivered. ...

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    Virgin Atlantic Cargo looks forward to new A350s

    2016-08-18T15:24:21Z

    Virgin Atlantic’s cargo division is looking forward to extra capacity and increased fuel efficiency of the 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft that were ordered at last month's Farnborough International Airshow.The airline said the $4.4bn investment is part of a fleet modernisation programme, which will see 50% of Virgin Atlantic’s aircraft replaced ...

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    IAG Cargo adds new freighter services through DHL partnership

    2016-08-18T15:12:02Z

    IAG Cargo has announced it will begin offering two new European freighter services through its shared capacity agreement with DHL.One of the services will fly between Madrid and Amsterdam and the other will add a stop in Paris CDG to an existing London Luton-Frankfurt flight that IAG offers through its ...

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    Dimerco adds new India office

    2016-08-18T15:05:42Z

    Taiwanese logistics company Dimerco is opening a new office in Hyderabad, India, to cater for a major customer.The new office is being opened in line with one of its mobile phone customers decision to establish a new production facility in the city.It will also strengthen Dimerco's customs brokerage service.Dimerco India ...

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    IAG Cargo and Exelsius announce next GDP Academy

    2016-08-18T11:27:28Z

    Following the success of their recent workshops in London and Hyderabad, IAG Cargo and Exelsius Consultancy have announced that their next GDP Academy training workshop will take place in Dublin, Ireland.Scheduled for 28-29 September at the Radisson Blu hotel at Dublin Airport, the Good Distribution Practice Academy combines classroom training ...