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Fraport to host air cargo innovation lab
Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport has announced it will play host to a new event in September that will explore future innovation in air cargo.The Air Cargo Innovation Lab, which is being run in co-operation with DVV Media and Air Cargo News, will explore what air cargo logistics operations will look ...
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Seidl joins Schenker board
Oliver Seidl is set to join the management board of Schenker in Essen as the new chief financial officer following his appointment by the supervisory board of the German logistics group.He will take up the post at the earliest possible availability. The 53-year-old is currently chief financial officer of Media-Saturn-Holding ...
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NewsFreightos launches international online freight marketplace
Freightos, the logistics technology developer, has launched what it describes as the world’s “first online marketplace for international freight”.Freightos Marketplace offers users instant comparison of freight services and prices from multiple logistics providers, enabling users to establish "the optimal and cheapest method" for moving their shipments.The new online marketplace adds ...
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Ultimate Air operates South Sudan evacuation flights
Ultimate Air has performed a series of urgent air evacuation flights from South Sudan against the recent flare-up in troubles in and around the capital Juba. With all commercial flights in/out of the country being suspended amidst the unrest, Ultimate Air operated over 20 evacuation flights from the country carrying ...
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Air Partner appoints Seth Rotman as director of business development in the US
Global aviation services group Air Partner has appointed Seth Rotman as director of business development in the US.Rotman will also work with the Private Jets arm of Cabot Aviation, Air Partner’s global aircraft remarketing division. Seth will be based in Fort Lauderdale and will report directly to Ryan O’Kuhn, Air ...
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Astral Aviation: Looking to the horizon
When you think of air cargo in Africa, there is a perception that the level of sophistication on offer is somewhat behind that of Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.And while there may be many areas of this vast continent that have poor infrastructure and lag behind on ...
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Chicken sandwich flies with a drone
Last mile drone delivery has taken a step forward after retailer 7-Eleven and drone delivery service provider Flirtey completed the "first fully autonomous delivery" to a US customer’s residence in Nevada.The delivery will help advance research toward integrating drones into the National Airspace System.The Flirtey drone delivered a 7-Eleven chicken ...
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Panalpina airfreight volumes rise in difficult market
Panalpina has reported on a challenging six months of operations for its airfreight arm, and right across its business.Airfreight volumes rose by 8% year on year over the first six months of 2016, although the market had – the Switzerland based logistics player said – shrunk by 3%.However, much of ...
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EMEA Supply Chain and Logistics Summit and Expo join the Multimodal family
Clarion Events, which owns the UK-based Multimodal conference and exhibition, has boosted its supply chain and logistics portfolio with the acquisition of three global supply chain conferences and exhibitions from Industry Dynamics.The shows include the EMEA Supply Chain and Logistics Summit and Expo, the Smart Chain Annual Supply Chain Management ...
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Ethiopian Cargo appoints GSSAs in Italy and France
Ethiopian Cargo has appointed Air consult and ATC Aviation Services as its new general sales and service agents (GSSA) in Italy and France effective from June 24 and July 16 respectively.ATC Aviation Services, a Germany-based GSSA, has 32 offices worldwide. The company has already been serving as a GSSA for ...
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Singapore Airlines to fly direct to Manchester
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to offer a non-stop passenger aircraft connection between Singapore and the UK’s Manchester Airport from late October 2016.The non-stop Singapore–Manchester service will be operated five times a week from October 30. The aircraft will then continue on to Houston, which is currently served by SIA via ...
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Ambatovy looks to DHL Global Forwarding for project logistics
DHL Global Forwarding has inked a three-year global freight forwarding agreement with Ambatovy, a joint venture between Sherritt International Corp, Sumitomo Corp and Korea Resources Corp.The deal encompasses two contracts, according to which the freight forwarding division of Deutsche Post DHL will provide onshore and offshore services for Ambatovy.For the ...
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Denver sees cargo volumes fall away
Denver International Airport handled more passengers in May than it had previously ever done in that month. However, cargo volumes (including mail) handled during the month amounted to 19,417 tonnes, a decline of 2.1% on the same month of 2015.Over the first five months of this year, the airport handled ...
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Pelican signs up new distribution partners in Asia
Pelican BioThermal, a provider of temperature-controlled packaging solutions designed for the life sciences industry, has expanded its presence in Asia by signing up two new distribution partners in the region.It has joined forces with Pharmaserv Express of the Philippines and CMC Element of China.Pharmaserv Express transports pharmaceutical products in the ...
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Alitalia flies back into Beijing
The inaugural of Alitalia new direct service to Beijing took off from Rome Fiumicino Airport on 28 July.The Italian flag-carrier suspended its Beijing connection three years ago, but the four times a week A330 service is being regarded by the airline as a significant step forward.Alitalia’s chief executive, Cramer Ball, ...
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Emirates moves to A380 on a second of its three Milan services
On 1 October, Emirates will switch from a Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft to A380 equipment on the second of its three daily links to Milan.Currently, the Dubai-based carrier operates two daily B777 services and one daily A380 link to northern Italy’s industrial capital. From the start of October, it ...
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Lufthansa downgrades profit expectations
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has reported provisional figures that suggest the airline made revenue of €15bn (S16.6bn) in the first half of this year, down from the January – June 2015 figure of €15.4bn ($17bn).Its adjusted EBIT (earnings before interest and taxation) of €529m ($584m) earned in the first half of ...
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DOT gives provisional nod to four US carriers on Haneda daytime connections
The US transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, has given its initial green light to four US airlines to provide new daytime services to Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport.The carriers – American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines and United Airlines – are seeking to make their various Haneda connections from Los Angeles, ...
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Change at the top at Solomon Airlines
The chairman of Solomon Airlines, Austin Holmes, has confirmed that Solomon Airlines’ chief executive, Ron Sumsum, has left the carrier.The airline’s general manager operations and commercial, Gus Kraus, has been appointed to the role of acting chief executive. He will serve in this position during the period in which Solomon ...
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Boeing lays emphasis on Indian aviation market for new aircraft sales
According to the latest Current Market Outlook (CMO) produced by US manufacturing giant Boeing and as revealed in a briefing on 19 July, its experts are predicting that India will require 1,850 new aircraft to be delivered over the course of the next 20 years.Those purchases would be valued at ...