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Dallas is e-AWB compliant
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is one of the first two US airports to be fully electronic airway bill (e-AWB) compliant, as designated by IATA.To qualify as an e-airport, the majority of airlines and cargo ground handlers at DFW had to adopt e-AWBs with every international airfreight shipment.Ten of ...
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Airport capacity – FTA says Britain needs connections with the world post Brexit
UK shippers have warned that the British government's further delay on a decision for new runway capacity in the south east of England "is bad news for the economy and will further erode confidence in Britain’s ability to compete in global markets".The assessment came from Freight Transport Association (FTA), which ...
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Urgent heavylift shipment, three days and job done
Volga-Dnepr Airlines took just three days, from receiving the flight inquiry to completing the delivery, to transport a 30-tonne shipment from Maastricht in the Netherlands to Varna, Bulgaria.The urgent shipment, including a 25-tonne cable spool, was necessary to replace failed equipment on the Noble Globetrotter II drilling vessel developing an ...
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UK government delays decision on additonal runway for south east of England
A decision on airport expansion in south-eastern England is to be delayed until "at least October", Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced.London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been vying with each other over building an extra runway and a decision was expected this summer.Heathrow's plan for a third runway received ...
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Emirates SkyCargo celebrates 25 years of Heathrow services
Emirates SkyCargo is celebrating 25 years of offering services from London Heathrow Airport.Emirates first launched its route to Heathrow on 30th June 1991 as a thrice-weekly A310 service to Dubai.As passenger numbers have steadily increased, Emirates has added more aircraft to the route and today offers six daily flights between ...
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NewsReich to step down as Cargolux chief executive
Cargolux has confirmed that chief executive Dirk Reich is set to step down from his role following reports the airline returned to the red in the first half of this year.A company spokesperson confirmed that Dirk Reich has asked for termination of his contract and announced that he will step ...
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Istanbul flights resume
UPDATED: Istanbul's Ataturk Airport began operating flights on the morning of June 29 following a terrorist shooting and suicide-bombings which left 41 people dead and 239 injured.Flights had been suspended in the aftermath of the attack that took place on the evening of June 28.Three attackers began shooting inside and ...
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Air Partner eyes further acquisitions after positive start to the year
Air Partner, which provides aviation services, has provided a trading update at its annual general meeting (AGM), saying the financial first quarter is progressing well and that it is on the lookout for further acquisitions.For the financial year ended January 31, Air Partner made a profit before tax of £4.3m ...
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Envirotainer and CHEP extend partnership
Cold chain specialist Envirotainer and CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the unit load device (ULD) management company, have extended their partnership for a further three years.CHEP provides repair, handling, transportation and storage services for Envirotainer's fleet of air cargo containers across 21 global service centres, which are approved to issue certificates of ...
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Airfreight prices slide after two months of gains
Airfreight prices dipped again in May, wiping out the gains made over the previous two months.Consultant Drewry’s East-West Airfreight Price Index for May shows that airfreight prices declined to $2.57 per kg compared with $2.61 per kg in April.The decline sees prices return to the lowest level since the consultant ...
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Agility expands in South Africa
Global logistics operator Agility is expanding its African footprint through a joint venture South African supply chain specialist Super Group after acquiring a minority stake in Micor, the Johannesburg-based company’s freight forwarding unit.The new unit will be led by Henk Theron, formerly chief executive of Micor.Super Group, listed on the ...
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NewsEliska the Rhino flies home, thanks to DHL
DHL has transported a female eastern black rhino called Eliska from her birthplace in the Czech Republic to her natural homeland in Tanzania.Three-year-old Eliska, weighing 900 kg, was moved to a natural park in Tanzania as part of an ongoing conservation project run by the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust, ...
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Air Charter Service's new logo
Air Charter Service (ACS) unveiled a new logo earlier this week, the first change in the company’s branding for more than a decade.ACS group marketing director James Leach explained: “The previous logo was created 12 years ago and had begun to look a little tired."Since that was created the company ...
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IAG to boost its Shanghai cargo capacity by 65% to cater for peak demand
IAG Cargo is hoping that peak demand for electronics, pharmaceuticals and automobile parts will help fill additional Boeing 777 flights to Shanghai.The cargo arm of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, said the airline group’s new flight from Madrid to Shanghai had touched down for the first time today, while ...
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Lean and green Cargolux
Cargolux has become the first airline to receive the Lean & Green award, recognising its commitment to improve its carbon efficiency by 10% within five years.Lean & Green was started in 2008 as an initiative of the Dutch government to reduce the carbon footprints of companies.Dirk Reich, president and chief ...
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Cargo partnership trend continues as Lufthansa and ANA expand their tie-up
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have moved to extend their cargo partnership, with the two carriers combining their European feeder networks.The joint network includes more than 90 weekly direct connections between Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Brussels and Vienna in Europe and Tokyo Narita, ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo opts for VN Cargo in Lagos
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed VN Cargo Connect as its new general sales agency partner in Lagos, Nigeria.In support of the new Virgin Atlantic contract, VN Cargo Connect has increased the size of its sales team in Nigeria from seven to 12 people.All dedicated sales activities are being coordinated at ...
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Chapman Freeborn OBC India adds to business development team
Chapman Freeborn has added two new members of staff to its on-board courier (OBC) team in India in line with expected growth in the country.Franklin Henry and Paraq Joshi have both been added to Chapman Freeborn’s on-board courier business development team in India, having previously held management and sales positions ...
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Rhenus Group eyes Middle East expansion
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up its own country organisation in the UAE and is already eyeing further expansion in the Middle East.The new business will operate as Rhenus Group logistics Gulf DWC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rhenus Group.It will offer air and sea freight handling ...
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NewsAsian airlines see cargo demand slide in May
Asian airlines saw air cargo demand slide in May, while extra capacity caused load factors to decline.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that air cargo demand increased by 0.7% year on year in May in freight tonne km terms.Meanwhile, freight capacity was up by ...