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Airfreight industry to benefit from perishables growth despite modal shift
The airfreight industry will continue to benefit from growth in the perishables market despite the threat of ocean transport grabbing marketshare.Speaking at the Cool Chain Association (CCA) Perishables Summit in Barcelona, CAA member Janet Coldebella, who is also Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo business development manager – fresh, Americas, said that although ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo welcomes revamp of Delta partnership services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has welcomed a re-organisation of transatlantic services as part of its partnership with Delta Air Lines.Yesterday, the two airlines announced a range of transatlantic service changes with a new four-times-a-week direct Heathrow-Portland flight, the first between the city and London, grabbing the headlines.Virgin will also take over ...
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NewsPicture special: Hactl turns 40
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month.Hactl, which is Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler and one of the largest in the world, first opened its doors in May 1976 when Hong Kong’s airport was at its original Kai Tak location.As space in ...
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Perfect 40th for Hong Kong's HACTL
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is celebrating its 40th birthday and has launched a video to mark the event.It is a double celebration for Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler, which has also passed its bi-ennial ISAGO (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations) external audit, "once again achieving ...
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Emirates launches Hong Kong, Delhi freighter to Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is strengthening its footprint in the Far East and Indian sub-continent from today (June 1) with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from Hong Kong to Dubai via Delhi.The Dubai-based combination carrier said that new weekly service is being introduced to "tap increasing cargo movements ...
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Qatar adds extra Atlanta capacity
Qatar Airways Cargo has added bellyhold capacity to its Doha-Atlanta service through the addition of a Boeing 777 service.The Doha-hubbed airline's new service will fly daily and is in addition to the carrier's existing four-times a week freighter flight.Qatar now offers a combined 744 tonnes of capacity per week on ...
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PEMCO delivers B737 freighter to Salam Aviation
Conversion specialist PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered its first Boeing 737-400 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to Salam Aviation, a consultancy specialising in acquisitions, financing and logistics support.Performed at PEMCO’s headquarters at Tampa International Airport, the conversion was completed in 90 days. The aircraft is set to be in service in ...
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Aid relief groups call for greater use of new aircraft delivery flights
Humanitarian aid groups have called on airlines to take advantage of positional flights for newly ordered aircraft to carry life-saving cargo to those in need.The appeal came from the Airbus Foundation, the International Foundation for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Airlink, which are attending the IATA ...
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Air cargo demand pick up down to extra weekend and Easter changes
The improvement in air cargo demand experienced in April was down to an extra weekend falling in the month and an earlier Easter holiday.Analyst WorldACD said that the 2.5% year on year improvement in air cargo demand in demand in April appeared to give cause for a little optimism.However, it ...
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Stormy market buffets IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo’s headline commercial revenue declined 1.5% to €26m in the first quarter of 2016 compared with January-March 2015 – but after adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, it decreased 8.6%.The carrier blamed challenging market conditions continue. On a like for like basis, cargo volumes ...
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NewsAirfreight demand picks up but prospects look bleak
Air cargo demand picked up in April but IATA is downbeat in its expectations for the months ahead.The latest figures from the airline organisation show a 3.2% year-on-year improvement in air cargo demand in April led by growth in the Middle East and Latin America, with increases of 7.7% and ...
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NewsAir cargo rates improve but tough summer predicted
Air freight rates continued their recovery in April as cargo load factors remained steady, but tough market conditions are expected to prevail over the summer.The latest statistics from analyst Drewry show that air freight rates climbed by three cents on the March level to $2.61 per kg. It is the ...
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Website launch to fill cargo charters' empty legs
A new website for the worldwide aviation charter market is designed to allow the operators and brokers to list their empty leg flights in the search for return loads.The founder and brainchild of Flyemptyleg.com, Paul Ludick, said: “It’s about time that charter companies are being allowed and supported to promote ...
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Groth is West Atlantic's new chief executive
Fredrik Groth has been appointed West Atlantic's new chief executive after holding the interim post at the Gothenburg-headquartered dedicated cargo airline specialising in integrated mail and express freight solutions.Groth assumed his new role from May 25. He joined West Atlantic in January 2016 with over 25 years' accumulated experience in ...
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Interview – Cindy Miller, UPS
ONLY weeks away, the London 2012 Olympic Games – running from 25 July to 12 August – represent an ‘interesting’ challenge for the organisers. The Games’ official logistics company is UPS and it will be responsible for delivering all the sporting equipment, and vast amount of additional equipment – from ...
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E-AWB usage returns to growth
The use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) picked up again in April after a surprising drop off in March.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration reached 38.3% in April, up 1.2 percentage points compared with March figures.The improvement will be welcomed by IATA after there was a 0.4 ...
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Caroline Rose of TNT Express is the FTA's logistics woman of the year
Caroline Rose, head of regional operations at TNT Express in the UK, has been chosen as the Woman of the Year in the Freight Transport Association’s 2016 everywoman in transport & logistics awards.The award recognises Rose’s talent as “a visionary team leader who has a proven track record for leading ...
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Shipper heavyweights join TIACA advisory committee
Industry association TIACA is expanding its Shippers' Advisory Committee by appointing a cross-section of influential global air cargo customers.Representatives from Chanel Fragrances and Beauté, Ericsson, and Sandvik Machining Solutions will join the committee, which is chaired by Lars Droog, manager of supply chain and general affairs with Tosoh Corp, the ...
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Air Malta appoints NAS as cargo agent
Air Malta has appointed Network Airline Services (NAS) to be its general sales and services agent (GSSA) as it looks to expand its cargo volumes.NAS will start its GSSA duties from June 1 and will provide guaranteed income as part of a total cargo management agreement that will see the ...
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Changi three runway system contract award
Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has awarded a S$1.1bn contract to help develop a three-runway system at the key Asian passenger and cargo hub that handled 1.84m tonnes of freight in 2014.A joint venture formed by Samsung C&T Corporation and Koh Brothers won the contract for the first package of ...