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Analyst sees ray of hope in air cargo gloom
Analyst World ACD sees glimmers of hope in world air cargo figures for March 2016.Although year-on-year volumes overall dropped by 0.9% worldwide, flows from Asia Pacific to Europe and the Middle East & South Asia (MESA) showed growth of 19% and 12% respectively, holding out some hope of a change ...
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Volga-Dnepr moves 59 tonne compressor unit
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) created a transportation frame to move a 59 tonne compressor from Zurich to Singapore for inclusion into a bespoke oil rig.The frame served two purposes, spreading the weight of the compressor throughout the cargo cabin of the Antanov 124-100 freighter and also protecting ...
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a robot peregrine falcon designed to reduce the danger of bird strikes at airports
Bird strikes represent a huge danger to aircraft when they are taking off and landing, but one German airport is hoping a new robot bird could help solve the problem.Weeze Niederrhein Airport near Dusseldorf is running tests of a robot bird, known as robird, made and flown by Netherlands-based company ...
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NewsAmerican cargo carriers monthly: Air cargo declines across the board in March
March was another tough month for the leading America-based combination carriers as all three recorded declines in air cargo demand, while the Latam Group continued to suffer from the weak economic performance of major South American countries.The largest decline registered amongst the three US airlines came from Delta Air Lines, ...
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HAE to be American Airlines GSA in Africa
American Airlines Cargo has appointed HAE Group as its first general sales agent (GSA) in Africa.HAE Group is responsible for selling American Airlines Cargo services from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gabon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and South Africa.The outbound market from Africa splits roughly 50/50 between perishable and general cargo, and ...
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DB Schenker opens new Dubai World Central logistics facility
DB Schenker has opened a new facility in Dubai Logistics City (DLC) freezone, located close to Dubai World Central Airport.The German logistics company’s new logistics building measures 7,200 sq m and is first part of a three phase plan to open facilities with a footprint of 25,000 sq m at ...
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NewsFedEx to maintain major hubs in Liege, Paris CDG and Cologne following "historic" TNT acquisition
FedEx has completed its “historic” €4.4bn acquisition of TNT Express and announced it plans to keep all three of the main European hubs operational.Speaking at a press conference this morning, FedEx Express president and chief executive David Bronczek described the completion of the deal as “truly remarkable” and said it ...
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NewsBrussels and Miami airports launch global pharma organisation
Brussels and Miami airports are to set up a global organisation focused on improved pharmaceuticals handling and quality in the air cargo supply chain.Pharma.aero will focus on airport communities that "embrace" IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharma (CEIV Pharma) programme and are looking to further build on the ...
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DHL extends Airfreight Plus network to Russian cities
A switch in customer demand from overnight deliveries will see DHL Global Forwarding integrate Moscow and Russia’s other major cities into its alternative Airfreight Plus network.Ingo-Alexander Rahn, global head of airfreight, DHL Global Forwarding, said: “We have noticed a switch from overnight demand to more economical distribution solutions, and thus ...
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Whitehorn is new president of the UK's CILT
Will Whitehorn has been officially welcomed as the new president of the UK's Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).Over 100 guests joined Whitehorn at the president’s inauguration lunch in London.During his first speech as president for 2016/17, Whitehorn said: “Great change is upon us,” as he made reference to ...
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NewsWeak April for air cargo in Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific air cargo markets remained weak in April, failing to keep pace with rising passenger demand, according to the latest monthly statistics from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).April saw the region's airlines carry 24.2m international passengers, a 4.8% increase compared to the same month last year, on ...
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Its a trough life: Heathrow's HOGS making a meal of 25 years
A fine dining and good fellowship institution is celebrating 25 glorious years at Heathrow in early June.The HOGS, which in less politically correct times stood for Heathrow Old Guys/Gits/Gals Society, started in 1991 when 17 “freight chaps” got together for a dinner at The Crown hostelry in Horton, near Heathrow.Dave ...
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Double decker container carrier hits the road
A double deck trailer which can carry up to 13 AKE air cargo containers with a 60% reduction in carbon emissions has been designed to transport ULDs between Japan’s Haneda and Narita airports.Designed and built by Van Eck, the Netherlands-based road-transport equipment specialist, the customised trailer was commissioned by Japan’s ...
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Tim Scharwath to be boss of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight
Deutsche Post has appointed Tim Scharwath as the new chief executive of its DHL Global Forwarding, Freight division.Scharwath will join the German logistics giant “within the next twelve months”. In the meantime Frank Appel, chief executie of Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) retains responsibility for this divisionScharwath joins from rival ...
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NewsASL confirms purchase of TNT Express airline operations
ASL Aviation Group of Ireland has acquired the airline operations of TNT Express, comprising TNT Airways in Belgium and Pan Air Líneas Aéreas in Spain.The two airlines are to be renamed ASL Airlines Belgium and ASL Airlines Spain respectively, bringing the number of airlines in ASL's portfolio to nine.ASL’s offer ...
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IAG cargo says hello to Santiago
IAG Cargo will launch a new passenger route to Chile from winter 2016, becoming the only carrier to fly directly from London Heathrow to Santiago International Airport.With the four times a week bellyhold freight service, IAG Cargo – the freight arm of British Airways (BA), Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus ...
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HNA looks to tap into Portuguese airline
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which owns ground handler Swissport, is preparing to take a stake of up to 20% in Portuguese national airline TAP, according to French news agency AFP.It is reported that HNA will buy an initial 7% stake in Atlantic Gateway, the private consortium that owns 61% of ...
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Davies Turner boosted by lifting of Iranian sanctions
Freight forwarder Davies Turner is slowly seeing improvements in its volumes to and from Iran following the lifting of sanctions.The UK-based company first established its Tehran office in the country in the mid-1960s and has maintained a presence since then.The company said its market knowledge and understanding of local rules ...
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Chapman Freeborn utilises AN-225 for transport from Germany to Abu Dhabi
Chapman Freeborn and Fiege Logistics Switzerland have successfully completed a project to transport outsize oil and gas equipment totalling 232 tons from Germany to Abu Dhabi.Chapman Freeborn utilised an Antonov AN-225 freighter and an additional Boeing B747-400F aircraft to deliver the time-critical cargo from and Frankfurt–Hahn Airport to Abu Dhabi ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds new weekly freighter service from US to Middle East
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will today introduce a new weekly US-Europe-Middle East-Russia service aimed to cater for the oil and gas industries.The service will set off from Houston on Monday evenings before heading to Chicago, Luxembourg and then onto Abu Dhabi before returning via Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.ABC vice president North and ...