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Indian airlines have fines for alleged cargo cartel set aside
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo have been given the opportunity to have fines levied against them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an alleged air cargo cartel overturned.Late last year, Jet Airways was fined R1.5bn, IndiGo received a R637.4m penalty and SpiceJet was hit with a R424.8m fine ...
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DHL opens advanced Singapore facility featuring robotic technology
DHL Supply Chain has opened an Advanced Regional Center (ARC) in Singapore featuring automation systems with advanced robotics.The 90,000sq m facility, which increases the logistics firm’s warehousing footprint on the island by 40%, uses 130 robotic shuttles to pick and store products from 72,000 locations spread across 26 levels.DHL believes ...
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Blue Dart benefits from rise of business to consumer demand in India
Indian express air cargo carrier Blue Dart posted a double-digit increase in profits for the quarter ended March 31.The airline, which is 70% owned by Deutsche Post, recorded a 17% year on year increase in profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31 to R404.9m. Profits for the full ...
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Air Logistics Group scoops onboard courier deal
Wings On-Board Courier Network has appointed Air Logistics Group as its exclusive GSSA in Europe, the US and Canada.Air Logistics Group will provide full sales and customer service support for Wings On-Board Courier Network.Wings On-Board chief executive Tal Haimovich said: “We are delighted to establish our partnership with Air Logistics ...
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NewsKuehne + Nagel records small drop in Q1 airfreight demand
Kuehne + Nagel registered a slight decline in airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year on the back of a slowdown in market demand.The Switzerland-based forwarder, which last year saw air cargo tonnage grow ahead of the market, reported a 0.3% year on year first-quarter demand decline to ...
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Brussels Airport sees official launch of Air Cargo Belgium
Air Cargo Belgium (ACB), the new air cargo community organisation at Brussels airport, had its official launch this week.The new organisation, whose formation was announced in December last year, groups all companies at BRUcargo, the airport’s airfreight cluster, as well as related stakeholders or official organisations.Said BRUCargo: “Traditionally, there have ...
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Pharma GDP for IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands
IJS Global GEFCO Netherlands (NL) has been awarded a Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certificate by the Dutch Ministry of Health.The internationally-recognised certificate shows that the company fulfils the requirements of the European Commission’s Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use and of World Health Organization (WHO) ...
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Speculation grows around Amazon interest in Frankfurt-Hahn airport
Germany's up for sale Frankfurt-Hahn airport (HHN) is at the centre of industry rumours that e-tailer Amazon is considering taking a stake in the European cargo hub.A spokesperson for the airport said: "We cannot confirm that this speculation around Amazon/HHN is true."Loss-making Frankfurt-Hahn has been subject to a tender process ...
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Call for stricter drone regulations after incident near Heathrow
Experts are calling for stricter drone regulations after one of the devices is believed to have hit an aircraft approaching Heathrow airport.On Sunday afternoon the front of a British Airways Airbus-320 passenger aircraft approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit by a drone, sparking a police investigation.The incident was immediately ...
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B&H Worldwide appoints Gary Wilson in finance role
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Gary Wilson to the newly created position of non-executive finance director.Wilson is a highly accomplished financial director with significant board level experience in driving efficiency and growth in international businesses.He will be based from the company’s London Heathrow headquarters and will work alongside ...
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Air cargo industry set for debate on unmanned aircraft
The air cargo and unmanned aircraft industry will meet later this week to discuss the potential for unmanned aircraft to be used to transport freight.Sponsored by the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC), which was created by West Wales Airport and also counts Newquay Cornwall Airport as a member, and supported by ...
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Air New Zealand Cargo transports lifeboat on behalf of charity
Air New Zealand Cargo has moved a lifeboat and engine from New Zealand to Greece as part of an effort to assist Greek rescue teams working to search for refugees and migrants crossing the Aegean Sea.The rigid inflatable lifeboat and its engine, weighing some 240kg, was donated by the Bethells ...
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Hong Kong cargo rise in March but Q1 still down 3.5%
Hong Kong, the world’s number one air cargo hub, experienced “mild growth” of 1.1% year on year in March to 398,000 tonnes but registered a first quarter 3.5% throughput decline over 2015 to 987,000 tonnes.The growth in cargo throughput in March was primarily due to a 5% growth in exports ...
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Saudia to add bellyhold links
Saudia will add bellyhold cargo services to new destinations Munich and Maldives in the coming weeks, with services to Ankara starting in the last quarter of 2016.Passenger bellyhold space of up to 30 tonnes will be available on Boeing 777 and Airbus A320/A330 passenger aircraft serving the new routes, said ...
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Microchip machines on the move via Moscow
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) moved some microchip production machines from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for forwarder, DB Schenker. They travelled on two ABC Boeing 747 freighter flights via the airline's hub in Moscow.The main machine systems were packed in specially-designed containers with internal climate control; additional parts were crated with ...
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Brazil and Chile added to Pelican cold-chain logistics
Pelican BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packaging specialist, has added Brazil and Chile to its cold chain network.It has announced partnerships in Latin America with BioThermal Solutions of Chile and NatBio of Brazil.Kevin Lawler, vice president of worldwide sales at Pelican BioThermal, said: “With the continued growth of the global healthcare cold ...
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NewsDelta sees first quarter air cargo revenues slide
Delta Air Lines continued to see cargo volumes and revenues decline during the first quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 25.3% year-on-year decline in cargo revenues to $162m on the back of a 13.3% drop in volumes to 475m cargo ton miles.Although Delta does not provide commentary on ...
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TNT signs pharma duo for Medpak service
TNT has signed up two global customers for its new cold chain packaging and shipping solution, Medpak VI°C.The Europe-based express operator did not name the customers but said that one is “a leading clinical trial company” while the other is “a global biotech company”.Medpak VI°C, which guarantees a temperature variance ...
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Airfreight rates slide for the fourth month in a row
Airfreight prices declined for the fourth month in a row in February and the tough market conditions are expected to remain this year.The latest figures from Drewry’s Sea & Air Shipper Insight shows that in February airfreight prices slipped to their $2.57 per kg − the lowest level since the ...
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Jon Harston nets Kewill role along with three other new appointees
Supply chain software provider Kewill has made four new appointments to its finance, legal, IT, and product management teams.Jon Harston will join the company as chief financial officer. Harston will oversee the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company as well as the ongoing development and monitoring of ...