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Tyler addresses issues of German efficiency
Speaking at IATA’s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin today, the association’s director general and CEO, Tony Tyler, considered the host nation’s aviation transport policy and how the German Government can offer some valuable assistance to the industry by improving its international competitiveness.By way of background, he noted: “Aviation supports ...
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Jettainer and DoKaSch ink new deal at WCS
Jettainer, the Frankfurt-based provider of outsourced ULD management services, and DoKaSch, a Staudt, Germany-headquartered manufacturer and repair service provider of air freight containers and pallets, have signed a new collaborative deal at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) under way in Berlin this week.The aim of this deal is to improve ...
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GSF adds its thoughts on ‘The Value of Air Cargo’
Chris Welsh, secretary general of the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) – the trade body that represents national and reginal shippers – has offered his thoughts on the subject of ‘The Value of Air Cargo’, the tag line of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium taking place in Berlin this week between 15-17 ...
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RJ revels in positive 2015 results
Amman-headquartered Royal Jordanian (RJ) has revealed that the carrier made a net profit before tax of JD21 million (US$30 million) last year, while in 2014 it had registered a net loss before tax of JD49.5 million (US$70 million). The net profit after tax for 2015 was JD16 million (US$22.6 million), ...
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Cathay announces fall in February cargo volumes
Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair moved a total of 117,299 tonnes of cargo and mail in February, a 10.1% fall on the same month of last year. With capacity, as measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rising by 1.1%, and the cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) figure ...
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Iron Maiden: the show must go on
Following the much-publicised incident on the ground at Santiago Airport on 12 March that saw rock band Iron Maiden’s customised Boeing 747 – known as Ed Force One – damaged in a collision during ground towing, the group released a statement on its website the same day to say that ...
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Dubai International still on the up
Dubai International airport (DXB) handled 201,483 tonnes of cargo in January 2016, an increase of 8.2% compared to the 186,230 tonnes that passed moved through the gateway in the same month of 2015.The healthy performance of the first month of this year continues a positive trend. Dubai International Airport (DXB) ...
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ICAO: ensuring global connectivity
Fragmented supply chains and infrastructure constraints are preventing local businesses and citizens in some regions from taking full advantage of the benefits of air cargo.That was a key message from ICAO secretary general Fang Liu who addressed the IATA Air Cargo Symposium in Berlin.The head of the United Nations aviation ...
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Remaining elements of ASL join ERA trade body
ASL Aviation Group, plus ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Hungary and ACLAS Technics of the UK have joined the other elements of the ASL Aviation Group (namely, ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Switzerland and its associated entities as well as ACLAS Global of the UK) as members of the European ...
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Silk Way West opts for Descartes’ Global Air Messaging Gateway
Silk Way West Airlines, part of the Baku, Azerbaijan-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way Group, has begun using Descartes’ cloud-based Global Air Messaging Gateway. The system will help the carrier achieve “higher standards of service and minimise costs by expanding and automating air cargo communication processes such as the electronic airway ...
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DHL points to the future of logistics: robots
Global express services provider Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) has focused in its latest Trend Report on the subject ‘Robotics in Logistics’. In its look to the future, DHL predicts that robots will revolutionise the global logistics industry, soon handling tasks such as picking, packing and moving goods to such an ...
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WCA members to be given free access to WIN’s e-AWB platform
Independent forwarder members of the WCA network will all have free access to WIN’s electronic air waybill (e-AWB) platform for the remainder of this year, delegates at the WCA's annual conference 2016 have heard.The WIN platform, designed specifically for independent cargo agents and which connects to over 90 airlines, will ...
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IAG Cargo handles ‘The Man’
IAG Cargo, the freight wing of the Anglo-Spanish carrier concern, has flown a collection of 18 portraits of David Beckham for a Hong Kong-based, VIP auction preview of ‘David Beckham: the Man’, in support of 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund and Positive View Foundation.The event forms part of a ...
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Frankfurt happy with progress on digital switch-over
A little more than a year ago, the FrankfurtAIR@Link (FAIR@Link) cargo community system (CCS) went into operation at Germany’s busiest air freight hub. According to Frankfurt airport operator Fraport, since the system was introduced at the gateway in January 2015, the number of users and also the volume of cargo ...
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Titan turns to Ancra for B767BDSF cargo loading systems
Titan Aviation, one of the subsidiaries of New York-based freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide, has chosen Ancra International to supply the cargo loading systems for the latest additions to its freighter fleet.Ancra delivered two such systems to the leasing concern in 2015, and is delivering more this year for the ...
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Etihad chief points the way
Giving the opening address to more than 1,200 delegates attending the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) Conference held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition between 10-13 March, Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan offered his thoughts on the past successes and future direction of the UAE flag-carrier’s freight operations.Etihad Cargo ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds ground link to flower hub
German freight carrier Lufthansa Cargo has established a new direct trucking connection to its home hub of Frankfurt International Airport from Aalsmeer, the Dutch town which lies to the south of Amsterdam, close to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Schiphol, and which is home to the world’s biggest flower auction. Aalsmeer handles ...
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HKIA reveals disappointing February for cargo
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world’s busiest air freight gateway in 2015, saw a year-on-year fall in its cargo traffic in February of 14.9%. Handling a total of 258,000 tonnes of cargo, operator Airport Authority Hong Kong attributed the decline in large part to poor export performance – in ...
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FedEx reaches first milestone on Malpensa development
Global express services giant FedEx has completed work on the external structure of its expanded base at Italy’s busiest air cargo gateway, Milan-Malpensa International Airport. The ongoing expansion of the FedEx infrastructure at Malpensa will triple the size of the current facility and allow the integrator to handle up to ...
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American invests in cold-chain facilities
American Airlines Cargo is further developing its extensive perishables and pharmaceutical handling capability. Its most recent investments have seen significant improvements in its cold-chain infrastructure at two airports - Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and San Juan – that both handle large volumes of the carrier’s perishables cargo.American’s new drive-through perishables facility ...