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Ethiopian Airlines relaunches cargo flights at Brussels Airport
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo is returning to Brussels Airport with 12 direct daytime freighter flights a week out of the Belgian airfreight hub, bound for Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.In late 2015, the African combination carrier was forced to switch services to Maastricht-Aachen after it was not able to obtain ...
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Crumbs: Freighters end a UK biscuit shortage
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has helped UK consumers maintain their biscuit supply following a national shortbread...sorry, shortage.The rich tea cargo team at the UK hub have welcomed two Boeing 777 freighters full of biscuits into the region in the last two weeks.Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager at the airport, said: “There has ...
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Turkish Cargo get in on the superhero market with transport of Batmobile
For a while now pharma has been the segment of choice for the air cargo industry, but with more and more companies targeting the high-margin industry, Turkish Cargo has identified a new customer base to target: superheroes.The Turkish cargo carrier revealed that it will be transporting the Batmobile to various ...
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Cargolux to take a flexible approach to airfreight capacity deployment
Cargolux will look to the charter market and try to be as flexible as possible with its fleet as it looks to mitigate current market conditions.Cargolux executive vice president sales & marketing Niek van der Weide told Air Cargo News that he expected market overcapacity and yield pressure to remain ...
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Lufthansa Cargo reveals summer freighter schedule with six destinations added to line-up
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed its summer airfreight schedule with Moscow, Ashgabat, Baku, Doha, Seattle and Los Angeles added to its service offering.The German carrier said that since the start of March, an MD-11 freighter had been operating on a rotation of Frankfurt, Domodedovo, an existing destination, Moscow, Ashgabat and Baku.It ...
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US forwarders urge DoT to think freight when awarding Cuba licenses
The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) has urged the country’s Department of Transportation (DoT) to assign routes for Cuba to US passenger airlines that also offer air cargo service.The AFA said a total of eight US carriers had applied to operate routes from between the US and Cuba, but only five ...
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Bangladesh garment producers urge lifting of UK's airfreight ban from Dhaka
Bangladesh garment producers have called on the government to work with the UK to lift the ban on airfreight shipments from Dhaka saying it hurts exports from the country.Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Siddiqur Rahman urged the government to ensure that ...
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PACAVI completes pre-modification tests on A320 series freighter conversion
PACAVI, the US-based engineering and conversion specialist, is moving forward with the supplemental type certificate (STC) development for its Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme.PACAVI Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: “Our STC programme, started in January 2015, is progressing on schedule, as well as the conversion of our prototype ...
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UPS to offer cryogenic airfreight service in Europe
Integrator UPS is now offering European customers a cryogenic shipping service through the use of specialist containers.The service, which is available on airfreight services as well as other modes of transport, uses cryogenic containers from Cryoport which use liquid nitrogen stored in dry vapour form to keep products frozen at ...
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Chapman Freeborn and RUS Aviation announce Asia cargo agreement
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Sharjah-based RUS Aviation have announced an exclusive cargo sales agreement to provide airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.Effective this month, Chapman Freeborn will sell per-kilo shipments from Hong Kong to the UAE, with onward connections via RUS Aviation’s regional network ...
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Dachser creates new business unit to develop specialist solutions
Dachser has created a new central business unite that will look to develop logistics service targetting specific industries.The new Corporate Solutions, Research & Development business unit will be led by Stefan Hohm, who has led the Dachser Logistics Center in Hof, Germany, for the past seven years. Hohm will report ...
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NewsEuropean cargo carriers monthly: Another mixed month for airlines
The latest airline statistics have revealed another mixed month for Europe’s leading combination carriers’ cargo volumes.While Lufthansa and Air France KLM both recorded another year-on-year decline in cargo demand in February, IAG and Finnair saw demand increase.The IAG Group, which owns British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, saw its cargo ...
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TIACA to host air cargo workshop at Multimodal show
Logistics exhibition Multimodal has revealed its education programme will take an in-depth look at new legislation affecting all sectors of the supply chain, as well as featuring an intensive professional development course aimed at air cargo professionals.The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) will run its three-day Professional Development Workshop programme ...
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DHL partnership to expand Nordics and Baltics parcel delivery
DHL is extending its European B2C parcel network across the Nordics and Baltics in collaboration with DHL Freight Sweden, Finnish postal operator Posti and Bring, a subsidiary of the Norwegian postal operator.It is claimed to be largest parcel network in northern Europe, offering a business to consumer infrastructure for parcel ...
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Changi airport launches CEIV pharma community for air cargo firms
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has revealed plans to launch an IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Handling (CEIV Pharma) community that will work together to achieve the certification.Under the community programme, companies will have to undergo training, as well as an assessment of their facilities and processes by ...
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Amazon makes its move
At last, the worst kept secret in the US freighter sector is in the open.Internet giant Amazon has signed a deal with US lessor ATSG for up to 20 freighters to operate a network in the US.In an investors’ conference call, ATSG referred all operational questions back to Amazon, which ...
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MAG's Cowan heads for Stansted
Andrew Cowan, currently chief strategy officer of MAG, has been appointed divisional chief executive of London Stansted Airport.MAG is the country’s largest UK-owned airport operator with four hubs: Stansted, Bournemouth, East Midlands and Manchester.Cowan will take up his role at the UK’s fourth largest airport in April 2016 and lead ...
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Lithium-ion shipments on freighters: More pilots speak up on safety concerns
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) said that “more needs to be done” to address the safety of lithium-ion battery shipments on cargo aircraft.While supporting the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) decision to prohibit lithium-ion batteries as freight on passenger aircraft, IFALPA added: “Both lithium-ion and lithium-metal ...
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Singapore's Changi offers S$14m support package for cargo partners
Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has announced a S$14m package of “support measures” for its cargo partners, which will provide the sector with “cost relief against the backdrop of a challenging outlook for the global airfreight industry”.The measures, which include a one-time Special Assistance Package (SAP) for cargo agents and ...
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ASC and Socrates partner on supply chain security and compliance
ASC Pharmaceutical Logistics and risk consultant Socrates have announced a new partnership that will see the two companies offer each other’s services to clients.The partnership will see Socrates offering ASC’s regulation compliance services while ASC will offer its clients Socrates' security from theft, counterfeit and adulteration services.“There is a natural ...