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Chris Buckerfield: A well-known airfreight personality
Air Cargo News is sad to report the death of Chris Buckerfield, a well-know airfreight figure who enjoyed senior roles with Seaboard, Emery Worldwide and Air Express International.Buckerfield finally lost a long battle with illness, with his family at his side. Since his passing, the family has received well over ...
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Visitors experience Frankfurt's pharma focus
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt has held a pharma-focused event at Europe's top airfreight hub for BVL International, the German Logistics Association in the Rhein-Main region.There were 80 participants at the ‘visit FRA pharma’ event who received an update on current trends and developments in logistics, including the transport of pharmaceutical ...
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Air Charter Service expands to Australia
Air Charter Service has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia, the company’s first operation in the continent.Air Charter Service commercial director Justin Lancaster said: “Our Hong Kong office has built up a strong customer base in the region over the past few years and we felt now was the ...
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Panalpina: No plans to participate in consolidation amongst larger forwarders
Panalpina is expecting consolidation among larger players in the freight forwarding industry to continue but has no plans to participate as it concentrates on implementing its new IT system.Speaking shortly after announcing its full-year results, Panalpina chief executive Peter Ulber ruled out the chance of Panalpina participating in “high risk” ...
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Weak start to the year for Asia Pacific carriers
Asia Pacific carriers recorded a muted Chinese New Year air cargo demand surge in January as soft market conditions persisted.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines showed that cargo demand in January declined by 0.7% year on year to 5.1bn freight tonne km.Meanwhile, capacity for the period ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Okay Airways and Philippine Airlines tie up deals
Okay Airways announces commitment for 12 B737sOkay Airways has announced a commitment for 12 737s, including eight MAX 8s, three 737 MAX 9s and one Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane.The agreement, valued at $1.3bn at current list prices, is subject to the approval of the Chinese government and will be ...
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ICAO clarifies on new lithium-ion battery restrictions
ICAO has issued “additional clarifications” on new lithium-ion battery shipment restrictions as cargo on passenger aircraft, which the UN aviation agency announced last week.The 36-state ICAO Governing Council adopted a new aviation safety measure which prohibits, on an interim basis from April 2016, all shipments of Lithium-ion batteries as cargo ...
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NewsPanalpina to get new chief executive as Ulber moves up to chairman
Freight forwarder Panalpina will get a new chief executive as current incumbent Peter Ulber moves up to the role of chairman.Ulber, who is 56-years-old and took up the chief executive role in 2013, will succeed 72-year-old Rudolf Hug as chairman as he leaves the position due to age limitations in ...
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Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics looks to expand
The US arm of German forwarding group Dachser is looking for further expansion that saw a 16% surge in gross revenue to $192m in 2014 and a 23% rise in airfreight volumes to 22,000 tonnes.Frank Guenzerodt, president and chief executive of Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics, said that the ...
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ALPA responds to ICAO decision on lithium-ion batteries
North American pilots have called for stricter regulations covering bulk shipments of lithium-metal and lithium-ion batteries on cargo aircraft.While the US-based Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) decision to adopt a temporary ban on the shipment of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, ...
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Slow start for e-AWB take-up in January
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration got off to a sluggish start in January, with a 0.8% increase on December 2015.Latest IATA statistics for January 2016 show that the use of e-AWB among its member airlines stood at 37.2%, versus a 56% target for the end of this year.Despite missing the ...
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IAG Cargo reports 'challenging' 2015
IAG Cargo recorded a 3.2% rise in unadjusted 2015 full-year commercial revenue to just over €1bn as “challenging” market conditions saw like-for-like overall yield down 4% on prior year due to flat volumes while capacity grew by 3%.However, after adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, ...
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Cargo data is an IATA focus at the World Cargo Symposium in Berlin
Berlin is the host city for the 10th World Cargo Symposium, March 15-17, and the ‘value of air cargo’ will be the conference theme at the InterContinental Hotel venue.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo, said that the industry needs to make better use of cargo data, with a focus ...
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Battery ban ‘disappointing’ says Global Shippers’ Forum
Shippers have criticised as “disappointing” a total ban on lithium-ion batteries in passenger aircraft bellyholds, saying it goes against previous recommendations and “does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits”.The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) head of policy Alex Veitch said: “The outright ban on passenger ...
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Volga-Dnepr performs spacecraft payload transport
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a spacecraft payload module from Sheremetyevo Airport to London Stansted onboard one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters.The transportation was organised by DG Terminal and as well as the module three tons of support equipment was also flown.The airline used a special container to transport the module. During ...
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CEVA gets new Australia facilities
CEVA Logistics has opened new facilities at Hazelmere and High Wycombe in Australia, close to its Perth Airport freight hub.The new Hazelmere multi-user facility measures 60,000sq m while the new vehicle storage complex at High Wycombe comes in at 40,000sq m.CEVA said it had constructed the new buildings near the ...
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Airfreight droops but profits rise at Expeditors
Seattle-based logistics company Expeditors International said its airfreight tonnage decreased 1% in the fourth quarter of 2015. However, overall financial growth was strong, despite the decrease and a 2% fall in ocean container volume, said senior vice-president and chief financial officer, Bradley Powell.President and chief executive officer Jeffrey Musser said ...
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Malindo appoints Hong Kong handler
Low-cost Malaysian carrier Malindo Air has appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its cargo ground handling agent at Hong Kong International.Malindo Air, established in 2012, operates from hubs at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor and launched its first direct flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong on 5 February, initially operating ...
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Boeing signs Mexican biofuel deal
Boeing has signed a research and development deal with Aeromexico and Mexico's Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) to produce biojet fuel.The programme, which is supported by Mexico's Sector Fund for Energy Sustainability and which will be coordinated through the Mexican Bioenergy Innovation Center, aims to advance research and development of ...
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UPS promotes grassroots talent
UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone as president of its Europe region and Ross McCullough for Asia Pacific, while Cindy Miller becomes president of global freight forwarding.Cesarone, a 25-year UPS veteran who most recently served as president of UPS’s Asia Pacific Region, will now be responsible for operations in 56 countries ...