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Weak November for cargo at Asian and Middle Eastern hubs
Airfreight volumes remained weak in November in the Middle East and Asia, reflecting the “slowdown of the Chinese economy and uncertainty in the commodity exporting countries”, according to latest data from the Asia-Pacific arm of Airports Council International (ACI).Freight volumes in the Asia-Pacific region declined by 1.5% and the Middle ...
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Etihad-airberlin codeshare ban overturned
Etihad Airways has welcomed a ruling by Germany’s higher administrative court reversing an earlier judgment that had called a halt to codeshares with airberlin.Etihad said that the Luneburg court today ruled that the Middle Easter airline could continue operating 26 out of the 31 codeshare flights it has with airberlin ...
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Kijac lands SEKO Logistics sales role
SEKO Logistics has appointed Carol Kijac as chief sales officer as it looks push ahead with its global expansion.Kijac will be responsible for global, local and strategic sales as well as marketing and sales training.Prior to taking up her new post with SEKO Logistics, she was the Principal of Peripheral ...
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NewsAmerican air cargo carriers record 2015 demand declines
The majority of America’s major combination airlines recorded declines in cargo demand last year, with United being the only carrier to buck the trend.Of the four major North and South American airlines that report monthly cargo statistics, American, Delta and LATAM all recorded declines in cargo demand last year.Source: companies. ...
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Davies becomes tech manager at Cargo 2000
Chris Davies has been appointed technical manager at Cargo 2000, based at the organisation’s Geneva headquarters.Davies brings over 14 years of experience in the airfreight IT sector and joins the new Cargo 2000 management team, headed by Ariaen Zimmerman, executive director.“Chris has a reputation for delivering robust projects and solutions ...
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Aeroflot to merge three airlines
Aeroflot is set to merge three of its subsidiaries to create a new airline as it looks to fill the void left by the bankruptcy of rival Transaero.Russian media reports suggest that Aeroflot will merge Rossiya Airlines, Donavia and Oren Air under the Rossiya brand.The move will leave the group ...
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UTi shareholders vote yes for $1.35bn takeover offer from DSV
Shareholders in US logistics player UTi have voted “overwhelmingly” to approve a $1.35bn takeover bid by DSV of Denmark, a deal that will create the world’s eighth largest airfreight forwarder.DSV said that closing of the transaction is subject to the “relevant regulatory approval being obtained from competition authorities in South ...
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Frankfurt freight figures fall in 2015
Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Europe’s number one cargo hub by volumes, saw its 2015 full year airfreight and airmail throughput fall by 2.3% to around 2.1m tonnes.FRA said that the decline was “attributable mainly to weakening global trade and economic difficulties in some emerging markets”.By contrast, the German airport’s passenger traffic ...
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‘Abandoned’ freighters claimed
Malaysian-based freighter airline Swift Air Cargo says it is the owner of three apparently abandoned 747-200Fs at Kuala Lumpur airport, saying it had been “stunned” to read press reports that the planes had been abandoned and that it had been unable to trace their owners.In early December, the airport authority ...
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NewsLufthansa tops the cargo pile in Europe for 2015 despite demand declines
Europe’s major combination carriers saw cargo volumes decline in 2015, with Lufthansa maintaining its position as the busiest of the airlines.The German carrier group was the busiest of the airlines that report monthly statistics for the third year in a row.However, it was not all good news for Lufthansa as ...
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Rigby joins Cargo Composites
US-based Cargo Composites has appointed James Rigby as its director of marketing and sales.The manufacturer of composite cargo containers and pallets for the air transport sector said that Rigby will “push ahead with the manufacturer’s global expansion and pave the way for the further enhancement of the company’s innovative and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo gains environmental certification
Lufthansa Cargo has achieved ISO certification for its environmental processes.The German cargo airline first achieved the ISO 14001 environmental certification process in Frankfurt and has since then rolled this out to facilities worldwide.Lufthansa Cargo board member operations Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht said: “As an airline, we have a special responsibility to our ...
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American takes $592m hit on trapped Venezuelan revenues
American Airlines has written off $592m as a 2015 fourth quarter special charge relating to revenues trapped in Venezuela.The US carrier stated: “In connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the fourth quarter of 2015, management has concluded that due to continued lack of repatriations and deterioration ...
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DHL Express appoints Ken Lee as Asia Pacific chief executive
DHL Express has named Ken Lee as the new chief executive of Asia Pacific. He succeeds Jerry Hsu, who is retiring after a 15 year career with DHL Express.Based in Hong Kong, Lee will be responsible for a region that includes Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Oceania, South Asia, South ...
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Hollywood bowled over by Qatar's extra LA freighter
Qatar Airways will serve Los Angeles with a fourth weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from January 19, after launching the US west coast maindeck route with a twice weekly frequency to its Doha hub in April 2015.Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker announced the Middle East carrier's additional freighter frequency ...
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K+N bags GSK pharma contract
Kuehne+Nagel has signed a five year pharma logistics contract with global healthcare company GSK.The Switzerland-based supply chain giant will operate an “end-to-end global logistics partnership” for GSK until 2021, running the core business of transporting products from the raw materials supplier to trade customers.Said K+N: “With numerous suppliers, a large ...
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Freight volumes down at Lufthansa Cargo as tough conditions take their toll
Lufthansa Cargo saw freight volumes decline last year as strikes, turbulence in the Chinese market and a stronger US dollar all weighed heavily on the German carrier’s results.Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.6m tonnes of freight and mail last year, which represents a 2.4% decline on 2014 levels. In freight tonne km ...
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NewsFreighter orders soar in 2015
Despite pessimism in the airfreight market in 2015, the year proved to be a busy period for orders of freighter aircraft.Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus have now revealed their order and delivery figures for 2015 and there was a notable increase in the number of freighters ordered for both companies.In ...
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Data role for UTi's Asian hub choice
DATA analytics were a key factor behind UTi’s introduction of Asian multimodal hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City to service its gateways in Europe and the US.The Asian consolidation hubs provide faster, more reliable transits for goods and take advantage of excess, short haul air capacity while ...
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Etihad cargo volumes up by 4% in 2015
Etihad Airways reported strong cargo volumes for 2015, with 592,090 tonnes of freight and mail flown in total, a four percent increase year-on-year.The national airline of the United Arab Emirates accounted for 88% of cargo imports, exports and transfers at Abu Dhabi International Airport last year.The airline's Etihad Cargo division ...