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Bogota gets new control tower
Latin America’s busiest air cargo airport Bogota has opened a new control tower that it claims will double the number of air traffic operations at the facility.The Colombian airport’s new control tower, which will allow hourly flights to increase from 58 to 90, was officially opened by the President of ...
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Heathrow or Gatwick, cargo's quiet voice in the great debate
It will all be over by Christmas. Honest.That is the predicted timeline for the UK’s Conservative government to decide on whether to push ahead with a third runway at London-Heathrow airport, a length of concrete that will not set until 2025 at the earliest.The other option is to give London-Gatwick ...
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To boldly go: ex-Virgin B747-400 enters the space race
Virgin Galactic will use a B747-400 to air launch small satellite payloads.The commercial passenger jet, previously operated by Virgin Atlantic under the nickname Cosmic Girl, will provide a dedicated launch platform for the LauncherOne orbital vehicle.“Air launch enables us to provide rapid, responsive service to our satellite customers on a ...
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O'Grady to lead Air Transport International
Air Transport Services Group has appointed James O'Grady as president of its leasing subsidiary, Air Transport International (ATI).O'Grady, who takes up the role in early January 2016, will replace Dennis Manibusan (pictured below) who is retiring after a 45-year career in aviation, with the last three years as ATI president."Dennis ...
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Cargo security needs rethink, says AEA expert
Industry regulators have been too focused on screening passengers at the expense of cargo, and airfreight needs access to new technologies, an aviation expert told the Transport Security Expo in London.Kee Kras, manager of security and cargo at the Brussels-based Association of European Airlines (AEA), said that while cargo screening ...
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AMI Germany celebrates tenth birthday
AMI GmbH – the German arm of airfreight and express wholesaler – is celebrating its tenth anniversary.The company began operations from its base near Frankfurt Airport’s Cargo City South in 2005, and "successfully pioneered the trade-only airfreight wholesale concept in Germany"; today it has over 700 customers on its books, ...
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DHL launches track and trace app for pharma industry
DHL Global Forwarding has launched its new LifeTrack mobile app that will provide life science and healthcare customers with updates on the status of their shipments.The app, which links to DHL’s online cold chain tracking and management platform of the same name, alerts customers to any in-transit issues – such ...
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Donations pour in as Volga-Dnepr pays last respects to air crew
On November 30, a civil funeral service was held in Ulyanovsk to remember the six Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ employees who were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali in western Africa, on November 20.“The ceremony was attended by thousands ...
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering expands in Poland
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has opened a new office in Poland as it expands to meet growth in the country.The new office in Katowice will be led by Daniel Walaszek as general manager with responsibility for expanding the company's charter and on board courier (OBC) services in the local market, as ...
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Decision on UK airport capacity expansion draws close
With a decision due on the future of UK airport capacity over the coming weeks, Heathrow and Gatwick airports have begun to ramp up their campaigns to convince politicians to back their proposals and airfreight is playing a central role in the debate.In July, the Airports Commission finally published its ...
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Could leftover branches and sawdust be turned into jet fuel?
A new study is looking in whether leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste can be turn into sustainable aviation biofuel. Planemaker Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Canada's aviation industry are among those collaborating to launch a project to produce sustainable jet aviation biofuel.Canada, which has extensive ...
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European airports pledge to go carbon neutral
The European airport industry has pledged that 50 airports will be carbon neutral by 2030 at the United Nation’s COP21 environmental conference in Paris.During a UN and International Carbon Reduction and Offset panel session at COP21, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe vowed to increase the number of carbon neutral airports ...
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AON meets in Kuala Lumpur
AerOceaNetwork (AON) celebrated its 11th annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 111 members present.The meeting sessions were split into 20 and 30 minute blocks, with the final day a stream of one-to-one meetings."In all the years that I have been in the international logistics networking business, this was ...
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DP DHL declines to comment on IT project compensation reports
Deutsche Post DHL has declined to comment on reports it is considering seeking damages from a software supplier over the now scrapped IT system for its forwarding business.A report in the German Manager Magazin suggests that the Bonn-headquartered company was considering whether to seek damages from software suppliers over the ...
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Air cargo growth flat lines in October
A weakening of air cargo growth at European carriers caused overall demand to flat-line in October, according to the latest data from IATA.IATA's latest figures show that air cargo demand in freight tonne km rose just 0.5% in October compared with a year ago.The growth was lower than the one ...
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Freighters World: Asian capacity shifts
From the latest edition of Freighters World, out now...In a short-lived venture nearly twenty years ago United Airlines was running a transpacific freighter operation centred on Tokyo, writes Ian Putzger.On the tarmac at Narita airport, the US carrier’s DC-10-30Fs stood out like strange minnows surrounded by behemoths. Practically all the ...
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Cargolux hails “breakthrough” but unions remain "very cautious"
Cargolux has announced a “major breakthrough” in its negotiations with the OGBL and LCGB ground staff and pilot unions on a new collective work agreement (CWA).However, the pilots body Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) spoke of a "slightly too enthusiastic press release” published by the European all-cargo and ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Eva Air, EasyJet and IAG place orders in November
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature analysing the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.EasyJet orders an additional 36 A320 Family aircraftEasyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451.The agreement for six A320ceo ...
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Lufthansa-ANA cargo joint venture to serve Fukuoka and Sapporo
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways Cargo (ANA) are expanding their year-long network joint venture between Europe and Japan by adding destinations in Japan.Fukuoka on the main island Kyushu in south Japan will be the first destination to be added, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island.Starting ...
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CHEP renews ULD management with Air Transat
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the outsourced ULD provider, and Canadian holiday carrier Air Transat have extended their partnership for a further five years.Since 2003, CHEP has managed the entire pool of ULDs for Air Transat's growing fleet, including the supply of lightweight ULDs to maximise operational efficiency and sustainability.CHEP Aerospace Solutions ...