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UPS to launch pan-Africa airline
United Parcel Service is to launch a Tunisia-based pan-African airline from 12 January, according to local press reports. The US-based integrator has partnered with local Tunisian freight firm Express Logistic to set up Express Air Cargo (Enfidha). It plans to develop services between Enfidha airport – about midway between Tunis ...
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Brussels gives green light to FedEx-TNT deal
FedEx and TNT Express say that the European Commission will not object to their planned merger, ahead of the expiry of a deadline on 23 October. The announcement clears a significant hurdle for the deal. Although clearance from competition authorities in other countries is still needed, the European Commission’s assent ...
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Bavarian business backs third Munich runway
A new study by the VBW Bavarian business association has come out in favour of a third runway at Munich Airport in the near future, saying that it will be vital for ongoing competitiveness.It states that Munich Airport "is a decisive factor behind the high level of prosperity in Bavaria," ...
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Qatar heads to northern dynamo
QATAR Airways Cargo plans to launch a freighter service to Stavanger, Norway, effective 3 November. Stavanger is the European oil and gas capital, with many of the major oil and gas companies and supplier companies having their Norwegian headquarters located there.Another significant export around the world is fish, while imports ...
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Africa: Home-grown talent boosts all-cargo sector
To date, there have been few African freighter operators on the continent, and almost no all-cargo carriers. That has started to change with the arrival of Astral Aviation in Kenya and Khuphuka Kings Airways in South Africa.Khuphuka, operating out of Durban King Shaka airport, started cargo services in early 2014 ...
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Stand-alone success for Europa Air & Sea
The Europa Air & Sea division of logistics operator, Europa Worldwide Group, said its airfreight import volumes grew 3% in August 2015 compared with the same month last year.Dartford, UK-based Europa Worldwide Group said its Air & Sea division had gone “from strength to strength” after it was launched as ...
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Gefco in control at IJS
Gefco Group formally completed its takeover of Netherlands-based forwarder, IJS Global. Gefco, which is 75% owned by Russian interests, said the move would strengthen its air and sea freight activities.Announced on 23 September 2015, the acquisition of IJS Global came into effect on 15 October with the transfer of 100% ...
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Cash-strapped airlines call for IT investment
Speakers at an air cargo forum are expected to call for the entire air cargo industry to make investments in new IT and to switch over to new generation systems.Cargo airline representatives are due to assemble at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore on 21 October for software specialists IBS’ ...
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Air Canada offers online booking for AC Absolute
Booking requests for Air Canada Cargo’s AC Absolute temperature-controlled service can now be made online via a dedicated link on the carrier’s new e-Booking tool. Once logged in, users can enter their specific requirements for leasing active containers (for example, container type, size, quantity or set temperature) and the desired ...
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ACS opens in Miami
Air Charter Service has opened its doors in Miami - its fifth office in North America after Los Angeles, Houston, New York and Toronto.President of ACS North America, , Richard Thompson, explained: “We have a really strong customer base in Florida and decided that now was the right time to ...
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Lufthansa goes steady with Ho Chi Minh
Lufthansa Cargo is to make its Vietnam service permanent in its new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over the summer, it will fly a Boeing 777F weekly to Ho Chi Minh City.The flight departs from Frankfurt is on Thursday, operating via Mumbai and terminating in Hong Kong.Vice president ...
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Asian slowdown subdues airfreight
Air freight at Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern gateways remained weak in August, reports Airports Council International in its latest bulletin. The market is still affected by the slowdown in Asian export markets and oil producing economies. In August 2015, freight volumes were essentially flat in Asia-Pacific and the Middle ...
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Two new Asian routes for Air China
Air China is to start two new passenger services in late October - Beijing-Kuala Lumpur nonstop on 25 October and Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi on 26 October.The Kuala Lumpur service will operate four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with Airbus 330-300 aircraft.The Islamabad-Karachi flight, the first by a Chinese ...
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Third United chief in six weeks as Hart steps into the breach
United Airlines has appointed its third chief executive in little more than six weeks after it named current executive vice president and general counsel, Brett Hart, as acting CEO. He takes over from Oscar Munoz, who was reported on 19 October to have taken medical leave following a heart attack, ...
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Soft airfreight pulls down Panalpina profits
Panalpina’s air freight volumes decreased 2% from January to September in what it described as a “very soft” market that grew less than 1% during that period. The Swiss-based forwarder says it moved less oil and gas and automotive cargo, but more perishables.Gross profit per ton decreased 4% to CHF ...
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Finance expert sees freed-up freighter market
A range of financing options are expected to remain open for new and used freighters, according to one speaker at the Freighters and Belly Cargo Conference.President and managing director of Guggenheim Aviation Partners, Paul Newrick told delegates that he expected there to be ongoing access to diverse forms of finance ...
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XPO man to lead transport experts
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has appointed former XPO Logistics director Kevin Richardson as its new chief executive from on 1 December. He will take over from Steve Agg, who is stepping down after nearly ten years in the role on 1 January.Richardson was XPO’s ...
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It’s back to the Seventies Down Under
Qantas is to paint a second Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a 1970s retro livery to mark its 95th anniversary. The Australian airline wants to build on the popularity of the first historical livery unveiled last year.Group executive for brand, marketing and corporate affairs, Olivia Wirth, said: “You can see from ...
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Brussels to offer year-year Belfast link
New services due to be launched by Brussels Airlines in summer 2016 include year-round services to Belfast City, the first link from the Belgian capital to Northern Ireland. The service will operate five times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.There will also be a new seasonal service ...
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Tiffany the trailblazer
She probably doesn’t know it, but Tiffany is a record-breaker - she has become the first live animal to be moved by American Airlines between the Netherlands and the US. Tiffany, an extremely rare Dutch Smoushond, travelled animal VIP class courtesy of specialist forwarder, Animals to Fly.AA Cargo’s GSA in ...