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Agility primes the pump for Flowserve
Flowserve Corporation has named its logistics provider Agility as Partner of the Year for helping it keep its shipments moving during the recent US ports stoppage.The Middle East headquartered forwarder was recognised by the US-based provider of and related products and services for its consistent and reliable service, quick response ...
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Hong Kong sees cargo revival
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reversed recent declines in air cargo with a 1% year-on-year rise to 368,000 tonnes in September. The rebound was primarily due to a 3% year-on-year growth in exports; imports experienced negligible growth and transshipments decreased by 3% compared to the same month last year. Amongst ...
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Volga-Dnepr adds more Antonovs
Volga-Dnepr Group is to acquire two more An-124-100 Ruslan freighters following the signing of a lease agreement with JSC Sberbank.As the charter cargo arm of the Group, Volga-Dnepr Airlines will now operates a fleet of twelve AN-124-100 and five IL-76TD-90VD freighters, all of which comply with current and prospective ICAO ...
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My Opinion
Joost van Doesburg - Airfreight policy manager European Shippers’ CouncilOn how the air cargo industry should look to develop in the future“We are optimising the air cargo supply chain and in the last five years this process has really improved some parts of the industry, while innovation has also gained ...
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LAX reigns supreme
All over the world freighter operations seem to be losing ground to belly cargo, but one could be forgiven for thinking the trend had passed Los Angeles by.A list of the top freight carriers at LAX shows the largest as Korean, China Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Cargo Airlines, NCA, EVA ...
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Elite Global Logistics Network holds first conference
Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN) has held its first annual conference, in Bangkok.Around 150 delegates from 90 companies attended, and more than 4,500 one-on-one meetings took place to discuss past, potential and future business opportunities.EGLN, formed in May 2015, has established industry members drawn from organisations that specialise in global ...
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Holt lands Cargolux flight ops role, Ketellapper to focus on China JV
Cargolux Airlines has appointed Jason Holt as its new nominated person flight operations.Holt succeeds Wieger Ketellapper, who will concentrate on the development of the planned joint venture airline in Zhengzhou, China.The change took effect on October 15, following the approval of Luxembourg’s Civil Aviation Authority.Holt has only recently taken up ...
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Delta Air Lines records decline in Q3 cargo revenues
Delta Air Lines’ cargo division saw revenues, volumes and yields decline during the third quarter of the year, despite the overall airline recording an increase in profits.The US airline saw its cargo revenues decline for the second quarter in a row, dipping by 19.7% on a year earlier to $196m ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo applies new pricing structure
Brussels Airlines Cargo (BAC) is introducing a fixed net sum plus consolidated airfreight surcharge rate structure from October 25, following the lead set by sister companies Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss World Cargo.Said BAC: “This new structure better meets the market demand for more transparency. Instead of charging various surcharges on ...
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Qatar Cargo teams up with UK actress for Nepal aid flight
Qatar Airways Cargo stepped in to transport 5.3 tonnes of aid collected by several charities supported by British actress Joanna Lumley to earthquake victims in Nepal.The aid was collected by several of the Gurkha charities which Joanna Lumley supports in the UK, but they had no means of transporting the ...
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ACI Asia-Pacific and China Civil Airports Association sign MoU
ACI Asia-Pacific has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Civil Airports Association (CCAA) to strengthen cooperation between the two airport associations.The MoU was signed by ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Patti Chau and CCAA Deputy Secretary General, Li Xiaomei at the ACI Asia-Pacific HR Best Practice Seminar held ...
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Airlec Ambulance wins BACA Humanitarian Award
The UK Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has presented the BACA Humanitarian Award to Airlec Ambulance for their "outstanding action during the Ebola Crisis".During the Autumn of 2014, against all official advice and notifications, Airlec Ambulance evacuated eight Ebola patients from West Africa. The award was presented to Airlec managing ...
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Cargolux Italia receives the 2015 Invest In Lombardy award
Cargolux Italia has received the 2015 Invest In Lombardy – Lombardia International Hub Award at a ceremony on 12 October at the Palazzo di Regione Lombardia in Milan. Pierandrea Galli, Cargolux Italia’s chief executive, has accepted the award on behalf of the Cargolux Italia team and the Cargolux Group. The ...
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Mixed cargo results for American airlines in September
September was a mixed month for American air cargo carriers, with American Airlines and United Airlines recording demand increases while Delta and LATAM saw volumes slide.The airline that recorded the largest year-on-year increase in demand during the month was American which saw cargo volumes increase by 2.7% on last year ...
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World airfreight loses its bounce as China falters
The normal summer bounce in the world airfreight market failed to materialise this year, due largely to the faltering Chinese economy, said market data specialist WorldACD in its latest report.July was flat with only 0.7% volume growth, the lowest of any month this year, and revenue figures were also the ...
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Asia Pacific cargo demand weakened in July
Asia Pacific carriers saw air cargo demand weaken in July while international passenger numbers showed “further robust growth”.Preliminary traffic figures for July released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saw airfreight markets soften, “reflecting a slowdown in world trade activity and weakening demand for Asian exports”.Measured in freight ...
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Drewry's east-west price index on the rise
Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index recovered 2.0 points in July to a reading of 90.3, lifting it off its lowest ever level since the index was first launched in May 2012.In US dollar terms, this still left the benchmark well below the $3 per kg threshold, first breached in ...
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DHL, K+N and DB Schenker the leading airfreight forwarders
DHL Global Forwarding, Kuehne+Nagel and DB Schenker have maintained their position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarders, while the top 25 forwarders recorded a total increase in airfreight demand of less than one percent.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates, based on revenues and ...
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Mixed H1 for European airfreight forwarders
It has been a mixed first half of the year for Europe's leading airfreight forwarders, with some reporting strong volumes increases while others have continued to struggle with restructuring.One company that has had a difficult start to the year is the world’s largest airfreight forwarder DHL Global Forwarding.The Deutsche Post ...
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World's 50 largest air cargo carriers in 2014: FedEx leading the way
Federal Express was the world's busiest cargo airline in 2014, beating Emirates into second place and United Parcel Service into third (scroll down for top 50).IATA's annual World Air Transport Statistics report, which covers individual airlines as opposed to groups, revealed that FedEx was the busiest airline in 2014, with ...