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AsiaPac air cargo demand remains weak in August
Air cargo markets in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively weak in August, according to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).The association stated: “The weakness in air cargo markets extended to the month of August, with demand in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms recording a ...
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Airport data points to Asian air cargo slowdown in July
Airport cargo data issued today by Airports Council International Asia-Pacific is the latest set of figures to point to a continued slowdown in Asian demand.The ACI figures show that freight volumes at airports in the Asia-Pacific region were flat in July compared with last year.Performance was also subdued in the ...
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E-AWB usage edges up in August
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in August registered the highest increase in percentage point terms so far this year but time is running out to meet the end of year target.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration has now reached 31.7%, up by 2.7 percentage points from the ...
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Airfreight demand edges up but "all is not well", says IATA
Airfreight volumes edged up slightly in August following on from a decline in July, but Asian and North American carriers still registered a slide in demand for the month.The latest seasonally adjusted demand data from IATA shows that airlines recorded a 0.2% year-on-year increase in freight tonne km (FTK) in ...
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Panalpina looks to develop charter network
Panalpina is hoping to expand the door-to-door capabilities of its charter network as it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the product’s launch.At an event to celebrate the launch of its charter network in 1990, the forwarder’s global head of airfreight Lucas Kuehner told Air Cargo News that by having greater ...
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Airfreight rates improve but still lag behind 2014 levels
Airfreight rates continued to climb in August thanks to improvements on Asian services, but figures still lag behind levels recorded in 2014.The latest figures from analyst Drewry show that airfreight rates covering 48 trades increased by 12 cents compared with July to $3.04 per kg.While this is an improvement on ...
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European airlines see cargo volumes fall in September
Major European airlines had another tough month in September as IAG Cargo, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded cargo volume declines, although Air France KLM did see a strike-related increase.The busiest of the four carrier groups, Lufthansa, continues to have a tough year as volumes continue track behind last year's levels.In ...
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Swissport announces Mexican partnership
Swissport International and AGN Aviation have announced a new partnership covering the Mexican market that will see the two firms jointly provide ground handling services.The new merged company will provide a complete portfolio of ground handling services (passenger and ramp handling) and will operate at 28 stations, the biggest of ...
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Freight forwarder Toll expands German presence
Toll Global Forwarding has expanded its presence in Germany through the creation of two new branches in Germany.The Japan Post-owned forwarder, part of the Toll Group, will open the two new forwarding offices in Munich and Nuremberg.The Munich office opened today while the Nuremberg facility will be operational from October ...
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Russian-made Buk missile hit MH17, says Dutch accident investigation report
A report by the Dutch Safety Board has found that a Russian-made Buk missile hit Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board the Boeing 777 passenger jet in July 2014.The report does not say who fired the missile, which saw the aircraft crash in Ukraine, but Russia ...
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AF-KLM goes optimal with new software
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is implementing the Accenture Air Cargo Reservations software to optimise freight capacity over the carrier’s entire freight network.The new reservations tool, part of the Accenture Freight & Logistics Software (AFLS) suite, offers customers “complete solutions and booking efficiency,” said the Franco-Dutch carrier. Accenture is a ...
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Outspoken shipper stalwart van Doesburg says farewell
Outspoken air cargo shipper representative Joost van Doesburg is leaving the sector but has a last message for airlines and forwarders.Van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager at the European Shippers’ Council (ESC), said: “We should not invest a lot of time in optimising the current situation, like e-freight, because it is ...
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Jettainer is on the button with relaunched ULD management software
Jettainer has relaunched its in-house IT solution, JettWare.New functions and a modernised user interface for JettWare 2.0 help pinpoint both serviceable and unserviceable units at airports and provide information “in a much clearer, intuitive way” said the outsourced ULD management specialist.Revised station overview screens show all the planned movements of ...
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Etihad signs cloud data technology deal with IBM
Etihad Airways and IBM have announced a 10-year technology services agreement worth $700m to provide the Abu Dhabi-based airline group with access to the latest cloud-based technologies and services.IBM will deliver a range of secure technology services, allowing Etihad Airways and its partners to “transform their IT infrastructure into global, ...
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On board courier service flying at ACS
Air Charter Service's on board courier (OBC) department, launched in the Spring, is currently averaging a booking every twelve hours and is already 40% ahead of budget.Oliver Weigelt, the company’s global time critical manager, commented: “We are doing 60-70 jobs a month and we’re expecting to do even more in ...
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Alison Jackman is new country Head of Automotive for DB Schenker Logistics UK
Schenker has appointed Alison Jackman as its new head of automotive for the UK, with immediate effect.“Alison has extensive supply-chain experience within the automotive industry and before joining us has held a number of senior roles in major organisations,” said Francesco Fabbroni, sales director, Schenker.“Furthermore, her wealth of knowledge of ...
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Air cargo data: Let shippers get closer to airlines
Everybody collects supply chain data, but the real skill is turning data into information.GT Nexus, a cloud technology platform whose customers include brand name shippers and forwarders, is keen to improve the quality of air cargo data so that it can match that of ocean freight.Greg Kefer, vice president of ...
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Update: K+N airfreight volumes up 5.1% in stagnant market
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) outpaced a “stagnating airfreight market” to grow its own volumes by 5.1% in the first nine months of 2015.The Switzerland-based multimodal logistics giant said of its air cargo business: “The increasing demand for specialised services in the industry segments automotive, pharma, aerospace and perishables contributed to ...
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K+N airfreight volumes up 5.1% in stagnant market
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N)outpaced a “stagnating airfreight market” to grow its own volumes by 5.1% in the first nine months of 2015.The Switzerland-based multimodal logistics giant said of its air cargo business: “The increasing demand for specialised services in the industry segments automotive, pharma, aerospace and perishables contributed to this ...
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Solar-powered car takes flight with TNT
TNT transported a solar-powered car called Stella Lux from the Netherlands to Australia. The four-seat prototype will compete at the World Solar Challenge (18-25 October), a 3,000km race between Darwin and Adelaide.The Netherlands-based express operator said: “TNT shipped the car from Eindhoven to Liege, Belgium, then flew it to Singapore ...