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HAE lands Turkish GSSA role in the US
UK-based HAE has been appointed the GSSA for Turkish Air Cargo, responsible for all sales and customer service activities in the US cities of Atlanta, Miami, Dallas Fort Worth, Portland and Seattle.Earlier this month, the Turkish carrier launched a direct A330-220 freighter service from Atlanta to Istanbul.Said HAE: “This will ...
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IAG's Aer Lingus deal edges forward
IAG’s drawn out acquisition of Irish carrier Aer Lingus edged forward yesterday when the European Commission (EC) approved the deal as long as certain conditions are met.The owner of British Airways and Iberia was yesterday told by the EC’s competition authority that it would approve the deal as long as ...
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Descartes buys 'denied party' trade data screening company
Descartes Systems Group has acquired MK Data Services, a provider of “denied party” data screening for potential blacklisted trading partners.Governments and private corporations maintain lists of people, organisations and countries that it is restricted or prohibited to do business with. This includes customers, suppliers, employees and business partners for business ...
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EVA confirms order for five B777Fs
US planemaker Boeing and Taiwan’s EVA Air have finalised an order for five Boeing 777 freighters.The order, with a list price value of more than $1.5bn, represents the first 777Fs to join EVA Air's fleet, and the first to be delivered to a Taiwanese airline.Boeing first announced EVA Air's intent ...
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Boeing warning of lithium-ion batteries
Planemaker Boeing has advised passenger airline customers not to carry large quantities of lithium-ion batteries as bellyhold cargo until improved packaging is in place.The guidance, sent to airlines around the globe by Boeing, urged that they not carry the batteries as cargo "until safer methods of packaging and transport are ...
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Heathrow expansion gets business leaders' backing
Hundreds of business leaders have written to the UK Prime Minister to back plans for expansion at Heathrow, saying limited airport capacity is holding back UK growth.More than 270 business leaders, ranging from industry associations to high-street brands, signed the letter calling on the government to back the Airports Commission’s ...
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Munich gains approval for new runway
Munich Airport has won approval for the construction of a third runway ten years after the project was first launched.Yesterday, the Leipzig Federal Administrative Court rejected appeals by five individuals and environmental group Bund Naturschutz against the construction of the new runway in Munich, a key location for Lufthansa.In February, ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has passed its World Health Organisation (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) annual surveillance audit.The audit is required in order to maintain GDP accreditation. Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler achieved GDP accreditation – covering the provision of handling, logistics and storage services for pharmaceuticals ...
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Asia Pacific airport volumes affected by European economy and Asia export slowdown
Air cargo volumes at airports based in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions edged up in May but were impacted be export and economic slowdowns.The latest figures from Airports Council International Asia Pacific show that throughput at Asia Pacific airports increased by 1.6% in May compared with last year. ...
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Swissport to acquire majority stake in Aviation Fuel Services
Swissport International has signed an agreement to buy Air BP’s share in Aviation Fuel Services (AFS).The Swiss-based provider of ground and cargo handling services is taking over Air BP’s 50% stake in AFC (the AFS holding company) and its 33.3% direct stake in AFS, as well as all AFC and ...
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China's HNA close to buying Swissport, says Bloomberg
China’s HNA Group Co is in talks to acquire airport handler Swissport International, according to the Bloomberg news agency, citing “people familiar with the matter”.Swissport’s private-equity owner PAI Partners SAS is seeking about $3bn from a sale, claimed Bloomberg, adding: “Negotiations could still fall apart, as the two parties have ...
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Pegasus to co-host logistics conference
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines and Bahcesehir University are organising an international transport logistics conference.To be held on the university's Besiktas campus in Istanbul on 8 October 2015, the conference will bring together both home-grown and international students and will cover topics relevant to the air, sea and road logistics sectors.This international ...
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UPS expands express freight service
UPS is adding eight origin and five destination countries to its Worldwide Express Freight service, designed for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments.The expansion adds five countries in Latin America and three in Europe.UPS now offers the guaranteed service – targeting product launches, inventory shortages or equipment failure replacement ...
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Qatar adds first 747 freighter to fleet
Qatar Airways Cargo has added its first Boeing 747 freighter aircraft to its fleet as it continues to expand its airfreight offering.The Middle Eastern airline said that from August it would add a 747-400BCF aircraft to its charter fleet, providing 112.5 tonnes of capacity.It said it had opted for a ...
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Air Charter Service takes part in lion conservation project
Air Charter Service has helped transport seven lions from South Africa to Rwanda as part of a conservation project.The two males and five females made most of the 2,500 mile journey by air as they were transported to the Akagera National Park.Air Charter Service Africa managing director Lyndee du Toit ...
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American expands Atlanta cargo operations
American Airlines Cargo has expanded its operations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with a new 12,000 sq ft facility and additions to the management team.It is the second expansion of American’s Atlanta cargo facility since 2013.“This new location will allow us to process cargo more efficiently, providing the best possible ...
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Shifting cargo caused Bagram B747 freighter crash
A National Airlines (NAL) Boeing 747 freighter crashed on take-off from Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, in April 2013 because the five large military vehicles on board were “inadequately restrained”, said the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).This led to at least one vehicle moving rearward, crippling key hydraulic systems and damaging ...
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The new voice of air cargo
One of the criticisms that has been made in the past of TIACA, the International Air Cargo Association, is that it is something of a US-European club. If there was any truth in that accusation, the appointment of Sanjiv Edward as its new chairman at the TIACA annual general meeting ...
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Swissport International expands in Austria
Ground handler Swissport International has signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture that will provide air cargo services at Graz Airport, the third biggest regional airport in Austria.The start of the operations for the joint venture, Swissport Cargo Services Graz, is planned for the beginning of 2016. ...
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Frankfurt perishables centre celebrates 20 years
Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF) has celebrated its 20th anniversary.PCF operates temperature-controlled logistics at the German hub, with direct access to the airport apron.Joachim von Winning, managing director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, said: "For airfreight at Frankfurt Airport, PCF is a very important factor, from which the hypermarkets, supermarkets and ...