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Lufthansa lauds benefits of ANA partnership
More routes, more direct flights and faster service recovery are among the benefits of the new partnership between Lufthansa and All Nippon Airlines, said Matthias Brazel, director of business development at the Germay carrier.He said that the joint venture had effectively created two extra flights between Frankfurt and Tokyo every ...
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Qatar freighter is LA bound
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a new freighter service to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) from April.The twice-weekly B777F to Los Angeles will become Qatar Airways Cargo’s fourth US freighter destination, alongside Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.Qatar Airways uplifted over 49,000 tonnes of airfreight from the US market in 2014 and it ...
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Jones in at BIFA
The UK’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) has confirmed the appointment of Mike Jones as policy and compliance advisor to look after issues related to air, aviation security and dangerous goods.Jones started his career in freight forwarding in 1977 when he joined Pandair Freight Ltd as a break bulk & ...
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DHL's supply chain medicine for pharma firm STADA
DHL will integrate the German logistics activity of pharmaceuticals company STADA into its own business from June. Its supply chain arm will manage the logistics activities and sites of the pharmaceutical company in Florstadt and Bad Vilbel, near Frankfurt/Main.The deal includes the transfer of 155 employees working in STADA’s warehouse ...
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Lufthansa - Decision on B777F option this year
The B777F was the best – virtually the only – aircraft for Lufthansa's needs, says Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber, writes Chris Lewis.While the B747-8 suited carriers with long over-water stretches such as Cathay Pacific, for carriers such as Lufthansa for whom range was not an absolute priority, it ...
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Lufthansa 'may sign another joint venture this year'
Putting together the joint venture with Japan's ANA in 2014 had not been an easy task – it had taken a year to settle the legal issues alone – but the effort had been worthwhile.Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber predicted that the German carrier would sign another, similar but ...
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TAM opens Sao Paulo cargo terminal
TAM Cargo has formally opened its new airfreight terminal at Brazil’s Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Sao Paulo, a facility able to handle 1,000 tonnes of cargo per day.The project is part of a R$38m ($11.6m) investment targeted to improve operations for domestic cargo service in Brazil.GRU Airport Cargo handled 508,000 ...
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IAG Cargo adds Cuba and Colombia to LatAm network
IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America network by utilising a new passenger route into Colombia and a reopened route into Cuba.The A330 bellyhold services by the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia will connect Cali and Medellín in Colombia and Havana in Cuba to IAG Cargo’s worldwide network ...
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New York is taking steps to attract freighters
ONE OF the trends in air cargo in the last decade or so has been the apparent downgrading of the importance of cargo at major airports. Where once most major hubs had a cargo manager who was a visible and vocal presence at industry events, now many have no-one speaking ...
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OnAsset: The spy in the box tracking air cargo
ONLINE TRACKING, Cargo 2000 and other performance measurements of air cargo all aim to give shippers the reassurance that their airfreight shipments will arrive on time. Data loggers placed in the cargo can prove whether it was properly treated on route – for example kept at the prescribed temperature, or ...
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Atlas Air, One Question
William J Flynn, president and chief executive of Atlas Air, answers:"Looking to full-year 2013, we expect to generate significant earnings and cash flow led by our ACMI business, improving commercial charter contribution, and productivity improvements and operating efficiencies generated through our continuous improvement initiatives. We expect market growth during 2013 ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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Vertannes joins SmartKargo
IATA's ex-head of cargo, Des Vertannes, has joined air cargo software company SmartKargo as a strategic adviser.Vertannes, who now divides his time between UK and Portugal, was at IATA for four years and before that led airline cargo teams at British Airways, Air Canada, and Etihad, in a career spanning ...
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Transavia man steps into the breach for Air France KLM Cargo
Transavia chief Bram Graeber has been appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo, following the departure of current chief executive Erik Varwijk.Graeber was number two at KLM Cargo between 2003 and 2007, before leaving to head up Transavia, the leisure airline arm of the Air France KLM ...
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Swissport promotes Knudsen
Swissport International has promoted Nils Pries Knudsen to executive vice president global cargo services, with immediate effect.He will continue to report to Per Utnegaard, group president and chief executive at the provider of ground and cargo handling services.With 4.1m tonnes of airfreight handled per year, the cargo division is the ...
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Schmitt takes up Swissport role for Germany & Austria
Swissport International (Swissport) has named Dirk Schmitt as chief executive cargo services for Germany & Austria.He will be responsible for Swissport Cargo Services (SCS) Germany, employing approximately 400 staff.The task will include running Swissport’s cargo operations at nine online airports as well as several subcontracted European stations.Schmitt will take over ...
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Duggan joins Saudi as charter sales director
Saudi Airlines Cargo has appointed Mike Duggan as director of charter sales, based in Jeddah.Duggan brings over 23 years of aviation experience, mainly in London and Dubai, including business development, aircraft wet leasing, and freighter management in several companies.Saudi Airlines Cargo operates a fleet of dedicated freighters and sells the ...
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Scholten joins FLS in Dubai
Peter Scholten, former Saudia Cargo vice president commercial, has been appointed chief executive of Fast Logistic Solutions Group (FLS), based in Dubai.FLS was founded in January 2015 as a holding company for Fast Forward Cargo, First Priority Cargo, Fast Forward Solutions and several other companies.FLS Group is a global transportation ...
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Two new sales roles for Virgin cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced two new vice president sales roles for its transatlantic and international business.Steve Hughes will transition from his role of regional vice president sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to the newly-created post of vice president sales Transatlantic.In his new role, Hughes will be ...
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Thomas Howe becomes president of ACS California
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Thomas Howe to president of its US west coast operation.Howe, formerly vice president of the US office, joined ACS at its cargo division in the London headquarters.He later transferred to Los Angeles to start up the cargo department on the west coast, making it ...