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Emirates SkyCargo does it again
EMIRATES SkyCargo is the Air Cargo News Cargo Airline of the Year once again. The giant UAE carrier, with its ever-expanding global network of passenger and all-cargo services, is this year’s readers’ overall favourite, in a tight 2013 voting contest which closely involved Lufthansa Cargo and American Airlines in a ...
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Is aviation fuel in Chris Leach's blood?
Early in 1942, an historic decision was made by the British war-time government and American military officials to build a US Army Air Force base on a plateau close to the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, near London.The first American unit, the 817th Aviation Engineering Battalion, arrived there in ...
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Will we ever get pallet screening?
NEARLY three years after the introduction of the 100 per cent air cargo screening mandate in the USA, there is still no technology certified to screen full pallets – to the frustration of operators.“It is very unproductive for us not to get there,” comments Joe Phelan, executive vice-president of ground ...
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Asian carriers hit by NZ fines
THREE major international airlines have been penalised a total of US$8million for systematically operating a cartel on air cargo shipments flown into New Zealand, according to the country's Commerce Commission.These latest penalties bring the total number of airlines penalised by New Zealand in the price-fixing scandal to 10 – and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's strike message to customers
Dear Customer, The trade union Verdi has called upon Lufthansa’s ground staff to enter into a widespread fullday token strike on Monday, April 22, 2013.A significant impact on Lufthansa’s flight operations as well as on Lufthansa Cargo’s freight shipments is anticipated as a result of this action.During the strike period ...
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Award winners to be announced on Saturday
WINNERS of this year’s annual Air Cargo News Cargo Airline of the Year competition are to be revealed at a sell-out gala presentation dinner this coming Saturday in London.The global competition – now 30 years old – is the longest-established and most cherished worldwide air cargo awards event of its ...
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New head of CNS
WARREN JONES is the new head of Cargo Network Service (CNS), the US subsidiary of IATA.Jones, a US national, was previously aviation development manager at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and has more than 15 years’ experience in aviation and cargo.At Atlanta, Warren worked with all segments of the cargo supply ...
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Emirates takes paperless lead
EMIRATES SKYCARGO is the first airline to implement electronic airwaybill (e-AWB) shipments under the industry’s newly-ratified multilateral paperless standard.The UAE carrier has worked tirelessly towards the adoption of e-freight with its customers, whilst also ensuring that processes are more widely understood and adopted in the industry as a whole, reveals ...
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B737 freighter conversion for Kenya
KENYA AIRWAYS CARGO has received its first fully-owned freighter to tap into growing trade volumes in Africa and strengthen its freight business as a part of the airline’s capacity optimisation programme.The B737-300 freighter is the first of four passenger aircraft, owned by the airline, which were identified for conversion by ...
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Why mega-forwarders have not always realised their potential
DURING the late 1990s there was a lot of talk about how the big global forwarders were going to take over the world, squeezing out the medium-sized players and leaving only smaller niche forwarders.A buying spree that saw many famous names swallowed up by larger companies – Danzas, Excel and ...
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Why our reputation is everything
IT WAS Warren Buffet who famously said: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”Unquestionably, the American billionaire’s famous quotation resonates among all members of the supply chain operating in a small community where a ...
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Lufthansa Cargo increases utilisation
LUFTHANSA Cargo (LC) scaled back capacity by 7.4 per cent and raised aircraft utilisation during the first quarter of 2013.Since sales fell by 5.9 per cent, the load factor improved by more than one percentage point to 71.4 per cent, according to a company spokesman.LC transported about 400,000 tonnes of ...
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US Airways adopts tracking device
US AIRWAYS has joined the increasing ranks of airlines using onboard cargo tracking devices.The carrier has adopted SENTRY FlightSafe, which greatly improves its shipment tracking and security.“It provides location, environmental sensing, virtual security and temperature monitoring to cargo shipments transported on US Airways’ mainline network,” says Todd Anderson, managing director ...
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Ribar quits Panalpina
MONIKA RIBAR, chief executive of Panalpina, is to step down at the end of May.Her successor at the global forwarding and logistics company will be former Kuehne + Nagel management board member Peter Ulber, 53.This change has been planned and prepared for by both the board of directors of Panalpina ...
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Technology is the answer
AIR cargo needs to become more productive if it is to compete with other modes, and technology is the way to do that. That is the message of Lise-Marie Turpin, now in her fifth year as vice-president freight for Air Canada.“Other modes are getting more efficient and we need to ...
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Cargo Champion – Wolfgang Schmid
WITHOUT doubt, a pinch or two of magic dust, liberally sprinkled over the current global economic crisis, would bring some welcome relief to an industry which has, in recent times, barely managed to break even, according to IATA’s director general Tony Tyler.Wolfgang Schmid may be able to come to the ...
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Emirates increases capacity to Japan
EMIRATES SkyCargo is to increase its cargo offering to Japan, when the UAE-based airline launches a daily non-stop B777-200 passenger flight between Dubai and Haneda Airport, Tokyo, from June 3.Haneda is currently ranked as the second busiest airport in Asia, and will become Emirates’ third gateway into Japan, the others ...
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DAMCO's new appointments in Latin America
A SERIES of new senior appointments have strengthened global forwarder Damco’s presence in Latin America.The expansion is part of the company’s continued investment in the emerging markets of Latin America, the company says.Stefan Bengtsson has joined as chief finance officer (CFO) for Latin America and is based at Panama City. ...
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Etihad ties up with Swissport
ETIHAD CARGO has chosen international ground handling company Swissport to be its first preferred handling partner (PHP).The two-year certification is focused initially on six Etihad Cargo stations at Athens, Geneva, Larnaca, Nairobi, Seoul and Toronto.The eventual aim is to expand the agreement to service destinations at more than 100 ...
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Technology is the answer
AIR cargo needs to become more productive if it is to compete with other modes, and technology is the way to do that. That is the message of Lise-Marie Turpin, now in her fifth year as vice president freight for Air Canada.“Other modes are getting more efficient and we need ...