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Suitcases prioritised over 'lowly freight'
SADLY, for many airfreight customers, there is another type of air cargo shipment, which travels on passenger aircraft that usually receives higher priority treatment than lowly freight.Much to the chagrin of forwarders and shippers, suitcases get their own priority status on passenger services around the world. And, almost without exception, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's rosy mission
LUFTHANSA CARGO is airfreighted millions of red roses straight to the hearts of Europe.Fully-laden MD-11 freighters imported some 1,000 tonnes of fresh-cut flowers for the huge Valentine’s Day demand on Thursday February 14.The major countries exporting roses to Europe’s lovers are Kenya, Colombia and Ecuador.Lufthansa Cargo serves all three of ...
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Kargosistem welcomes capacity hike
MAINDECK space shortages ex-Istanbul may now be eased for Turkish GSSA Kargosistem as a result of a significant capacity increase of its major client DHL.The sales agency has also committed to additional freighter space on another operator for the next year, opening up availability on three-times-weekly operations to London Heathrow.The ...
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AA Cargo strengthens Central America sales with new GSSA
AMERICAN Airlines Cargo has strengthened its sales offering in Central America with the appointment of a single GSSA – FlyUs – across the region.With immediate effect FlyUs is responsible for cargo sales on behalf of American Airlines across eight cities in seven countries.A dedicated team of sales executives is led ...
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Oman Air expands fleet to 30
OMAN Air has expanded its fleet of B737-800s with the introduction of two additional aircraft, bringing the airline’s total fleet strength to 30.The expansion follows shortly after the Sultanate of Oman and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to meet increased demand for air services between the two countries. ...
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Astral predicts intra-Africa boom
WITHOUT doubt, the poor acceleration of intra-African trade continues to hinder the continent’s bid to markedly increase its global air cargo market share.Although recent IATA statistics show African carriers benefited from new trade lanes and developing trade links with Middle Eastern airlines in 2012, Africa’s freight capacity outgrew demand and ...
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Dimerco's cargo venture linking Vatry to Pudong
MOVING 100 tonnes of cargo from a French regional exporter to a consignee in distant China is clearly a job for a specialist.Dimerco Express Group, the Taiwan-based global logistics service provider, has successfully completed what it describes as ‘a remarkable cargo charter project’, linking France’s Vatry Airport to Shanghai’s Pudong ...
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Cargo Champion – Hernani Araujo
HERNANI ARAUJO truly embodies two of Confucius’ most quoted philosophical sayings: ‘Wherever you go, go with all your heart’ and ‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life’.The 65-year-old is among the lucky few who can declare, hand on heart, that ...
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DSV launches express service
GLOBAL transport and logistics company DSV Air & Sea has launched its own courier and express service that will enable UK customers to use just one company for all their logistics needs.Online pricing enquiries, bookings, track and trace, point of delivery and electronic invoicing put DSV XPress among the technological ...
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Air cargo declines for second consecutive year, says IATA
A SLOWDOWN in global trade growth and shifts in the freight commodity mix contributed to the 1.5 per cent fall in airfreight in 2012, says IATA.“The industry suffered a one-two punch,” declares Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and chief executive officer (CEO). “World trade declined sharply and the goods that ...
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Where are our new leaders?
IS THE air cargo industry falling behind other sectors when it comes to attracting talent to its ranks?Will its leaders of tomorrow come from the ranks of those who failed to land employment in more glamorous industries?They are difficult questions … posers with no apparent answers, Air Cargo News discovers ...
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The most quoted man in air cargo?
IT WAS those optimistic days of 1983, and two highly significant, future-shaping air cargo events were about to unveil themselves.One was the launch in the UK of Air Cargo News, with founders Nigel Tomkins and Ray Crane making plans to revolutionise air cargo information services with the distribution of their ...
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Emirates boosts cargo capacity with new 777Fs
EMIRATES SkyCargo has augmented its capacity with three new Boeing 777 Freighters – each capable of carrying up to 103 tonnes of cargo.The leading Middle East carrier has also expanded its freighter network to 12 destinations, comprising Taipei (China), Chittagong (Bangladesh), Eldoret (Kenya), Lilongwe (Malawi), Kabul (Afghanistan), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Gothenburg ...
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IAG Cargo targets LATAM and MEA in 2013
IAG CARGO, formed from the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has appointed two new regional commercial managers to drive growth in the strategic markets of Latin America (LATAM) and the Middle East and Africa (MEA).Rodrigo Casal has been appointed vice-president LATAM, while in the MEA, Tony ...
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Schiphol’s quintuple e-freight hike
E-FREIGHT shipments at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have jumped from only 1,665 to 21,176 in just two years following the launch of a state-backed drive to encourage paperless transactions.Launched in 2010, the €1.2m (US$1.6m) programme called e-Freight@NL involved assessing the needs of the air cargo industry, including examining the capability of ...
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Cargo Champion – Dieter Haltmayer
AT THE HELM of one of Germany’s most prosperous medium-sized logistics businesses is Dieter Haltmayer, founder of Quick-Cargo Service (QCS).The Air Cargo News Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2010) is one of the most well-respected and admired operators in the industry, and for many good reasons.Passion, foresight, ambition and determination are ...
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Schiphol Cargo’s 2012 Q4 ‘the strongest’
AMSTERDAM Airport Schiphol saved the best for last in 2012, handling a total of 380,284 tonnes in its fourth and undoubtedly, strongest quarter.The third largest European cargo airport’s positive figures fly in the face of continued weak traffic from its top two markets – Asia and the USA.Both were down ...
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Leisure Cargo becomes GSA for Pegasus Airlines
DUBAI-BASED Leisure Cargo has become cargo general sales agent in the Middle East, Africa and India for Pegasus Airlines of Turkey.Aydin Alpa, cargo vice-president at Istanbul-based Pegasus, says of the new partnership: "This partnership means that we will be in a position to provide cargo transport services to all the ...
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ANA and JAL ground Dreamliners after emergency landing
ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) – the two largest single operators of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner – have grounded their fleets of 787s after one was forced to make an emergency landing due to a battery leaking.This latest incident involved one of ANA’s 17 Dreamliners. Flight NH692 from ...
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American Airlines Cargo's new forwarders deal
AMERICAN Airlines (AA) Cargo has improved its sales reach with a novel tie-up with a forwarder network.In a move designed to further extend its sales activities – with as broad a range of customers as possible – AA Cargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Logistics Network (GLN), ...