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Qantas Freight push for paperless air cargo
QANTAS Freight announced that it would work with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the local airfreight industry to lead the rollout of its e-Freight initiative in Australia by 2010.Executive general manager Qantas Freight Enterprises, Grant Fenn, said IATA’s e-Freight initiative was an important step towards simplifying and modernising ...
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Ludwig Bertsch
ULD pooling has been slow to take off in the air cargo industry, but it is a common enough concept in other industries, as is shown by the success of CHEP, whose blue wooden pallets (more than 300 million of them worldwide) are a familiar sight worldwide. The company also ...
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Cathay bullish over China prospects
DESPITE recent turbulence Cathay Pacific Cargo says it is positioning itself to capitalise on China’s recovering exports.Undoubtedly 2009 was a difficult year for Cathay and Hong Kong. The carrier will only talk in broad brushstroke terms. It points out that whilst there was a 20 per cent slump in the ...
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A330F – a panacea or an expensive luxury that can no longer be justified
THE first A330-200 freighter has emerged from the paint shop in Toulouse and is now being prepared for the flightline. At the end of October the handover of the aircraft to the Airbus flight-test department will take place, to commence the ground tests and pave the way for its maiden ...
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747-8F free to fly
OVER two years late and at a cost of US$2 billion the 747-8F has finally gained US Federal Aviation Administration certification to begin commercial duties.The European Aviation Safety Agency has also given its approval to the new aircraft.Flight tests on the -8F ran for 18 months as Boeing worked through ...
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Cargo yields set to decline
CARGO heads expect freight yields to decline over the next 12 months and traffic to increase only modestly, says IATA.The association reveals cargo profitability has come under downward pressure in the third quarter of 2012, with the minor improvement in airfreight demand in the first six months stalling, yields declining ...
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WFS offer certified cargo screening in the US
WORLDWIDE Flight services is the first cargo handler to offer independent certified cargo screening facility locations in more than one State in the US after its Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania, operation was certified by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).This follows TSA certification of the WFS facility in Miami, Florida in ...
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WFS acquires Montreal cargo assets
FOLLOWING the purchase of assets belonging to Excel Cargo at both Montreal’s (Canada) Dorval and Mirabel airports, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has become the largest cargo handler in the city.The combined operation of both airports, including the existing WFS operation at Dorval, will have close to 150 employees and will ...
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Frankfurt approaches 10 per cent loss
IT had better get used to it – Frankfurt Airport has posted a 9.3 per cent slump in October freight volumes as the night-flight ban kicks in.The fall to 187,000 metric tonnes follows year-on-year declines of 5.3 per cent in September and 6.8 per cent in August.The airport, which has ...
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Anchorage caught short of fuel
AIRFREIGHT’S sudden recovery has caught Anchorage Airport by surprise, resulting in a shortage of fuel for freighters.In the financial year 2007/8, the airport handled 3.1 million tons of cargo, but that fell to 2.9 million in 2008/9 and then fell again last year. Now, levels have risen nearly to 2008/9 ...
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Southern Air appeals safety ruling
A CONNETICUT air cargo carrier is to pay US$8 million in compensation to nine former employees. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered Southern Air to pay the fine and to also drop the ongoing defamation lawsuit against them after the employees alleged that Southern had violated a number of ...
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IATA figures show creeping improvement
IATA’s figures for August show international freight demand fell by 9.6 per cent from August 2008’s figures. This is a slight but significant improvement from July’s -11.3 per cent drop.Compared to the low point of December 2008, seasonally adjusted freight demand has improved by 12 per cent, but remains exceptionally ...
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Boeing celebrates major order from Iraq
BOEING and the Government of Iraq announced an order for 30 Boeing 737-800 commercial airplanes, the first step in re-establishing that country’s scheduled commercial aviation operations. Iraq has also contracted options for 10 additional 737s.Valued at US$2.2 billion at current list prices, the order was previously accounted for on Boeing’s ...
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National Airlines expands fleet
NATIONAL Airlines, a subsidiary of National Air Cargo, is to expand its fleet with the addition of three 747-400 BCFs. The aircraft are the first long-range widebody freighters for the company.The inaugural flight for the company’s first 747-400 BCF was 9 September from Frankfurt (Germany) to Kuwait City (Kuwait), Bagram ...
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Making plans for Changi
IT IS a sign of how little cheer there is out there in the air cargo world that a negligible 0.1 per cent year-on-year rise in cargo tonnage in June looked like good news for Singapore’s Changi airport.It still left volumes for the first half of the year down one ...
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TIACA appoints new lobbyist
TIACA, has appointed Sue Presti (right), to represent its interests before the regulatory authorities and legislators in Washington, DC. She will officially take up her new role with TIACA on 1 August, 2008.During the last 13 years, Presti has served as executive director of the Express Delivery & Logistics Association’s ...
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SA to introduce new security rules
FOLLOWING rumours to the contrary, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has pushed ahead with new cargo security regulations. The new requirements, Part 108 (Air Cargo Security), which form part of the existing Civil Aviation Regulations, came into effect on 1 July.According to Colin Jordaan, commissioner for civil aviation ...
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Cargolux Italia appoints Hactl service provider
CARGOLUX Italia has appointed Hactl as its sole service provider of cargo handling, complementing with documentation handling and ramp handling services at the Hong Kong International Airport.Cargolux Italia currently operates flight services between Hong Kong and Mila twice weekly. The carrier launched its inaugural flight to Hong Kong on 14 ...
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Cargolux 747-8Fs restart the engines
CARGOLUX rejected delivery of its first two 747-8Fs due to an issue involving engine manufacturer GE and not Boeing itself, Akbar Al Baker, director of Cargolux and chief executive of Qatar Airways, said.The problem has since been resolved and the carrier will take delivery of its first -8 “around 12 ...
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Panalpina achieves a solid result in a difficult market environment
PANALPINA Group has succeeded in reducing its cost base year-on-year and so compensate for this year’s fall in volume. Compared to the prior-year period, free cash flow increased by 175 per cent, and compared to the first quarter of 2009, airfreight volume rose in the second quarter of 2009 by ...