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IATA calls for security unity
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is pushing governments and other aviation stakeholders to adopt Checkpoint of the Future (CoF), a supply chain approach to cargo security, harmonisation of measures among governments and constant vigilance about new threats.“Today’s security checkpoint was developed in the 1970s when hijackers carrying metal weapons ...
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Emirates pushes 777 upgrade
BOEING has faced heavy criticism from Qatar Airways’ chief executive officer and Cargolux director Akbar Al Baker over -8F delays, and now Emirates is pushing for improvements on 777s.Emirates wants Boeing to come up with a better version of the 777 in the next six months and have it ready ...
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Down, down, down
INTERNATIONAL airfreight volumes have fallen by 3.8 per cent in August (year-on-year), following a 1.8 per cent dip in July.North American carriers reported a seven per cent fall in cargo volume for August (compared with the previous year), followed by carriers in Asia-Pacific down 5.4 per cent and Europe sliding ...
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Afghanistan denies Gulf Air
GULF Air, Bahrain’s flagship carrier, is accusing Afghan aviation officials of breaching international rules controlling landing rights after two of the airline’s flights were refused entry to Kabul.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied an A320 carrying belly cargo permission to land in the capital, an important onward route for cargo ...
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NZ Commission needs to go after airports
AIR New Zealand wants the country’s Commerce Commission to focus less on price-fixing airlines and freight forwarders and more on airports to limit over-pricing in freight services.Air NZ says monopolistic airports are able to push prices up while airlines and freight forwarders operate in a strongly competitive environment.“No other country ...
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Japanese forwarders admit price fixing
AT a US court a group of six Japanese freight forwarders have admitted cargo price fixing over a period of at least five years.The sextet engaged in a conspiracy to fix and impose certain freight forwarding service fees, including fuel surcharges and various security fees, charged to customers for services ...
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Back in the doldrums
THE message this year: profits are higher than expected on the back of less cargo than expected. The message next year: we will be back in the doldrums, IATA stated.The tail-end of 2011 will be brighter for airlines with an upgrading of IATA’s industry profit expectations to US$6.9 billion, up ...
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Air Malta’s cargo facelift
LOSS-making Air Malta is pushing forward with plans to improve its cargo side.The airline, which carries more than 7,500 tonnes of cargo each year, has upgraded customer services at its cargo department.As a result of the changes Air Malta started providing a one-stop shop premises, simplified its operations and pricing ...
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Airport update 20 September
THIS August cargo throughput at Hong Kong Airport (pictured) fell 7.8 per cent to 319,000 metric tonnes from 346,000 tonnes a year earlier. The decline in cargo throughput was mainly due to an 11 per cent decrease in exports and a five per cent fall in import volumes during the ...
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Cargolux rejects -8 delivery
TODAY was supposed to be the day that Cargolux took receipt of its first 747-8F, but due to “unresolved issues” the carrier has rejected it and the one due two days later.Cargolux cited “contractual issues” on the freighters, which Boeing was supposed to deliver two years ago.The freighter won certification ...
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UPS expands European facilities
INTEGRATOR UPS is planning to enlarge its facilities at Cologne/Bonn Airport (Germany).The US$200 million expansion project, due for completion in two years, will equip the existing facility with state-of-the-art technology and include a major extension to the existing building, partially dedicated to processing larger freight shipments.The move will increase the ...
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Korean in cargo court cross-fire
ASIA players Singapore International Airlines and Cathay Pacific have been granted permission by the Australian Federal Court to add Korean Airlines as a cross-respondent in cargo price-fixing allegations.Justice Richard Tracey said the airlines wanted to add Korean because earlier in September its counsel told the court it had struck an ...
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Panalpina upgrades to -8F
FORWARDER Panalpina will lease two 747-8Fs from Atlas Air.The multi-year aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance contract will see the aircraft enter service in the first half of 2012, operating in Panalpina’s airfreight network.The company will use the new aircraft, replacing two 747-400Fs, to meet industry specific requirements and the increasing ...
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Air France-KLM’s cargo cold-shoulder
THE addition of at least six new routes this year using dedicated freighters and belly capacity has left Air France KLM feeling empty.On the back of poor August results, registering a 0.2 per cent year-on-year fall, the carrier looks to go cargo cold turkey as it vies to compete with ...
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The dash that turned into a marathon
CARGOLUX will receive the first two 747-8Fs on 19 September and 21 September respectively, two years after the initial delivery date.Receipt of the first freighter will come exactly one month after the -8F received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency to begin commercial duties.Cargolux ...
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Lovers collide in the skies
ON 3 September two freighter pilots – boyfriend and girlfriend – crashed into one another following an unsuccessful manoeuvre in Alaska (US), killing one.Grant Aviation pilot Scott Veal, 24, was flying a Cessna 208 Caravan when he met up with 26-year-old Ryan Air Services pilot Kirsten Sprague in the skies ...
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St Louis hub - the trickle before the flood
PLANS to transform Lambert-St Louis International Airport (US) into a cargo hub connecting China and the US will get underway with the arrival of a China Eastern freighter on 23 September.China Eastern has not confirmed the flight but has been negotiating with Lambert since January and in July sent a ...
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Chinese carriers descend on Dallas
AIR China Cargo is boosting transhipment links to the US with a service between Dallas/Fort Worth (US) and Shanghai (China).The 747-400F, which can carry two crews and 110 tons (99.7 metric tonnes) of freight, will carry mostly mobile phones, flat-screen televisions, scientific instruments, manufacturing machinery and oil-and-gas well equipment.Air China ...
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NZ price fix ruling to proceed
IT has been a three-month wait, and now New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has won the right to proceed with its trial against an alleged cargo price-fixing cartel in the country.The accused airlines claimed immunity, arguing that the competition for inbound cargo occurred overseas and not in New Zealand – theoretically ...
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US cargo screening $1 billion saving
THE Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) air cargo screening programme will cost US$1 billion less than expected.The administration’s final decision on cargo screening shows that the total cost for the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) over the next 10 years will cost around $1.5 billion and not the $2.8 billion estimated ...