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People update – 17 February 2010
EMIRATES SkyCargo has appointed Aileen Wallace (near right) as cargo supervisor and Robert Gosling (far right) as senior cargo customer agent at Newcastle International Airport (UK). The two will be responsible for the cargo operation of Emirates’ daily service from Newcastle to Dubai, and for liaison with the airline’s freight ...
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Lufthansa cargo’s traffic rise lets workers hours to follow
LUFTHANSA Cargo saw a resurgence in traffic in January, with 18.6 per cent more shipped than the same month last year. Revenue rose 20.8 per cent on a 5.5 per cent capacity cut, which led to the load factor rising 14.8 per cent to 67.8.Lufthansa as a whole saw cargo ...
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AIR CARGO NEWS EXCLUSIVE – DHL admits to being the ‘whistleblower’
DHL Global Forwarding has admitted that it was the whistleblower that initiated the massive international investigation into illegal anti-competition activities among global freight forwarders. A spokesperson for DHL confirmed to Air Cargo News that it had informed the authorities of its potentially anti-competitive behaviour, sparking the worldwide investigation by anti-trust ...
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EC sends Panalpina pricefixing findings - UPDATE
THE European Commission (EC) has sent Swiss logistics company Panalpina preliminary findings of its ongoing anti-competition investigation.The company, along with EGL (now CEVA), Expeditors, Kuehne + Nagel, Panalpina, DB Schenker and UTi Worldwide are being investigated by the EC, the Swiss Competition Commission and the US Department of Justice into ...
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New seafood screening started at Alaska
AS an example to how other perishables entering the US will have to be processed from June, Alaska Air Cargo has made procedural changes to how it handles consignments of seafood.With effect from 15 February, to meet the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new requirements for the screening of cargo, ...
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AEI to convert MD-80s
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has launched an MD-80SF passenger to freighter conversion programme. The programme will focus on the MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and the MD-88. Development costs are being fully funded by AEI, including the purchase of prototype aircraft. Modification touch labour will be performed at AEI’s conversion centre, Commercial Jet, ...
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New office update – 11 February 2010
Kuehne + Nagel opened an operating centre in Minsk (Belarus) with regular services to points in Chaina, Europe, Kazakhstan and Russia.?The new managing director of Kuehne + Nagel Belarus – Elena Dushnjak – said: “Belarus is an attractive region for large international companies from Europe and Asia doing business in ...
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Still waters run deep
ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) is often considered the shy wallflower of Japanese carriers compared to Japan Airlines (JAL). It is better known within Japan than internationally and yet while JAL has been busy growing its debts and now filed for bankruptcy protection, ANA has generally been quietly getting on with ...
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People update 10 February 2010
JAPAN Airlines’ (JAL) restructure has a seen a swathe of new appointments. These notably include: Kazuo Inamori (chairman), Kunio Hirata (executive officer cargo and mail, president of JAL Cargo sales), Hiroshi Ikeda (executive officer president of JAL) and Yoshito Shimizu (executive officer president of JAL ExpressFROM 31 March, David Savile, ...
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GSSA update 9 February 2010
EFFECTIVE 1 February, US Airways has made Globe Air Cargo, part of European Cargo Services (ECS), its GSSA in the UK and Ireland.Mark Pulling (right), managing director of Globe Air Cargo in the UK and Ireland, said: “This is a major success for us. On behalf of our airline customers ...
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Change of plan for Kingfisher’s cargo airline
KINGFISHER Airlines has launched a door-to-door express cargo service, Kingfisher Express. The same-day cargo service will launch with pick-up facilities at the six main metropolitan cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi delivering to 18 cities.The new venture is a replacement to the originally proposed dedicated cargo ...
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NZ judge rules against anti-cartel commission
A NEW Zealand judge has ruled that the country’s anti-cartel Commerce Commission abused rules by preventing Air New Zealand from questioning employees the commission had interviewed.The 13 current or former Air New Zealand employees were questioned as part of the commission’s investigation into an alleged airfreight fuel surcharge cartel operating ...
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Cargo developer lands airport deal in Bogota
BOGOTA airport is handing over its cargo infrastructure to US-based cargo facility developer Lynxs Group to manage and operate it. The US-based private developer is taking over infrastructure and land valued at $125 million - $135 million, which makes it one of the largest cargo infrastructure projects on the planet.The ...
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Major shippers to ditch agents
LEADING Dutch shippers are on the verge of launching a web portal to book direct with airlines for routine general cargo shipments, thus bypassing forwarders. And if successful the scheme could be rolled out around the world.Modelled on the INTTRA booking site for sea freight, the new portal will enable ...
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ACI Strong Growth in December
IN December 2009, the ACI PaxFlash and FreightFlash traffic reports show a surge in traffic worldwide. Global airport passenger traffic rose by 5.3 per cent relative to December 2008. Both international passenger traffic (up by 5.6 per cent) and domestic traffic (up by 5.2 per cent) were boosted by strong ...
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NCA goes cold on changes to JAL Cargo merger
THE proposed merger between Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Japan Airlines’ (JAL) cargo division has stalled.The merger was planned for completion on 1 April, with NCA absorbing JAL’s cargo operations and holding a 50 to 60 per cent stake in the new business, JAL holding the rest.However, JAL has now ...
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Lebedev’s departure signals ‘all change’ at Aeroflot
RUSSIA’S government, keen to retake control of the country’s aviation sector, has encouraged the oligarch, Alexander Lebedev (right), to sell his 25.8 per cent stake in the carrier. If the government goes ahead, as rumoured, and buys up the released stick it will grow its share from 51 to 77 ...
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All change at Air Charter Service
AIR Charter Service’s (ACS) opening of a new office in Toronto has led to a string of promotions around the world. The Toronto office – ACS’ tenth – will be headed by Gary Hopkins (right), who was previously cargo sales director in New York.“Having worked in New York for the ...
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2009 worst year since WWII
FIGURES from the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) for December and full-year 2009 show the aviation industry ended 2009 with the largest ever decline since World War II.December’s freight demand showed a 24.4 per cent improvement on December 2008 with a load factor of 54.1 per cent. This improvement was ...
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Seized Il-76 tracked back to Kazakhstan
AN extensive investigation into the tangled web of shell companies that were behind the Il-76 seized in Bangkok (Thailand) for arms running, has tracked its owner back to Almaty (Kazakhstan).The cargo aircraft and crew were detained last year by the Thai authorities after a tip-off from US intelligence agencies. On ...