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New routes and services
AIR Arabia will launch a direct, three-times-a-week service to Athens, Greece starting 21 April. Air Arabia now serves 45 destinations across the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian subcontinent, central Asia and southern Europe.AirAsia X will start cargo operations to and from Europe from 11 March. The airline will fly ...
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SAA Cargo signs up to Cargo 2000
SOUTH African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) is adopting the Cargo 2000 programme making it the third African business and the 29th carrier to join the system. Cargo 2000 is a quality management system that aims to improve the process of managing shipments in a paperless environment.Justice Luthuli, operations executive at ...
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Merged DB Schenker expands Middle East network
DB Schenker is to expand its network in the Middle East. It has founded a separate company under the name of Schenker Saudi Arabia with effect 1 March. The new company is located in Riyadh and now operates directly in Saudi Arabia. Until now DB Schenker had partners represent it.The ...
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Tigers cubs off to the circus
AIRBridgeCargo Airlines, has safely delivered two white tiger cubs on its scheduled flight from Frankfurt to join the Brothers’ Zapashny circus in Moscow.The five-month old cubs arrived in Russia onboard one of AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747 freighters.The circus is one of the most popular entertainment shows in Moscow and is highly ...
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Cargo crime will rise due to recession
THE global economic downturn will lead to an increase in incidents of cargo crime, warns the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA).Latest statistics from the Association’s Incident Information Service (IIS) for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, show 3,756 reported incidents of cargo crime during 2008 with a total ...
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Toll and BALtrans now fully integrated
TOLL Global Forwarding (TGF) has finished integrating BALtrans Logistics Worldwide into its own operations. TGF will use the new Asian forwarding and logistics operations as a platform to strengthen its network in the Middle East, South Africa, Europe and North America.Toll Holdings of Australia acquired BALtrans Logistics in early ...
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Cargo thieves caught at Bradley
THIEVES working at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, US for Delta Airlines and Delta Global Services have been caught by state police.The 11-strong group had been stealing a wide variety of items from the cargo holds of planes since 2006, according to statements given to the police.Working in pairs the ...
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Bisignani urges Obama to focus on aviation
GIOVANNI Bisignani, the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) director general and chief executive officer, has told the new Obama administration that aviation will be a catalyst to stimulating the US economy.“Smart investments – not bailouts – in air transport will pay-off with jobs and boost other industries,” he said.Speaking at ...
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Airfreight nosedive continues with IATA January traffic
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for January showing a deepening year-on-year demand slump.The alarming collapse in cargo markets in December 2008 (-22.6 per cent) worsened in January 2009 with a 23.2 per cent year-on-year demand drop. This is the eighth consecutive month of contraction ...
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Woodland appointed Mitsubishi Logistics agent
MITSUBISHI Logistics has appointed Woodland International Transport as its agent for UK and Ireland.Woodland, headquartered in Essex, UK, is now responsible for marketing the full portfolio of services provided by the Japanese company.Chairman Kevin Stevens said: “This deal is good news for the new year. We see Japan as one ...
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Shenker invests in terminal
DB Schenker is investing about €13 million to expand the logistics terminal in Vienna-Albern operated by Schenker & Co AG. The site primarily serves as a hub for land transport, air and ocean freight and is also a warehouse logistics location. The existing facility had reached its capacity limits.“Vienna-Albern is ...
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Air Liaison and HWF Sweden merge
AIR Liaison and HWF Sweden Group have merged to establish a single source GSA in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Finland markets.Under the new agreement, effective immediately, both companies will retain their existing business identities and brands.Both companies provide GSA services for Air Canada, Alitalia, Avient Aero, Continental Airlines, Etihad ...
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Boeing delivers first 777-F
Boeing has delivered its first 777 freighter to launch customer Air France. The contractual delivery and airplane departure are scheduled for today, Friday 20 February.Speaking at the celebratory ceremony in the Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour near Seattle, Pierre Vellay, Air France's executive vice president for new ...
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Forget making a profit in 2009 says Wraight
THIS year should be considered a “write off” for most freight forwarders and airlines in terms of trying to make a profit, according to Stan Wraight speaking at the World Air Cargo Event in Bangkok today.Speaking as the chair of the opening panel session on how to cope with the ...
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Iris opens for business
NEW Ghana-registered cargo airline, Iris Air, has begun operations with its DC8-62F aircraft, registered 9GAED. Iris Air has appointed ECO Administration as its general sales agent and Tony Knight, who was with Intavia/AIA until it ceased trading, has joined the company as its new commercial director.The airline has already operated ...
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Premier air cargo event arrives in Bangkok
OVER 2,000 international cargo executives will descend on the Bangkok Convention Centre and Centara Grand Hotel next week for one of the most important events in the industry’s calendar.For the first time, the World Air Cargo Event (WACE) comes to Bangkok and features an extensive exhibition, a two-day conference and ...
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Airports must diversify says ACI
THE Airports Council International (ACI) held its inaugural airport economics and finance conference in London.Speaking to 170 attendees from 42 countries, Angela Gittens, director general of ACI World, reviewed the state of the industry and the global outlook for immediate and long-term demand prospects, while Olivier Jankovec, director general of ...
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Emirates SkyCargo handles 1000th e-freight shipment
IN December, Emirates SkyCargo became the first e-freight compliant carrier in the Middle East. Today, it has successfully handled more than 1,000 e-freight shipments. The 1,000th e-freight shipment was sent by Dubai based Allport Cargo from Dubai to London Heathrow. To date, the leading freight forwarder network-wide is DHL Global ...
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Pantos riding out downturn
PANTOS Logistics UK, the Korean-owned airfreight forwarder and logistics provider, has reported figures showing that it is managing to buck the trend in the current economic downturn.The company reports a 20 per cent year-on-year increase in airfreight volumes over the last quarter of 2008 compared to 2007 and despite the ...
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Virgin wins cargo contract for V Australia
VIRGIN Atlantic has been awarded the contract to manage the cargo product for Australia’s brand new long-haul airline, V Australia.V Australia, the long-haul arm of the Australian domestic carrier, Virgin Blue, will start operating three times a week between Sydney and Los Angeles from 27 February, increasing to daily on ...