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AF-KLM recertification for CEIV Pharma
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has become the first major airline group to pass the IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification process for its hub operations in Amsterdam and Paris, as well as the Air France and KLM airline processes.Marcel de Nooijer, executive vice president of Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KLMP) Cargo, ...
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Swissport extends HNA loan as first half 2018 cargo revenues rise 7.3%
Swissport has again extended the collection date on the €286m balance of a loan to parent company HNA Group, while the Chinese conglomerate “concludes its assessment of strategic options” for its ground handler. subsidiary.News of the extension came as Swissport reported a 4.1% rise in group revenues to €1.43bn for ...
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Freighter losses pull down cargo traffic at Schiphol
Schiphol Airport saw total cargo volumes decrease by 2.5% year on year to 1.7m tonnes in 2018 as a result of a decline in freighter flights.Europe's number three airport saw full freighter movements decrease by 10.4% during the year to 15,942 as slot restrictions resulted in all-cargo carriers utilising nearby ...
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Irish sandwich maker to airfreight rocket and spinach in a no-deal Brexit
Shippers are continuing to make plans to utilise airfreight in case the UK leaves the European Union in March without a trade deal in place.Speaking to reporters after the company’s annual general meeting, Irish food firm Greencore's chief executive Patrick Coveney confirmed that it had made plans to airlift ingredients ...
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Cathay confident on e-commerce and economic trends
Cathay Pacific Cargo expects a quarter of all global retail sales to be from e-commerce "within the next few years" and remains “confident” about the medium and long term world economic trends.Ronald Lam, the Hong Kong-based airline’s director, commercial and cargo, made his comments on e-commerce, economic trends, specialist products ...
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Volga-Dnepr carries satellites for affordable internet project
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has successfully completed the first delivery of satellites for the OneWeb constellation project that aims to provide affordable internet access across the globe.In cooperation with Volga-Dnepr’s partner, Bolloré Logistics, one of the airline’s An-124-100 freighters delivered six satellites from their manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France, to Cayenne in ...
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Cargolux horse sense sees record equine numbers
Cargolux Airlines International handled a record number of live animal moves in 2018, resulting in a 15.7% increase in its CV alive solution, the company’s specialised product designed for the transport of live animals.The number of equines handled by Cargolux between 2017 and 2018 surged by 30%, from 2,000 to ...
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DHL launches medical express service for Brazil-US pharma products
DHL Express has launched the DHL Medical Express Service (WMX) between Brazil and the US for the pharmaceutical and clinical research sector.DHL said that WMX, piloted in Brazil since November 2018, “addresses increased customer demand for faster and more predictable lead times, given the regulatory complexities that can delay exports”.The ...
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GEFCO adds new time critical control centre
GEFCO has launched a Mission Control Centre (MCC) in Amsterdam to manage global Time Critical Solutions. The MCC will monitor all time-critical shipments booked on its IT system and act as a single point of contact for global customers to provide real-time monitoring updates on their worldwide emergency shipments.GEFCO Freight ...
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Japanese investors sign up for Cargolux B747-400 freighter lease
Cargolux Airlines International has closed its first Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCO) transaction for a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft.The transaction is the first of its kind for Cargolux on the selective Japanese market.A JOLCO allows a lessee to exercise a purchase option for the aircraft at the end ...
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LATAM to open new cool facility at Guarulhos
LATAM Cargo Brazil has started the construction of a cooler facility at Guarulhos (Brazil) to offer more capacity for “the increasing perishable volumes being exported from Latin America”.The new centre, due to ready in time for the 2019 peak season, will measure 1,600 sq m, of which 50% of the ...
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ECS allows airlines to customise with TCE
Sales agent ECS has launched a new product that will allow airlines to pick and choose from its various services.The Total Cargo Expertise (TCE) product will allow ECS to offer each of its services individually, allowing airlines to pick the most appropriate combination to suit their requirements.The custom service covers ...
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West Atlantic announces change of chief executive as Groth steps down
Fredrik Groth has stepped down as chief executive of Sweden-based freighter operator West Atlantic, to be replaced by Lars Jordahn.A statement from the board of Gothenburg-headquartered West Atlantic said that the decision to make the change was taken “in unison” with Groth, who will remain attached to the company in ...
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Peli Bio Thermal opens new LA station
Temp-control packaging firm Peli BioThermal has opened a new network station and service centre in Los Angeles to service, refurbish, repair and condition Peli BioThermal’s reusable Crēdo on Demand product.This new facility puts Peli BioThermal on track to have more than 100 network stations and drop points for its rental ...
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Project cargo leads the way for CargoLogicAir in 2018
Stansted-hubbed freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) saw its cargo traffic increase by 36% in 2018 to 780,000 freight tonne kms, while revenues doubled to $200m.This is in line with a 30% increase in block hours as the carrier expanded its fleet - in late 2018 it took delivery of its fourth ...
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Miami airport and Brazilian Post Office launch expedited shipping for e-commerce
Miami International Airport (MIA) and Brazilian post office Correios have launched an expedited shipping service for e-commerce packages.The Compra Fora (Buy Outside) programme allows express global deliveries sent to Brazil via Miami to be pre-cleared by Correios, and arrive in Brazil as domestic cargo “within days” instead of what used ...
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New Asian role for B&H Worldwide's Chris Allen
B&H Worldwide has appointed Chris Allen to the newly created position of business development manager, Asia.Based in Singapore, at the B&H facility within the ALPS Free Trade Zone at Changi Airport, Allen will be responsible for identifying opportunities for the company to grow its products and services across the Asia ...
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Japan's ANA takes a 9.5% stake in Philippine Airlines
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) group will invest $95m to acquire 9.5% of PAL Holdings, the parent of Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine flag carrier.ANA Holdings will acquire the shares from Trustmark Holdings Corp, which is owned by the Lucio Tan family and is the largest shareholder of PAL Holdings.Completion ...
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Antonov's purpose-built ramp is a three degrees hit for Bolloré Logistics
Antonov Airlines has completed a project for Bolloré Logistics transporting mining equipment from East Midlands Airport (EMA) in the UK to Franceville Airport (MVB) in Gabon.Ground staff at EMA used Antonov Airline’s purpose-built ramp, positioned at an angle of three degrees, to load two crushing machines weighing nearly 70 tonnes ...
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Operator of Istanbul's new airport confirms March 3 as launch date for full passenger services
Istanbul's new mega airport will launch "full passenger operations" on March 3 this year, two months later than planned.İGA Airport, the group which built and will operate the Istanbul hub under a 25 year concession, has now confirmed officially the new opening date, following press speculation.İGA said in a statement: ...