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U-Freight Hong Kong to offer off-airport screening
Hong Kong-based U-Freight has become one of the first freight forwarders to have one of its logistics hubs certified by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) as a Regulated Air Cargo Screening Facility (RACSF).The CAD launched its RACSF scheme in October 2018 to facilitate screening at off-airport sites, in ...
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NewsSATS and TUM CREATE look to AI to digitise air cargo
Handler and aviation catering services provider SATS is working with TUM CREATE, a research platform for the improvement of Singapore’s public transportation systems, on what they jointly describe as the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) powered robotic air cargo system.They believe that SPEEDCARGO will help in the ongoing industry effort ...
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NewsAirport Authority Hong Kong reports air cargo traffic decline
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA), operator of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), has revealed that cargo throughput at the gateway fell by 7.3% year on year in July to 401,000 tonnes.The fall in cargo throughput was the result of 12% declines in both imports and transhipment volumes.Among Hong Kong’s key ...
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NewsSIA Cargo sees a dip in volumes
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) experienced a decline in cargo volumes last month (July). The freight carrier shipped 103,200 tonnes of cargo during the month, down by 5.1% compared with the same time last year.Cargo traffic as measured in tonne-km flown fell by 5.7% year on year to 547.7m.Meanwhile, capacity ...
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NewsUnited Airlines to add new connections to Japan
United Airlines has confirmed that it is to launch new links between four of its US hubs and Tokyo's Haneda International Airport.The airline will inaugurate a non-stop service linking Chicago, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and Washington DC with Haneda on March 28 next year, subject to government approval.Currently, United Airlines ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn charter moves MRI scanner to the Maldives
Chapman Freeborn recently transported an MRI machine from Dubai to a hospital in Addu Atoll, the Maldives. The shipment was carried out with a chartered Maximus Air freighter.Before the arrival of the scanner, local patients needing MRIs had to fly 350 miles to the Maldivian capital of Malé.The flight represented ...
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NewsACS arranges flight simulator shipment: for real
The Florida office Air Charter Service (ACS) recently chartered a Boeing B747 to move a 35-tonne flight simulator from Texas in the US to Japan.Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas, informed: “A large defence contractor contacted us earlier this year to transport a high value specialist flight simulator to Japan, ...
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NewsSuparna Airlines launches freighter service from Oslo to Nanjing
Suparna Airlines is to start a twice-a-week Boeing 747-400 freighter service between Oslo, Norway, and Nanjing, China, commencing on September 1.Suparna Airlines forms part of China’s HNA Group, which also owns and operates Hainan Airlines. Formerly Yangtze River Airlines, it is known in China as Jinpeng,Its B747-400F service out of ...
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NewsMenzies Aviation renews deal with Norwegian Air
Menzies Aviation has confirmed that Norwegian Air has renewed its cargo handling deal at Los Angeles International Airport.Menzies Aviation handles 18,000 tonnes cargo a year for the carrier at the Californian gateway.The deal will also see Menzies Aviation continuing to ground handle for Norwegian Air at Los Angeles, Newark Liberty, ...
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FTA: no-deal funding for business is a ‘damp squib’
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised the British government’s no-deal Brexit funding plans, which allocate £108mn (out of a total £2.1bn) to support businesses in their preparations for the change.Deputy chief executive James Hookham said: “The government’s no-deal funding for business, announced [on] 1 August 2019, falls well ...
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Air France-KLM notes ‘challenging’ H1 market conditions
The Air France-KLM Group’s cargo capacity and volumes rose during the first half of 2019, but market pressures brought revenues down.Cargo capacity was up by 2.1% and traffic by 0.9%, bringing the load factor down by 0.7 percentage points to 58.8%. Volumes, at 549,000 tons, were up by 0.7%.The group ...
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JAL and Kalitta in freighter codeshare
On August 1, 2019, Ypsilanti-based Kalitta Air began operating three Boeing 747-400F flights per week between Tokyo-Narita and Chicago O’Hare under a codeshare agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL).In recent years, JAL has chartered freighter flights as necessary to satisfy seasonal demand, but the new deal with Kalitta Air enables it ...
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Carousel wins AEO status
Carousel Logistics, which specialises in the transport of parts and products for high-performance industries across Europe, has obtained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status for two of its business units, enabling them to accelerate import and export procedures and facilitate just-in-time logistics solutions in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.AEO certification ...
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AAWW ‘well positioned’ to face near-term headwinds
Second-quarter results at Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) took a hit from tariffs and trade tensions between the US and China, but the global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services remains confident of its long-term growth.Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2019 stood at USD663.9mn, down ...
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United and AeroUnion bring widebody TempControl to Mexico City
US-based airline United Cargo has entered into an interline agreement with Mexican all-cargo carrier AeroUnion that expands United’s widebody TempControl network to include Mexico City International Airport (MEX).TempControl is a specialised service for the transportation of pharmaceuticals, healthcare material and other commodities requiring temperature-sensitive transport.“We provide TempControl service in MEX ...
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Air cargo suffers ‘onslaught’ in June, says WorldACD
Data from air cargo market analyst WorldACD shows a decline in global airfreight volumes of 8.9% in June, compared to the same month of 2018.The load factor dropped 3.3 percentage points and yield also fell, by 6.3%. As a result, WorldACD said airlines suffered a year-on-year fall in revenues of ...
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Technology tops forwarders’ agenda, says IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo, the freight arm of UK-headquartered International Airlines Group, has carried out a survey of more than 400 freight forwarders in 47 countries, which reveals that more than half (55%) of respondents see increased automation and digitalisation as “key trends” this year.The report, Cargo Next, indicates that 70% of ...
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Cathay Pacific pioneers ULD blockchain technology
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is the first airline to introduce blockchain technology to manage its ULDs in real time via a mobile app and will ultimately eliminate paper receipts, following a successful trial last year.The first stage of the project began in July. It will initially focus on ULD transactions ...
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NewsCathay introduces fire containment bags for lithium-ion battery shipments
Cathay Pacific Cargo has introduced a new fire containment bag that enables it to carry standalone shipments of lithium-ion batteries safely.Cargo products manager Alex Leung said: “These new fire containment bags have been thoroughly tested and meet our stringent safety requirements, and they have also been approved by the US ...
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NewsConlin replaces Mao at Cathay Pacific Cargo
James Conlin (pictured) is taking over from Jeanette Mao as head of cargo global partnerships at Cathay Pacific.Conlin has worked for Cathay Pacific for five years, including stints as country manager for Bangladesh and then for South Korea.Mao is moving to a new post in the airline’s passenger business.