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NewsFedEx Express to invest more than $400m in Saudi Arabia over ten years
FedEx Express will transition to a direct-serve presence in Saudi Arabia to meet the Middle East country’s growing international shipping demands.The US express giant will invest more than SAR 1.5bn (approx $400m) into the Saudi economy over the next 10 years through talent management and local operations and infrastructure.FedEx Express ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn organises An225 charter flight for COVID test kits to Austria
Broker Chapman Freeborn worked with forwarder Gebrüder Weiss in Austria to transport COVID-19 test kits on an An225 freighter aircraft, part of more than 20 charters on various aircraft by the partners in recent months.The An225, the largest aircraft in the world, carried 110.8 tonnes of test kits (equal to ...
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DSV upgrades financial outlook for 2021 amid strong sea and air growth
A strong first half performance in sea and air freight that continued into the third quarter has seen Danish mega-forwarder DSV upgrade its 2021 financial outlook.A company announcement stated: “The positive development in the first half of the year has continued into Q3 2021, and we have seen strong financial ...
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Brussels airfreight volumes up 23% in September
Total trucked and flown cargo volumes at Brussels Airport soared 23% in September over the same month last year to nearly 70,000 tons, an upward trend expected to continue as the peak season looms.September’s total cargo increase was 37.1% when compared with pre-Covid volumes in the same month of 2019.The ...
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ACL Airshop’s strategic initiatives at WCS
ACL Airshop has announced strategic initiatives and sustainability themes at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dublin.The air cargo Unit Load Device (ULD) logistics solutions provider said that its ongoing strategic initiatives are centered on their customers’ stated needs. From multiple “voice of the customer” surveys a spokesperson said that ...
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NewsIAG Cargo expands West Africa network with Dakar service
IAG Cargo has launched a new direct route to Dakar, Senegal, from Madrid as airfreight demand increases to West Africa.The airline now services over 25 flights a week to the region, flying directly to Accra in Ghana as well as Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria from London-Heathrow.The new route to ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo cuts the clicks with revamped website
Etihad Cargo has revamped the etihadcargo.com portal, cutting the time to complete a booking from more than two minutes to less than 45 seconds, equating to only 12 clicks, compared with 23 before.The new-look customer-centric platform also includes streamlined flows, a personalised dashboard, recommendations, and dynamic pricing.Following customer feedback, the ...
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NewsSilk Way Airlines celebrates 20th anniversary
Image source: Silk Way AirlinesAzerbaijan-based freighter carrier Silk Way Airlines has celebrated its 20th anniversary.The airline, serving a network of charter destinations worldwide, has covered over 130 countries across the globe in those 20 years, while its aircraft have flown 70m nautical miles, transporting 600,000 tons of freight.Founded in 2001, ...
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NewsECS goes to a new level with Augmented GSA concept
Adrien Thominet. Source: ECSECS has launched its Augmented GSA concept based on the four key pillars of new abilities, technology, commercial, and sustainability.Rapidly increasing use of digital platforms, ever more complex commodities and regulations, and a growing emphasis on sustainability, means that companies which do not or cannot adapt to ...
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dnata launches autonomous drone technology in Dallas warehouses
Dnata has launched autonomous drones in its warehouses at Dallas Fort Worth airport (DFW) to digitise acceptance and warehouse inventory processes by monitoring shipments with 99.8% accuracy.The global ground handler partnered with Gather AI, a US-based technology start-up, as part of continued investment in technologies to maximise efficiency.Gather AI’s software ...
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ACS predicts ‘busiest ever’ final quarter for air cargo charters
Air Charter Service (ACS) predicts that the airfreight industry may see its busiest ever peak season for cargo aircraft charters as competing transport modes struggle to overcome global supply chain disruption amid increasing demand.The global aircraft charter broker says that in Asia, transpacific rates have hit $2m for a charter ...
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Supply chain spotlight: Air cargo & passenger travel, making the connection
The news that America is to relax its travel rules to allow border entry to vaccinated passengers from the UK and EU has been welcomed by the airfreight sector.While many may view passenger travel and air cargo as separate sectors within the air industry, they are in fact directly, and ...
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ECS to meet airline flexibility with augmented GSA concept
The ECS Group’s new executive chairman Adrien Thominet believes the air cargo industry is at a crossroads, with the pandemic driving airlines to become increasingly flexible.Thominet tells Air Cargo News that in order to reflect its customers’ needs for flexible solutions, ECS has developed what it has labelled an augmented ...
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NewsFedEx adds Europe-Japan flights to meet demand
Source: FedExFedEx Express has launched a new B777 freighter service between Europe and Japan as demand from the Asia Pacific market continues to boom.The four-times-per-week flight will depart from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) Airport and fly directly to Kansai International Airport in Osaka.On the return, the flight will then go on ...
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NewsLATAM and DSV team up to transport 110 C-Safe containers
Logistics giant DSV and Latin American carrier LATAM Cargo have teamed up to transport 110 RKN C-Safe containers, each filled with medicines, from Amsterdam to Brasilia airport.The temperature-controlled containers were flown on three Airbus A350 flights and needed to be kept at a temperature of 5ºC, while the interior temperature ...
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Neutral Air Partner partners with Bridges Worldwide to deliver express solutions
Freight networking group Neutral Air Partner (NAP) is working with Bridges Worldwide to provide international express and courier linehaul solutions.The strategic partnership between the companies will provide NAP members with a platform of neutral linehaul solutions and block space agreements (BSA) on scheduled freighter services and commercial airlines for express ...
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NewsGEFCO re-organises air and sea division
Paul-Henri FreretGEFCO’s air and sea business has announced leadership changes and a reorganisation to boost the industry, automotive and life science/healthcare sectors.Paul-Henri Fréret, executive vice president, has been leading GEFCO’s Air & Sea division since February. With broad experience at GEFCO, Fréret has managed all areas of the business in ...
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NewsB&H Worldwide expands Melbourne facility
Specialist aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide, has expanded its warehouse and offices in Melbourne, Australia to cater for growing demand from its Oceania customers.Colin Kattner, head of operations, Oceania, said the specialist teams at the facility will now be able store, handle and process an ever-expanding number of customers' aerospace ...
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KLM urges staff to cut costs as coronavirus effect hits business
KLM has announced budget cuts in response to a slowdown in business resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report in Reuters.KLM, part of the Air France KLM Group, will cut back on hiring new staff and external consultants, delay new IT projects and office refurbishment plans and reduce ...
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NewsAll Swissport warehouses to install ULD tracking
Swissport plans to equip all of its warehouses with Unilode and Descartes Bluetooth technology by the end of the year. The readers in the 115 warehouses will track and monitor digitally-tagged unit load devices (ULD) to increase transparency for customers.Hendrik Leyssens, Swissport’s vice president global operations-cargo, says geolocation of ULD ...