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More speakers added to the Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 has added more speakers to its two-day conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the event.According to the latest update, Turkish Cargo chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen will join a panel discussion on express and e-commerce growth; Qatar Airways vice president cargo ...
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Swiss WorldCargo's ULD pharma network grows
Swiss WorldCargo now has 36 Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) accredited stations, says the pharmaceutical cold chain solutions provider.The carrier’s network consists of QEP Basic, Advanced and Expert levels, with 31 stations receiving the QEP Advanced accreditation, the highest such number in the industry.Its Zurich hub has also recently been recognized ...
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Brazilian trucker strike resulted in lost cargo volumes for LATAM
LATAM Airlines Groups has outlined the effect the Brazilian truckers’ strike had on cargo operations and also the financial implications for the overall company.Although the action did not directly involve the carrier, blockades by truckers led to a shortage of aviation fuel at most of the country’s airports, while trucking ...
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Lindsey Jalil joins Delta Cargo team
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Lindsey Jalil as managing director – commercial. She replaces Kristin Colvile, who was recently promoted to chief executive officer and managing director, SkyTeam.Joining Delta in 2005, for the past eight years, Jalil has been part of the operations analysis and performance team where, as ...
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Rising costs the main talking point at IATA's AGM
This week saw the great and good of the aviation industry gather in Sydney Australia for IATA’s Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, with concerns over profitability being the main talking point.Rising costs have eaten into expected airline profits, said IATA in its latest market analysis revealed at ...
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American to start first US Cuba belly cargo service
American Airlines says it has become the first US passenger carrier to offer a cargo product in Cuba with the launch of a mail service, including letters, parcels and express to and from Havana’s José Martí International.American currently operates four daily flights from Miami - scheduled to increase to five ...
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New board appointments at Cargo iQ
Henrik Ambak, senior vice president, cargo operations worldwide with Emirates SkyCargo, has been made the new vice chairman of Cargo iQ.Ambak’s appointment came as Cargo iQ welcomed board members from Qatar Airways Cargo and Swissport.Nadeem Sultan, vice president - global cargo operations at Qatar Airways Cargo, and Hendrik Leyssens, head ...
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New tech allows pet owners to monitor animals during flights
Unisys Corporation has launched a new monitoring device, Digi-Pet, that provides pet owners with the opportunity for pet owners to monitor and even talk to animals while they are in the cargo hold of an aircraft.Digi-Pet uses Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology via smart sensors attached to the pet’s kennel or carry ...
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NewsAirfreight traffic growth back on track in April
Airfreight traffic growth was back on track in April after an "abrupt" slowdown in performance during March.The latest figures from IATA show that freight tonne kms (FTK) increased by 4.1% in April, compared with a “sharp fall” in growth during March to 1.8% — a 23-month low.The end of the ...
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Encouraging April for Asia airlines' airfreight
Asia Pacific airlines saw air cargo demand progress at an "encouraging pace" in April, driven by further expansions in global service and manufacturing sectors.In its preliminary traffic figures for the month of April, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said: "While there are signs that international trade flows may ...
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Widebody bellyhold pushing down the cargo rates for African carriers
African airlines operating narrowbody aircraft are seeing rates pushed down and margins tightened due to the overcapacity caused by foreign carriers operating widebody passenger aircraft with ample belly space.Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is reporting a strong improvement in terms of belly cargo, although the mix of belly to freighter ...
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Airfreight KPIs set to feature in business contracts
Air cargo’s emerging key performance indicators (KPIs) look set to become a feature of future contracts between airfreight stakeholders.Ground handlers, general sales agents (GSA) and freight forwarders are likely to see KPIs – currently in test phase – being built into their contracts with airlines and shippers.That was the impression ...
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MAB Kargo aims to be first Malaysian airline to achieve CEIV Pharma
MAB Kargo has announced plans to obtain IATA's CEIV Pharma certification as it hopes to become the first airline and cargo terminal operator in Malaysia to embark on the process.The carrier said it hoped to complete the certification process in around six months. It will undergo training, as well as ...
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Ethiopian to fly into Jakarta
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that it is to launch a three times a week service to Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 17.The route, to be flown by B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, will represent the first direction connection between Africa and Indonesia, and Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam observed: “Our new service ...
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Trade compliance software for airlines
Airlines handling millions of shipments every year have to negotiate a complex web of global security rules, to make sure the goods they transport do not fall foul of trade compliance regulators.There have been a number of high profile cases involving illegal shipments of dual-use goods -for either civilian or ...
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Support for continuation of US-UAE Open Skies agreement
The Airlines for Open Skies coalition has welcomed decision by US and the UAE to retain the their Open Skies arrangements agreed in 2002.“This resolution is a clear victory for American workers, travellers, and exporters, and reaffirms the US commitment to Open Skies,” the US industry grouping declared.“We commend the ...
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Aer Lingus prepares for Seattle launch
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus and parent company IAG are gearing up for the launch of a new Dublin to Seattle service that will inaugurate on Friday (18 May).An Airbus A330-200 operated by Aer Lingus will fly the intercontinental service four times a week, and the aircraft will offer up to ...
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BACA: airfreight traffic through London airports being hit by noise-related restrictions
The closure and severe reduction to overnight movements at the majority of London’s airports this summer will "have a major impact on flights in and out of London,” says BACA – The Air Charter Association.BACA, the trade association for the global air charter industry, is calling for a “more pragmatic ...
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Air France-KLM, Delta and Virgin expand transatlantic collaboration
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement on expanding their existing transatlantic co-operation.The new deal sets out the terms of governance as well as the commercial and operational terms of the expanded JV.Air France-KLM is to acquire a 31% stake in Virgin ...
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Air Italy takes delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max
Air Italy, the carrier formerly known as Meridiana, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft.Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive of Qatar Airways, which holds a 49% stake in Air Italy’s parent company, AQA Holding, was at Boeing’s Everett Delivery Centre in Seattle in the US to ...