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Tip of the iceberg: Air cargo steps in for lettuce crisis
The air cargo industry has seen a spike in demand for shipments of lettuce from North America as bad weather hit crops in Spain.Earlier today, IAG Cargo reported that retailers in the UK were looking to source lettuce and other vegetables from the Americas as a result of a shortage ...
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Singapore Airlines enjoys cargo upswing in third quarter
Singapore Airlines has released traffic and financial performance details for the third quarter of its 2016-17 financial year – the period between October 1 and December 31 2016.Its cargo division enjoyed a rise in freight volumes of 6.6%, boosted by stronger than expected peak season demand. SIA Cargo carried a ...
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Saudia Cargo renews human organ transportation agreement
Saudia Cargo has renewed its commitment to human organ transportation by re-signing its agreement of collaboration with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, a publicly funded organisation that oversees the organ donation process in Saudi Arabia.Faisal Shaheen, the organisation’s director general, re-signed the deal – originally agreed in January 2014 ...
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US carriers seek Tillerson meeting in Gulf states subsidy row
US passenger airline bosses have asked to meet the new US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, to discuss allegations that Middle East Gulf states are unfairly subsidising state-owned carriers.This latest move in a long simmering row has seen the chief executives of American Airlines, United and Delta Air Lines post ...
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JAL reveals mixed cargo results
Flag-carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) has revealed its consolidated financial results for the nine months that ended on 31 December last year, and they make for some mixed reading.In terms of its international cargo operations, JAL benefited from the improvement in demand for capacity that the industry enjoyed from the middle ...
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Airlander 10 expected to fly again later this year
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has confirmed that it expects its Airlander 10 airship – the world’s largest aircraft – to fly again in the near future.The Airlander 10, of which HAV is the designer, assembler and owner, suffered a crash landing in August last year during a test flight from ...
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American Airlines gets stuck into the New Zealand market
American Airlines Cargo was recently called upon to carry out a short-notice shipment of world renowned honey from New Zealand.Manuka honey is normally moved by seafreight but last week, on short notice, the airline was called on to carry the product for the first time in order to meet deadlines ...
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Volga-Dnepr steppes up with endangered horse project
The Volga-Dnepr Group has transported 14 Przewalski horses from Hortobágy National Park in Hungary to the Ural steppe of Russia as part of efforts to re-introduce the breed to the area.The horses each travelled from Hungary in their own special horse stall onboard a Boeing 737-400SF freighter operated by Atran ...
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Pharma firms continue drive to seafreight
Pharma shippers are likely to continue to try to move away from a reliance on airfreight but will also look to outsource more of their supply chain operations.Speaking at the Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, pharmaceutical company Teva’s senior director, logistics Europe, Val Petursson, said that he viewed using ...
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Cargo waiting in the wings as Lufthansa and Etihad partnership focuses on catering and MRO
Lufthansa and UAE national carrier Etihad have signed a non-equity partnership with an initial focus on in-flight catering and aircraft maintenance, although cargo is not on the menu at this stage.Etihad Aviation Group president and chief executive officer James Hogan, and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, signed ...
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Take part: State of the air cargo industry annual survey
Every year Air Cargo News carries out a survey of logistics and airfreight professionals to understand how they think the air cargo industry will develop over the coming years.The survey provides the air cargo industry with an opportunity to tell us how you think the industry is changing.The survey takes ...
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Etihad and Lufthansa to announce "new commercial partnership"
Etihad and Lufthansa will this morning details of a "new commercial partnership" at a press conference in Abu Dhabi.Etihad Aviation Group President and chief executive officer James Hogan and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, will host the conference.On January 18, Etihad has denied press speculation that it ...
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AA Cargo's Jim Butler promoted as Art Torno retires
American Airlines has announced that Art Torno will retire from his role of senior vice president - international and cargo, to be replaced by Jim Butler.Torno joined American in 1979 as a flight attendant and has held numerous leadership positions, including vice president - New York, vice president - Caribbean ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines Cargo on the up in Q4
American Airlines managed to reverse a run of seven straight quarterly declines in cargo revenues at the end of last year thanks to a later surge in demand and improving airfreight rates.The US carrier saw fourth quarter cargo revenues increase by 1% year on year to $194m, which is the ...
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Another boost for IATA's Cargo-XML messaging standard
IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard has taken another step towards becoming the industry standard after being integrated into a United Nations (UN) automated customs management system.The integration of Cargo-XML into the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) ASYCUDAWorld customs system standardises electronic communications between airlines and customs authorities in the ...
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Late 2016 surge sees improvement in Asian airline cargo demand
An end of year surge in demand saw air cargo demand at Asian carriers for 2016 edge ahead of the previous year’s level.The end-of-year figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that air cargo demand measured in freight tonne kms (FTKs) ended last year 1.8% up on ...
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Cathay moves into Lufthansa's Frankfurt cargo terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo is relocating its local cargo handling activities in Frankfurt to the Lufthansa Cargo terminal as part of the co-operation agreement between two airlines that both have sizeable passenger and pure freighter fleets.The Frankfurt move follows a reciprocal arrangement which saw Lufthansa Cargo move its Hong Kong freight ...
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SAA Cargo races to transport Dakar rally vehicles
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has transported three racing vehicles and spares for the Dakar Rally as part of a partnership deal with the Toyota Gazoo South Africa team.The cargo division transported the three vehicles from South Africa to Argentina via Sao Paulo for the 13 day race that ...
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Etihad's Hogan to step down in second half of 2017
James Hogan will step down as president and chief executive of Etihad Aviation Group in the second half of 2017.Hogan will join an investment company along with Etihad Aviation Group chief financial officer James Rigney, who will also leave the company later this year. A global search for their replacements ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Air cargo demand on the up in 2016
European airlines ended 2016 on a high with annual cargo demand up at Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair.The latest monthly airline statistics show that European carriers enjoyed their best year in terms of demand growth since 2013.The Lufthansa group of airlines saw revenue cargo tonne kms (RCTK) increase by 1.4% during ...