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Aloha to Unisys' Cloud-based system
Aloha Air Cargo and Northern Air Cargo have selected cloud-based Unisys systems to replace their legacy software.Northern Air Cargo is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and Aloha Air Cargo is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.Both are operating companies within Anchorage-based Northern Aviation Services, a new client for Unisys.Unisys Logistics Management System (LMS) ...
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Another tough month for Latin American air cargo carriers
Air cargo volumes carried by South and Central American airlines continued to decline in January, but the speed at which demand has slipped did slowdown.The latest figures from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) show that overall cargo demand declined by 1.2% year-on-year in January to 374m ...
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Air France-KLM cargo boss Bram Gräber to join maritime group Boskalis
Air France-KLM cargo boss Bram Gräber is stepping down to join Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster as group director maritime services for its offshore energy division.Gräber was appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo in March 2015, following the departure of chief executive Erik Varwijk.Gräber will leave Air ...
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Queuing for Cuba: US carriers submit applications for services to Cuba
The three major US airlines have all now submitted their applications to start scheduled services to Cuba.Late last night, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines confirmed they had submitted their applications to the Department of Transport.Delta hopes to offer flights from Atlanta and JFK with the Boeing 757-200, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and United still "developing the details" of partnership plan
Lufthansa Cargo and United Airlines are still ironing out the commercial details of their planned tie-up on the transatlantic.Lufthansa Cargo board member responsible for product and sales Alexis von Hoensbroech said the two airlines have yet to sign a contract.He added that the two companies had a "joint idea of ...
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Turkish Airlines sees cargo revenues slide despite improved demand
Turkish Airlines recorded a decrease in revenues generated by its cargo division despite an increase in demand.For the full-year 2015, Turkish Airlines recorded a 3.9% year-on-year decline in cargo revenues to $935m, with both its bellyhold and freighter services contributing towards the decline.Meanwhile, its cargo and mail traffic climbed by ...
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Oman Air makes Smart move
Oman Air has chosen SmartKargo to manage its airfreight sales and operations from June 2016. The Cloud-based cargo platform provides electronic air waybills along with pricing and ratemaking services.Oman Air’s chief sales officer, Mahfood Al Harthy said the attraction of SmartKargo was rapid deployment without having to spend on infrastructure, ...
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India and Europe the bright spots in difficult start to the year
Worldwide air cargo demand started the year slowly with only a slight increase in volumes recorded, but there was better news from Europe and India.In its monthly market analysis, WorldACD said there was “little to cheer” in January as global air cargo volumes increased by just 0.3% compared with a ...
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India develops new aviation policy as it gears-up for 'Make in India' campaign
India’s air cargo throughput is expected to more than double over the next 15 years as the government implements several supply chain improvements as part of its ‘Make in India’ campaign.Speaking at the Air Cargo India event in Mumbai, Renu Singh Parmar, senior adviser at the Ministry of Civil Aviation ...
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Weak start to the year for Asia Pacific carriers
Asia Pacific carriers recorded a muted Chinese New Year air cargo demand surge in January as soft market conditions persisted.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines showed that cargo demand in January declined by 0.7% year on year to 5.1bn freight tonne km.Meanwhile, capacity for the period ...
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IAG Cargo reports 'challenging' 2015
IAG Cargo recorded a 3.2% rise in unadjusted 2015 full-year commercial revenue to just over €1bn as “challenging” market conditions saw like-for-like overall yield down 4% on prior year due to flat volumes while capacity grew by 3%.However, after adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, ...
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Cargo data is an IATA focus at the World Cargo Symposium in Berlin
Berlin is the host city for the 10th World Cargo Symposium, March 15-17, and the ‘value of air cargo’ will be the conference theme at the InterContinental Hotel venue.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo, said that the industry needs to make better use of cargo data, with a focus ...
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Battery ban ‘disappointing’ says Global Shippers’ Forum
Shippers have criticised as “disappointing” a total ban on lithium-ion batteries in passenger aircraft bellyholds, saying it goes against previous recommendations and “does not address the wider problem of undeclared battery shipments or low-quality counterfeits”.The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) head of policy Alex Veitch said: “The outright ban on passenger ...
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Volga-Dnepr performs spacecraft payload transport
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a spacecraft payload module from Sheremetyevo Airport to London Stansted onboard one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters.The transportation was organised by DG Terminal and as well as the module three tons of support equipment was also flown.The airline used a special container to transport the module. During ...
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Boeing signs Mexican biofuel deal
Boeing has signed a research and development deal with Aeromexico and Mexico's Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) to produce biojet fuel.The programme, which is supported by Mexico's Sector Fund for Energy Sustainability and which will be coordinated through the Mexican Bioenergy Innovation Center, aims to advance research and development of ...
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JAL sees small increase in December tonnages
Japan Airlines (JAL) flew a total of 23,261 tons of cargo and 2,654 tons of mail in January on international routes, down by 5% and 19.4% year-on-year respectively.By way of comparison, it carried 27,869 tons of cargo and 2,589 tons of mail on domestic routes over the course of the ...
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Call for air cargo industry to drive supply chain improvements in India
The air cargo industry should take more responsibility and drive improvements in India’s supply chain operations rather than wait for major changes in infrastructure and bureaucracy.During the Air Cargo India event, a panel of speakers outlined what quick-win changes could be made to improve air cargo supply chains in India.Saudia ...
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Drewry reports continued East–West airfreight rate decline
Drewry, the independent advisory and research organisation,has released its latest East-West Airfreight Price Index, which shows that freight rates were down by 7.4 points in January (compared to December last year) to a level of just 83.0, its lowest point since the index was first launched in May 2012.January represented ...
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Brussels Airlines’ passenger success hits freight traffic
The volume of cargo carried by Brussels Airlines fell away slightly in January compared to the same month of 2015.The Belgian carrier, which is owned by SN Airholding and is part of the Lufthansa Group, flew 15.7% fewer freight ton-kilometres (FTK) year-on-year during the month.However, the decline was caused, the ...
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Qantas Freight fails to sparkle
Qantas Freight reported underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $38 million for the six months ended 31 December 2015, compared with $54 million in the first half of last year.The Australian carrier said that the global cargo market remained challenging, with lower domestic demand and in key international ...