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World's 50 largest air cargo carriers in 2014: FedEx leading the way
Federal Express was the world's busiest cargo airline in 2014, beating Emirates into second place and United Parcel Service into third (scroll down for top 50).IATA's annual World Air Transport Statistics report, which covers individual airlines as opposed to groups, revealed that FedEx was the busiest airline in 2014, with ...
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E-AWB usage edges up in August
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in August registered the highest increase in percentage point terms so far this year but time is running out to meet the end of year target.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration has now reached 31.7%, up by 2.7 percentage points from the ...
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Airfreight demand edges up but "all is not well", says IATA
Airfreight volumes edged up slightly in August following on from a decline in July, but Asian and North American carriers still registered a slide in demand for the month.The latest seasonally adjusted demand data from IATA shows that airlines recorded a 0.2% year-on-year increase in freight tonne km (FTK) in ...
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Airfreight rates improve but still lag behind 2014 levels
Airfreight rates continued to climb in August thanks to improvements on Asian services, but figures still lag behind levels recorded in 2014.The latest figures from analyst Drewry show that airfreight rates covering 48 trades increased by 12 cents compared with July to $3.04 per kg.While this is an improvement on ...
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European airlines see cargo volumes fall in September
Major European airlines had another tough month in September as IAG Cargo, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded cargo volume declines, although Air France KLM did see a strike-related increase.The busiest of the four carrier groups, Lufthansa, continues to have a tough year as volumes continue track behind last year's levels.In ...
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Russian-made Buk missile hit MH17, says Dutch accident investigation report
A report by the Dutch Safety Board has found that a Russian-made Buk missile hit Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board the Boeing 777 passenger jet in July 2014.The report does not say who fired the missile, which saw the aircraft crash in Ukraine, but Russia ...
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Air cargo data: Let shippers get closer to airlines
Everybody collects supply chain data, but the real skill is turning data into information.GT Nexus, a cloud technology platform whose customers include brand name shippers and forwarders, is keen to improve the quality of air cargo data so that it can match that of ocean freight.Greg Kefer, vice president of ...
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AF KLM Cargo to add extra capacity for winter season
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will add extra capacity to services over the coming weeks as it looks to capitalise on the busy winter season.The Franco-Dutch airline said that it will add capacity on services to South Africa, Thailand, Mauritius and the Caribbean from October 25.In Africa, the airline will ...
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American Airlines Cargo to offer temperature controlled ULD leasing to customers
American Airlines Cargo has announced it will begin leading its temperature controlled ULD to customers.From November 1, the US airline will make its CSafe Global RKN ULD, which is able to maintain a precise temperature of four to 25 degrees Celsius, available for lease to customers.It said the move would ...
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Indian pharma shippers and forwarders attend GDP academy
IAG Cargo and Exelsius Consultancy have continued their collaboration to improve standards for handling time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments.The partners’ Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy held a two-day course in Hyderabad, India, which was attended by 23 people from the shipper, forwarder, airline and ground handling community across India.The course ...
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How should air cargo companies react to the development of 3D printing?
Expected increases in the use of 3D printing should encourage air cargo companies to begin thinking about how their business should react to the development, according to one speaker at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit.PwC Strategy US vice president Andrew Schmahl told delegates at the conference that the use of ...
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Noble appointment for CEVA
Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics has appointed Clayton Noble as the new managing director of its Australia and New Zealand (A&NZ) operations.Noble joins CEVA from Fuji Xerox Australia, where as chief operations officer he was responsible for running the business’ operational functions, including supply chain, customer support, managed services, professional services and ...
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Swiss gets new CEO in group realignment
Swiss has announced the appointment of a new chief executive as part of a broader realignment of the Lufthansa Group.Thomas Klühr, currently a member of the executive board of Lufthansa German Airlines, will succeed Harry Hohmeister as chief executive of Swiss in February 2016, with the position of chief operating ...
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Senior appointments at IATA
IATA has made two new senior management appointments covering safety and flight operations, and airport, passenger, cargo and security (APCS).The first appointment sees Nick Careen take up the role of senior vice president of APCS. He replaces Tom Windmuller, who retired from IATA after almost 25 years.IATA said the APCS ...
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Allport lands Damco's Kenning for supply chain role
Allport Cargo Services (ACS) has appointed Alan Kenning as executive director of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) division from rival forwarder Damco.Kenning has worked in logistics and supply chain management for more than 23 years, starting as a management trainee with Maersk in 1992 and working his way up through ...
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Aeroflot's takeover of troubled Transaero falls apart
Aeroflot’s proposed takeover of debt-laden Russian airline Transaero has fallen apart because the airline’s shareholders failed to submit a formal proposal in time.State-controlled Aeroflot’s board of directors said that Transaero shareholders had failed to submit the proposal before the deadline stipulated in a tender offer for a 75% stake in ...
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New Chinese cargo airline set for 2016 launch
A new express cargo airline is being launched next year that will initially provide services for the growing e-commerce industry within China but has global ambitions.The new airline, United Star Express, is a joint venture between Chinese carrier Okay Airline, US-based lessor and transport provider ATSG West Limited and online ...
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Maiden flight for YTO Express Airlines
New Chinese carrier YTO Express Airlines has made its maiden flight and been confirmed as the launch customer for Boeing 737-800 freighter conversion programme.Hangzhou-based airline, which is 90% owned by YTO Express, is one of a number of airlines hoping to capitalise on the growth of e-commerce and express delivery ...
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Cargolux reveals details of its new Chinese cargo airline
Cargolux has outlined the details of its new cargo airline based in China, which will launch with three Boeing 747 aircraft on transpacific and intra-Asia routes, but then expand to five freighters within three years.Cargolux president and chief executive Dirk Reich, speaking in Luxembourg at the welcoming ceremony for the ...
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Cathay and Emirates expand cargo operations at Rickenbacker Airport
Cathay Pacific Cargo and Emirates SkyCargo will expand services to Rickenbacker airport on the back of recent growth by adding additional weekly freighter frequencies to their existing schedules in October.Cathay Pacific, which began scheduled international service between Rickenbacker and Hong Kong in 2014, will add a fourth weekly frequency to ...