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Air cargo remains optimistic
Cargo carriers are pragmatic about the current market situation despite headlines of doom and gloom on the back of volume declines.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo Europe exhibition in Munich, Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux said: “We cannot deny that the market is going down ...
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NewsAir Canada 'finalising' binding agreement on Transat deal
Air Canada has confirmed that it is “in the process of finalising its binding agreement” to acquire Transat AT Inc, owner of Canadian carrier Air Transat.Air Canada announced on May 16 this year that it had entered into an exclusive agreement with Transat regarding the acquisition, though the agreement remained ...
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NewsDHL confirms importance of e-commerce to future transport strategies
A recent survey - The Logistics Transport Evolution: The Road Ahead – commissioned by Deutsche Post DHL has revealed that companies are facing a market environment that is changing rapidly, both in terms of geopolitical developments and technological transformation.In terms of ground transportation operations, by far the biggest issue on ...
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NewsIATA lowers air cargo growth forecast again
IATA has lowered its forecast for air cargo for the second time this year, with the association now expecting demand to be flat this year.At its AGM, the airline association said that after an exceptional performance in 2017, featuring 9.7% growth in demand for freight capacity, cargo demand growth slowed ...
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NewsTUI Group renews its ULD management deal with Unilode
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of global outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has renewed its partnership agreement with TUI in a move that will see it supply and manage the group’s containers and pallets for a further 10-year term.Gunther Hofman, director of ground operations at TUI Aviation, commented: “TUI ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to adopt AFLS 8.0 cargo management platform
Dominic Kennedy, managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo, and Ganesh Vaideeswaran, managing director of Accenture’s AFLS business, pictured at Air Cargo Europe 2019 in MunichVirgin Atlantic is to implement the Freight & Logistics Software 8.0 (AFLS 8.0) platform from Accenture in a move that it said will add a further ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo chief on the move
Managing director of Finnair Cargo, Janne Tarvainen, will leave the airline at the end of July to become managing director of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) and will be succeeded by Mikko TainioTainio is currently the managing director of Finnair Kitchen and has worked in key positions in finance and ground ...
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NewsAtlas Air steps up DHL flights
Atlas Air Boeing 747-400FAtlas Air Worldwide has stepped up its flying programme for DHL Express after the express carrier awarded operation of the first two of its new Boeing 777-200 Freighters to its Southern Air unit. Further aircraft could be added to the programme when DHL awards the remaining 12 ...
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NewsABC and CLA cargo.one deal puts freighter space online
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) say they have become the first all-cargo airlines to make their capacities available for digital booking with instant confirmation, following a deal signed with air cargo booking platform cargo.oneABC and CLA will market their capacities digitally to cargo.one’s customer base, which comprises hundreds of freight ...
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NewsNo hanging around for Lufthansa’s new tech
Lufthansa Cargo is offering its cargo customers self-service terminals and apps for mobile devices as well as the digital transfer of shipment data and status updates as part of its ‘eFreight’ drive to speed up acceptance times.Before delivery, a PreCheck service verifies the completeness and consistency of the data transferred ...
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NewsAll change in Frankfurt for Lufthansa Cargo
Thomas Sonntag is to take over from Carsten Hernig as managing director of Lufthansa Cargo’s Jettainer outsourced ULD management arm on 1 July, while the latter will take over as head of region in Latin America and Caribbean for the airline, based in Sao Paolo.Sonntag, a qualified mechanical engineer, joined ...
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NewsAir Canada to market drone deliveries
Air Canada has signed a sales agency agreement with Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) to market its commercial services in its home country.The carrier’s cargo arm will act as a sales agent of DDC on those routes for which it has received regulatory approval.DDC says it will benefit from Air ...
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NewsIAG to offer electronic booking through Freightos
IAG Cargo is to offer its customers real-time electronic booking and pricing through a new partnership with software firm Freightos.At Air Cargo Europe in Munich, the carrier announced that WebCargo by Freightos has become the first live user of IAG Cargo’s digital application programming interfaces (APIs) which provide access to ...
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New cargo charter platform set for Air Cargo Europe launch
CharterSync has launched a new online platform, which aims to make booking time-critical cargo charter flights quicker and easier for freight-forwarding companies.The technology accurately matches cargo loads to the most suitable aircraft in real time.The CharterSync platform was designed and developed by two pilots who identified the need for smart ...
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NewsCHAMP is automatic choice for Air Algérie
Air Algérie has signed up to CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB host-to-host automated data exchange system nto communicate with forwarders and other air cargo supply chain partners. The hub offers electronic access to over 100 airlines, 3,000 forwarders, operating from 9,000 branches worldwide, irrespective of their IT configuration or systems.The carrier’s general ...
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NewsNew Lufthansa arm to offer e-commerce solutions
Lufthansa Cargo is offering a custom solutions service to its e-commerce clients. A new wholly-owned subsidiary, heyworld, based in Frankfurt with Timo Schamber as managing director will offer a range of configurable transport solutions aimed at online retailers, digital marketplaces and forwarders.Described as a digital-first shipping company, it aims to ...
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NewsKalitta selects Stewart as New York mail hub
Kalitta Air has started a daily 747 freighter service between Los Angeles and New York Stewart International Airport, eschewing JFK in favour of the small Hudson Valley gateway, north of Manhattan.The flight is operated on behalf of the US Postal Service, which operates a major facility for region close to ...
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Transpacific air cargo rate outlook clouded by tariff troubles
Airfreight rates on major trade lanes continued to show a mixed performance in May.The latest figures from TacIndex show that on the Hong Kong-North America trade prices declined by 4.4% year on year in May to an average of $3.71 per kg.The fact prices are down on last year should ...
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NewsAir cargo faces a bleak outlook as demand declines in April
Analyst WorldACD has warned that air cargo markets are continuing to erode as uncertainty grows.Numbers from the data firm show that cargo volumes (chargeable weight) declined by 5.4% year on year in April.WorldACD searched for some positives, but said that overall there was no avoiding the tough market conditions.“For quite ...
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NewsAir Cargo Europe takes a digital focus
Air Cargo Europe, held every two years in Munich, will focus on all things digital.Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering the air cargo supply chain, with shipments finding their own way via the Internet of Things. How should the air cargo industry address this changing logistics landscape?These will be the key ...