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UPS expands investment in India
UPS has taken full ownership of its express service joint venture in India. It previously held a majority stake in the unit which exclusively serves UPS's international express small package shipping business in the country.UPS says the move to obtain full ownership, along with planned network upgrades, demonstrates the company's ...
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Emirates SkyCargo seeks to boost Vietnam trade
Emirates SkyCargo has signed an agreement with the Investment and Tourism Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City to jointly explore opportunities to promote trade to and from Vietnam.The Dubai-based carrier started operations in Hanoi in 2008 and over the last decade has scaled up the number of freighter and ...
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IATA warns of ‘no deal Brexit’ chaos
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for urgent action by the UK and the European Union to put in place contingency planning for the continuation of air services in the event of a ‘no-deal Brexit’, and to move much faster to bring certainty to three critical air transport ...
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Etihad Airways and Saudia include cargo in new co-operation
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Etihad Airways have agreed a new codeshare partnership and announced plans for greater commercial co-operation in other fields, including cargo.The agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national flag carrier and Etihad, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, also includes closer co-operation on ...
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‘Outstanding’ quarter for UPS supply chain and freight business
UPS chairman and chief executive David Abney has praised the company’s supply chain and freight performance in Q3 2018, saying it was “outstanding this quarter, as the unit delivered double-digit growth in both revenue and adjusted operating profit”.He added that “UPS will continue to leverage our vast forwarding, customs, and ...
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Low cost carrier Jetstar Asia increases cargo volumes
Jetstar Asia is predicting it will carry more than 15,000 tons of cargo this year, a 25% increase on last year’s total.Operating with a fleet of A320s, the low cost carrier serves 30 destinations in southeast and north Asia as well as Darwin in Australia from its hub in Singapore.Jetstar ...
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IBA’s new aviation platform for investors and lessors is on-line
Aviation consultancy IBA Group has launched an online platform, IBA iQ Trends, for investors, lessors, airlines and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).Unlike other static aviation and airline data sets, IBA iQ Trends combines key economic data and world events in real time, with historical, current and future values and lease rates ...
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Clear vision for Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways will host the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at Doha International Airport as part of its support for the inaugural Doha Healthcare Week, 6 -12 November.The Flying Eye Hospital, operated by global eye health charity Orbis, is a fully-equipped plane with state-of-the-art medical equipment, an operating theatre and a ...
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Air France reaches pay agreement with key unions
Air France and the unions representing its ground staff and cabin crew have signed an agreement that includes a general pay increase of 2%, backdated to January 2018, and a general pay increase of 2% from January 2019.The unions party to the agreement represent 76.4% of the employees who voted ...
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Turkish Cargo signs up with CHAMP Cargosystems
Turkish Cargo has signed an agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems for Traxon CDMP quality management solutions.Developed with the current Cargo iQ specifications, this solution will manage more than 1m cargo Turkish Cargo air waybills annually. Traxon CDMP has added further functions and user-friendly features, with additional quality measuring and monitoring, going ...
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Saudia Cargo investment streamlines processes
Saudia Cargo’s investment in infrastructure facilities at its Jeddah and Riyadh cargo stations has reduced import and export documentation and procedures by 75%, said Saudi Airlines Cargo Company chief executive Omar Talal Hariri.In his speech delivered at the Second Supply Chain and Logistics Conference held in Riyadh, he reiterated the ...
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Animals carried as cargo force Lufthansa to ban dry ice
Lufthansa Cargo has “provisionally decided” not to transport dry ice in the bellies of Boeing 747 passenger aircraft, due to potential clashes with live animals being shipped in the same hold.After initial confusion about whether a ban was in place when contacted by Air Cargo News last week, a Lufthansa ...
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AAPA concerned by tensions between major trading nations
With Asian airlines carrying more than one third of global airfreight volumes, concerns over ongoing trade tensions are being closely monitored given the potential negative impact on trade flows and global supply chains, said the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).The association’s Assembly of Presidents is holding its 62nd meeting ...
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Etihad SPRINTs to cargo technology platform
Etihad Cargo has completed its migration to SPRINT, an IBS iCargo fully integrated technology platform which the carrier has adopted as the digital answer to its evolving cargo management needs.The cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways has spent 12 months on the implementation process andservices that are now available ...
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Ethiopian launches Oslo–Guangzhou freighter service and ups Addis Ababa frequency
Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its presence in Oslo, having launched a dedicated B777 freighter service to Guangzhou in China, and increasing its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner frequency between Addis Ababa and the Norwegian capital to six times a week in December.The twice-weekly freighter departure to Guangzhou was launched last week to ...
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Airfreight capacity outstrips demand for sixth month in a row
Airline freight capacity growth continues to outstrip demand, according to the final Q2 2018 financial data released by IATA.“Available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs) grew by 4.5% year-on-year in August, up from 3.9% in July and faster than the corresponding annual demand growth rate for the sixth month in a row.”The ...
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Qatar adds direct flights to Macau and then across the Pacific
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched twice-weekly freighter services from Doha to Macau, adding the destination to its Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai portfolio.The Boeing 777 freighter, offering 100 tonnes cargo capacity, will continue from Macau to Los Angeles and Mexico City, before flying on to Liege, Belgium and then back ...
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Panalpina boss on peak season: “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day”
Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen has warned that “airfreight capacity alone will not save the day” in air cargo's looming peak season, adding that “smooth operations on the ground will be equally important”.Karlen said that this year’s airfreight market is “not quite as strong” as in 2017, although rates remain ...
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Boeing: Demand for 2,600 new or converted freighters over next 20 years
Boeing projects that air cargo operators will need more than 2,600 new or converted freighters over the next two decades to keep up with increasing global freight traffic, which is expected to double with 4.2% growth annually.Some of the factors driving the growth in air cargo include a growing express ...
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Silk Way West Airlines launches Baku–Tianjin freighter link
Silk Way West Airlines (SWW) is to start a twice weekly freighter service to Tianjin connecting its global hub in Baku, Azerbijan, with one of the leading industrial centres in northern China.The service will close the strategic gap in the carrier’s network by offering full freighter services to booming Northern ...