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New KLM Cargo facility has e-commerce and pharma sorted at Schiphol
KLM Cargo has opened officially a new sorting system at its Amsterdam Schiphol airport hub that can handle post, express and pharmaceutical consignments.The new express product sorter will allow KLM to launch a Europe-wide sameday delivery product, called 12Send, in September this year after completing trials this summer in London, ...
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Hactl scoops Virgin Australia Cargo HK contract
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has been appointed as cargo ground handler for Virgin Australia’s new services from Melbourne to Hong Kong.The five-times-weekly flights began on July 5, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 14 tonne bellyhold capacity. Hactl will provide terminal handling and all documentation.Hactl has handled cargo ...
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Prime Day sales beat Black Friday and Cyber Monday for Amazon
Sales on Amazon’s third annual ‘Prime Day’ surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday, making it the biggest day ever in Amazon history.On July 11, members of the e-commerce giant’s Prime service were given discounts on goods and streaming services over a 30 hour period.Although the company did not release sales ...
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DHL scoops Cathay Pacific MRO logistics deal
DHL Supply Chain has commenced management of all aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul logistics activities for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon in the airlines’ home base at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), part of a 10-year contract signed earlier this year.The contract will see DHL Supply Chain take overall responsibility ...
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Network Airline Mangement renews MD11F deal
Network Airline Management (NAM) has renewed its long-standing freighter deal with Western Global Airlines (WGA) covering Africa-Europe operations.Under the terms of the agreement, WGA will continue to operate up to three MD11Fs on behalf of NAM, with operations based in Liege, Belgium.The aircraft support NAM’s operations with Allied Air of ...
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Volga-Dnepr in the fast lane for Nippon Express' urgent automotive machinery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines' load planners responded to an urgent request from Nippon Express to transport 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery from Japan to the US.The airline’s Hanoi-based load planning experts were on hand to assess quickly the cargo and prepare the most efficient plan for its delivery from Toyko to ...
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Amerijet awarded CEIV Pharma certification
Amerijet has become the first US-based all-cargo airline to be awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) Pharma certification.Vic Karjian, president and chief executive of Amerijet International Airlines, said: “This certification reconfirms our commitment to offering the highest consistent quality, professionalism and transparency to our ...
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E-commerce: UPS boxing clever
Thinking outside of the box has never been truer when it comes to e-commerce and the social media trend of ‘unboxing’.Unboxing is defined as the “an act or instance of removing a newly purchased product from its packaging and examining its features, typically when filmed and shared on a social ...
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VIDEO: Prime Air fuelled and ready to go for Amazon's US e-commerce bonanza
E-tailer Amazon’s Prime Air cargo planes are “fuelled and ready to support” Prime Day in the US in an air express debut for the leased freighter fleet.Amazon is kicking off its third annual Prime Day six hours early this year – giving members 30 hours to shop, beginning at 9pm ...
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Delta Cargo awarded IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification
Delta Cargo has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma and is the first US Global carrier to receive this certification.It was awarded to the airline at the headquarters level and at Delta’s largest cargo operation, located in Atlanta.Said an airline spokesperson: "With this certification, Delta ...
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Cathay to buy partner DHL's stake in Air Hong Kong
Asian airline Cathay Pacific is to buy the 40% stake held in freighter carrier Air Hong Kong (AHK) by joint venture partner DHL, the German-owned global logistics and express parcels operator.Cathay Pacific currently owns 60% of the AHK stock.In a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, Cathay Pacific and DHL confirmed ...
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Boeing and FedEx Express test green technologies on B777F
Boeing and FedEx Express will use a new B777 freighter to test emerging technologies, such as propulsion advancements and flight deck innovations.The ecoDemonstrator program, now in its fifth phase, serves as a series of flying testbeds designed to improve the environmental performance and safety of future airplanes."The ecoDemonstrator program is ...
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NewsBelly enhancer as Norwegian opts for Telair cargo loading system
Low cost carrier Norwegian has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft equipped with the Telair Sliding Carpet Edge loading system for bellyhold freight.Anders Helmner, chief executive of Sweden's Telair International, said: “The most advanced model of the world’s most popular aircraft arrived with the most advanced ...
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Senior appointments at Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced two senior appointments to its sales team as it sees “soaring volumes”, most notably from its UK home market.Ryan Ellis takes up the position of head of global accounts while Ray Wood joins the airline as regional sales manager for the UK.Ellis joined Virgin Atlantic ...
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ATSG subsidiary CAM to lease three B767s to Northern Aviation Services
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) is leasing three Boeing 767-300 freighters to Northern Air Cargo, the Northern Aviation Services (NAS) subsidiary.The aircraft will serve three NAS airlines: Aloha Air Cargo based in Hawaii, StratAir based in Florida, and Northern Air Cargo based in Alaska.NAS operates ...
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Qatar and StarBroker join forces for energy charter
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported more than 80 tonnes of oil and energy equipment from Zhengzhou in China to Cabo Frio in Brazil for DHL Global Forwarding.The Qatar Airways Boeing 777 freighter saw the Middle East carrier's first charter flight into Cabo Frio, an airport located close to the most ...
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Cargolux adds Quito to its network
Cargolux has inaugurated scheduled all-cargo services to Quito, connecting Ecuador’s capital and the South American country's flower exports to Amsterdam, Luxembourg and beyond.All four weekly Cargolux flights, originating at the European freighter carrier's Luxembourg hub, will operate through Curitiba (Brazil), Viracopos (Brazil) and Mexico before arriving in Quito.Said a spokesperson ...
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ABC flies autonomous vehicle to Singapore
Freight forwarder Geodis has organised the transport of a newly newly-developed Group Rapid Transit (GRT) prototype autonomous vehicle to Singapore utilising AirBridgeCargo flights.The GRT, which measures 6 metres in length, 2.1 metres in width and has a height of 2.8 metres, travelled from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Singapore onboard AirBridgeCargo’s ...
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TNT continues recovery effort after cyber attack
TNT is continuing to implement contingency plans to mitigate the impact of the virus that attacked its IT systems last week.In an operational update, TNT parent FedEx said that its teams were making solid progress on "remediating systems and methodically bringing business critical systems and services back online including mytnt.com"."TNT ...
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NewsRates out of Asia surge in June
Airfreight rates on major routes out of Asia continued to climb in June as demand to and from the region surges.The latest statistics from Tac Index show that average airfreight prices from Hong Kong to the US reached $3.27 per kg in June, an increase of 38.6% compared with the ...