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Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker look to cut carbon
An environmental partnership between Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker has helped the two companies reduce their carbon dioxide output by around 10,000 tonnes over the first five years of the tie up.Following the success of the first five years, the two companies said they are hoping to reduce their carbon ...
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Now the hard work on the cargo agency programme really starts
Freight forwarder association Fiata and IATA have officially signed the long-awaited reforms to the IATA Cargo Agency Program and said that now the hard work of implementing the agreement begins.The new IATA-FIATA Cargo Agency Program (IFACP) was hailed as a “historic” agreement at an official signing ceremony held today during ...
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NewsAmericas cargo monthly: A bumper month for American and United
September was a bumper month for American Airlines' and United Airlines' airfreight demand, while Delta recorded another decline.The latest monthly figures show that United saw air cargo demand increase by 15.7% year on year in September to 245m cargo ton miles (CTM) and American reported a 9.8% improvement to 207m ...
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NewsDelta Air Lines records declines in third quarter cargo revenues and demand
Delta Air Lines reported yet more declines in its cargo revenues and volumes during the third quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 14.8% year on year decline in third quarter cargo revenues to $167m while traffic was down 9.5% during the period to 504m cargo ton miles.Delta does ...
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Militzer & Münch bags myAirCargo contract from Lufthansa
Swiss forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed the exclusive partner in Europe for myAirCargo, Lufthansa Cargo’s international door to door service for its passengers who buy goods abroad that are too heavy or large for carry-on luggage.Currently, myAirCargo is available only on routes connecting Europe and the US, and ...
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Fashionable Rickenbacker picks up Etihad cargo flights for Trinity Logistics
Trinity Logistics USA has signed a "multimillion dollar" deal with Etihad Cargo, which will see the Middle East carrier operate a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio, and to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo, which will operate either Boeing 777F and ...
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Cathay Pacific launches group business review
Cathay Pacific has launched a “critical review” of its business, blaming “overcapacity and strong competition” in the passenger sector for a “deteriorated” outlook.In a trading statement, which did not mention cargo, the Hong Kong-based carrier said that its earlier 2016 interim report had indicated that "the operating environment in the ...
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Brisbane's Wellcamp wins Cathay B747-8 freighter call
Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding its freighter services in the South West Pacific with the addition of a weekly scheduled service to Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport in southern Queensland, Australia.It will become the first dedicated international freighter service to Wellcamp, and will operate on a Hong Kong–Sydney–Melbourne–Brisbane West Wellcamp–Hong Kong ...
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Alaska Airlines chooses SmartKargo booking system
Alaska Airlines has selected SmartKargo to provide a booking engine for the carrier’s expanding cargo business throughout North America.The cloud-based solution provides a backend system to allow users to input the booking requirements on a single screen.The engine comes pre-loaded with key information, such as IATA regulatory and commodity codes. ...
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VIDEO: Emirates targets seafood with new Oslo freighter
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its presence in Scandinavia with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter from Oslo in Norway to its Dubai hub in the UAE.The Middle East Gulf carrier said that new freighter service, departing Oslo every Tuesday, will facilitate increasing exports of seafood, in particular salmon, ...
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Third Qatar freighter flight for Budapest
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed that it will increase its Doha-Budapest freighter flights from two to three a week from 7 October, with an additional Friday service.It follows the inauguration of the service, on Thursdays and Sundays, six months ago.Flights are operated by Airbus A300-200F aircraft, offering over 60 tonnes ...
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NewsForson is new Cargolux chief executive
Cargolux has confirmed that Richard Forson will take over as president and chief executive of the all-cargo airline from Dirk Reich, who is stepping down for personal reasons.In a statement sent out this afternoon, the Luxembourg-headquartered carrier said that Forson would take over in the role from August 1.Cargolux also ...
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NewsSeattle welcomes new AirBridgeCargo B747 to Sea-Tac Airport
Port of Seattle celebrated a new cargo freighter service - and aircraft - from AirBridgeCargo (ABC) with a dedication event at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-TAC).The ABC service will include two incoming flights per week from Moscow with outbound flights to Amsterdam and Frankfurt.Port of Seattle Commissioner John Creighton led a ...
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Air cargo antitrust settlements totaling $1.2bn granted final approval in the US
All 28 settlements, totaling more than $1.2bn, in the decade-long air cargo antitrust litigation have been granted final approval by the US courts.US lawyers Robins Kaplan said that the last four settlements with defendants in the long-running air cargo antitrust litigation, originally brought in 2006 against more than 30 air ...
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Air cargo needs to be faster, cheaper and more innovative
Air cargo operations of the future will need to be faster, offer better data integration, improve the quality of service and offer lower costs than today’s offerings.Speaking at freight forwarder association Fiata’s World Congress event, United Airlines vice president cargo sales Jacques Leijssenaar took on the question of what businesses ...
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African airlines set up cargo group
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has launched a cargo steering committee to provide greater focus on the continent's airfreight business.Egyptair vice president of cargo operations Walaa Yousri was elected chairman and Astral Aviation chief executive Sanjeev Gadhia vice chairman of the new grouping. Yousri said that the new committee would ...
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Air cargo should see China-Europe rail services as added competition
The air cargo industry should see the proliferation of rail services between China and Europe as added competition.Speaking on the side lines of the Fiata World Congress in Dublin, Ivan Petrov, chief executive of forwarder TransXpress and Fiata senior vice president, said that the number of rail services between Asia ...
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Nielen joins Cargolux as VP sales from IAG Cargo
Chris Nielen has joined European freighter airline Cargolux as vice president sales, joining from IAG Cargo where he held the position of regional commercial manager Europe.Nielen has 16 years experience in the airfreight business which "have enabled him to build a solid knowledge base about the airfreight market especially in ...
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Lufthansa moves in with Cathay in Hong Kong
Lufthansa Cargo has moved its Hong Kong freight handling operation to Cathay Pacific’s terminal as part of its joint business agreement with the Far Eastern carrier.The move would give customers of both carriers a single location for export drop-off and import delivery arrangements, it said.Both carriers are now working closely ...
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Airlink responds to Haiti hurricane
Rapid response organisation Airlink says it is seeing strong demand for cargo airlift to Haiti following the hurricane there. It has also sent in personnel through some of its partner airlines.At the time of writing, airports remained closed and are not expected to reopen until Friday (it was later reported ...