All Asia articles – Page 43
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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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WiseTech Global acquisitions continue as it bags SmartFreight
Expansion-minded WiseTech Global has announced its second acquisition in less than three days after buying Australia-based parcel shipping and less than truckload (LTL) software provider SmartFreight.Earlier this week, WiseTech Global continued its worldwide buying spree with the acquisition of LSI Sigma Software (DataFreight), a provider of Customs, freight forwarding and ...
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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 ...
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Speedy boarding on Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has organised the delivery of a 38-ton crankshaft from Mexico to India.The flight from Apodaca to Mumbai was chartered by DHL Global Forwarding, with the shipment packaged in a 7-metre long box alongside some support equipment required for loading.Within 12 hours of receiving the request, Volga-Dnepr’s logistics specialists ...
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Typhoon Mangkhut hits Hong Kong's airfreight volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has blamed weather conditions for a slight fall in cargo and passenger volumes in September at the world's number one airfreight hub.It said that the decrease is “due primarily to Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in no flight movement for more than 20 hours”.Cargo and airmail ...
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Jolly green Hactl to install large-scale solar panels
Hong Kong cargo handler Hactl has taken the next step in its 'Green Terminal' project by installing 1,300 sq m of solar panels on the roof of its SuperTerminal 1 facility in Hong Kong.Hactl’s new solar power installation will feature 518 panels with the electricity generation capacity of 160 kWp, ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers humanitarian cargo to Indonesia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia to support the international humanitarian mission dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi Island at the end of September.The flight was performed by one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Châlon Vatry ...
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Cathay Pacific to offer additional frequencies in Europe and Asia
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific is to add additional frequencies to its Adelaide, Frankfurt, Madrid and Tokyo passenger services.A sixth weekly frequency is to be added to the airline’s Adelaide link. The extra frequency, to be operated from October 28, will be flown by Airbus A330-300 aircraft.Currently served daily from ...
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Yusen Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma certification at Kansai
Yusen Logistics is the first Japanese airfreight forwarder at Kansai International Airport to be certified for IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma).Yusen Logistics stated: “As a part of its strategy to turn Kansai International Airport into an international cargo hub, Kansai Airports is in ...
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GLS Hong Kong opts for EFDI as its EzyCargo distributor in India
Global Logistics System (HK) (GLS Hong Kong) has teamed up with Electronic Freight Data Interchange (EFDI) to distribute and support its EzyCargo cargo community platform in India.EFDI provides connectivity to 79 international carriers, Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) and the US Automated Customs Environment (ACE).Under the GLS deal, EFDI will ...
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China's Uni-top to fly to Dubai with a B747 freighter
Chinese freighter operator Uni-top Airlines is to inaugurate a service connecting Kunming, China, with the Middle Eastern gateway of Dubai.The link is expected to operate three times a week with a Boeing 747-200 freighter.Formally established in 2007, Wuhan-headquartered Uni-top took delivery of its first aircraft (a B747-200SF) in 2009 but ...
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MABkargo meets special request for urgent oil and gas charter
MABkargo, the freight-carrying arm of Malaysia Airlines, has flown a shipment of oil well parts from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei.The charter flight used an Airbus A330-200 freighter to move the urgently needed items.“The oil and gas industry’s charters have always been very challenging and more often ...
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DHL responds to devastating Indonesian earthquake and tsunami
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) has deployed its Disaster Response Team (DRT) to Indonesia in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.Almost 1,000 villages have been affected by the disaster and the death toll has so far risen to more than 1,400 and ...
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Lufthansa adds Frankfurt-Austin and Munich-Bangkok bellyhold from 2019
Lufthansa is expanding its route network out of Germany to the US and Asia with new routes to Austin, Texas, and Bangkok in Thailand from 2019.The German flag carrier will launch its first connections from Frankfurt to Austin from May 3 with a five times a week Airbus A330-300.This is ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines rushes relief supplies to help victims of Typhoon Mangkhut
Volga-Dnepr Airlines organised a delivery of aid relief cargo to Guam in less than 24 hours, providing 64 tons of food supplies and bottled water to help victims of Typhoon Mangkhut.Within eight and-a-half hours of the customer’s confirmation, Volga-Dnepr Airlines had positioned one of its An-124-100 freighters at San Francisco ...
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Cathay Pacific continues to roll out ULD track and trace trial
Cathay Pacific Cargo and its partners have continued to roll out trials of new Bluetooth track and trace technology for ULDs.The airline said that following a “proof of technology” trial at its home hub, it is now tracking ULDs using low-energy Bluetooth beacons and readers as they make their way ...
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NCA to resume first transpacific freighter service
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has resumed one of its transpacific services as its fleet continues to come back online following the grounding of aircraft earlier this year. The Narita-hubbed airline announced that its service between the Japanese airport and Chicago (via anchorage) would restart on September 28.This follows on from ...
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NCA considers freighter fleet reduction after safety investigation
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is considering no longer operating its three B747-400F aircraft in response to a business improvement order it was hit with last month over safety record concerns.The Japanese carrier received the business improvement order from Japan’s ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT) following a government ...
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Express firm Blue Dart to extend delivery network to every home in India
Indian express airline and parcel delivery firm Blue Dart has revealed plans for a network expansion that will enable it to reach every home in India by December.The DHL joint venture has decided to make the investment in response to rising demand for deliveries in tier II, III & IV ...
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NewsTariffs yet to hit Asian air cargo but concerns remain
Airlines recorded “firm” growth in cargo volumes in August with no signs that the imposition of tariffs is having an impact on demand so far.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that cargo traffic in freight tonne km terms increased by 4.2% year on year ...