All Asia articles – Page 84
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Freighters to go as Thai takes a hard look at its fleet
Thai Airways is due to end full freighter operations later this month as part of a fleet reduction that will also see the axing of five A340-600 passenger planes.Consultants CH-Aviation said that the carrier planned to phase out its two remaining B747-400Fs as part of a restructuring that will see ...
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An-124 takes Siemens rotor for a spin
One of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters moved a 50-ton rotor from Germany to Mumbai, India, for engineering and technology firm Siemens.The air carrier’s Engineering and Logistics Centre (ELC) assessed and approved a specially-designed transport skid to get the piece from Siemens' manufacturing plant in Muelheim, Germany, to Leipzig/Halle Airport, taking care ...
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Two new sales roles for Virgin cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced two new vice president sales roles for its transatlantic and international business.Steve Hughes will transition from his role of regional vice president sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to the newly-created post of vice president sales Transatlantic.In his new role, Hughes will be ...
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Lilian Chan takes new role at Hactl
Lilian Chan, executive director of Hactl – Hong Kong’s largest cargo handler – is taking up a new role as global ambassador for the company from February.Chan – for many years the commercial head of Hactl – will dispense with all office-based duties and administration, to focus on maintaining and ...
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Volga Dnepr Group appoints new VP
VOLGA-DNEPR Group has appointed Anton Khodakovsky as its new vice-president for Japan and South Korea, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editorHe is responsible for developing the group’s ‘cargo supermarket' strategy in both Asian countries, as well as the company’s other interests in the region, which include establishing cooperation with trade authorities ...
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K+N: 'There will always be a need for freighters'
LOGISTICS giant Kuehne + Nagel believes that freighter aircraft will continue to play an important role global supply chains, despite the rise in wide-body belly capacity.Thomas Lehmann, K+N’s senior vice president airfreight, South Asia Pacific, says that shippers still prefer freighters in areas like Asia, while main-deck capacity will retain ...
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MASKargo boss resigns
MASKARGO boss Mohd Yunus Idris has resigned as the company’s chief executive officer.Unconfirmed local press reports suggest that poor ground handling standards and complaints from forwarders may have triggered the resignation, but a spokesperson for MASKargo said: "His decision to leave has nothing to do with what was reported".The country’s ...
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New sales manager at Geodis India
GLOBAL freight management company Geodis Wilson has appointed Sascha Von Ometzinski as national sales manager.Von Ometzinski will be responsible for sales and marketing development of Geodis' freight forwarding and logistics division in India.His main priorities will be strengthening and increasing the company’s trade lane activities, particularly with a focus on ...
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Lee leaves SIA Cargo to join Tiger Airways
SINGAPORE AIRLINES CARGO president Lee Lik Hsin is to be the new group chief executive of Singapore-based budget passenger airline Tiger Airways, in which the SIA group has a 40% stake.A public affairs spokesman for Singapore Airlines said that a statement on Lee’s successor at the cargo division would be ...
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New boss for SIA Cargo
SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo has appointed Chin Yau Seng as its new president.Chin takes over from Lee Lik Hsin, who has taken a leave of absence to join Tiger Airways Holdings as chief executive.Chin is currently Singapore Airlines’ senior vice-president, sales and marketing.Between July 2011 and September 2012, he was also ...
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2014 'a challenging year for air cargo'
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of a world recession.IATA figures show that cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year, but acceleration took root in the latter half of 2013, eventually ...
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One Question
James Woodrow, cargo director, Cathay Pacific. answers:‘AIR cargo is moving into an era of fewer freighter operators. Those that remain will have to invest in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft, and that is a difficult decision. Most carriers could provide a better business case for a new passenger ‘plane than for a ...
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IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service
CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned to operate to and from Changi International Airport later this year.IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, believes the new aircraft will prove particularly beneficial to ...
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Australian Customs finds ephedrine drug in air cargo
CUSTOMS and border protection officers seized six kilos of the drug ephedrine – which was secreted inside 18 bicycle seats sent as air cargo shipments from China to Australia, say reports.The drugs were discovered when the consignment was X-rayed.Around 6.3 kilos of a white crystalline substance, turned out to be ...
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Bangkok ground handler wins EU security validation
BANGKOK Flight Services (BFS), a WFS Group company, has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU States in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.BFS is one of ...
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Ruslan International moves giant power station rotor
RUSLAN International, which manages and markets the combined fleets of its shareholders Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines, has carried this giant power station rotor from Kuwait to Singapore, using one of the 17 An-124 aircraft under its management.Loading and unloading the rotor – weighing 99 tonnes on its custom-designed ...
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Air cargo down in January for Cathay
CATHAY PACIFIC and sister airline Dragonair saw cargo and mail tonnage decline year-over-year in January.They carried 130,955 tonnes of cargo and mail in the month, a drop of 1.4 per cent on January 2013.The cargo and mail load factor fell by 2.5 percentage points to 60.5 per cent, as capacity, ...
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SATS gets IATA pharma seal of approval
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services’ (SATS) perishables handling facility has become the world’s first centre of excellence in pharmaceuticals handling, as certified by IATA.SATS Coolport was set up to cater for high growth in pharmaceuticals airfreight at Changi airport. Last year it handled more than 15,200 tonnes of pharmaceuticals.IATA certification gives ...
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Virgin cargo up in 2013
TRAFFIC from the United States to India, business gains in the US north-east and an increase in perishables traffic, all contributed to tonnage, revenue and market share gains for Virgin Atlantic Cargo last year.The airline’s ability to offer fast connections over London to both Delhi and Mumbai also attracted strong ...
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Asia's big demand for aircraft
BOEING says strong economic and passenger growth will be the main drivers of future new aircraft demand in the Asia Pacific region.The US planemaker estimates the region’s airlines will need an additional 12,820 aircraft, valued at US$1.9 trillion, and representing 36 per cent of the world’s new fleet deliveries over ...