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New Asian role for B&H Worldwide's Chris Allen
B&H Worldwide has appointed Chris Allen to the newly created position of business development manager, Asia.Based in Singapore, at the B&H facility within the ALPS Free Trade Zone at Changi Airport, Allen will be responsible for identifying opportunities for the company to grow its products and services across the Asia ...
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Japan's ANA takes a 9.5% stake in Philippine Airlines
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) group will invest $95m to acquire 9.5% of PAL Holdings, the parent of Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine flag carrier.ANA Holdings will acquire the shares from Trustmark Holdings Corp, which is owned by the Lucio Tan family and is the largest shareholder of PAL Holdings.Completion ...
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Changi airfreight edges up 1.4% to 2.1m tonnes in 2018
Singapore Changi Airport saw 2018 full year airfreight throughput increase by 1.4% to reach 2.15m tonnes although December saw cargo volumes dip 3.8% versus prior year to 182,000 tonnes.Said a spokesperson for the Asian hub: "Growth was observed for airfreight throughput across all segments – exports, imports and transshipments. For ...
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India's Blue Dart Express names Balfour Manuel as chief executive
India’s Blue Dart Express, part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has named Balfour Manuel as chief executive to “chart the company’s next chapter of growth”.Manuel, who has been with the Mumbai-headquartered company for 35 years, takes on the new role after being senior vice president in charge of Blue ...
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Spicejet continues cargo expansion with Hong Kong-Guwahati freighter
Spicejet has continued the expansion of its recently launched all-cargo business with the addition of weekly flights between Hong Kong and Guwahati.Local media report that the SpiceXpress service, launched on January 19, is using the airline's 18 tonne capacity Boeing 737 freighters.It hopes to take advantage of demand for fresh ...
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Spectre announces refinancing for seven B737 converted freighters
Spectre Cargo Solutions, the freighter-focused arm of aircraft trading and leasing specialist Spectre Air Capital, has completed the initial stage of refinancing for seven Boeing 737-700 and -800 converted freighters.Texas-based Spectre Cargo Solutions, through its Irish affiliate NGF Genesis, has closed its first round of a long-term senior debt facility ...
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Cockpit fire forces Cargolux aircraft to make emergency landing
Cargolux flight CV7303 was forced to make an emergency landing at Kuala Lumpur airport on January 16 when crew reported the presence of fire and smoke in the cockpit.The Boeing 747-8F (LX-VCJ) was en-route from the Malaysian city to Zhengzhou in China and was forced to turnaround shortly after takeoff."The ...
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Strong cargo growth for Brussels Airport in 2018
Brussels Airport saw 2018 cargo volumes grow by 7.5% over prior year to reaching 731.600 tons, helped by an increase in trucked freight and a boom in the Latin America markets.Said a spokesperson: “This is a very nice result and makes us very happy. But even more interesting is to ...
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Ethiopian B777 freighter forced to land by Indonesian F-16 fighter jets
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that one of its Boeing 777 freighters was forced to land at an airport on Batam island after being followed by two Indonesian F-16 fighter jets.Reuters, citing an Indonesian airforce spokesman, reported that the Ethiopian freighter had flown into Indonesian airspace "without permission".In a statement, the ...
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Another record breaking year for cargo at Hong Kong
The world’s busiest freight hub, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), had another record breaking year for cargo in 2018 with volumes rising to 5.1m tonnes.In 2018, HKIA saw cargo volumes increase by 1.5% after becoming the first airport to handle more than 5m tonnes the year before.However, while it was ...
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AirAsia X extends Unilode ULD management contract
AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of AirAsia, has extended its outsourced ULD management agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions until 2023, for the second time in the companies’ 10-year partnership.Unilode’s partnership with AirAsia’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Red Cargo Logistics, will “help to reduce cost as well as maximise revenue-generating belly space across ...
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LATAM looks to build on salmon demand in Asia
LATAM Cargo will launch a new freighter service between Santiago de Chile and Chicago in February as it looks to speed up the transport of salmon into Asia.The Chile-based airline said that Chicago’s strategic connectivity to Asia will allow it to expedite perishable shipments to the region, reducing transit times ...
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Whale I never, Cargolux: Shifting to the dock of a bay for a pair of little belugas
Cargolux will sponsor a B747 freighter flight to help relocate two beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, 6,000 miles from China to Iceland in the spring of 2019.The complex journey will see the whales move from Changfeng Ocean World in Shanghai via land, air and sea to a large ...
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Hong Kong and Brussels airports launch pharma corridor
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and Brussels Airport have launched an airport-to-airport (A2A) pharma corridor for temperature-sensitive medicines that will pioneer a global network of specialist pharma corridors.Pharma shipments travelling the Hong Kong-Brussels airports corridor will be handled in strict compliance with the CEIV Pharma standards and carried by CEIV ...
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Menzies Aviation expands in Australia with new operations
Menzies Aviation has expanded its cargo operations in Australia, with two new cargo facilities - at North Queensland’s Cairns Airport and at Melbourne Avalon Airport in Victoria.Virgin Australia is the inaugural customer for Menzies Aviation Cairns – a joint venture with local firm AT Group - with eight scheduled flights ...
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Delhi on a monthly high for airport cargo volumes in October
Cargo throughput at airports in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions grew by +2.6% and +1.8% respectively in October 2018, amid the ongoing trade disputes between China and the US.The latest monthly statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific show that, among the major cargo hubs, Delhi (DEL) had ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn hails new freighter routes to China
Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport reported that it has seen a 58.4% increase in freight volumes from January to October 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.Frankfurt-Hahn, in which China's HNA Airport Group has a majority stake, handled around 127,000 tons of freight in 2017.The federal state of Hesse holds 17.5%.A ...
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Kerry Logistics to hold Hong Kong drone hackathon
Kerry Logistics has opened entries for a hackathon event that will see teams compete to provide the best enhancement to drones' ability to capture warehouse information.The forwarder said that the two-day hackathon, to be held from February 23 to 24, will see participants compete in teams to develop the fastest ...
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IAG Cargo hopes textiles and technology will feed its return to Pakistan
IAG yesterday announced that subsidiary British Airways would resume flights to Pakistan after an absence of more than ten years - and the cargo team is hoping to capitalise on the development.The service will operate between Heathrow and Islamabad three-times-per-week utilising a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which can take 15 tonnes ...
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PACTL becomes the first terminal to utilise IATA's Dangerous Goods Autocheck
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) has become the first air cargo facility to introduce IATA's Dangerous Goods (DG) AutoCheckDG AutoCheck allows the air cargo supply chain to check the compliance of shippers’ Declaration for Dangerous Goods against IATA’s Dangerous Goods Regulations."The introduction of DG AutoCheck is ...