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Chongqing is sixth Chinese city for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added flights to leading commercial centre Chongqing to its network from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, its sixth Chinese destination.The new twice-weekly service operates on Wednesday and Friday, and will be linked with ABC's Shanghai flights returning to Moscow, complementing its frequencies and accommodating cargo flows from central ...
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DHL provides airfreight links for mobile phone firm Transsion
DHL Global Forwarding has become the airfreight solutions provider for mobile phone specialist Transsion Holdings.The carrier will provide services from Transsion’s manufacturing base in South China to 28 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, along with seafreight and warehousing in India.Hong Kong based Transsion, which sold 59m cell ...
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Rhenus signs JV in Japan
German forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up a joint venture with Sankyo Corporation, part of Japan’s Fujiki Group.Rhenus Sankyo Logistics will mainly handle imports and exports to and from Japan, along with domestic distribution and warehousing. Rhenus Asia already works with Sankyo’s US subsidiary, Clearfreight.Rhenus board member Tobias Bartz ...
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New Chinese cargo airline opts for B737s from Pemco
New Chinese airline Guangdong Longhao Aviation Group (GLHA) has signed up for the conversion of three Boeing 737-300 aircraft from Pemco.Pemco said the conversion will be carried out by Jinan Shandong-based STAECO, one of PEMCO’s three conversion partners throughout the world.The aircraft, which is the first conversion Pemco has secured ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit with flying colours
Hactl has completed its World Health Organization (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) audit, with no non-compliances or observations.It is the third successive year in which Hactl has passed the audit with a perfect score.Hactl was the first cargo handler in Hong Kong to attain WHO GDP accreditation; the initial and ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds Phnom Penh to southeast Asian network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11.The new Boeing 747 freighter service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: Airfreight demand weakens in May
May turned out to be a difficult month for Asian airlines that, like their European and North American counterparts, saw demand weaken after improvements in April.The largest Asian cargo airline group, Cathay Pacific, air saw cargo demand decline by 4.6% year on year in May to 833m cargo and mail ...
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Cargolux adds new Ashgabat freighter call
Cargolux Airlines has added a new weekly freighter call in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on the back of demand growth.The Luxembourg airline said the new service complements existing flights to Turkmenbashi that were started exactly one year ago.Since then, Cargolux has expanded its Turkmenistan services to eight per week. In July, Cargolux ...
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IAG to boost its Shanghai cargo capacity by 65% to cater for peak demand
IAG Cargo is hoping that peak demand for electronics, pharmaceuticals and automobile parts will help fill additional Boeing 777 flights to Shanghai.The cargo arm of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, said the airline group’s new flight from Madrid to Shanghai had touched down for the first time today, while ...
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Chapman Freeborn OBC India adds to business development team
Chapman Freeborn has added two new members of staff to its on-board courier (OBC) team in India in line with expected growth in the country.Franklin Henry and Paraq Joshi have both been added to Chapman Freeborn’s on-board courier business development team in India, having previously held management and sales positions ...
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American Airlines Cargo to benefit from launch of Auckland connection
American Airlines has launched a daily non-stop service between its Los Angeles Airport hub and Auckland, New Zealand.The route, operated by Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ equipment, opens up “vast new opportunities” for freight customers, notes the carrier’s cargo wing, with connections on the American Airlines network through its Los Angeles gateway ...
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ACI Asia Pacific reports mixed fortunes for freight in April
Airports Council International Asia Pacific has reported that airfreight traffic through its gateways in the Asia-Pacific region was “largely stagnant in April”.There was a marginal increase of just 1.3% year on year in the Asia-Pacific region, although cargo growth through the trade body’s Middle Eastern gateways rose by 4.9% over ...
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LUG Frankfurt gains JAL
Japan Airlines is to switch its cargo-handling partner at Frankfurt airport from Fraport Cargo Services to LUG from July.The deal comprises bellyhold freight on JAL’s daily Boeing 777-300ER and B787-900 (Dreamliner) and road feeder services.Describing the move as “a highlight in our jubilee year”, LUG managing director and chief executive, ...
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IAG Cargo benefits from Kuala Lumpur link
A year after IAG launched a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger flight between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur, the joint Anglo-Spanish carrier concern’s freight operation, IAG Cargo, has confirmed that the service has “exceeded expectations”.A statement from the freight carrier said that the Malaysian capital has proved “a valuable gateway for ...
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India relaxes foreign ownership conditions
The Indian government confirmed its relaxation of the rules governing foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian companies in several sectors, including the aviation industry.Among the changes, the government is now allowing foreign investors that are not airline companies to own all 100% of the shares of Indian carriers, raising the ...
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Imports lead Hong Kong into negative territory
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw a 1% decline to 362,000 tonnes in May.While trans-shipments grew by 6% in May, overall cargo volume fell, primarily due to a 4% year-on-year drop in imports and 2% for exports.Traffic to and from key trading regions in North America saw the most significant ...
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Qantas completes share buy-back
The Qantas Group has completed the $500m share buy-back announced at its half year results in February 2016.Combined with the $505m capital return and associated share consolidation completed on 6 November 2015, Qantas Airways ordinary shares on issue have decreased by 12.6% since 30 June 2015 and the group has ...
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Lawson appointed DHL forwarding boss for India
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed George Lawson as chief executive and country manager for India.Relocated from Bonn, Germany, Lawson is now based in Mumbai. In his new role as a member of the Asia Pacific Management Board, Lawson reports to Kelvin Leung, chief executive, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific."With the ...
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Qantas adds Fort Worth freighter call
Qantas Freight will introduce a weekly freighter call to the southern US freight gateway of Dallas Fort Worth as part of its triangular route connecting Australia, China, the US and Australia.Qantas Freight operates four weekly Boeing 747-400F freighter services and from June 9 2016 one of these services will stop ...
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NewsAsian carriers monthly: demand grows in April but yields under pressure
Asian air cargo carriers benefitted from better than expected demand in April but yields remained under pressure.The latest figures from Asian air cargo carriers show that the majority monitored in Air Cargo News’ monthly summary recorded an improvement compared with the rest of the year.This is partly down to the ...