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dnata lands Virgin in Australia
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a freight handling contract to dnata in Australia, covering Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports.Under the terms of the contract, dnata will handle cargo carried onboard Virgin Australia’s daily flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane and Los Angeles, and the airline’s three flights a week ...
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Hactl and Lux-Airport sign pharma certification MoU
Lux-Airport and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding which will create a trade lane with Good Distribution Practice certification between Luxembourg and Hong Kong.At the Air Cargo Europe event in Munich, the two companies, along with Cargolux, Luxair Cargo and a Luxembourg government minister, ...
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MASkargo reports 11.5% throughput rise in the first quarter
Malaysia's MASkargo's throughput at Kuala Lumpur International Airport increased 11.5% in the first quarter of 2015.The air cargo carrier, which will be exhibiting at the Malaysian Pavilion in hall B4 stand 229, said volumes climbed to 154,000 tonnes of cargo compared over the first three months of 2015, compared with ...
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Air industry responds to Nepal earthquake
Aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are chartering aircraft to fly aid to Nepal, after the country was hit by an earthquake.The 7.8 magnitude quake struck on Saturday and the death toll is estimated to have passed 5,000, but could reach as high as 10,000. More than 8,000 people were ...
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EVA launches Pharmacare with Envirotainer
Taiwan-based EVA Air Cargo has launched a pharma service in collaboration with cool chain equipment supplier Envirotainer.EVA Pharmacare will focus mainly on high value goods such as biologicals, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, healthcare products, high-end foodstuffs and high-tech semi-conductor components.In a joint statement, the two partners said: “The first wave of the ...
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American Airlines is Cargo Airline of the Year 2015
American Airlines is the 2015 Cargo Airline of the Year.The presentation was made to Jim Butler, president, American Airlines Cargo, at a sparkling Air Cargo News gala event in London. Butler was presented with the award by Mark Whitehead, chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), the ...
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Asia Pacific load factors boosted by US port chaos
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region enjoyed a double-digit increase in airfreight demand in February, thanks to US west coast port issues.According to figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, international airlines based in the region experienced a 20.5 per cent year-on-year increase in freight tonne kilometres ...
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Changi sees volumes slide in March
Singapore’s Changi Airport recorded a dip in cargo volumes during March, but there was a more positive result for the first quarter as a whole.During March, the airport recorded a 4.2 per cent year on year dip in throughput to 162,700 tonnes but for the first quarter, the facility actually ...
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Widebody surge for Australia South Pacific says Airbus
The passenger aircraft fleet serving the Australia South Pacific region will grow from some 700 aircraft today to over 1,200 by 2033, with a doubling in the number of widebody aircraft.With aviation growth comparable with other mature markets such as North America and Europe, the region has the world’s highest ...
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Delhi and Schiphol sign MoU to promote cargo trade lane
Delhi Airport and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on and promote cargo business between the two hubs.The agreement’s scope includes business promotion, product development, knowledge sharing, training, performance benchmarking and regulatory agency cooperation.Schiphol handled a record 1.6m tonnes of cargo in 2014, up 6.7 ...
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Schiphol tonnages impacted by slowing Chinese output
A decline in airfreight between Asia and Europe saw Schiphol airport’s cargo volumes fall 1.8 per cent in the first three months of 2015 over like quarter 2014 to nearly 386,800 tonnes.It was the Amsterdam hub’s first quarterly fall in cargo volumes for almost two years.The Dutch airport’s senior VP ...
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Thai air cargo community set to speed up e-AWB adoption
An e-freight workshop held in Bangkok was attended by airlines and a mix of independent and multinational forwarder members of local associations, including the Thai Airfreight Forwarders Association (TAFA) and the Thai International Freight Forwarders Association (TIFFA).The workshop, organised by Bangkok Flight Services (BFS) and Worldwide Information Network (WIN), focused ...
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Stop obsessing about price, shippers tell carriers
Discussions between shippers, airlines and transport providers too often boiled down to price, lamented panellists at a forum organised by the new Global Shippers Alliance (GSA).This was the first major event organised by the GSA, which was formed in March by the European Shippers’ Council, the Asian Shippers’ Association and ...
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China Airlines joins Dubai DWC migration
Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved its freighter flights to the new Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC). The carrier uses the UAE as an intermediate stopover on its 747 freighter flights between Taipei and Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Frankfurt.The Dubai Airports is planning a progressive move of flights to ...
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Hong Kong carriers tail off as Euro woes mount
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair saw only a modest 1.5 per cent growth in cargo and mail traffic in March compared to the same month in 2014.According to their latest traffic figures, the two carriers carried 157,688 tonnes of cargo and mail last month.The load factor rose by 1.7 percentage points ...
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SATS exports to go electronic
SATS, the Singapore handling company, has launched a one-stop e-Acceptance initiative for export airfreight.SATS’ e-Acceptance procedure speeds up processing and reduces human error, as well as offering cargo agents live tracking and enhancing security by authenticating users. Cargo agents can also now process and deliver their shipments to one location.IATA’s ...
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Singapore handler sets up ‘cool school’ for pharma
Singapore handling company SATS has launched an initiative to deepen its cold chain talent pool and “transform cargo acceptance” at Changi airport.A SATS Coolport Academy will serve as an independent training institute, offering IATA certified and other related courses to raise the standards of cold-chain handling in the surrounding region.SATS ...
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TNT goes fully automatic in Sydney
Express carrier TNT has opened a new automated hub at Erskine Park in Sydney for domestic and international shipments capable of processing up to 25,000 parcels per hour.It forms part of a wider investment in Australia that will also include hubs in Melbourne and Brisbane, both due for completion later ...
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PACTL registers strong results in the first quarter
Strong import volumes helped Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) record a 12.7 per cent year-on-year tonnage increase in the first three months of 2015.PACTL handled total volumes of 362,497 tonnes between January and March 2015, the best in any first quarter for the cargo handler. Lutz ...
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Medicine men use supply chain to stay healthy, says FedEx
More healthcare customers are using supply chains to stay competitive, according to a Frost & Sullivan report published on behalf of US parcels and logistics giant FedEx.Improving Profitability, Improving Customer Loyalty, Improving Lives found that the supply chain was “a growing and important differentiator for companies in the fast changing ...