All articles by Damian Brett – Page 116
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DHL Express signs up for SAF at East Midlands
Deutsche Post DHL has agreed a partnership with Neste to supply the DHL Express division with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the UK's East Midlands Airport.In total, DHL will purchase SAF worth more than €60m by mid-2022, which it claimed would reduce around 70,000 tons of CO2."This is a first ...
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NewsPayCargo appoints Gairola as it targets expansion
Amit Gairola. Source: PayCargoPayCargo has appointed Amit Gairola chief design officer as the company continues to grow.Gairola will be based in London and will lead a team focused on the product and strategy of PayCargo’s expansion in Europe, Middle East, and Asia (EMEIA).He will also have global responsibility for PayCargo’s ...
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AirBridgeCargo gains CAAC approval for transport of large lithium batteries
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for commercial transportation of lithium batteries over 35 kgs.The company said it had become the first airline to receive SP A99 approval in China, which comes after two years of preliminary works, testing, and collaboration with ...
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Emirates SkyCargo volumes close in on pre-pandemic levels in H1
Emirates SkyCargo saw its freight volumes head towards pre-pandemic levels in the first half of its financial year, helping the overall airline narrow losses.The Emirates Group's cargo arm saw cargo volumes reach 1.1m tonnes in the six month period - an increase of 39% year on year and 90% of ...
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Astral signs lease deal for more B757 freighters
Astral Aviation has signed up to lease three B757 freighter aircraft from Aquila Air Capital.The aircraft are due to be delivered to the Nairobi-headquartered airline in November, upon completion of their scheduled maintenance.With the agreement, Astral Aviation will become the largest B757F operator in Africa and Middle East, in addition ...
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NewsK+N offers SAF for all shipments
Source: Kuehne+NagelKuehne+Nagel (K+N) has begun to offer customers the option to purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for shipments to reduce the environmental impact of supply chains.The add-on is available on all K+N airfreight quoting platforms and channels.As SAF still produces some CO2 emissions, carbon neutrality is achieved by substituting each ...
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ATRAN returns to Xi'an with B737 service to Cologne
ATRAN Airlines has introduced a freighter call to connect Xi’an and Cologne utilising B737 freighter capacity.The B737-800BCF operated service will offer around 23 tonnes of capacity per flight.With the flight lasting over 12 hours one-way, there will be tech stops in Russia for refuel at Krasnoyarsk and Moscow (Vnukovo).The Volga-Dnepr ...
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NewsCainiao opens Liege Airport warehouse
Source: CainiaoCainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, has opened a new warehouse at Liege Airport to meet e-commerce demand.The 30,000 sq m warehouse is divided into two parts: a 12,000 sq m air cargo station for the rapid transit of goods for both export and import between the ...
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NewsCargo market expected to remain tight despite increased passenger demand
Carsten Sphor. Source: Lufthansa GroupThe resumption of passenger operations has been in the headlines this week as the US eases its travel restrictions, but this is not expected to result in a sudden weakening of the cargo market.Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr for one is expecting the cargo market ...
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IAG Cargo adds capacity to the US as travel restrictions ease
IAG Cargo will expand cargo capacity to the US as restrictions on travellers entering the country are eased.The US today re-opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries if they have a negative Covid test in the 72 hours before travelling.Travellers will not need to quarantine on entering ...
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Booking portal cargo.one launches data insight platform
Airfreight booking platform cargo.one has released a new data product that aims to help airlines tailor their digital offering to meet customer demand.The new cargo.one 360 data and analytics product - which is free to use for the platform's airline partners - provides a range of metrics and key performance ...
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Airfreight rates expected to continue to rise
Airfreight rates are expected to continue to rise from already elevated levels despite efforts to ease ocean freight supply chain issues.In the latest Baltic Exchange market update, investment bank Stifel senior analyst Bruce Chan said that efforts to clear US ocean freight backlogs by extending the opening hours of certain ...
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Turkish Cargo boost airline's performance in Q3
Turkish Cargo saw its revenues increase by 45% in the third quarter of the year, helping the overall airline beat pre-pandemic performance.The cargo business reported cargo revenues of $969m for the period, compared with $668m last year.The increase mostly came from a recovery in its passenger flying which saw cargo ...
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NewsIAG Cargo sees demand return to 2019 levels
IAG Cargo saw cargo revenues increase and volumes exceed 2019 levels in the third quarter of the year.Total cargo revenues for the third quarter stood at €405m, an increase of 34.1% compared with a year ago. Meanwhile, sold cargo tonnes reached 134,000 compared with 94,000 in 2020.The cargo business said ...
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SkyUp Airlines selects Skyport for Prague handling
Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines has selected Skyport to handle import and export cargo at Prague Airport.The contract follows SkyUp Airlines' launch of a new service between Boryspil International Airport, Ukraine, and Prague Vaclav Havel Airport, Czech Republic.Skyport chief executive David Adámek said: "The Ukraine market has been traditionally very strong ...
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NewsSaudia's Zebitz appointed SkyTeam Cargo chairperson
Teddy Zebitz. Source: SkyTeam CargoAirline alliance SkyTeam Cargo has announced that Teddy Zebitz, chief executive officer of Saudia Cargo, will be the new chairperson of its cargo executive board.Zebitz brings almost 40 years’ international industry experience to the position having held roles in China, Southeast Asia, the US and Europe.Prior ...
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NewsAirflo and Tiger Freight sign up to AFKLMP SAF programme
GertJan Roelands & Andrew Pattenden. Source: AFKLMPFreight forwarders Airflo and Tiger Freight are the latest companies to sign up to Air France KLM Martinair Cargo's (AFKLMP) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme.The partnership will make it possible to use SAF on AFKLMP Cargo flights from Kenya and Zimbabwe carrying Airflo’s and ...
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K+N scoops UK's International Express Freight Service for urgent medical shipments
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has been awarded a contract to run the UK's International Express Freight Service (IEFS) for urgent medical shipments on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.The service has been launched to deliver products to the UK rapidly when a supplier’s own logistical arrangements are disrupted, to ...
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NewsBahrain’s MENA launches cargo airline
Source: MENA CargoBahraini aviation services group MENA Aerospace is launching a cargo airline to tap into what it says is a burgeoning air freight market for e-commerce between Asia and the Middle East and Africa.The company has transferred its existing air operator’s certificate for a private jet management and charter ...
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AirBridgeCargo to offer booking through CargoAi
AirBridgeCargo has continued with the rollout of its capacity on digital booking platforms through a new partnership with CargoAi.The all-cargo carrier said that it would make its " entire worldwide capacity offer available" on the platform.The move will allow forwarders to view prices and make bookings online to the more ...