All articles by Damian Brett – Page 197
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NewsDachser Air and Sea appoints Podestá as COO
Edoardo PodestáDachser has appointed Edoardo Podestá as chief operations officer (COO) of its Air & Sea Logistics business.Podestá replaces Jochen Müller who agreed with Dachser not to extend his contract when it expires in 2020. Müller will stop working for Dachser with immediate effect.The forwarder said that Müller was responsible ...
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NewsAvia Solutions completes acquisition of Chapman Freeborn
Avia Solutions Group has completed the acquisition of charter broker Chapman Freeborn.The deal was first announced in June with the companies stating at the time that they expected the takeover to be completed in the third quarter. Terms have not been disclosed.As part of the Avia Solutions Group, Chapman Freeborn ...
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Heathrow former head of cargo Platts to join Riyadh Airports Company
Heathrow Airport Limited's former head of cargo, Nick Platts, will join DAA International to help develop Riyadh Airports Company's cargo operation.Platts' final day at Heathrow was last week, ahead of his move to Saudi Arabia to take up a role with DAA International.His new two-year director of cargo role will ...
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NAM signs up for three more years of freighter flights at Liege
Network Airline Management (NAM) will extend its freighter operation at Liege Airport for another three years.The company, which also offers GSSA services, said that its cargo volumes from the Belgian airport had "strongly increased" since it began flights back in 2014.This is down to the introduction of "various new freighter ...
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NewsAir cargo in longest slump since global financial crisis
Air cargo is now in its longest slump in demand since the global financial crisis in 2008.The latest figures from IATA show that demand in freight tonne km (FTK) terms declined by 3.9% year on year in August.IATA director general and chief executive said the figures were "deeply concerning".“The impact ...
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NewsAtran continues fleet expansion as it embraces "e-commerce bonanza"
Delivery of Atran's 2nd B737-800BCFRussian express airline Atran has added another freighter to its fleet as it continues to add capacity to cater for an “e-commerce bonanza”.The addition of a second Boeing 737-800BCF brings the Volga-Dnepr-owned airline’s fleet to a total of six aircraft.In total, Atran has now taken delivery ...
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NewsVIDEO: Airfreight TV show set to air later this month
A TV series about air cargo is set to air in the UK later this month.Mega Air, which will be broadcast on October 26 at 2pm on digital channel Dave, follows major airlines and logistics companies as they transport products around the world.Companies featured in the programme include UPS, Cobalt, ...
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NewsUPS invests in Louisville ahead of freighter fleet expansion
UPS' new Hangar LouisvilleUPS will spend $750m on projects at its Louisville Worldport hub as it prepares for the introduction of 50 freighters over the next three years.Most notably, UPS will build a new $220m, 262,000 sq ft hangar to accommodate line maintenance on its growing air fleet.The company said ...
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Ukraine Air Alliance grounded after fatal An-12 crash
Ukrainian authorities have revoked the operating certificate of Ukraine Air Alliance (UAA), following a fatal landing accident involving an Antonov An-12 in Lviv, reports Flight Global.The state aviation administration says the order to "terminate" the certificate was effective from 5 October.It has not given a specific reason for the decision ...
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NewsKLM flight offloaded due to a leak from pharma packaging
A KLM flight between Glasgow Airport and Amsterdam was evacuated earlier today when a pharma package in the cargo hold was found to be leaking.In a statement, the airline said that a shipment packed in dry ice and containing vaccines in glass tubes began to leak coolant.The leak affected the ...
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NewsAn-12 crashes killing five people onboard
A Ukrainian-registered Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft has crashed as it approached Lviv airport resulting in the death of five people on board.The aircraft (UR-CAH) had been carrying cargo between Vigo and Istanbul and was set to make a technical stop in Lviv when the incident occurred.According to the State Emergency ...
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NewsDokasch gains FAA approval for Opticooler container
Dokasch Temperature Solutions has received the approval for its temperature controlled Opticooler RAP container from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Dokasch said that following approval it will be able to co-operate with US airlines and it will also pave the way for Canadian Airlines.In turn, the company can "further expand ...
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NewsHandler WFS appoints new general managers in Belgium and Scandinavia
Michel Fiorani and Jack Brandstrup of WFSGround handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has added to its regional management team in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEAA) region with the appointments of new general managers in Belgium and Scandinavia.Michel Fiorani joins WFS as general manager Belgium, based in Brussels. ...
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FTA urges members to continue preparing for no-deal despite latest proposal
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging its members to continue preparing for a no-deal Brexit despite the UK government's latest proposal.Earlier this week UK prime minister Boris Johnson proposed that when the UK leaves the European Union (EU), Northern Ireland would stay in the single market for goods, but ...
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US to impose tariffs on EU goods over aircraft subsidies row
The US is poised to impose import tariffs on European Union (EU) goods worth $7.5bn in response to an ongoing row over subsidies given to Airbus and Boeing.Washington was yesterday given the go-ahead by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to impose the tariffs, which it will put in place on ...
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NewsFevzi Gandur Logistics opens new hub at Istanbul Airport
Fevzi Gandur Logistics' facility at Istanbul AirportTurkey-based transport firm Fevzi Gandur Logistics has opened a warehouse at the new Istanbul Airport.The non-bonded facility measures 2,700 sq m and is one of only four warehouses located at the airport's cargo city area.A spokesperson for Fevzi Gandur Logistics said that the facility ...
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NewsCaribbean Airlines to add cargo services from Curacao
Caribbean Airlines will will tomorrow begin offering cargo services to/from Curacao after signing a deal with GSSA Maduro Air Freight Services.Through the deal, the airline will offer air cargo services in and out of Curacao to the wider Caribbean and international ports worldwide.Commenting on the launch, chief executive Garvin Medera ...
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FIATA issues guide to help forwarders combat corruption
Freight forwarder organisation FIATA has published a guide to help freight forwarders combat corruption.The group pointed out that The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 of Transparency International reported more than two-thirds of 180 countries and territories scored below 50 on a scale of between 0, highly corrupt, and 100, very clean, ...
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Swiss WorldCargo signs up for seven more years with Cargologic
Swiss WorldCargo has extended its deal with cargo handler Cargologic at Zurich airport for another seven years.The deal will see Swiss WorldCargo continue to use Cargologic’s airfreight handling competencies at its hub in Zurich, where Cargologic will maintain its position as dedicated ground handler.According to Swiss WorldCargo’s head of quality ...
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Shanghai airfreight rates improve as cargo switches from Hong Kong
The price of air cargo out of Shanghai airport has begun to improve over recent weeks as cargo volumes have shifted from Hong Kong to the Chinese hub.The latest figures from Tac Index show that prices from Shanghai to Europe last week increased by 4.7% compared with a week ago ...