All Europe articles – Page 120
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Emmert to head Frankfurt Cargo Services
Hans-Georg Emmert has been appointed managing director of Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), following Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) acquisition of a 51% shareholding in the cargo handler.WFS, handling 4m tonnes of cargo last year and with annual revenues of €750m, signed an agreement in July 2015 with FCS parent Fraport to ...
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Russia bans charter flights to Turkey
Russia has banned charter flights to Turkey as part of a range of sanctions in response to last week’s downing of a Russian jet.In a range of decrees announced over the weekend, the Russian government announced it would take measures to introduce a ban on charter flights between Russia and ...
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Cargolux union makes last minute plea ahead of crunch talks
One of Cargolux’s pilot union has issued a final plea to the airline’s management ahead of today’s crunch talks over a new collective working agreement.The existing working agreements covering pilot and ground staff is due to expire on December 1 and the LCGB union has urged Cargolux management and chief ...
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ACS appoints Werf in Frankfurt
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Caroline Werf to managing director of its Frankfurt operation ahead of its move to larger premises.Werf originally worked in the company’s London headquarters before taking up her role in the Frankfurt office.She is an Aviation Management graduate of the International University of Applied Sciences ...
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Jettainer completes partner certification programme
Jettainer has completed the certification of its outsourced ULD partners around the globe, a measure it hopes will reassure customers that the repair shops it uses conform to set standards.The Lufthansa-owned ULD management company developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers in the spring of ...
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Cargolux pilot unions "not optimistic" about talks
Ahead of Monday’s crunch talks to avoid further strike action, Cargolux’s pilot union representatives remain unimpressed by an airline management proposal to hire 100 additional pilots.Dirk Becker, general secretary of the Luxembourgish Pilots Association (ALPL), said that he was “not optimistic” about the outcome of Monday’s negotiations to hammer out ...
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Cargolux to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg
Cargolux is to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg and has announced a fleet upgrade that will replace two 747-400BCF with three nose-door equipped 747-400Fs.The pilot job announcement comes as management at the European all-cargo carrier prepares to meet with pilot unions on Monday about signing a new collective ...
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ABC adds new Atlanta flights
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added two new services to its North American route network with the launch of twice-weekly flights to Atlanta.The new Boeing 747 freighter services, which commenced November 20, operate on Fridays and Sundays and will connect ABC's global route network to Atlanta.ABC senior vice president sales & ...
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Swissport owner HNA takes stake in Azul of Brazil
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which owns ground handler Swissport, is to take a 23.7% strategic stake worth $450m in Azul Brazilian Airlines.HNA Group now becomes the single largest shareholder of Brazil’s third largest airline and will appoint new members to the board of directors.HNA, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan ...
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Shake on it: Lufthansa and CSafe sign ULD lease deal
Temperature-controlled container supplier CSafe Global will provide Lufthansa Cargo with a dedicated fleet of specialist ULDs for the German carrier’s Cool/td-Active product.The fleet of CSafe RKN containers are being made available to the carrier for lease via Cool/td-Active which allows an unbroken cool chain for temperature-sensitive goods from their place ...
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Georgi and Menian join Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
Georgi Transporte and Menian Spedition have joined Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the alliance of companies, institutions and associations aimed at promoting Europe’s number one airfreight hub by volumes.“The intensive activities of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt and its members sustainably bear fruit in many areas,” said Joachim von Winning, executive ...
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Lufthansa cabin crew union calls off further strikes
Germany's Independent Flight Attendant’s Organisation (UFO) has agreed immediately to call off the strikes at Lufthansa announced for Thursday, Friday and next Monday after progress was made in talks with the airline's management.Lufthansa said that UFO has agreed to forgo strikes "until at least the 2nd of December", when an ...
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Sea vs air: even sharks prefer to be flown
Forwarder Davies Turner’s air cargo team has helped transfer the first-ever Sand Tiger Sharks bred in captivity from South Africa to the UK.The shipment was facilitated by Davies Turner Air Cargo’s (DTAC) Aquatics team which acted as clearance and handling agent in the UK and was responsible for road delivery ...
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Airfreight rates continued to climb in October
Air cargo rates reached their highest level of the year in October but continue to lag behind the year-ago level.The latest figures from the Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight show that the weighted average airfreight rate on 21 key east-west trades climbed to $3.31 per kg in October.It is ...
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Cargolux set to continue working agreement talks with unions
Cargolux is set to meet with union bosses tomorrow as the two groups attempt to thrash out a new collective working agreement for ground staff and pilots and avoid industrial action.Ahead of the talks, the LCGB union, which claims to represent 95% of Cargolux pilots, issued a statement appealing to ...
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Six Volga-Dnepr air crew killed in Bamako terrorist attack
Six Russian air crew working for Volga-Dnepr Airlines were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali in western Africa, on Friday.Malian and international troops stormed the Radisson Blu hotel to free guests and staff being held hostage. Two ...
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Schiphol cargo closes gap in Q3
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport handled just under 147,400 tonnes in October, a 1.4% increase over like month 2014, although volumes for the first ten months of 2015 were down by 1.1% against prior year.October’s result at Europe’s third largest air cargo hub by volume was an improvement on prior month September, ...
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Ningbo finds a cargo BUDdy
Hungary’s Budapest Airport (BUD)and the Ningbo International Airport & Logistics Development Co have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai.Ningbo International is located in one of China’s most highly developed economic regions, some 200 km from Shanghai.The two airports, which established direct contact in 2014, have now formalised their increasingly ...
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Brussels green light for HNA takeover of Swissport
Brussels regulators have approved the Sfr2.73bn acquisition of airport ground handler Swissport by Chinese conglomerate HNA Group.Swissport is a major provider of airport ground handling, cargo handling, and related ground handling services, to airlines in Europe and abroad. HNA Group, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan Airlines, manages several airlines ...
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Frankfurt to offer pharma community free guided tours
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt has begun offering the pharmaceuticals industry half-day guided tours of the various areas in the Cargo Cities and on the apron of Frankfurt Airport.The free tours include a brief introduction and visits to the Cargo Cool Competence Center and the Perishable Center Frankfurt.Visitors will also ...