All Europe articles – Page 138
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Alitalia to scrap AF-KLM agreements from 2017
Alitalia will not renew its partnership agreement and ancillary joint ventures agreements with Air France-KLM when they come up for renewal in early 2017.The agreements govern passenger services operated by the three carriers between Italy and France and beyond, and between Italy and the Netherlands and beyond, as well as ...
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Another step forward for e-freight
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo along with Rhenus and Cargonaut have digitised truck processing at the KLM Cargo area at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.Truck drivers arriving at the KLM Cargo area at Schiphol are now able to deliver air cargo directly to designated loading docks without stopping at the documentation desk.The new eLink ...
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Freighters have a future
Lufthansa Cargo has insisted that freighters still have a future despite some in the industry suggesting that there is an increasing trend for the use of bellyhold.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe Conference, Lufthansa Cargo board member products & sales Alexis von Hoensbroech said that Lufthansa Cargo was perhaps the ...
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CEVA appoints Turhan Ozen as head of global healthcare
CEVA Logistics has appointed Turhan Ozen as senior vice president responsible for the company’s recently launched global healthcare sector.Ozen has over 25 years' experience in the supply chain management industry, most recently serving as CEVA’s vice president, business development for the Balkans, Middle East and Africa. He joined CEVA in ...
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Decision on UK airport capacity needed quickly
The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has joined calls for the UK government to make a decision on airport capacity as soon as possible.The call comes as the industry awaits the publication of a report by the Airports Commission on the country's future airport capacity plans.The options include a third ...
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Turkish Cargo adds new African freighter destination
Turkish Airlines’ cargo division has added a tenth African destination to its freighter network.Turkish Cargo announced that it had today launched a dedicated A330 freighter service to Dakar.The service heads from Istanbul to Los Angeles then onto Dakar before returning to Turkey.“These all-cargo flights will supplement the already substantial cargo ...
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Finnish aviation strike cancelled
The Finnish Aviation Union has withdrawn a strike threat that was set to bring disruption to cargo operations in the country later this week.The union had warned that its members would be taking part in a strike on May 19 and 20 in connection with a dispute over a collective ...
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LUG introduces Frankfurt collection slot software
Ground handler LUG Aircargo has introduced its new ramp service and time slot management software at its Cargo City South terminal in Frankfurt.The software automates the allocation of loading bays for the delivery and collection of shipments as well as for road feeder services.Users can reserve slots at the ramp ...
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NGA to cease operations at the end of May
Main-deck cargo airline Nordic Global Airlines will cease operations at the end of the month after overcapacity in the market took its toll on the operator.NGA, which operates a fleet of four MD-11F freighters for customers, was launched in 2011 but faced continued pressure on pricing.Finnair Cargo, which owned a ...
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DHL Global Forwarding suspends transformation programme
German logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL has suspended its forwarding division’s transformation programme after admitting its roll-out was affecting business operations.Speaking shortly after announcing first-quarter results, Deutsche Post DHL chief executive Frank Appel admitted that its transformation project had been too ambitious and more attention should have been paid to ...
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WFS has a shopping list of acquisitions
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest cargo handler, has a shopping list of acquisitions after being acquired by a new owner, Platinum Equity, at the end of last month.Olivier Bijaoui, executive chairman, president and chief executive of WFS, said: “After eight years we now have more resources to make ...
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ABC open for talks with legacy carriers
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), has an open door for partnership talks with “legacy carriers” looking to outsource their current pure freighter services.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe show in Munich, Ilin also confirmed that ABC hopes to take delivery of two more B747-8 freighters in September ...
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Air cargo must embrace digital revolution or lose share
The air cargo industry must “move into the next century” and speed up the process of digitisation or risk losing marketshare to integrators and start-ups.Speaking during a debate on the use of digital technology at Air Cargo Europe, a panel of industry participants agreed that air cargo could do more ...
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IAG Cargo to offer space on Vueling's German services
IAG will begin offering the cargo capacity of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling between Barcelona and Germany following on from its 2013 purchase of a large stake in the carrier.IAG Cargo has revealed that by the end of the year, it will be able to offer extra capacity from Düsseldorf, Hannover, ...
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Air Partner buys Cabot
Aviation charter specialist Air Partner has acquired UK-based Cabot Aviation, a specialist broker in aircraft remarketing, for up to £1.2m.Cabot Aviation was founded in 1998 by Malcolm Holt and Tony Whitty, who have grown the company into one of the leading aircraft remarketing brokers in the world. Cabot is headquartered ...
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Brussels cargo surge in April
Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport increased by six percent in April to 41,000 tons, and were up by 8.7% to 161,000 tons for the first four months of 2015 versus prior year.The European airport, which is bucking the trend of first quarter decreases at neighbouring hubs, said that the share ...
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Damco sees $9m loss as airfreight dives
Damco, the troubled logistics arm of Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk (APMM), made a $9m loss in the first quarter of 2015 as its airfreight volumes fell 19%.The division's total supply chain revenue fell nine percent, year on year, to $683m for the January to March 2015 period, of which ...
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BACA urges new UK government to act quickly on aviation
The Baltic Air Charter Association has urged the UK’s newly elected government to act quickly in implementing aviation policies.The association said it was particularly keen to see action on anomalies in air passenger duty, runway capacity, border control and RAF Northolt, which is being used as a satellite airport.These issues ...
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Turkish Airlines back to black, but cargo revenues falter
Turkish Airlines returned to the black in the first quarter of 2015, but its cargo division recorded declines in revenues.The Turkish flag carrier recorded overall profits of $153m during the first quarter of the year, compared with a loss of $102m during the same period last year.Meanwhile, revenues declined by ...
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Deutsche Post's weak forwarding arm hits Q1 operating profits
First quarter 2015 airfreight volumes at German logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL rose by just 0.3 per cent to 935,000 tonnes, with group operating profits hit by the “weak performance” of the Global Forwarding and Freight business.Although the forwarding unit’s quarterly reported revenues increased by 7.6 per cent to €3.8bn, ...