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Hire fliers: Cargolux begins hunt for new pilots following union deal
Cargolux Airlines has begun the hiring and training process for 100 new pilots in Luxembourg.The airline said 52 candidates had already been selected and Cargolux plans to begin the training process for eight candidates per month from January until July 2016.Candidates for the remaining 48 open positions are expected to ...
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IAG Cargo appoints new chief executive
Andrew Crawley, currently British Airways chief commercial officer, is to become chief executive of IAG Cargo from January 2016.He will report into IAG chief executive Willie Walsh and become a member of the Group’s management committee.Crawley will replace Steve Gunning who is leaving IAG Cargo in January to become British ...
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The challenge of meeting pharmaceutical supply chain requirements
Air cargo carriers face the challenge of balancing the need to make investments to meet the needs of pharmaceutical shippers and justifying those investments to finance departments.Speaking at the Air Cargo News Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals conference, American Airlines manager cold chain strategy Tom Grubb provided an example of how ...
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European court overturns fines imposed on carriers for alleged air cargo cartel
The General Court of the European Union has annulled fines totalling nearly €800m imposed by the European Commission against a range of airlines for the alleged fixing of airfreight charges.According to the Court, "the grounds and the operative part of the decision are contradictory".The airlines named in the original lawsuit ...
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Winter jackets for refugees delivered by China Southern
China Southern Airlines has transported thousands of winter jackets to Europe for Syrian refugees in Germany, part of a donation by Chinese-Australian businessman Henry Ngai.The 1.5 tonnes load spurred a major logistical effort involving China Southern Airlines, the German government and the German Red Cross.The A$1.15m donation for 100,000 jackets ...
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Kahala Aviation bags converted B737-300F
US-based freighter conversion specialist PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a Boeing 737-300F aircraft to Ireland-based Kahala Aviation, a leading lessor of narrow-body freighter aircraft.The freighter, converted at PEMCO’s headquarters in Tampa, has now entered service. This conversion marks PEMCO’s third redelivery of a B737-300 to Kahala since 2008. A ...
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European Court judgement ruling
Here is the full text of a press release published by the General Court of the European Union regarding its annulment of the fines imposed by the European Commission on several airlines for an alleged cargo rate cartel:The General Court annuls the decision by which the Commission imposed fines amounting ...
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LatAm pharma boost for IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo’s Constant Climate pharma product will have access to three new passenger routes in Latin America from the summer of 2016, offering bellyhold capacity to growing life science markets.From summer 2016, the carrier will operate direct flights from London Gatwick to San Jose, Costa Rica and Lima, Peru. In ...
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Brussels Airport launches airside pharma transporter to avoid temperature fluctuations
Brussels Airport has developed an airside pharma transporter in order to get around the problem of temperature fluctuations during the transfer of air cargo to and from the aircraft.The Belgian airport said its airside pharma transporter, which will swoop into action this month, is a trailer on which an insulated ...
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AstraZeneca on course for pharma modal shift to ocean from air
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ) is still on course for a modal shift from air to sea that will see 70% of its products transported by ocean within two years.But Julian Wann, global category manager, freight and logistics at AZ, said airfreight will still have an important role to play in ...
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Expeditors opts for single GDP standards for all stations
Freight forwarder Expeditors has implemented a single pharmaceutical Good Distribution Practice (GDP) compliance standard across all of its stations in order to avoid the issue of operating with different procedures in each country.Speaking at the Air Cargo News Life Science and Pharmaceutical conference, Expeditors global director healthcare vertical Andrew Lester ...
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IATA to meet US security chiefs on continued mutural recognition for European airfreight
IATA will meet next week with representatives of the Washington air cargo security community to safeguard a mutual recognition agreement between Europe and the US that is currently “under jeopardy”.The mutual recognition agreement (MRA) means that cargo being transferred or transited through the European Union (EU) is not subject to ...
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Paris attacks and strike action take their toll on European air cargo carriers in November
The November monthly statistics from European air cargo carriers paint a bleak picture for the end of the year as demand declines, the Paris attacks and strike action affected European airlines cargo operations.IAG, Air France KLM, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded year-on-year demand declines in November, with the German group ...
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Swissport Cargo Liège gains CEIV certification
Air cargo handler Swissport International’s business at Liège Airport has successfully completed the validation process for IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for pharmaceutical logistics.Swissport Cargo Liège is, after Swissport Cargo Brussels, the second Swissport Cargo station to successfully complete the certification process, which aims to help airlines, ...
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Business slams 'dithering' UK government over runway decision delay
Airlines, shippers and business leaders have condemned the British government’s postponement of a decision on UK south east runway capacity expansion for at least six months.The aviation industry had expected a mid-December decision on whether to push ahead with a third runway at London Heathrow, as recommended by the Airports ...
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IAG and Exelsius set 2016 pharma GDP training schedule
IAG Cargo and Exelsius have announced their pharmaceuticals Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy workshop programme for 2016.The new workshops will follow the successful format of those held in London and Hyderabad, combining classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharma products with a ‘live’ visit to an airport ...
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Cargolux pilots' union 'opens the possiblity' of industrial action
The war of words between Cargolux and its pilots union have intensified with the LCGB union “opening the possibility to initiate industrial actions”.In November, more than 94% of the LCGB members at Cargolux voted in favour of industrial action if negotiations were unsuccessful.Today's sharply worded statement from the LCGB comes ...
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DSV target UTi sees airfreight volumes slide as it stays in the red
DSV takeover target UTi remained in the red during its financial third quarter, while airfreight volumes also suffered a double-digit decline.The company recorded a 17.9% year-on-year decline in revenues to $884.7m during the quarter ended October 31 while it recorded a net loss of $32.7m compared to $33.7m last year.It ...
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Lufthansa Cargo releases new tracking app for airfreight
Lufthansa Cargo has released a new app that offers customers the ability to track consignments but also offer feedback to the airline.The new Lufthansa Cargo eServices app updates users with information on their shipments on request via push notifications.It also allows customers to provide feedback on shipments, including the ability ...
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ACS saves client $200,000 on fire truck charter
Air Charter Service saved a client $200,000 by using special ramps to load three fire trucks onto two IL-76s flying from Turkey to Iraq rather than onto a single Antonov 124.Justin Lancaster, ACS’ commercial director, commented: “The trucks are for the Iraqi government. We worked extremely closely with our customer ...