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LH Cargo fights Dutch flower ban
THE Dutch government is expected to review its controversial ban of Lufthansa flower shipments through Schiphol Airport.The previous government banned Lufthansa in 2012 from flying flowers from Colombia and Ecuador through the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico to Schiphol. It warned of a €40,000 fine per cargo flight.Joop Atsma, the ...
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Agility appoints Esa as coo for Europe
Logistics provider Agility has appointed Mohammed Esa as chief commercial officer (COO) for Europe, assuming responsibility for all commercial activities, including sales, marketing and product management.“With his background in emerging markets and experience in operations, sales, and marketing, Esa brings insight and expertise that will be invaluable in his new ...
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Cargolux: Betting big on China
How many B747-8 freighter flights between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg can the market sustain? That was the question when Cargolux announced that it was to sell a 35 percent stake to Henan Civil Aviation and Investment Company Ltd (HNCA), an enterprise owned by the Chinese province of Henan.The deal, completed in ...
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CEVA to operate Gulfstream parts hub at Heathrow
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp has appointed CEVA Logistics to operate a new European Parts Distribution Centre at London Heathrow Airport.The facility will support Gulfstream’s business aircraft customers in the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and the Nordics with urgent high-usage items.It will also provide rapid-response support for technicians from Gulfstream’s service centre ...
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UK runway rivals argue economic case
UK gateways Heathrow and Gatwick have stepped up their war of words over rival runway expansion plans following the release of new analysis by the government’s Airports Commission.The consultation documents – published for further public comment - present the commission’s analysis of the three proposals shortlisted late last year: two ...
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DP DHL: air freight in Q3 surge
New business helped logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL record a 2.3 per cent growth in air freight volumes to 2.97m tonnes in the first nine months of 2014 versus prior year, outpacing sector revenues that edged ahead 0.6 per cent to E3.7bn.However, third-quarter air cargo volumes climbed “significantly” by 4.8 ...
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Budapest's inflatable hangar
Lufthansa Technik has erected an inflatable hangar at Budapest Airport to protect its aircraft engineers from Hungary’s winter weather.The existing hangar capacity for Lufthansa Technik Budapest – housing up to five mid-size aircraft simultaneously – has proved insufficient because of its winter business bookings.The dimensions of the additional hangar – ...
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First phase of DHL Leipzig hub expansion opens for business
DHL’s major expansion of its Leipzig air hub has seen the first phase of an expanded warehouse facility open today.Announced a year ago, the €150m investment will see the freight processing capacity increase by 50% to more than 15,000 shipments per hour at Germany's second largest airport by cargo volume.Hand ...
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Zhengzhou route pays off for Cargolux
The introduction of a new route from Luxembourg to China’s Zhengzhou airport in June has paid off handsomely for Cargolux as today, just five months on, it dispatches the 10,000th tonne of cargo between the two hubs.European freighter operator Cargolux will build on its early success by introducing a fifth ...
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An-225's flying visit to Robin Hood airport
Antonov Airlines’ An-225 Mryia freighter made a flying visit to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport, to collect 150 tonnes of engineering equipment for a transatlantic flight.Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager at the northern UK hub, said: “The arrival of this huge aircraft is further proof of Doncaster Sheffield Airport’s ability ...
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EuroAirport aims for larger share of cargo traffic
EuroAirport has inaugurated a Euro40m cargo terminal at the French hub which is situated close to Swiss city Basel, a major European pharma industry cluster.EuroAirport Cargo Terminal, located in the tri-national Upper Rhine Region that shares borders with Switzerland and Germany, will enter operation in January 2015.The new facility – ...
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Fraport consortium wins tender for 14 Greek airports
Fraport Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and its partner Copelouzos Group have been selected as preferred investors for a 40-year operating concession covering 14 regional airports in Greece.The concession, priced by the winning consortium at Euro1.2bn, sees the previously government-operated sites move into private hands after a tender process run as ...
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SDV Belgium gains pharma handling certification
SDV Belgium is now fully certificated to handle and transport all pharmaceutical products that require an unbroken cold chain.The logistics operator completed the pharma certification programme organised by Brussels Airport and IATA that means it can handle all pharmaceutical air freight shipments in accordance with the European Union’s Good Distribution ...
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Cologne-Bonn provides air cargo support to fight Ebola virus
Cologne-Bonn Airport has allocated a staging area free of charge to facilitate the consolidation of air shipments in support of humanitarian organisations fighting the Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.The Logistics Cluster, a group of humanitarian organisations led by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), will ...
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Lufthansa Cargo: Finding the right balance
Strikes are never easy to navigate. So, for Peter Gerber, Lufthansa Cargo’s new chief executive officer, having to deal with nine in 2014 should have been quite the challenge. Fortunately, he says, while the strikes disrupted passenger flights, freighters saw only minor changes to their scheduling. Nonetheless, there is still ...
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Heathrow volumes rise in November
A surge in cargo to Mexico, Brazil, India and Turkey helped London-Heathrow airport freight volumes rise 2.3 per cent in November to 136,400 tonnes, compared with like month 2013.For the 11 months in the year to date, the UK’s top air cargo hub registered an overall 5.3 per cent increase ...
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Panalpina and Luxair combine for UNICEF Relief Flight
Panalpina has joined forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support the ongoing fight against the Ebola crisis, donating a charter flight from Luxembourg to Freetown in Sierra Leone to bring almost 80 tons of vital supplies and equipment destined for community care centres in the Ebola-affected region.Adding ...
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Cologne cargo up 2% in 2014
Cologne Bonn Airport saw record air cargo growth in 2014, handling 753,000 tonnes, a two per cent increase on 2013.The German airport handled 9.5m passengers in 2014 – a “significant rise” over prior year.“2014 has exceeded our expectations. We have developed better than the German passenger market, partially with growth ...
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Heathrow cargo volumes hit new heights
London Heathrow Airport saw a 5.3 per cent growth in cargo volumes in full year 2014 to 1.5m tonnes, ending with a final freight flourish.In December, cargo volumes at the number one UK freight hub rose 6.2 per cent overall, including increases of 33.5 per cent to Mexico, 29.4 per ...
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French forwarders slam fuel surcharges
French freight forwarders have called on airlines to end separate fuel surcharges, which they argue are no longer relevant.TLF Overseas, the French freight forwarders organisation representing 95 per cent of general air cargo transactions, expressed its “incomprehension” of a situation that requires “more transparency and real positive economic signals from ...