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    Swiss WorldCargo looks to roll out new innovations

    2017-04-06T10:29:35Z

    Swiss WorldCargo is an airline that likes to innovate, and in a move to “keep pace with the modern challenges of global logistics” it has created a new organisational structure and revealed a further push into digitalisation.Swiss International Air Lines head of cargo Ashwin Bhat tells Air Cargo News that ...

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    Lynne Embleton replaces Drew Crawley as IAG Cargo chief

    2017-04-05T11:39:33Z

    IAG has appointed Lynne Embleton as the new chief executive of its cargo division with immediate effect, as incumbent Drew Crawley leaves the role after just over a year.IAG said it had appointed Embleton - current British Airways managing director at Gatwick - as Crawley will move on to the ...

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    Leisure Cargo appoints GAC as Dutch GSA

    2017-04-04T13:45:11Z

    Leisure Cargo has appointed ECS subsidiary Globe Air Cargo as its general sales agent in the Netherlands.Leisure Cargo, which offers cargo capacity on a network of 14 leisure airlines, said that through GAC it will offer TUI-flights to Dutch Antilles, Mexico, Florida and various destinations in Europe as well as ...

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    Shipper body fears an ongoing boxship capacity crisis

    2017-04-04T10:50:30Z

    The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has revealed it will set up a temporary observer group composed of representatives of European exporters to monitor the ongoing ocean capacity shortage on services from Europe to Asia.Massive delays have arisen of late in maritime container shipping, in part because of the bankruptcy of ...

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    Heathrow welcomes new China trade link

    2017-04-04T08:22:07Z

    Heathrow Airport has welcomed the extra cargo capacity that a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner China Southern service will bring to the UK-China market.The west London airport said that China Southern's new twice daily service between Heathrow and Guangzhou would increase capacity to the Chinese city to up to 8,760 metric ...

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    Intrepid delivers first of two B747-8 freighters to AirBridgeCargo

    2017-04-04T08:02:36Z

    US lessor Intrepid Aviation has delivered the first of two new B747-8 freighters from Boeing and placed the General Electric GEnx powered aircraft on "very long term lease" with AirBridgeCargo (ABC), a part of the Volga-Dnepr Group.This latest handover comes after aircraft lessor BOC Aviation last week announced that it ...

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    Ethiopian launches freighter services to Milan and Zaragoza

    2017-04-03T08:16:27Z

    Ethiopian Airlines, the largest cargo operator in Africa, has launched two new cargo routes to Europe: Milan in Italy and Zaragoza in Spain.Currently, Ethiopian is providing the European market with minimum weekly tonnage capacity of 2,200 from Liege (LGG), deploying Boeing 777 freighters.Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: ...

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    Swiss drones on track for hospital deliveries

    2017-03-31T09:54:46Z

    Swiss Post is to begin regular drone flights of laboratory samples between two hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland, from 2018.Switzerland’s Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) has given the project the green light after assessing 70 autonomous test flights undertaken by Swiss Post, the Ticino EOC hospital group and US-based drone ...

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    BOC Aviation in B747-8F lease deal with AirBridgeCargo

    2017-03-31T09:26:21Z

    Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has purchased two Boeing 747-8 freighters from the US plane builder which have been committed on long-term leases to Russia's AirBridgeCargo (ABC).Steven Townend, chief commercial officer (Europe, Americas and Africa) for BOC Aviation, said: “We are pleased to add a strong new partner, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, to ...

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    Warsaw opening continues Kerry’s European expansion

    2017-03-30T13:45:58Z

    Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics Network has opened a new office in Warsaw, Poland as part of its European expansion programme.It will be headed by Diana Sokół, managing director of Poland, who was previously at C.Spaarmann Logistics in Warsaw.Sokół, who holds joint Polish and German citizenship and has extensive knowhow in ...

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    A tale of two airports: Heathrow and Schiphol

    2017-03-27T10:40:58Z

    It was a tale of two cities and their airports, when the cargo chiefs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and London Heathrow took to the stage in Abu Dhabi for the IATA World Cargo Symposium.The theme was “It takes a village”, with Jonas van Stekelenburg, head of cargo at Schiphol, seated alongside Nick ...

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    Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded

    2017-03-27T09:52:00Z

    IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi.IATA senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security, Nick Careen, handed over the certificate to Schiphol cargo director to Jonas van Stekelenburg in recognition of Schiphol’s support for its Center ...

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    Wood chopped as Cargolux goes greener with cardboard fibre substitute

    2017-03-24T10:05:48Z

    Cargolux Airlines has signed an agreement with Trinkaus-Solutions to use its squAIR-timber product that results in more payload and lower aircraft fuel consumption.Cargolux said that it is the first airline worldwide to introduce the lightweight material in its operations, and currently uses it on all pharma shipments out of its ...

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    Carriers see Europe-Asia demand surge as box lines feel a capacity pinch

    2017-03-23T12:07:06Z

    A surge in airfreight demand on the Europe-Asia trade has seen IAG Cargo suggest that a capacity crunch in ocean shipping is forcing shippers and forwarders to switch transport modes.IAG Cargo said that it had seen a boom in demand on key routes from Europe into Asia over the first ...

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    Time:matters adds digital platform for on-board courier service

    2017-03-23T11:16:06Z

    Time:matters has added a new digital platform for customers using its on-board courier service offering instant quotes.The Lufthansa-owned time-critical logistics specialist's new platform allows customers to input their shipment details and receive a complete quote in less than a minute, which can then be used to make an immediate online ...

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    Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo's new Cool Center

    2017-03-22T10:57:02Z

    Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations, said during the ground-breaking ceremony: “We’ve gained a great deal of experience in the worldwide transport of sensitive medications. CEIV certification from IATA has recently highlighted this. “The excellent collaboration ...

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    VIDEO: Swiss WorldCargo unveils new customer website

    2017-03-10T14:47:36Z

    Swiss WorldCargo has released a new customer website that can be used on a range of devices and provides greater visibility of cargo.The cargo division of Swiss said it had designed the new website after holding months of seminars with customers around the world to understand their needs and to ...

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    Dnata Heathrow completes safety standard audit

    2017-03-10T10:47:26Z

    Dnata has completed a new IATA safety and security audit for its ground operations at London Heathrow.Heathrow is dnata tenth station to complete IATA's Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO), following on Dubai (DXB and DWC), Geneva, Zurich, Manila, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.ISAGO is an internationally-recognised system for assessing ...

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    DHL sees airfreight demand decline despite end of year surge

    2017-03-09T10:02:48Z

    Deutsche Post DHL’s (DP DHL) airfreight division saw volumes, revenues and gross profits decline last year despite an end of year surge in demand.Airfreight volumes at DHL Global Forwarding, which is the world’s largest airfreight forwarder, declined by 1.3% year on year last year to 2m tonnes but in the ...

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    Emirates SkyCargo appoints Ross Barnett as UK Cargo Manager

    2017-03-07T10:09:48Z

    Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Ross Barnett as UK cargo manager.With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, he joined Emirates in 1995 and was most recently cargo manager for Northern England and Scotland where he was responsible for over 20 staff based in the region.Now based in London, he will ...