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NAM launches weekly B747F to Luanda from Liege
Network Airline Management (NAM) has signed a long term contract with TAAG Angola Airlines to provide a weekly Boeing 747-400F flight from Liege, Belgium, to the capital of Angola, Luanda.The factory-built nose-loader freighter will carry up to 120 tonnes of oil related and general cargo and will also provide export ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to open facility at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport
Lufthansa Cargo will open a new facility at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to cater for standard freight, express freight and hazardous cargo.Lufthansa said cargo arriving at the regional airport will be handled and sealed by the station and then transported in regularly scheduled trucks under a ...
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Air Austral awards ULD management contract to CHEP
Air Austral has awarded a five-year Unit Load Device (ULD) management contract to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services.The French airline, headquartered on Réunion Island, operates a widebody aircraft fleet of three Boeing 777s, and took delivery of its first B787-8 Dreamliner in May ...
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CHEP to provide ULDs to support CargoLogicAir's "ambitious growth plans"
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the new British-registered cargo airline, has signed a ULD management agreement with CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the global provider of outsourced ULD pooling and repair.A joint statement said: “In view of CargoLogicAir's ambitious growth plans, the new agreement caters for a significant increase in the number of ULDs provided ...
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AF KLM takes over Delta Cargo sales and customer service in Germany and France
Delta Cargo has continued to form tighter bonds with its partner airlines as Air France KLM Cargo has taken over sales and customer service responsibilities for the US airline in France and Germany as part of the two companies’ north Atlantic joint venture.The two airlines said their customers will benefit ...
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Chinese firm takes majority stake in Frankfurt-Hahn airport
UPDATED: Chinese investor Shanghai Yiqian Trading Co has taken a majority stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport after months of speculation as to which firm would win a call for offers.At a press conference this morning, the German state of Rhineland-Palatine's interior ministry put an end to months of speculation as to ...
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Cleaner and greener: DHL launches carbon calculator
DHL has launched a carbon calculator to predict transport-related emissions for almost all shipment sizes and modes of transport.The calculation, free of charge to customers, is carried out online, based on “intelligent algorithms” said the logistics operator, part of the German Deutsche Post group.Kathrin Brost, vice president, green strategy and ...
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K+N moves quickly to appoint new head of airfreight
Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Yngve Ruud as its head of airfreight logistics after earlier this year Tim Scharwath announced he would leave for rival DHL.Ruud is a K+N stalwart having worked for the company for the last 26 years and will replace outgoing Tim Scharwath from October.He is currently ...
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DHL Express opens new Hanover Airport facility
DHL Express has opened a new €32.5m site at Hanover Airport that consolidates two separate centres into a single facility.The 30,000 sq m unit offers a fully automated sort that is able to process 6,000 parcels per hour and is double the size of the previously available sites.The new building ...
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AF-KLM renews Jan de Rijk road feeders for Scandinavia
Air France-KLM Cargo has renewed its road feeder service contract with Jan de Rijk Logistics for trucking services in Scandinavia.Jan de Rijk Logistics will connect AF-KLM’s Amsterdam hub with airline stations within Denmark and Sweden, and will operate daily less than truck (LTL) overnight services in both directions.Robert Kleppers, senior ...
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Aeroméxico appoints Globe Air Cargo as GSSA in the Netherlands
Aeroméxico has appointed Globe Air Cargo, part of the ECS Group, as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) in the Netherlands.With a fleet of more than 120 aircraft, Aeroméxico serves more than 75 destinations globally and transported a total of 132,000 tonnes last year.Aeroméxico operates 10 flights per week ...
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Virgin and Delta to co-locate UK cargo handling with dnata
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have signed long-term contracts with dnata to co-locate their cargo handling at 12 UK locations under a new ‘one roof’ handling strategy.Effective 8 June 2016, the co-location move covers London Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Gatwick where the carriers operate and at six ...
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Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo announce Hong Kong-Europe tie-up
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a partnership that will see the two airlines offer a joint network of more than 140 flights per week between Hong Kong and 13 European destinations.The “highly integrated bilateral co-operation” is due to begin early next year and will see the two airlines ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo welcomes revamp of Delta partnership services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has welcomed a re-organisation of transatlantic services as part of its partnership with Delta Air Lines.Yesterday, the two airlines announced a range of transatlantic service changes with a new four-times-a-week direct Heathrow-Portland flight, the first between the city and London, grabbing the headlines.Virgin will also take over ...
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Aid relief groups call for greater use of new aircraft delivery flights
Humanitarian aid groups have called on airlines to take advantage of positional flights for newly ordered aircraft to carry life-saving cargo to those in need.The appeal came from the Airbus Foundation, the International Foundation for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Airlink, which are attending the IATA ...
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Stormy market buffets IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo’s headline commercial revenue declined 1.5% to €26m in the first quarter of 2016 compared with January-March 2015 – but after adjusting the prior year's figures to reflect a directly comparable operation, it decreased 8.6%.The carrier blamed challenging market conditions continue. On a like for like basis, cargo volumes ...
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NewsAirfreight demand picks up but prospects look bleak
Air cargo demand picked up in April but IATA is downbeat in its expectations for the months ahead.The latest figures from the airline organisation show a 3.2% year-on-year improvement in air cargo demand in April led by growth in the Middle East and Latin America, with increases of 7.7% and ...
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NewsAir cargo rates improve but tough summer predicted
Air freight rates continued their recovery in April as cargo load factors remained steady, but tough market conditions are expected to prevail over the summer.The latest statistics from analyst Drewry show that air freight rates climbed by three cents on the March level to $2.61 per kg. It is the ...
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Groth is West Atlantic's new chief executive
Fredrik Groth has been appointed West Atlantic's new chief executive after holding the interim post at the Gothenburg-headquartered dedicated cargo airline specialising in integrated mail and express freight solutions.Groth assumed his new role from May 25. He joined West Atlantic in January 2016 with over 25 years' accumulated experience in ...
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E-AWB usage returns to growth
The use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) picked up again in April after a surprising drop off in March.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration reached 38.3% in April, up 1.2 percentage points compared with March figures.The improvement will be welcomed by IATA after there was a 0.4 ...