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Qatar Cargo: 24-mile freighter flights for a limited period
Qatar Cargo has said that its 24-mile cargo flights between Maastricht and Liege are for a limited period only.Over the weekend the flights, which last for around 10 minutes, hit the headlines in several countries as local politicians and environmental groups expressed their disappointment about the B777F short distance of ...
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Alibaba to launch China-Russia freighter services
Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao has teamed up with Aviastar-Tu and Pochta Russia to launch freighter flights carrying e-commerce goods.According to a report in Reuters, Cainiao will lease seven freighters from the two Russian companies to launch daily flights from China to Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk on behalf of AliExpress Russia.The ...
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Liege reports its best ever month for cargo
Belgian hub Liege has reported its best ever month for cargo in October as volumes reached 84,000 tonnes.The airport said that it had achieved the record despite the current "challenging times".Meanwhile, it exceeded its total volumes for the year (up to today) have reached 730,000 tonnes, up by 3%."Besides being ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo reports another loss as market conditions take their toll
Lufthansa's logistics division reported its second loss in a row during the third quarter of the year as market conditions continued to take their toll.The logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters, Jettainer and its share of AeroLogic, saw third-quarter revenues decline by 9.2% year on year to €598m, while ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo orders more B777Fs ahead of MD-11F retirement
Lufthansa Cargo has ordered a further two Boeing 777Fs as it speeds up the retirement of its MD-11Fs.The freighter operator said the order is part of its fleet modernisation programme that will see it retire its remaining 10 MD-11Fs by the end of 2020. Initially, the carrier had been expecting ...
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Lufthansa Cargo re-launches MIA freighter service
For the first time in more than 25 years, Lufthansa Cargo will be flying a freighter service to Miami International Airport (MIA).The freighter service will fly weekly from Frankfurt to Miami, utilising B777 aircraft.MIA said Germany is a "highly-valued European trade partner"; last year, imports and exports between the two ...
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NewsBIFA to launch Anglia Young Forwarder Network regional group
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is planning to add another regional group to its Young Forwarder Network, which it launched earlier this year.The new Anglia regional group will be launched next week (November 13) at Ipswich Town Football Club.At the launch, guest speakers from Operation Pandora - a European-wide ...
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ATC Aviation partners with Air Astana
Leading GSSA (general sales and services agent) ATC Aviation Services has announced a new partnership with Air Astana in Europe.Founded in 2001, Air Astana is the national carrier of Kazakhstan and is headquartered in Almaty.The airline offers a route network within Kazakhstan and serves international destinations in Europe and Asia. ...
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NewsPoster campaign for consumers: how air cargo delivers the goods
IATA has launched its ‘Air cargo makes it happen’ campaign that aims to raise awareness of air cargo’s important role for e-commerce, economies and the global community as a whole.The campaign provides eye-catching posters that can be shared easily and printed to “show the world all that cargo does,” said ...
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NewsFlexport partners with SF Express for smarter logistics in China
Henry Ko of Flexport Asia (left), and Keith Ip of SF Express GroupFreight forwarder Flexport is partnering with Chinese logistics specialist SF Express to offer a one-stop-shop for freight services, including full container load (FCL) ocean shipping and air cargo.Flexport and SF Express will connect data and platforms to provide ...
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NewsFAIR@Link goes live at Hamburg Airport
The FAIR@Link portal has gone live for air cargo handling at Hamburg Airport Cargo Center after a six-month test phase.Hamburg Airport head of cargo Alexander Müller said: "The new platform is an important step into the digital future for us. With FAIR@Link, we can significantly improve handling processes and manage ...
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Newsdnata to expand at Manchester Airport with £30m cargo handling facility
Air services provider dnata is to expand its presence at Manchester Airport in the UK after committing to a new £30m cargo handling facility.The ‘build to suit’ dnata City North premises, with ease of airfield access, are being developed by MAG Property, the property and development arm of Manchester Airports ...
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NewsRay Crane promoted to vice president of operations at Peli BioThermal
Ray CranePeli BioThermal has promoted Ray Crane to vice president of operations at the temperature-controlled packaging specialist.Until this appointment, Crane served as director of operations, EMEA, at Peli Biothermal.He brings many years of manufacturing operations, supply chain and engineering experience to his new role within the company.David Williams, president of ...
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NewsKerry Logistics wins contract to execute Smiffys' international growth
Kerry Logistics has been chosen by UK-based fancy dress company Smiffys to help it carry out its international expansion plans.Kerry Logistics will provide global freight forwarding services and supply chain solutions from Smiffys' central distrubition centre in Ningbo, China, to the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.Kerry Logistics will use ...
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NewsGeodis promotes Stéphane Cassagne
GEODIS has appointed Stéphane Cassagne as executive vice president of the distribution and express business line.He is a member of the group’s management committee, which is chaired by Marie-Christine Lombard, chief executive of GEODIS.Cassagne began his career in the legal affairs department at Calberson in 1993, becoming department head in ...
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NewsASL Airlines Belgium leases B747-400F from China Airlines
ASL Airlines Belgium has confirmed that the B747-400 freighter (OE-ILC) leased from China Airlines will operate on its long haul network, “in the main between Liege and China” said a spokesperson.Based at Liege airport, ASL Airlines Belgium is a member of the ASL Aviation Holdings Group.It specialises in the express ...
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NewsWFS' green wrapping will replace the equivalent of 27m plastic bottles
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to convert the majority of the protective plastic sheeting and wrap used in its cargo handling operations – equivalent to more than 27m plastic water bottles a year – to sustainable products.The global handler has already started using M&G Packaging's BioNatur Plastics products, part of ...
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UPS upgrades pharma networks in the US and Europe
UPS has announced major upgrades to its healthcare-dedicated warehouse and distribution network in the US and Europe.They include adding 1.3m sq ft of total distribution space in key US markets and receiving the European Union’s Good Distribution Practice (GDP) compliance certification for its healthcare operations in France and Germany.Altogether, the ...
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CharterSync in the big league with first An-124 freighter move
Recently-launched air charter platform CharterSync put its systems to the test when a freight forwarder wanted a 50-tonne shipment moved from Ostend to North Carolina at short notice.An Antonov-124-100 freighter, owned and operated by Volga-Dnepr Group, was chartered to fly the 458 cu m machinery, which needed specialist handling loading ...
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NewsDHL Express opens €15m Finland terminal
DHL Express Finland has opened a new €15m gateway terminal and office facility in Pirkkala/Tampere with a handling capacity of 5,000 shipments per hour.The 4,000 sq m terminal serves the express pick-up and delivery operations in Pirkanmaa area and handles both export and import shipments for the whole of northern ...