All Ground Handler articles – Page 40
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New cool centre to spearhead south Indian cargo drive
Air India SATS Airport Services (AISATS) has started trial operations at what it describes as the country’s first integrated on-airport perishable cargo handling centre, ahead of its commissioning expected by the end of the year.AISATS Coolport, at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru is a 40,000 tonnes a year, 11,000sq m ...
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Luxembourg handler chooses Hermes
Freight handler LuxairCargo has selected Hermes’ hub management system. The Luxembourg airport based company, the seventh largest platform in Europe with a throughput of about 800,000 tonnes a year, said it was attracted by the system’s "high level of automation” and ability to interface with existing systems.Other features include prioritised ...
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Swissport International appoints Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer
Swissport International has appointed Nils Pries Knudsen to chief commercial officer as of October 1, 2016. He will continue to report directly to Eric Born, Group President and chief executive Swissport International.Knudsen joined Swissport International in January 2009 and has since been instrumental in taking the Cargo Division forward to ...
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Finnair selects terminal operator for its new Helsinki freight hub
Finnair Cargo has selected HUB Logistics as the terminal operator for its new 37,000sq m Cool Nordic hub due to open at Helsinki airport in May 2017.The two companies will work closely over the next eight months to maximise use of the new terminal from the start of operations.The transition ...
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WFS appoints ex-Menzies Aviation boss as chief executive
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed former Menzies Aviation boss Craig Smyth as its new chief executive.Smyth will start the job on August 29 and takes over from Olivier Bijaoui, who announced he was stepping down from the role in July.He joins WFS following more than 20 years ...
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Record seven months for Shanghai cargo handler PACTL
Shanghai airport’s main cargo terminal operator continued its growth path in the first seven months of 2016, handling 919,461 tonnes of airfreight, a 2% year-on-year increase.Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) said that the volume increase was “the strongest result for the first seven months of any year ...
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SATS enters Saudi cargo ground handling market
Singapore-based airport ground handler SATS has expanded its footprint in the Middle East by becoming the first international cargo handler to operate in Saudi Arabia.Its SATS Saudi Arabia subsidiary has won a tender for the cargo handling licence to operate at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam. The concession ...
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Çelebi chief Onno Boots steps down
Çelebi Aviation chief executive Onno Boots has stepped down but will continue as a consultant to the Turkish-owned handling company for its planned initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.He has been at the helm of Çelebi Aviation Holdings Group since 2014.Çelebi added that it expects a new chief executive to be ...
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WFS wins new carrier clients in France
Globally active handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won new handling contracts with three very different carriers – Rossiya/Aeroflot, Air India and Icelandair.The deals cover cargo handling at Paris Charles de Gaulle as well as at other WFS airport stations across France.WFS began handling for Air India and Icelandair on ...
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Hong Kong's AAT launches RFID tags for pre-packed cargo
Hong Kong’s Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has introduced Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) unit load device (ULD) tags for pre-packed cargo.The new technology will speed up the cargo acceptance process by 45 seconds per shipment, said AAT, which claimed that it is the first terminal operator to use such RFID technology for ...
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Chapman Freeborn sells load data arm to dnata
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has sold Air Dispatch, its specialist centralised load control subsidiary, to ground handler and service provider, dnata.Founded in 2007, Air Dispatch calculates the weight and balance conditions for aircraft prior to flight. It produces over 800,000 load-sheets a year and in 2013 became the first dedicated centralised ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit with flying colours
Hactl has completed its World Health Organization (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) audit, with no non-compliances or observations.It is the third successive year in which Hactl has passed the audit with a perfect score.Hactl was the first cargo handler in Hong Kong to attain WHO GDP accreditation; the initial and ...
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Another high profile departure from air cargo as Bijaoui leaves WFS
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has confirmed that chief executive Olivier Bijaoui has left the company.WFS group chief operating officer Barry Nassberg will assume the interim leadership responsibilities.The company declined to comment on personnel changes to reflect confidentiality, but it is understood the split is amicable.The company was taken ...
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LUG Frankfurt gains JAL
Japan Airlines is to switch its cargo-handling partner at Frankfurt airport from Fraport Cargo Services to LUG from July.The deal comprises bellyhold freight on JAL’s daily Boeing 777-300ER and B787-900 (Dreamliner) and road feeder services.Describing the move as “a highlight in our jubilee year”, LUG managing director and chief executive, ...
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Frankfurt’s PCF celebrates CEIV Pharma certification
Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF) has become the first neutral logistics services provider to be awarded the International Air Transport Association’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) at Frankfurt Airport.The award, dated the end of last month (May), remains valid until 31 May 2019.PCF, said to ...
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SIA Cargo renews handling deal with Kenya’s Siginon
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has renewed its agreement with Siginon Aviation covering the latter‘s provision of ground handling services at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya.The deal has been extended for a further three years.The new deal between SIA Cargo and Siginon was agreed, the latter said, ...
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Heathrow handler goes live with UPS contract
Heathrow-based Freightnet Handling has gone live with a new contract to handle integrator UPS’s Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) air export cargo, initially for two years. The company anticipates that it will be handling around 33,000kg of cargo a day, seven days a week.Freightnet was already handling a percentage of the ...
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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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NewsPicture special: Hactl turns 40
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month.Hactl, which is Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler and one of the largest in the world, first opened its doors in May 1976 when Hong Kong’s airport was at its original Kai Tak location.As space in ...
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Perfect 40th for Hong Kong's HACTL
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is celebrating its 40th birthday and has launched a video to mark the event.It is a double celebration for Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler, which has also passed its bi-ennial ISAGO (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations) external audit, "once again achieving ...