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IATA Cargo working closely with forwarders
IATA Cargo will acquire a leaner look as it cuts back on bureaucracy and complexity, as well as building a closer working relationship with the freight forwarder industry via the latter’s global body, FIATA.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo and now 18 months into the new role, said that ...
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IATA to meet US security chiefs on continued mutural recognition for European airfreight
IATA will meet next week with representatives of the Washington air cargo security community to safeguard a mutual recognition agreement between Europe and the US that is currently “under jeopardy”.The mutual recognition agreement (MRA) means that cargo being transferred or transited through the European Union (EU) is not subject to ...
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E-AWB growth slows in October
Growth in the use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) slowed in October making any hopes of hitting IATA useage targets now look forlorn.The latest IATA figures show that in October e-AWB penetration edged up by one percentage point compared with a month earlier to 35.1%.This follows two months in a ...
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IATA: Airfreight markets show slight growth in September
Global airfreight markets showed “very modest growth” in September and “negligible growth” for Asia-Pacific carriers said IATA in its latest cargo data update.Measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), global air cargo volumes rose 1.0% compared to the same month a year ago.The statistical evidence echoes that of analyst WorldACD which ...
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C2K members agree new quality standards
CARGO 2000 (C2K) members have agreed new quality standards for the air cargo industry.More than 60 technical and operational managers took part in a meeting of C2K’s Technical Working Group this week as part of a drive to implement new quality standards for the air cargo industry.C2K is an IATA ...
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Airfreight demand edges up but "all is not well", says IATA
Airfreight volumes edged up slightly in August following on from a decline in July, but Asian and North American carriers still registered a slide in demand for the month.The latest seasonally adjusted demand data from IATA shows that airlines recorded a 0.2% year-on-year increase in freight tonne km (FTK) in ...
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IATA chief Tyler to step down
International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general and chief executive Tony Tyler is to retire in June 2016 after serving five years. His successor will be appointed at the next annual general meeting in Dublin in June 2016.Before joining the airline organisation in 2011, Tyler worked at John Swire & ...
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Zimmerman to lead Cargo 2000 change programme
Ariaen Zimmerman is the new full time executive director of Cargo 2000 (C2K), an IATA interest group established to lead the drive towards “enhanced quality throughout the air cargo industry”.Zimmerman is leading the group’s change programme, which will see C2K adopt a new auditing system, neutral benchmarks, and “embrace a ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo calls for ethical standards for airfreight
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has called for the creation of an industry-wide ethical cargo policy that will identify shipments not acceptable for carriage in the aftermath of the killing of Cecil the lion.The UK airline, which already has an ethical cargo policy in place, called for an industry-wide agreement that would ...
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Air cargo volumes stagnate and load factors slide in June
The air cargo industry faced another tough month in June as volume growth “stagnated” and load factors continued to slide.Airline organisation IATA’s monthly airfreight market analysis has revealed that cargo traffic in freight tonne km terms increased by 1.2% in June compared with a year earlier.This lags behind the 3.5% ...
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e-AWB take-up not fast enough warns IATA
Global electronic-air waybill (e-AWB) penetration is growing, “but not fast enough,” says IATA, which wants the industry to accelerate implementation by focusing on the top 20 e-AWB-enabled airports.Latest IATA figures for June 2015 show that the number of e-AWBs submitted globally rose to 28.8%, up by just 0.8% from the ...
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UPDATE: European shippers want lithium battery solutions not bans
European shippers would like to see new solutions developed to increase the safety of transporting lithium-ion batteries by air rather than blanket bans that stop them being flown at all.Speaking just days after Boeing sent an advisory out to airline customers recommending carriers no longer transport lithium-ion batteries as bellyhold ...
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Air cargo needs a technology manifesto for change
Air cargo must abandon inefficient, expensive, out-of-date technology in favour of web-based solutions and e-freight, according to John DeBenedette.The managing director of WIN, the online platform for independent forwarders, has challenged airfreight bosses to adopt a technology manifesto for change.Speaking at IATA’s e-cargo conference and workshop in Geneva, DeBenedette called ...
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IATA pushes for trade facilitation
Air cargo will be a key beneficiary of an initiative looking to support developing countries implement the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade facilitation agreement.IATA and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their support for the WTO agreement that could ...
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CAL joins pharma programme
CAL Group has joined IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharmaceutical Logistics programme (CEIV Pharma).Once completed, CAL states that it will be the first group to have a certified pharmaceutical logistics programme.Israel-headquartered CAL Group – specialising in temperature-controlled and pharma goods - includes freighter carrier CAL Cargo Airlines, LACHS ...
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WCS: Airfreight volumes, a Chinese puzzle
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if China sneezes, the rest of the world will catch a cold, writes Martin Roebuck.The airfreight world may need to keep aspirin on standby for the rest of this year, analyst Gert-Jan Jansen, head of Seabury Cargo Advisory, warned delegates at the World ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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2014 'a challenging year for air cargo'
GLOBAL air cargo grew by only 1.4 per cent last year as the whole industry fought its way out of a world recession.IATA figures show that cargo markets made very slow progress during the first half of the year, but acceleration took root in the latter half of 2013, eventually ...
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SATS gets IATA pharma seal of approval
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services’ (SATS) perishables handling facility has become the world’s first centre of excellence in pharmaceuticals handling, as certified by IATA.SATS Coolport was set up to cater for high growth in pharmaceuticals airfreight at Changi airport. Last year it handled more than 15,200 tonnes of pharmaceuticals.IATA certification gives ...
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Edging towards e-freight
IF you have the idea that targets for the IATA e-freight programme keep slipping, you are not wrong.At the 2010 Air Cargo Forum the expectation was that the whole air cargo industry would be paperless by 2014, but the target IATA now has is for 22 per cent of feasible ...