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Wexco Group and Teleport sign a GSSA contract for Australia
ECS Group subsidiary Wexco Group has signed a GSSA contract with Teleport, the logistics venture of Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia) that covers Australia operations for three airlines.The contract covers AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia X, and Indonesia AirAsia, for all belly capacity originating from Australia and New Zealand.The contract ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn expands Africa operations
Sharon Vaz-Arab (back row right) and Chapman Freeborn Africa Team at Air Cargo Africa 2023.Chapman Freeborn has tripled its Africa team on the back of a 30% year-on-year increase in cargo revenues in the region from 2021 to 2023.Sharon Vaz-Arab, regional chief executive, India, Middle East, and Africa (IMEA), Chapman ...
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NewsAir temporarily grabs African automotive marketshare from sea
Source: Air Cargo NewsAir cargo has grabbed African automotive market share from the seafreight industry as a result of the disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic but volumes are shifting back.Speaking at the Air Cargo Africa event, Renai Moothilal, executive director of South African automotive component association NAACAM said that ...
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Kenya Airways Cargo looks to expand freighter fleet
Kenya Airways Cargo is looking to expand its freighter fleet following the success of its cargo-only flights during the Covid pandemic.Speaking on the sidelines of the Air Cargo Africa event in Johannesburg, Kenya Airways’ cargo director Dick Murianki said the carrier would initially look to add to its existing short-haul ...
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NewsSmartLynx Airlines set for Australia operations
SmartLynx Airlines Airbus A330. Photo: SmartLynx AirlinesACMI, charter and cargo operator SmartLynx Airlines has received an Australian Foreign Air Transport Operator Certificate (FATAOC) from the Australian Civil Aviation Authority.The certification allows the airline to begin operations to, from, and within Australia.Operating flights to Australia has been integral to SmartLynx's strategic ...
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NewsChallenge Group facilitates fashion
Photo: Challenge GroupChallenge Group has been busy supporting some of the world’s top fashion designers during February – the month when four of the world’s most prominent fashion weeks take place.“Milan, New York, and China Fashion weeks are routine staples in our annual Challenge Air Cargo operations,” said Or Zak, ...
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NewsCargoAi launches fintech payment solution
CargoAi has launched CargoWALLET: a fintech solution for air cargo with supply chain financing capabilities that will allow freight forwarders to make payments for their air cargo shipments directly within the company’s existing CargoMART and CargoCONNECT booking systems.The new solution was developed in partnership with CargoTech and has undergone months ...
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NewsDachser chief financial officer steps down
Robert Erni. Photo: DachserDachser chief financial officer Robert Erni is to leave the company on June 30 for "personal reasons".Chief executive Burkhard Eling, who was previously chief financial officer at Dachser from 2013 until 2021, will take over the position alongside his existing role, said the logistics company.Erni's contract was ...
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Wheels in motion for Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group sale once again
The sale process of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group is gearing up once again as bidders and interested parties have been invited to participate in the investor process.Currently in administration, the German Group was due to be sold to Swift Conjoy, however, earlier this month it was confirmed the deal had fallen ...
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Embraer takes delivery of first E190 for conversion
Brazilian commercial aircraft manufacturer Embraer's first E190 passenger aircraft has arrived at its conversion facility in Brazil.Embraer said in a LinkedIn post on February 20: "The first pre-owned E190 to be converted to (a) freighter has arrived in our facility in Sao José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. Our team ...
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Asia Cargo Network begins Bahrain operations
Southeast Asian air cargo charter services provider Asia Cargo Network (ACN) has teamed up with Bahraini aviation services provider MENA Aerospace to begin operations out of Bahrain.The partnership is operating under the MENA Cargo brand (the cargo subsidiary of MAE Aircraft Management, itself the aircraft and management division of MENA ...
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CMA CGM Air Cargo adds Shanghai flights
CMA CGM Air Cargo has become the latest airline to expand its services to China.The French airline, owned by shipping giant CMA CGM, began flying an Airbus A330-200 freighter four times a week from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Shanghai Pudong International airport on February 17."This brings our airfreight operations up ...
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Air Incheon begins Haikou service
Cargo airline Air Incheon has begun twice-weekly flights linking Incheon International Airport in South Korea with Haikou, the capital of the Chinese island province of Hainan.This is the first all-cargo route opened by the Chinese city’s Meilan International airport in 2023, according to China's official state news agency, Xinhua.Xinhua and ...
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EV Cargo divestiture announced
Cargo Services Group and JL Enterprises are to divest from their investments in EV Cargo Holdings Limited, a Hong-based freight forwarder managed by the private equity company, EmergeVest.Cargo Services Group is a provider of supply chain solutions services as well as one of the major freight forwarders in China and ...
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NewsANA signs deal with DoKaSch
Photo: DoKaSch Temperature SolutionsJapan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a master rental agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions that will see the German provider of active temperature-controlled packaging solutions supply Opticooler containers to ANA.The containers will support the airline’s PRIO PHARMA and PRIO TEMP products – services dedicated to pharmaceuticals ...
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Oman Air invests in freighters
Passenger airline Oman Air has announced plans to invest in its first freighter.The Muscat International Airport-based carrier said in a press release that it would introduce its "first freighter by the end of 2023", though it did not specify what type of aircraft it would invest in or whether the ...
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German airport strikes have "massive consequences" for cargo operations
Strikes taking place today at many of Germany's airports will have "massive consequences" for air cargo and lead to "significant challenges" for humanitarian aid flights, according to the Barig airline association.Public sector workers and ground handlers at seven airports - Frankfurt Main, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hannover and Bremen - ...
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Air Canada sees cargo revenues slide in 2022
Air Canada saw its cargo revenues decline last year due to the ending of its pax-freighter operations and lower yields.The Montreal-headquartered airline registered a 15% decline in full-year cargo revenues to C$1.3bn, while fourth quarter revenues were down 41% to C$288m.However, the airline pointed out that compared with pre-Covid 2019 ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo takes aim at online booking with new system
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has rolled out software firm Accelya's FLX Cargo Platform ahead of a push towards online booking services.FLX will power the airline's enterprise-wide cargo management platform, Voyager, as it looks to offer a "multi-distribution strategy, which includes its own website, third-party marketplaces, and direct forwarder integration"."Accelya’s FLX Cargo ...
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Dronamics secures $40m in funding as it looks to the Middle East
Middle-mile drone firm Dronamics has raised $40m in funding that will in part go towards adding a presence in the Middle East.The pre-Series A funding came from venture capital funds and angel investors from 12 countries, including Founders Factory, Speedinvest, Eleven Capital, and most recently the Strategic Development Fund (SDF), ...