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Network Airline Services renews GSA contract with RwandAir
Network Airline Services (NAS) has renewed its GSA contract with RwandAir in Germany and France, extending the partnership between the two companies for another two years.During the pandemic, RwandAir has operated flights, with its Airbus A330 aircraft, to and from Europe, with support from Network Airline Services' offices in Paris ...
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CEVA relocates Thailand head office to Bangkok
CEVA Logistics has relocated its Thailand head office to Bangkok, as it continues to expand in Asia.The announcement follows CEVA moving its Thailand airfreight team to a new office at Suvarnabhumi Airport.The company's Thailand head office is now located in a 28-story building close to the city’s two airports and ...
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Cargo-only PAX flights help IAG Cargo to achieve increased revenues in 2020
IAG Cargo has noted an increase in revenues and yields in its full-year 2020 financial results.The carrier achieved an 18.5% year-on-year increase in revenues to €1.3bn."Cargo helped to make longhaul passenger flights viable," said Luis Gallego, chief executive of parent company IAG.Meanwhile, yields climbed 94.6% and sold tonnes of capacity ...
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K+N transports Sinovac Covid vaccines from China to Dominican Republic
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has transported Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured by Chinese pharma firm Sinovac Biotech, from Beijing, China to the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.The forwarding giant monitored the shipment — containing 768,000 vials of the vaccine — as it moved across its pharma network, to ensure that it was "compliant with the ...
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American Airlines further digitises cargo operations
American Airlines Cargo has started using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics process automation to streamline its cargo operations.The technology implementation is in addition to the iCargo management system, which the carrier started using last year, to " to evolve business capabilities that support the varying needs of its customers".American Cargo ...
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U-freight ready for stricter Hong Kong screening requirements
Hong Kong-based U-Freight has said it is prepared for the tightening of cargo screening regulations in March.From next month, all air cargo consignors in Hong Kong will need to be a validated known consignor, or 100% of their cargo will be subject to screening before being loaded on an aircraft.Over ...
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IAG Cargo highlights continued pharma efforts in Madrid
IAG Cargo has marked the two-year anniversary of its pharma hub in Madrid.The GDP-certified Madrid Centre has stored and distributed more than 20,000 consignments of pharma cargo using IAG Cargo's Constant Climate service since its opening in 2019.Additionally, it has recently been involved with the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines — ...
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Kale launches new truck slot management system for handlers
Cargo software firm Kale Logistics Solutions has launched a new truck slot management system through its Airport Cargo Community System (ACS).Kale said its new artificial intelligence based tool allows ground handlers, freight forwarders, and trucking companies to better coordinate their landside freight management so that they can reduce waiting times ...
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Leisure airline Condor to operate PAX-freighter flights for DHL
German holiday travel airline Condor will fly four of its Boeing 767s on behalf of DHL Express utilising belly capacity. The first cargo flights under the partnership took off this week.The Condor planes will be based at DHL Express’ largest European hub in Leipzig and will transport shipments along three ...
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Swissport's Mena adds Latam role
Swissport has appointed Frank Mena as head of the Americas as it combines leadership for its North and Latin America regions.Mena is currently head of the North America region but will now also assume responsibility for Latin America and serve as head of the Americas with immediate effect.He takes over ...
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Geodis appoints sales and marketing director Europe
Geodis has appointed Robert Mianowski into its North, East & Central Europe (NECE) global sales and marketing team.In his new role, based in Frankfurt, he will be responsible for Geodis' NECE development, as well as the implementation of its sales and marketing strategy.Over the last 25 years, Mianowski has worked ...
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DHL Express adds SmartLynx Malta's converted A321Fs to fleet
DHL Express has entered into a partnership with SmartLynx Malta — an express logistics provider and member of Avia Solutions Group, which also owns aircraft charter broker Chapman Freeborn.The partnership was driven by significantly increased demand for e-commerce shipments and medical supplies such as PPE, as a result of the ...
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Work underway on new dnata Heathrow facility
Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Aiput fund has started construction of Phase II of dnata City East, a 117,000 sq ft extension of its Heathrow cargo facility.Full planning permission for the warehouse was granted in August 2020. The building will be operated by dnata, which also operates the nearby 250,000 sq ft ...
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CEVA wins Airbus logistics contract
A320 hangar - credit AirbusCEVA Logistics has been awarded a contract to manage production supply for Airbus at the aircraft manufacturer's assembly site in Hamburg, Germany.The forwarder will be responsible for production supply for the A320 family structural assembly and the equipping of fuselage sections as well as the manufacturing ...
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Cargo load factors remain strong despite Chinese New Year
Air cargo load factors remained strong during the Chinese New Year as demand did not fall as strongly as it has in the past.Statistics from CLIVE Data Services show that in the first week of the Chinese New Year, which this year started on February 12, services from China to ...
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Chapman Freeborn appoints cargo director North Asia
Aircraft charter broker Chapman Freeborn has appointed Allen Liu into the role of cargo director North Asia, to support its growth strategy and increasing demand in the region.Liu, who has 15 years' of experience in the aviation sector, returns to Chapman Freeborn after having held the position of cargo manager ...
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Mesa Air adds another B737 freighter
Mesa Air Group has signed a letter of intent to lease an additional Boeing 737-400F cargo aircraft.The extra aircraft will be available in May and adds to the two B737-400F aircraft it currently operates for DHL.“This 737-400F will be a great addition to the cargo fleet. The investment in a ...
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K+N enters strategic partnership with Chinese pharma firm Jointown
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has entered into a strategic partnership with China’s largest non-state-owned pharma distribution company, Jointown.The move comes as the process of K+N's acquisition of freight forwarder Apex moves forward, as it seeks to expand in Asia.The Apex deal is the largest acquisition in K+N’s history and will make the ...
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CMA CGM air cargo service to launch with Chicago flights
Shipping line group CMA CGM's entry into the air cargo market will begin on March 8 with flights between Liege and Chicago.Flights will be offered by the company's airfreight division, CMA CGM Air Cargo, and will be operated by Air Belgium using an A330-200F.The aircraft will be joined on March ...
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Transair to expand with its first B737-400F
Hawaii-based Transair is expanding its fleet with the addition of its first B737-400 freighter.Transair currently operates a fleet of five B737-200F freighters; this order will represent the first B737-400SF freighter for the company.Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) will carry out conversion work.The aircraft (MSN 25104) will commence modification in June 2021 ...