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NewsCargo growth at Brussels Airport as vaccine transportation continues
Brussels Airport has highlighted continued growth in its airfreight volumes since last summer, while noting its "significant role" in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.In January 2021, the hub posted a 20.8% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes.Full-freighter demand at the airport increased by 72.5% year on year in January, while integrator ...
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Jacquet appointed interim CEO at Liege Airport after dismissal of Partoune
The Liege Airport board of directors has appointed Frédéric Jacquet as interim chief executive of the hub after the dismissal of Luc Partoune.The Liege Airport board of directors met on February 9 and decided to dismiss chief executive Luc Partoune with immediate effect.Reports allege that audits revealed several irregularities,which led ...
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WFS opens new cargo terminal at Brussels airport
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new 250,000-tonne capacity cargo terminal at Brussels Airport.The new 25,000 sq m facility is in addition to the handler's existing 11,000 sq m warehouse and office operation at the airport which opened in the Brucargo West development zone in 2019.The new ...
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Five forwarders continue to lead online sales charge
Freight forwarders have improved their ability to provide instant quotes digitally, but this is led by the same group of five companies with others lagging behind.The latest annual mystery shopper report from booking portal Freightos showed that its research showed that more than 25% of digitally requested quotes were provided ...
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BIFA urges forwarders to consider apprenticeship schemes
UK forwarder group BIFA has repeated its call for freight forwarding and logistics companies to consider recruiting apprentices.The group said that apprentice schemes have been cut back as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, but added that the industry needed to look to the future.One of BIFA's executive directors, Carl ...
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Record cargo volumes at Anchorage International
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) handled record cargo volumes last year as e-commerce soared and the use freighters to carry cargo increased.The airport, which has a large number of freighter services, saw its cargo volumes increase by 16% year on year to 3.5m tonnes.“The tremendous surge in cargo volumes ...
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NewsAir New Zealand launches Guangzhou PAX-cargo flights
Unloading in Guangzhou. credit: Wang Bingyi from Guangzhou Baiyun AirportAir New Zealand has launched PAX-cargo flights between Christchurch and Guangzhou for the first time.The airline operated the first three return services to Guangzhou last week. Starting this week, the airline will operate two multi-stop services a week using its Boeing ...
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DSV back on the acquisition trail after strong 2020
DSV Panalpina saw its revenues and profits jump last year and is taking aim at another large acquisition following the integration of Panalpina.Last year, the Copenhagen-headquartered logistics firm saw its revenues increase by 22.4% year on year to Dkk115.9bn, earnings before interest and tax (ebit) before special items was up ...
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Qatar Cargo selects GSAs for Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt
Qatar Cargo has selected general sales agents (GSAs) to recommence its cargo sales and bookings in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt following the lifting of a blockade.ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo will handle the carrier's UAE bookings; Yusuf Bin Kanoo co. Ltd will oversee its ...
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Long-term air cargo capacity outlook remains uncertain
While air cargo capacity is expected to remain constrained in the short term, opinion is divided on the supply-demand balance in the longer term.Speaking during Cargo Talks, an online event hosted by from Turkish Cargo, Wouter Dewulf, academic director, C-MAT, University of Amsterdam, said that it was likely that cargo ...
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SF Holding set for $2.3bn Kerry Logistics investment
Express firm SF Holding is set to buy a majority stake in Kerry Logistics as it looks to build its international supply chain presence.The proposed deal will see SF Holding take a 51.8% stake in Kerry Logistics, with the deal valued at around $2.3bn.News that a deal could take place ...
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NewsMHT Airport set to increase cargo volumes with new facility
Rendering of the new cargo facility at Manchester-Boston Regional AirportManchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Aeroterm, a company that provides facility-related services to airports, have entered into a ground lease to develop a cargo facility at the hub over the course of three years.As part of the terms of the ground ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo teams up with Lemon Queen
Qatar Airways Cargo has selected Lemon Queen as its communications agency.The two companies have been working together on the airline's WeQare sustainability programme and will now look to expand the relationship.The partnership covers all aspects of Qatar Airways Cargo’s communications, both external and internal: strategy, creation, advertising, public and press ...
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NewsWarwick Brady takes CEO role at handler Swissport
Warwick BradySwissport International has appointed Warwick Brady as the company’s new president and chief executive.Brady will replace Christoph Mueller, who assumed the chief executive on an interim basis after he was appointed to the board of directors of Swissport in December of last year.Brady is currently the chief executive of ...
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Aeronaves signs up for two CRJ200 conversions
Mexico-based Aeronaves TSM has signed up for two additional CRJ200 SF Freighter Conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI).Work on the first CRJ200 (MSN 7708) of this order will commence in May 2021, followed by the second aircraft (7679) commencing modification in September 2021.The authorised AEI Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, located ...
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Delta's Vaccine Watch Tower springs into action
Delta Air Line's Vaccine Watch Tower was called into action recently when mechanical issues delayed a flight.The carrier said that it recently had two Covid-19 vaccine shipments connecting through Atlanta to the west coast.Due to mechanical delays on the inbound flights to Atlanta, both shipments would miss their connections without ...
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Heathrow and East Midlands apply for UK Freeport status
Heathrow Airport and an East Midlands consortium have applied for Freeport status in the UK.The government closed the application period for Freeport status on Friday, with 30 bidders thought to have submitted proposals.Companies using Freeports will be able to import goods without paying tariffs, process them into a final good ...
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Swissport wins Lufthansa cargo deal at Heathrow
Swissport in the UK has won a contract to handle the Lufthansa Group's cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport.Swissport said the contract win meant it now handles the German airline group’s cargo at all of its UK destinations, this includes Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines."We are pleased to be able to ...
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NewsWFS to offer pharma trucks to transport goods to Paris CDG
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed partnerships with trucking companies that will help it maintain the cold chain for temperature-sensitive goods being moved to Paris CDG Airport from the French provinces.The move comes as the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines continues.The temperature controlled trucks will move the goods from Bordeaux, ...
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Modal shift to air to continue as ocean shipping faces ongoing crunch
Current modal shift from ocean to air is expected to continue as chaos in the container shipping industry is expected to continue beyond the Chinese New Year.Seko Logistics chief growth officer Brian Bourke said that this year its seafreight team had been offering customers airfreight capacity as an alternative to ...