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AirBridgeCargo demonstrates capability to transport vaccines
Last month, AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines teamed up with UPS and Marken to transport Covid-19 vaccines, destined for use in clinical trials, from Beijing-based pharma firm CanSino.The 6,000 doses of the Ad5-nCoV vaccine collectively weighed around 400 kg and were packaged in Cr3do Xtreme temperature-controlled containers before being stacked and loaded ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo teams up with Validaide
Etihad Cargo will list its pharma facilities and capabilities through validation platform Validaide.The cargo division said the move would allow it to reach the more than 500 logistics providers that use the Validaide platform to search for pharma facility and service capabilities.Customers will be able to define, share and search ...
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NewsKenya Airways invests in pharma capabilities
Kenya Airways (KQ) has invested in a pharma facility located at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to meet pharma demand and in preparation for Covid-19 vaccines.The KQ Pharma facility measures 600 sq m, has airside access and is divided into three temperature zones, allowing for the storage of products ...
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NewsAirforwarders Association names new board member
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has appointed Shawn Richard (pictured), vice president of global airfreight at SEKO Logistics, to its board of directors.Richard's appointment follows the association electing new board members for the upcoming 2021-2024 term of office.Richard joined SEKO Logistics in early 2018 and has 30 years of experience in ...
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Air New Zealand set to expand international cargo operations
Air New Zealand will expand its international air cargo operations following the launch of the second phase of a government supply chain support scheme.The airline will operate around 55 international flights per week after the government announced phase two of the International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) Scheme that aims to ...
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NewsLatam Cargo launches flights to Qatar
Catering to demand from Chile's fruit harvest season, Latam Group has started operating flights to Qatar for the first time.The service was launched on November 30 and the first flight on the route was operated by Latam Airlines Brazil.Cargo on the flight to Doha included perishables from customers in South ...
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CargoLogicGermany enters animal transportation market
Freighter operator CargoLogicGermany (CLG) has entered the animal transportation market with the movement of two horses on a flight organised by Intradco Global.Two racehorses, Cindy Truppo and Ole Bo, weighing 500 kg each, became the first horses to be flown by the 2019 launched CLG when one of its B737-400SF ...
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Air France KLM Cargo launches sustainable fuel programme
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has launched a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme that allows customers to select how much of their freight they would like to be flown using SAF.The "world's first" SAF programme for airfreight allows shippers and forwarders to determine a percentage of their shipments that ...
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Sheremetyevo International handles Sputnik V vaccine shipment
Sheremetyevo International Airport was the launching point for an early batch of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.In total, 20 doses of the vaccine were transported from Moscow to Serbia where it will be used in clinical trials at the Torlak Public Health Institute.The vaccine was sent on December 3 on ...
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NewsAntonov welcomes back giant AN-225 as heavylift capacity comes under pressure
Antonov Airlines is bringing its AN-225 Mriya into commercial operation as customers face limited heavylift capacity.The 250-tonne capacity Mriya had been taken out of action earlier this year for routine maintenance, but will be back in action next week.The availability of heavylift capacity has been reduced following Volga-Dnepr's decision to ...
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NewsWindrose expands cargo operations with A330 pax-freighter
Ukrainian carrier Windrose Airlines has expanded its presence in the air cargo market through a deal with lessor AELF Flight Service for auxiliary A330-200 freighter.The aircraft (MSN 700) will be operated by Maleth Aero under a 14-month contract, which was negotiated by broker Air Charter Service.The aircraft has had its ...
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NewsDHL helps relocate the world's loneliest elephant
DHL Global Forwarding played a key role in organising the transport of the world's loneliest elephant, Kaavan, to his new home at a sanctuary in Cambodia.DHL said that with a weight of over four tons and a height of more than three meters, the transport of Kaavan had to be ...
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NewsQatar Cargo supports Norway's seafood exporters with Harstad-Narvik service
From next week, Qatar Airways Cargo will operate cargo-only flights, using its Boeing 777-300 passenger aircraft, from Doha, Qatar, to Harstad-Narvik Airport in northern Norway.The carrier said that the service — which will operate three times per week — will provide 150 tonnes of capacity each week and will support ...
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ABX Air reaches tentative agreement with pilot unions
ABX Air has reached a tentative agreement to amend the collective bargaining agreement with its pilot group, currently numbering more than 230 flight crew members.ABX Air’s pilots are represented by the Airline Professionals Association of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1224 (IBT).The tentative agreement would extend for six years ...
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Forwarder group BIFA announces award finalists
UK freight forwarder association BIFA has revealed the finalists for its annual awards, due to take place in January.Given social distancing requirements, BIFA will not host a live event and will instead release a series of videos to celebrate the finalists and congratulate the winners.A total of 21 freight forwarding ...
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NewsDronamics reveals plans for first five European droneports
Dronamics has revealed which five European airports it will use as bases for cargo drone operations.Rather than offering final mile delivery, the "middle-mile" drone developer aims to connect its "droneports" in Europe with same-day services using its Black Swan cargo drones, which are capable of carrying 350 kg and have ...
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ECS targets e-commerce with new mail business
Cargo sales agent ECS Group is targeting the growing e-commerce market through the launch of a mail solutions business.GSA Mail Solutions will cater for airlines and postal operators allowing them to outsource mail and e-commerce activities, as well as offering transport solutions to postal operators through its 140 airline customers' ...
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IATA: Load factor reaches record high as capacity crunch continues
The latest air cargo figures from IATA show that demand continued to recover in October, although not as strongly as in September.Meanwhile, industry-wide load factor reached a record high in October as the capacity crunch, driven by significantly reduced passenger services and bellyhold capacity, continued."The biggest problem for air cargo ...
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NewsKuehne+Nagel launches freighter conversion logistics service
© 2020 KUEHNE + NAGEL All rights reservedFreight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel is targeting the growing passenger-to-freighter conversion market with a new logistics operation catering for the sector.The company said that it has developed an end-to-end logistics solution to support passenger aircraft into freighter aircraft in line with "changed cargo market requirements ...
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NewsTUI, Condor and SunClass Airlines expand e-cargo capabilities
Source: CargoAiLeisure airlines TUI, Condor and SunClass Airlines have expand their digital booking capabilities for cargo customers through CargoAi and Webcargo.The airlines' GSSA, ECS Group, collaborated with the carriers and the two digital platforms as part of the roll out.Matthieu Petot (pictured), chief executive of CargoAi, explained: "These three airlines ...