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NewsSouth Africa Airways: ‘on the road to recovery’
With all intercontinental and some regional flights now back in operation, while domestic services are being carried out by sister airline Mango, South African Airways (SAA) is “on the road to operational recovery”, it claimed in a statement today (November 19).“We thank SAA employees who are back at work and ...
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NewsSAS Cargo celebrates Cargo iQ achievement
SAS copyrightSAS Cargo is celebrating topping the Cargo iQ performance index, while the airline has also begun to take delivery of its new A350 aircraft.In September, the Scandinavian airline ranked number one in Cargo iQ’s Customer Promise Performance Index (CPPI).The airline’s cargo business told Air Cargo News that the CPPI ...
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NewsFTA names Zoe McLernon as multimodal policy manager
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has appointed Zoe McLernon as multimodal policy manager, a newly created role intended to “strengthen FTA’s position as the only business organisation representing all aspects of the UK logistics sector”.McLernon has joined FTA’s 17-strong policy team and will speak on behalf of the trade ...
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NewsLimited freighter orders announced at Dubai Airshow
Emirates agreed a deal with Airbus for 50 A350 XWBsWith regards to cargo, there has been comparatively little to shout about so far from this year’s Dubai Airshow, taking place this week in the emirate from November 17-21.The most notable order announced so far was the decision of Dubai-based Emirates ...
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Air cargo peak quickly peters out
The air cargo peak season appears to have quickly fizzled out this year, following on from two bumper years in 2017 and 2018.The latest freight rate data appears to show that the rise in prices experienced at the start of November has quickly flattened off.Tac Index figures show that prices ...
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NewsFinnair adds further capacity on Japan routes
As part of what it describes as a strategy of “sustainable, profitable growth”, Finnair is to extend its newly announced Sapporo service to a year-round operation.Finland’s flag-carrier will fly an Airbus A330 aircraft between Helsinki and Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido twice a week year-round from December 15 this ...
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NewsJAL to ramp up connections out of Tokyo from 2020
In response to the allocation of new daytime slots at Tokyo-Haneda International Airport in 2020, Japan Airlines (JAL) is to ramp up its connections between the Japanese capital and destinations in the US, Finland, Russia, Australia, India and China.As a result of the changes, Japan’s flag-carrier will offer 34 international ...
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NewsOntario enjoys good growth in October
Ontario International Airport in California saw its commercial freight volumes grow by 4.6% year on year in October to reach a figure of more than 66,000 tons.This was an encouraging performance, after airfreight volume growth was said to have been “flat” in September.Over the first 10 months of 2019, Ontario’s ...
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NewsChina Airlines Cargo B747F flies into Mumbai
China Airlines Cargo has launched a new Taipei – Mumbai freighter service.One of the Taiwanese carrier’s Boing 747-400 freighters landed in the Indian city on Saturday on the inaugural connection that will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays.The aircraft will fly from Taipei to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport twice ...
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NewsFrench PM opens new CEVA global headquarters
From left to right: Rodolphe Saadé; Elisabeth Borne, minister of ecological and solidary transition; Edouard Philippe; and Renaud MuselierLate last week (on November 14), the prime minister of France, Edouard Philippe, and the president of the French 'Sud' region , Renaud Muselier, joined with CEVA’s chief executive, Nicolas Sartini, and ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding benefits from MSA Security’s canine screening
DHL Global Forwarding is working with MSA Security, a New York, US-headquartered global security firm, in a partnership that sees the latter provide explosive detection canine screening of air cargo.The formal partnership has developed out of a small pilot dating back to 2016, one that anticipated the US Transportation Security ...
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NewsSouth African Airways resumes international flights
This morning (Monday November 18), South African Airways (SAA) announced its intention to resume flights to six destinations on the African continent: Accra, Lagos, Lusaka, Maputo, Windhoek and Harare, with effect from tomorrow.These six destinations on the African continent add to other international services on which SAA has now resumed ...
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NewsKerry Logistics acquires Turkish forwarder ASAV
Kerry Logistics has purchased a majority interest in Turkish freight forwarder Asav Lojistik Hizmetleri Anonim Sirketi (ASAV).The forwarder said in a statement that the acquisition would “further the expansion of its global network and strengthen its international freight forwarding capabilities”.Moreover, “Building upon ASAV’s competitive advantages of established operations and a ...
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NewsEmirates inks deal for 50 A350-900 XWBs
In the first of the big deals to be announced from the Dubai Airshow under way this week in the UAE, Emirates has announced a firm order for 50 Airbus A350-900 XWB aircraft.The aircraft would be worth $16bn (AED58.7bn) at list prices.Delivery of the first of Emirates’ A350 XWBs is ...
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NewsCaribbean Airlines Cargo offers customers a loyalty bonus
Image: Caribbean AirlinesTrinidad & Tobago-headquartered Caribbean Airlines has begun offering its customers air miles when using the carrier’s cargo operation.Customers enrolled in the airline’s Caribbean Miles Loyalty Programme can now earn miles every time they ship with Caribbean Airlines Cargo. Enrolling into Caribbean Miles can be done free of charge.Caribbean ...
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NewsSingapore Airlines Cargo has tough October
Singapore Airlines Cargo saw its freight volumes and traffic fall in October, alongside a decline in the cargo load factor.Freight carried fell year on year by 6.8% in October to 107,900 tonnes. Meanwhile, traffic was down by 10.3% year on year to 570.2m cargo tonne-km.With capacity down by just 1.4%, ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo continues digital drive with cargo.one deal
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid and Moritz ClaussenEtihad Cargo has continued to digitise its offering by becoming the latest carrier to sign up to the cargo.one booking platform.Starting this week, freight forwarders will be able to instantly book cargo space on Etihad’s aircraft through the digital platform.Etihad Aviation Group’s managing director cargo ...
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NewsJettainer teams up with trilatec on weight-saving tech
ULD firm Jettainer has teamed up with trilatec to offer a lightweight pallet load distribution system that weighs around 80% less than the current way of working.The trilatec squAIR-timber system, which is made of cardboard fibre, aims to replace the wooden planks often used for load distribution on airfreight pallets.The ...
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SAA plans international flights despite industrial action
South African Airways has announced that it is aiming to operate all international flights departing from OR Tambo International Airport from Sunday 17 November despite ongoing industrial action.The first departure from São Paulo is expected to operate on Sunday, with departures from SAA’s international stations, including London, New York, Washington, ...
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NewsCargolux doubles weekly service to Jakarta
Cargolux has added a second weekly link between Luxembourg and Jakarta just five months after it launched the first service.The carrier says the success of the service to the Indonesian capital has prompted it to double its offering to cater for the growing market in South East Asia.Domenico Ceci, executive ...