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NAM signs up for three more years of freighter flights at Liege
Network Airline Management (NAM) will extend its freighter operation at Liege Airport for another three years.The company, which also offers GSSA services, said that its cargo volumes from the Belgian airport had "strongly increased" since it began flights back in 2014.This is down to the introduction of "various new freighter ...
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NewsAirline fined for breaching animal welfare guidelines
Iberia Airlines has been fined £142,397 for breaching guidelines that govern the welfare of animals traveling by air.Following an investigation into the death of a number of capybaras – a small animal native to South America – last year, the airline was prosecuted by the City of London Corporation, which ...
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John Menzies creates management board and appoints new CFO
John Menzies, the holding company of Menzies Aviation, has announced changes to its senior management.The organisation has appointed Alvaro Gomez-Reino as its new chief financial officer and it has also created a new executive management board.Gomez-Reino has previously held senior financial positions with Amey plc, Ferrovial and Swissport where he ...
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NewsIAG commits to net zero emissions by 2050
Turning household waste into jet fuel and exploring new carbon capture technology are two of the main initiatives being adopted by IAG as it attempts to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.IAG, which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, says it is the first airline group to commit ...
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Boeing considers new 767-XF freighter programme
Boeing is studying a re-engined derivative of the 767 widebody primarily for the cargo market, with service entry slated for the mid-2020s, according to Air Cargo News sister title FlightGlobal.A passenger version, which is also part of the study, could provide Boeing with a lower-cost alternative to its proposed New ...
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NewsIAG Cargo offers new tracking service using IoT technology
IAG Cargo has partnered with Cargo Signal to offer a new tracking service for cargo.Cargo Signal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Expeditors International, is a sensor-based logistics platform that uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to improve decision making, tracking and efficiency of air cargo.The service provides customers with end-to-end ...
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NewsSixth B777F for Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing 777 freighter.Taking off from Everett Paine Airport and landing at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, the B777F is capable of carrying 102 tons at a range of 9,200 km.Rapidly expanding Turkish Cargo will have a total of eight B777Fs in its fleet by ...
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NewsViaEurope opens e-hub in Liege to help process e-commerce 'tsunami'
BJ Streefland, ViaEurope's chief executiveViaEurope, a European cross border e-company, has opened an e-hub in Liège airport (LGG), Belgium.It is the second platform for the e-logistics tech start-up whose headquarters are located in Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) airport.The Liege e-Hub is “100% dedicated to cross border e-commerce,” said ViaEurope in a ...
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NewsAntonov and Crane Worldwide combine for rapid crane shipment
An Antonov Airlines An-124-100 freighter has flown a mobile crane and fire extinguishing equipment weighing 70 tonnes from the US to Argentina.The shipment, which also included booms, tracks, control stations and water pumps, was organised by Crane Worldwide and flew from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Presidente Perón International ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Silkway West enhances perishable cargo processing capabilities
At the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, Silkway West highlighted the importance of speed and maintaining the temperature-controlled seal in pharma and perishable logistics.Samir Shirin, vice president ISMEA (Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Asia), Silkway West airlines, revealed that compared with 2018, this year’s total chargeable weight (for global air freight) ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic and Delta Cargo open ‘technology-inspired’ export facility at Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have opened an export facility at London Heathrow to “future-proof” the joint venture’s growth plans in the UK market.It is supported by new technologies that will deliver “significant improvements and transparency in the customer delivery experience”.The new facility is the first phase of Virgin ...
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NewsSaudia Cargo adds dry ice replenishment service
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched a dry ice replenishment service which can be provided to clients 48 hours in advance prior to delivery.Saudia Cargo’s chief commercial officer, Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak, said: “Dry Ice Replenishment service is now available at Jeddah and Riyadh stations for import and transit cargo in the first ...
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NewsEl Al Cargo joins cargo.one digital booking platform
EL AL Israel Airlines Cargo has joined cargo.one, the multi-airline digital air cargo booking platform.After a customised integration of just 12 weeks, the first EL AL Cargo digital booking via cargo.one was made by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics on a shipment from Frankfurt to Miami.All El Al Cargo routings from Germany ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Hong Kong cargo management leading by example
At the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, Wilson Kwong, chief executive of HACTL (Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals) shed light on how the world’s busiest cargo hub is striving to lead by example.Kwong explained that HACTL is investing to improve its facilities and operations in order to prepare for anticipated growth ...
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NewsMalaysian cargo handler adopts iCargo
Ashok Rajan of IBSMalaysia-based cargo handler Pos Aviation has transitioned to iCargo, IBS Software’s cloud-based cargo management platform, for its cargo terminal operations at all major airports in Malaysia –Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.iCargo has replaced the legacy systems that were previously used to manage the cargo terminal ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Industry must prepare for future growth
IATA head of cargo Glyn Hughes has called on the air cargo industry to "apply equal vigour" to all the "challenges and opportunities" currently faced by the industry.Speaking at the Caspain Air Cargo Summit in a global market outlook session, Hughes gave an overview of the tough market conditions that ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo plans next stage of digitalisation
As it celebrates its first year of digitalisation, Etihad Cargo prepares to launch a range of new projects to drive the programme forward.“Our digitalisation roadmap is only in its infancy,” says Abdulla Mohamed Shadid, Etihad Aviation Group’s managing director cargo and logistics services.“The foundations have been laid for a number ...
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NewsRescued bear gets free flight with LATAM Cargo Brazil
LATAM Cargo Brazil has transported a brown urso from Salvador airport to Sao Paulo in a shipping box especially created to carry bears.The animal will join two other ursos that LATAM transported earlier this year at a sanctuary run by Rancho dos Gnomos Ecological Sanctuary Association (ASERG), which specialises in ...
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NewsAir Animal appoints new chief operating officer
Cory Baizan RobinetteCory Baizan Robinette has been promoted to chief operating officer at Air Animal Inc. after 30 years in the business.Walter M. Woolf, Air Animal founder and chief executive, said: “Cory’s leadership in the management of the global pet move process for expatriate pet owners has earned her high ...
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Air Partner ‘cautiously optimistic’ about freight performance
Air Partner Plc has released half year results which are “slightly ahead of expectations” although gross profit for the period at £17.2m was marginally below the same period last year.The global aviation services group reported that “our freight performance is slightly up year on year with gross profit of £1.9m ...