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Air cargo remains optimistic
Cargo carriers are pragmatic about the current market situation despite headlines of doom and gloom on the back of volume declines.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo Europe exhibition in Munich, Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux said: “We cannot deny that the market is going down ...
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NewsSchiphol and Atlanta collaborate on cargo trade alliance
From left to right: Ben Harris, director, supply chain ecosystem expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber; Bart Pouwels, head of cargo, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; Elliott Paige, director of air service development, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Amar More, director, Kale Logistics; Nanne Onland, chief executive, CargonautAmsterdam Airport Schiphol has signed a Memorandum of ...
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NewsAir Canada 'finalising' binding agreement on Transat deal
Air Canada has confirmed that it is “in the process of finalising its binding agreement” to acquire Transat AT Inc, owner of Canadian carrier Air Transat.Air Canada announced on May 16 this year that it had entered into an exclusive agreement with Transat regarding the acquisition, though the agreement remained ...
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NewsDHL confirms importance of e-commerce to future transport strategies
A recent survey - The Logistics Transport Evolution: The Road Ahead – commissioned by Deutsche Post DHL has revealed that companies are facing a market environment that is changing rapidly, both in terms of geopolitical developments and technological transformation.In terms of ground transportation operations, by far the biggest issue on ...
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NewsJettainer takes over skypooling tool
Christine Klemmer, general manager skypooling (middle), and team at the announcement at transport logistic 2019 in MunichOutsourced ULD management services provider Jettainer has taken over the online platform skypooling, a free tool that helps participating airlines to maintain better control over their ULDs by keeping track of ULD over- or ...
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NewsIATA lowers air cargo growth forecast again
IATA has lowered its forecast for air cargo for the second time this year, with the association now expecting demand to be flat this year.At its AGM, the airline association said that after an exceptional performance in 2017, featuring 9.7% growth in demand for freight capacity, cargo demand growth slowed ...
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NewsTUI Group renews its ULD management deal with Unilode
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of global outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has renewed its partnership agreement with TUI in a move that will see it supply and manage the group’s containers and pallets for a further 10-year term.Gunther Hofman, director of ground operations at TUI Aviation, commented: “TUI ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to adopt AFLS 8.0 cargo management platform
Dominic Kennedy, managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo, and Ganesh Vaideeswaran, managing director of Accenture’s AFLS business, pictured at Air Cargo Europe 2019 in MunichVirgin Atlantic is to implement the Freight & Logistics Software 8.0 (AFLS 8.0) platform from Accenture in a move that it said will add a further ...
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NewsEntrants get their thinking caps on for think-a-thon
Yesterday (Tuesday, June 4), the so-called think-a-thon got underway at transport logistic.transport logistic plays out alongside Air Cargo Europe (ACE) in Munich.The topic for the think-a-thon is ‘automated process improvement in the supply chain on the basis of historical data and real time data’.A total of 30 students have until ...
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NewsCSafe Global names Seth Hertel as chief commercial officer
Dayton, Ohio-headquartered CSafe Global, a supplier of temperature-controlled packaging designed to maintain steady temperatures of valuable life-enhancing pharmaceutical shipments, has appointed Seth Hertel as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).CSafe’s chief executive, Jeff Pepperworth, described Hertel as “a healthcare veteran who comes to us with a wealth of expertise and ...
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NewsExFreight Zeta goes live with Traxon Premium Tracking
ExFreight Zeta, a US-based freight forwarding company, has implemented CHAMP Cargosystems’ Traxon Premium Tracking solution, which offers cargo track and trace services for its customers.Traxon Premium Tracking currently covers more than 90 airlines. It leverages information flows to provide status updates based on air waybill (AWB) numbers requested on the ...
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NewsFrankfurt pilots electronic DG declarations
Frankfurt Airport is piloting a scheme to digitise dangerous goods declarations through the INFr8 platform jointly developed with German software firm Dakosy.It told a seminar at Air Cargo Europe on 4 June that it was the first air cargo location worldwide to offer shippers and forwarders digitized dangerous goods processes ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo chief on the move
Managing director of Finnair Cargo, Janne Tarvainen, will leave the airline at the end of July to become managing director of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) and will be succeeded by Mikko TainioTainio is currently the managing director of Finnair Kitchen and has worked in key positions in finance and ground ...
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NewsAtlas Air steps up DHL flights
Atlas Air Boeing 747-400FAtlas Air Worldwide has stepped up its flying programme for DHL Express after the express carrier awarded operation of the first two of its new Boeing 777-200 Freighters to its Southern Air unit. Further aircraft could be added to the programme when DHL awards the remaining 12 ...
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NewsLeipzig lays out long term plans
Leipzig/Halle airport has revealed a half billion euro expansion plan including a second Cargo City.The Mitteldeutsche Flughafen board has unanimously cleared the way for investment in new apron areas, logistics and office buildings in the northern and southern part of Leipzig/Halle Airport along with a second Cargo City in the ...
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NewsBolloré keeps track of goods in transit
Freight forwarder Bolloré Logistics has launched real-time shipment monitoring at the Transport Logistic exhibition in Munich on 5 June.A proactive alert management system to ensure the integrity of sensitive goods in transit. On-board sensors collect information including location, temperature, moisture and light levels anywhere in the supply chain. All shipment ...
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NewsABC and CLA cargo.one deal puts freighter space online
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) say they have become the first all-cargo airlines to make their capacities available for digital booking with instant confirmation, following a deal signed with air cargo booking platform cargo.oneABC and CLA will market their capacities digitally to cargo.one’s customer base, which comprises hundreds of freight ...
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NewsNo hanging around for Lufthansa’s new tech
Lufthansa Cargo is offering its cargo customers self-service terminals and apps for mobile devices as well as the digital transfer of shipment data and status updates as part of its ‘eFreight’ drive to speed up acceptance times.Before delivery, a PreCheck service verifies the completeness and consistency of the data transferred ...
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NewsAll change in Frankfurt for Lufthansa Cargo
Thomas Sonntag is to take over from Carsten Hernig as managing director of Lufthansa Cargo’s Jettainer outsourced ULD management arm on 1 July, while the latter will take over as head of region in Latin America and Caribbean for the airline, based in Sao Paolo.Sonntag, a qualified mechanical engineer, joined ...
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NewsAir Canada to market drone deliveries
Air Canada has signed a sales agency agreement with Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) to market its commercial services in its home country.The carrier’s cargo arm will act as a sales agent of DDC on those routes for which it has received regulatory approval.DDC says it will benefit from Air ...