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NewsLufthansa Cargo holds naming ceremony for B777F
Lufthansa Cargo B777F at Narita Airport May 2019Lufthansa Cargo has held the naming ceremony for one of its new B777Fs, giving the aircraft the name Konnichiwa Japan.The aircraft arrived in February and is one of two that the airline has taken delivery of this year, the other being delivered in ...
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NewsAir cargo group aims to fix Madrid supply chain bottlenecks
Foro MADCargo, the association that seeks to promote airfreight in Madrid, has formed a working group to identify the stumbling blocks hindering cargo operations at Madrid-Barajas Airport.The working group’s members include handling agents, forwarders, transportation providers and airlines – IAG Cargo, Swissport WFS, DHL Forwarding, Panalpina, DB Schenker, Cacesa, Ireneo ...
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IATA: airline profits fall further
The March/April Airlines Financial Monitor from IATA notes “a further fall in aggregate profits for the airline industry” for the first quarter of 2019, in comparison with the same three months of last year.Overall, IATA said the EBIT margin in its sample of 20 airlines had fallen to 3.6% from ...
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Turkish Cargo grows in Q1 2019
Turkish Cargo, which was recently crowned as the Cargo Airline of the Year by Air Cargo News, recorded an 11.6% increase in sold cargo tonnage during the first quarter of the year, despite the overall industry declining globally by 3.1%.Quoting statistics from analyst WorldACD, the carrier said that it recorded ...
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NewsDSV: 'a complex operation' for generator move
Global transport and logistics company DSV has moved a generator component on behalf of Siemens from Germany to Australia.The piece, which was 6 m long and had a diameter of 3 m, weighed 40 tonnes, so DSV chartered an IL-76 freighter from Volga-Dnepr Airlines for the job.The component was loaded ...
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NewsQatar Airways adds Izmir link
Qatar Airways has introduced thrice-weekly Airbus A320 flights from Doha to Izmir, its seventh destination in Turkey.The airline’s freighter-carrying division also benefits from belly capacity to Adana, Ankara, Sabiha Gökçen and Istanbul. In addition, it operates three weekly Boeing 777 Freighter services to Istanbul.Qatar Airways said: “With the launch of ...
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NewsVIDEO: IAG Cargo brings manga to London
This is the last time the delicate Shintomiza Kabuki Theatre Curtain will travel outside Japan.IAG Cargo is acting as the logistics partner for the world’s largest international display of manga art, taking place at the British Museum in London until 26 August.Organised in conjunction with the National Art Centre, Tokyo ...
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NewsThorsten Neumann appointed to full-time TAPA role
Thorsten Neumann, TAPA EMEAThe Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has named Thorsten Neumann as its first-ever full-time president and chief executive with effect from June 1, 2019.Neumann has chaired TAPA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region on a voluntary basis since 2006.Jason Breakwell, vice chair of TAPA EMEA, said: ...
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NewsUnilode adds leasing options
Unilode has added short- and medium-term leasing services to its portfolio of ULD solutions.The step gives customers access to PMC and heavy-duty pallets from various strategic storage locations worldwide. More ULD types will be available soon, Unilode said.The company’s current leasing network includes London Heathrow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Frankfurt, Milan-Malpensa ...
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NewsBIFA Young Forwarder Network up and running
The governors and chairs of the YFN Midlands region. L to R: Scott Powell (Europa), Colin Smith (Metro Shipping), Chadd Blunt (Millennium Cargo), Jay Williams and Julian Frattaroli (both Kuehne + Nagel).The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has concluded the initial round of meetings of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN), ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo's flying felines
LATAM Cargo has transported five big cats from Argentina to South Africa in a move coordinated by freight forwarder Newport Cargo.The two lions, one lioness and two tigresses had been living in a decommissioned zoo in Santiago del Estero; their 70-hour journey took them to Ubuntu Wildlife Sanctuary and Drakenstein ...
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ACE Belgium Freighters hits back in name dispute
All-cargo operator ACE Belgium Freighters has hit back against a complaint made to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) over the use of the ACE name.On May 2, the Liege-based airline was given approval by the DOT to start scheduled and charter services between the European Union and the US.However, ...
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NewsLeipzig/Halle hosts humanitarian conference
On May 21, Leipzig/Halle Airport, Volga-Dnepr Group and the Akkon University of Human Sciences ran an international conference on humanitarian logistics, which took place on the fringes of the OECD’s International Transport Forum currently under way in Leipzig.Götz Ahmelmann, chief executive of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and chairman of the board ...
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NewsTigers provides global B2B and B2C solutions for Rapha
Shahar Ayash, TigersHong Kong-headquartered Tigers has expanded its partnership with Rapha, providing fulfilment services for the cycling sportswear brand from Tigers’ new facility in Thurrock.Those services include distribution within the UK, the European Union and Korea; other markets in Asia are to be served from Tigers’ Hong Kong warehouse.Rapha is ...
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Shoe firms urge end to US-China trade war
In response to US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that he would increase tariffs on $200bn worth of US-bound Chinese imports from 10% to 25%, some of the world’s major footwear companies have called for the trade war to end.A letter to the president, signed by 173 shoe firms, claims: ...
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Virgin Atlantic targets cargo with resumption of Mumbai flights
Virgin Atlantic will relaunch flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai on 27 October, after a four-year hiatus, with the airline's cargo team hoping the new service will boost volumes.The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the daily service, whose schedule will align with flights to and from the ...
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NewsCargo iQ makes changes on its board
L to R: Chris Davies, technology and product manager, Cargo iQ; Ariaen Zimmerman, executive director, Cargo iQ; Laura Rodriguez, implementation and quality manager, Cargo iQ; Henrik Ambak, senior vice president of cargo operations worldwide, Emirates SkyCargo; Megha Palkar, assistant manager, Cargo iQ; Kerstin Strauss, vice president and head of global ...
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NewsLATAM sees declining cargo traffic in first quarter
Reporting its first-quarter operating results last week (the period ending 31 March), South American carrier LATAM revealed that cargo revenues fell by 10.9% year on year, down to US$263.5m, driven by a 12.6% decline in cargo yields – although this fall was partially offset by an increase of 1.3 percentage ...
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NewsDHL Supply Chain rolls out latest version of ‘smart glasses’
DHL Supply Chain, the arm of the Deutsche Post DHL Group that handles contract logistics, is rolling out the latest smart glasses technology across its worldwide facilities.DHL staff will use the second-generation of Glass Enterprise Edition smart glasses.The glasses ‘virtually support’ the vision picking process in warehouses. According to DHL, ...
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NewsBrussels Airport leads injunction against air traffic control provider
Brussels Airport Company and Brussels Airlines have launched interim injunction proceedings that apply for continuity of service delivery by Belgian air navigation services provider (ANSP) skeyes.Airport operator Brussels Airport Company and home carrier Brussels Airlines have jointly instigated interim injunction proceedings before the president of the Brussels Business Court, looking ...