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Slurper-sonic brew: Take tea under Concorde’s wing at Manchester
The Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport will play host to a special event on March 2 to celebrate 50 years since Concorde first took to the skies.The Aviation Society at Manchester Airport will see afternoon tea served under the wings of British Airways’ flagship Concorde – G-BOAC.As well as ...
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Love is in the air for Turkish Cargo as it shifts 4,000 tons of flowers
Turkish Cargo carried almost 4,000 tons of flowers across the globe as demand ramped up for Valentine's Day.The airline said its flower volumes flourished between January 1 and February 10 as it transported the perishable product to/from various destinations/origins to Stansted, Narita, Maastricht and Riyadh, and from Quito to Amsterdam, ...
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DHL Express hires 300 customs agents as it braces for Brexit
DHL Express has hired an extra 300 customs agents in order to minimise the impact of Brexit.Speaking at the unveiling of its biennial Global Connectedness Index (GCI) report, DHL Express chief executive John Pearson said that the company had been hiring “50 customs agents a week” across Europe as it ...
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LATAM Cargo moves 9,000 tons of flowers for Valentine's Day
LATAM Cargo flew more than 9,000 tons of flowers between January 14 and February 8 for Valentine's Day.The airline said that red and pink roses, mixed bouquets, carnations, chrysanthemums, iris, gypsophila and greenery were the most popular flowers.LATAM Cargo transported flowers from Bogota and Medellin in Colombia and from Quito ...
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Panalpina shareholder urges board to consider DSV offer
One of Panalpina's major shareholders has written to the forwarder's board urging them to seriously consider DSV's takeover offer and to express its concern over the largest shareholder's control over the company.In a letter to the Panalpina board, David Samra, managing director of Artisan Partners, a 12% shareholder, said that ...
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Rhenus Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma certification at Schiphol
Rhenus Air & Ocean has achieved IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification for its Amsterdam Airport Schiphol branch.In 2018, Rhenus started the process of obtaining the certification by reviewing its procedures for the handling of temperature-controlled shipments, optimisation of temperature-controlled facilities, training of staff and assessing all logistics processes through independent validators.Frank ...
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WFS adds new Copenhagen pharma facility
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to invest in a new pharma facility at Copenhagen Airport.Construction of the new facility will begin in April and the new building will cover an area of 1,500 sq m and will provide end-to-end handling in a temperature-controlled environment for 2-8°C pharma products ...
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Emirates says farewell to the A380 production line with a final 14 order
As Airbus announced that it will end the production of its A380 series, the European plane maker reached agreement with Middle East carrier Emirates on outstanding A380 deliveries.The Dubai-based airline will receive 14 more A380s from 2019 until the end of 2021, taking its total A380 order book to 123 ...
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AEI receives FAA certification for B737-800SF
Passenger to freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the passenger-to-freighter conversion of B737-800 aircraft.The prototype B737-800SF freighter conversion was completed in December, but experienced a delay in certification due to the partial US government shutdown in January ...
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B&H Worldwide signs MOU with Compass Forwarding
B&H Worldwide has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-headquartered Compass Forwarding, a logistics provider specializing in aerospace.This expansion of their existing partnership will enhance global coverage for both parties. B&H has nine strategically located offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.Compass provides additional coverage in six locations between its ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes fall 4.3% in January
Cargo was the poor performer at Frankfurt airport in January, the only sector to register a decline versus the same month in 2018.Airfreight and airmail at the German airport, Europe's largest cargo hub, posted a 4.3% decline in January to 163,332 tonnes.A spokesperson for the airport's owner, Fraport, said: "Decisive ...
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SF Airlines boosts cargo fleet to 52 freighters
SF Airlines the rapidly-expanding Chinese express operator, has taken delivery of its 52nd freighter, with the arrival of a converted B757-200F earlier this week.It is the second freighter that the division of Chinese parcels giant SF Express has added to its fleet since the beginning of 2019. In late January, ...
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STAR Capital swoops on ASL Aviation
European fund manager STAR Capital Partnership LLP has signed an agreement to acquire aircraft operator ASL Aviation Holdings.Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, ASL Holdings is a global aviation services provider with operations on six continents. In 2016, it expanded its fleet through the acquisition of TNT's fleet of aircraft when the ...
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Brussels approves Virgin Atlantic acquisition by Air-France-KLM, Delta and Virgin Group
The European Commission in Brussels has approved the proposed acquisition of joint control over Virgin Atlantic by Air France-KLM, Delta and the Virgin Group.The Commission, which had launched an investigation of the deal under European Union Merger Regulation, concluded that the transaction “would raise no competition concerns” in the European ...
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Lufthansa freighters find that Valentine's Day roses grow on EU
Lufthansa Cargo is to transport 900 tonnes of roses to Europe for Valentine’s Day.To serve the especially high import demand around Valentine’s Day, Lufthansa Cargo transport will transport 900 tonnes of the long-stemmed flowers on the Quito–Frankfurt, Bogotá–Frankfurt and Nairobi–Frankfurt routes this year – equivalent to some 10m individual roses.The ...
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CHAMP Cargosystems launches EmissionsCalculator solution
CHAMP Cargosystems has launched ian EmissionsCalculator to help airlines, shippers and forwarders measure accurately their supply chain emissionsThe calculator leverages information flowing through CHAMP's IT solutions and from third-parties to provide a breakdown of emissions by flight or air waybill number. It reports on the key greenhouse gasses of carbon ...
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Global connections continue to grow
The world continues to grow increasingly connected despite rising anti-globalisation sentiment.The fifth edition of the DHL Global Connectedness Index (2018) shows that flows of trade, capital, information and people across national borders all increased significantly for the first time since 2007.The report, which was completed by the New York University ...
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Going Dutch, a former KLM B747 has retired to take its place in aviation history
A former KLM Boeing 747 passenger jet has arrived in the garden of the Corendon Village Hotel in the Netherlands after a five-day transport from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. The 30-year old former KLM 'City of Bangkok'aircraft will be converted into a 5D-experience about the B747 and the history of aviation ...
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Slow start for UK cargo hubs
London's Heathrow airport saw a 1.8% fall in cargo volumes during January to 130,700 tonnes but was not alone among UK gateways as Manchester and London Stansted also registered monthly declines, while express hub East Midlands Airport bucked the downward trend.Heathrow’s best performing markets for cargo were Africa, with growth ...
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B&H lands Apex Aero for aircraft parts logistics
Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has signed a three year warehousing deal with UK-headquartered Apex Aero, a specialist in parts supply for Airbus and Boeing aircraft.B&H will handle all forward stocking location (FSL) services for Apex Aero through its climate-controlled warehouse at London Heathrow.From there, the parts will be shipped ...