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Amazon reports record holiday season
E-commerce giant Amazon, which is expanding its freighter fleet, had a record-breaking holiday season with more items ordered worldwide than ever before, although it did not provide total figures.Amazon customers shopped at record levels, it said, "from a wide selection of products across every department, discovering top holiday gifts and ...
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European shippers want 'no-deal' Brexit transition period
The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has called for a transitional period until December 2020 if the UK leaves the European Union in March without a trade deal in place. It hopes this will allow governments as well as companies time to finalise their preparation.If the present Brexit withdrawal agreement does ...
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Air Cargo News' most read in 2018
With 2019 already underway, the Air Cargo News editorial team decided that now would be an opportune moment to review which stories had proved to be most popular with our readers over the last 12 months.It has been a record year for the Air Cargo News website, with page views ...
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Tariff war takes its toll in November as air cargo volumes decline
Air cargo volumes for November bucked normal seasonal trends and declined compared with October levels.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that there was a 1.4% year-on-year (YoY) decline in cargo volumes in November, but more surprisingly there was a slip of 2% compared with October.Usually air cargo demand increases ...
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Saudia Cargo transports equipment for cultural event
Saudi Airlines Cargo contributed to the 33rd National Festival for Heritage and Culture (Janadriyah - 33) by transporting equipment for the inauguration ceremony on December 20, organised by the Ministry of National Guard.Saudia Cargo shipped 60 tons of equipment, tools, screens, and cables from Châlons Vatry International Airport, France, to ...
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SF Airlines adds freighter 50 and launches Bangkok route
On December 21 Chinese express carrier SF Airlines added its fiftieth freighter, shortly after adding number 49.The airline said that the delivery of a Boeing 757-200 converted freighter marked an important milestone as it officially becomes a medium-sized airline.In recent years, SF Airlines, which only started operations in 2009, has ...
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Consumers are willing to pay a premium for supply chain visibility
Supply chain visibility and social responsibility: A new study from MIT Sloan School finds consumers are willing to pay a premium for supply chain visibilityResearch has implications for how firms message their efforts to target customersCompanies from Patagonia to Nike and Levi’s are leading the charge on social responsibility and ...
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Air cargo faces these four logistics challenges in 2019
Air Cargo Faces These Four Logistics Challenges in 2019By Jos Nuijten, Vice President, Network Integration Strategy, DescartesMany factors have combined to create an optimistic yet challenging climate for the air cargo industry. One of these is the continued growth of e-commerce globally, which has had a profound impact on the ...
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Drones: How the world's airspace will change in 2019
How the World's Airspace will Change in 2019* By Bill Goodwin, General Counsel at AirMap In the past five years, the drone industry has seen impressive growth around the globe.Both the public and private sectors have leveraged unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in countless ways, whether to improve public safety surveillance ...
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VINCI to pay £2.9bn for 50.1% stake in Gatwick Airport
VINCI Airports has signed an agreement valued at £2.9bn to acquire a 50.01% stake in the UK’s Gatwick Airport Ltd.The purchase from current shareholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is expected to complete in the first half of 2019.The other 49.99% in Gatwick will be managed by GIP, an independent infrastructure ...
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Etihad's Abdulla Mohamed Shadid on the carrier's transformation
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid, managing director cargo and logistics at Etihad Aviation Group, provides an analysis of 2018 events and a foretaste of 2019 at the the Middle East carrier.The last 12 months have witnessed record yields not seen in our industry in over a decade, combined with volume growth on ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn hails new freighter routes to China
Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport reported that it has seen a 58.4% increase in freight volumes from January to October 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.Frankfurt-Hahn, in which China's HNA Airport Group has a majority stake, handled around 127,000 tons of freight in 2017.The federal state of Hesse holds 17.5%.A ...
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Air France KLM Cargo expands myCargo platform
Air France KLM Cargo has expanded its myCargo customer platform with the ability to make instant 24/7 bookings of up to four tonnes and also it can now also handle pharma shipments.The airline said it had also launched an API (Application Programming Interface) capability to enable customers to directly connect ...
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Gatwick Airport flights re-start after drone causes chaos
The UK's Gatwick Airport said that flights were beginning to get underway this morning after drone activity caused the airport to close yesterday.The airport said that the runway opened at 6am and it expected 765 arrivals and departures today, although delays are expected throughout the day.Meanwhile, the drone operator has ...
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Saudi Cargo's Cirque du soleil freighter flights
Saudi Airlines Cargo recently transported 400 tons of equipment and supplies for the international event Cirque du soleil on four B747-400 freighter flights.The equipment was flown from Zagreb, Croatia, to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where the circus show is taking place from December 17-29.Saudia Cargo’s chief executive, Omar Talal Hariri, ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Peak season starts to tail off in November
European airlines saw air cargo demand tail off in November as the peak season started to wind down.November’s monthly statistics show that Lufthansa, Air France KLM, IAG and Finnair all saw cargo traffic in November decline compared with a month earlier, although this reflects usual seasonal trends for carriers in ...
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American Airlines gets its teeth into beef from Argentina
American Airlines Cargo continued to move an increasingly wide range of seasonal foods by air as worldwide Christmas and New Year celebrations begin.This month, the carrier brought nearly 14,000 lbs (6.4 tonnes) of one of the most sought-after entrees, Argentine beef, from Argentina to Miami, after restrictions on its transport ...
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Saudia Cargo hopes to capitalise on new India passenger flight
Saudi Airlines Cargo is offering 60 tons of cargo capacity per week to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in the Indian state of Kerala following the launch of daily passenger flights to the hub.Saudia Cargo chief executive Omar Hariri said the cargo business is doing its best to support the agricultural ...
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Gatwick update: Flights cancelled up to at least 1600 today
Media statement as of 13:45 Thursday 20th December:Gatwick Airport’s runway remains unavailable because of drone sightings. We have advised all airlines to cancel flights up to at least 16:00 this afternoon, while keeping the situation under constant review.There is significant disruption at Gatwick and our terminals are extremely busy. We ...
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Cargo equipment specialists ALS and Goldhofer join forces with Dubai office
Germany-based cargo equipment specialist Goldhofer Airport Technology has opened a sales and service center in Dubai in collaboration with cargo handling supplier ALS Logistic Solutions.The decision is based on a long-term relationship between the two companies and in response to increased demand for internal airport logistics in the Middle East ...