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Krosch in new role at time:matters Group
Lars Krosch will from January 2019 take on the role managing director and chief operating officer (COO) at the time:matters Group, with responsibility for operations and finance at the Lufthansa-owned time critical logistics operator.Krosch, previously vice president sales and product development at time:matters, has gained extensive management experience in various ...
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Cargolux adds TransPac freighter between Hong Kong and Mexico
European freighter airline Cargolux has launched a Boeing 747F transpacific service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Mexico City (MEX).The twice weekly connection has flights leaving Hong Kong on Saturdays and Mondays to arrive in the Mexican capital on Sundays and Tuesdays. The Monday flight will also include a stopover in ...
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Air cargo growth expected to weaken in 2019
Air cargo market growth is expected to continue to soften in 2019 with a slowdown in world trade predicted to hit volume and yield performance.In its annual market update, airline association IATA said that it expects cargo volumes to grow by 4.1% to 63.7m tonnes this year but improvements will ...
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Amazon Air continues expansion with regional hub development in Dallas
Amazon Air is continuing to expand its network with the development of a regional hub in Dallas, announced just days after it revealed an expansion of facilities in Chicago.The e-commerce firm yesterday announced that it had begun work on new facility at Fort Worth Alliance Airport as part of its ...
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Heathrow's third runway, not yet a piece of cake
Great British Bake Off 2016 winner Candice Brown and food artist Michele Wibowo unveiled a 50kg gingerbread model of Heathrow airport created to surprise travelling passengers this Christmas.The hand-made creation required ten people to install, took more than 200 hours to make, features over 1,000 gingerbread pieces and measures 40 ...
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Cargolux and Panalpina, rallying data for Cargo iQ's collaborative challenge
Freighter airline Cargolux and global forwarder Panalpina have won the first stage of Cargo iQ’s Q Rally challenge after working together to boost data quality and performance at Luxembourg Airport.The Cargo iQ initiative by the IATA quality standards interest group challenges its members to work together in collecting data which ...
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Going green with cardboard pallets
Environmental concerns and a drive for lower cost logistics have seen increased demand for airfreight pallets made of recyclable corrugated cardboard.Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management company, Jettainer, has entered into a sales partnership with German start-up trilatec for its squAIR-timber paper-based product.The ‘paper beams’ using squAIR timber are up to 80% ...
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Cargo volume decline at Frankfurt in November
Monthly freight volume was the only sector to show a decline at Frankfurt airport in November 2018, a response to "the growing uncertainty in global trade" said the hub's owner and manager, Fraport.Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) fell by 2.1% to around 196,537 tonnes last month compared with the same ...
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Amazon Air to expand Chicago Rockford operation
Amazon Air is expanding its presence at Chicago Rockford International (RFD) as it looks to add extra capacity at the Illinois hub.The airport confirmed reports that the expansion will see the e-commerce firm increase the 72,000 sq ft facility it has been working out of at the airport over the ...
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Santa's little helper, a Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 festive freighter
Lufthansa Cargo is running seven exclusive charter flights between Frankfurt and New York to deal with peak season e-commerce demand.The German flag carrier has once again expanded its festive freighter capacity in cooperation with Deutsche Post, operating a weekly MD-11F from mid-November until January 3 on the Frankfurt–JFK route.Said a ...
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Smart business: Hong Kong airport and Alibaba building a world class hub
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and e-commerce giant Alibaba have expressed their commitment to work closely on a Smart Logistics Hub at the world’s largest cargo gateway.In June this year, a joint venture led by Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, was awarded the right to develop and ...
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UK supply chain sector demands 'certainty and direction' on Brexit as prime minister faces leadership contest
The UK's supply chain sector is calling for "certainty and direction" as the country's prime minister faces a vote of confidence that could potentially delay Brexit if she loses.Earlier today the Conservative party announced that it would hold a confidence vote in prime minister Theresa May after enough party rebels, ...
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November chill for UK airport cargo volumes
A number of UK airports saw a fall in cargo volumes in November compared with the same month in 2017.Heathrow handled 138,291 tonnes of cargo in November, a 6% decline on 2017's like month, although volumes for Brazil, China and Turkey “performed strongly”.There were mixed results for the three UK ...
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AEI receives Transport Canada approval for CRJ200 SF conversion
Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has received Transport Canada approval for its CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion.The Transport Canada approval (SA18-130) allows for the operation of Canadian registered CRJ200 SF freighters, which have a capacity for up to 6.6 tonnes of cargo.At the end of 2016, AEI received the original supplemental type ...
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Saudia Cargo transports 58 cars as part of the Formula E racing series
Saudia Cargo transported 58 cars to Riyadh from around Europe for the FIA Formula-E championship.Saudia, for the first time, is sponsoring the season opening race for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship that will be held, also for the first time, in the historic city of Ad Diriyah, located on ...
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Tristan Koch joins Coyne Airways
Coyne Airways has appointed Tristan Koch as its new managing director, joining in January 2019 to support the all-cargo carrier’s global expansion plans.Koch has over 18 years experience in the air cargo industry, including senior roles at British Airways, and most recently American Airlines, where he was managing director cargo ...
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Etihad Cargo expands Spanish network with Barcelona bellyhold flights
Etihad has expanded its cargo capacity operating in the Spanish market as it looks to cater for the fashion, perishable, pharma and automotive markets in the country.In late November, the airline added a five-times-per week Airbus A330 service with 16 tons of bellyhold capacity.This operates alongside its daily Beoing 787 ...
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Amazon Air predicted to increasingly hit FedEx/UPS revenues
A report from investment bank Morgan Stanley has warned that the market is underestimating the risk that Amazon's air network poses to UPS and FedEx.The report suggests that Amazon's network is already having an impact on the two integrator's air volumes, with more erosion expected as services are expanded further.It ...
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Volga-Dnepr to base An-124 at new Houston operations base
Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) has opened an operations base at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport with an An-124-100 aircraft based at the hub and sector specialists.The base is an expansion of the VDG’s sales office, which was established in Houston in 2001.The move will ensure the airline’s customers in the Americas, ...
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Freightbase adds 'quick quote app'
Logistics database Freightabase has launched the ‘Quick Quote’ functionality of its website as a standalone app.The ‘Quick Quote’ section of the website allows cargo owners and freight forwarders to quickly obtain quotations.The team behind the site, launched in September, wanted to give users “even greater accessibility to obtain quotations from ...