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WFS appoints Watson to commercial cargo VP role
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Duncan Watson as vice president – group commercial cargo.In his new role, Watson is based at WFS’ head office in Roissy, Paris, and reports to Barry Nassberg, group chief commercial officer.He brings some 30 years of experience and expertise to WFS, having ...
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Emirates SkyCargo reaches Cargo iQ milestone
Emirates SkyCargo has monitored nearly 823,000 shipments using Cargo iQ guidelines in the first six months since it received certification.According to data published by Cargo iQ, Emirates SkyCargo is one of the largest air cargo carriers for the total number of shipments tracked using Cargo iQ metrics and the carrier ...
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Damco profits focus sees Q3 airfreight revenues and volumes down
Damco, the logistics arm of Danish shipping giant Maersk, saw 2018 third quarter (Q3) airfreight revenues decrease 2.6% to $152m, with reduced volumes of 9.1% to 46,000 tonnes.The interim Q3 report said that the falls were "mostly through customer deselection and industry challenges in the fashion and consumer vertical out ...
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Atlas signs pilot agreement with Ameriflight while unions continue to warn of staff shortages
Atlas Air and Southern Air have entered into a pilot pathway agreement with Ameriflight that guarantees qualified pilots from the cargo airline an interview with the lessors.Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas and Southern, said that the agreement would give Ameriflight pilots an opportunity for career progression.“We are pleased ...
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Pacific Air Cargo adds sixth daily flight to Honolulu-Los Angeles schedule
Hawaii-based freighter operator Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has added a year-round sixth flight to its scheduled five times a week Los Angeles-Honolulu-Los Angeles service.The Monday-Saturday B747-400F flights depart Los Angeles 02:30, arrive Honolulu 06:00, and then depart Honolulu 14:30 to arrive Los Angeles 22:30.PAC chief executive Tanja Janfruechte said: “It ...
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Puppy Louie is on Kenya Airways' inaugural flight from JFK to Nairobi
Kenya Airways has launched its first non-stop service between JFK New York and JKIA–Nairobi, making it the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and the US.The airline already serves Africa, Europe, Middle-East, Indian sub-continent and Asia. The opening of the US destination completes an "essential piece" ...
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ECS appoints Krug as regional manager for Asia
ESC has appointed Jochen Krug as regional manager for Asia as the company continues to target expansion in the region.The GSSA said that Krug has more than 30 years of experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for several major groups, including Kuehne+Nagel, Schenker, Senator International Logistics and JH ...
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Forwarder Flexport expands management team
Freight forwarder Flexport has appointed three new people to its management team as it looks to continue to grow.Sudhanshu Priyadarshi has been appointed chief financial officer, Huey Lin is president of Asia, and Jeff Thomas as chief marketing officer.Priyadarshi will lead all financial operations for the company. He has more ...
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Top dog Air France KLM is the cat's whiskers for pet transport
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) emerged as a prize winner at the Annual International Pet and Animal Association (IPATA) conference in Melbourne. AFKLMP Cargo won the most votes in the Best Pet Shipping Airline for Asia & Oceania category.Gerald Bergkamp, director specialties at AFKLMP Cargo, said: “We are ...
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Amazon takes delivery of final freighter and reports suggest it could be looking for more
Atlas Air has delivered its twentieth and final freighter to Amazon as part of its deal to operate a dedicated fleet for the e-commerce giant, while reports suggest more could be on the way.The Boeing 767-300 converted freighter, which bears tail number N1487A, entered into Amazon’s domestic air network Prime ...
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CEVA earnings hit by Italian contract logistics problems
CEVA Logistics saw 2018 third quarter (Q3) and year to date (YTD) revenues hit by problems at its Italian contract logistics arm.CEVA, whose board rejected a $1.5bn takeover approach by Danish logistics operator DSV in mid-October, reported adjusted EBITDA of $55m for Q3 and $198m YTD, down $27m and $8m ...
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Geodis launches online price benchmarking platform
Freight forwarder Geodis has launched an online market place that will allow users to compare and benchmark carrier prices by tradelane.The online platform, named Upply, will initially offer users the ability to benchmark their road, air and sea rates by searching trade lanes individually, or automatically by uploading a range ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation network
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of QEP (Qualified Envirotainer Provider) accredited stations for handling pharmaceutical products.It has received QEP accreditation at 15 new stations, including: Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf , Budapest, San Francisco.Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has ...
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DHL's Resilience360 supply chain platform bags $21m venture capital investment
Resilience360, DHL’s cloud-based supply chain risk management platform, is to receive a $21m investment from Columbia Capital.A joint statement said that the US-based venture capital group has a long history of investing in and scaling “high growth and disruptive technology companies”.Columbia Capital’s team will take an active role “in pursuing ...
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Ethiopian takes delivery of eighth B777 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 777 freighter aircraft after it arrived at the African carrier's Bole International Airport home base.Ethiopian Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: “The new aircraft will help us bolster our leading role in cargo operation in Africa and beyond, ...
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To boldly go: Volga-Dnepr and Bolloré deliver module for space programme
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and forwarding partner Bolloré Logistics have delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for a programme that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit in 2022.The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, ...
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Investigation team reveal extent of damage sustained by Sky Lease B747 freighter
The investigation into last week’s runway overrun by a Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter is underway (see images below).The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) launched its investigation into the incident on Runway 14 at Halifax Stanfield last week and has revealed the extent of damage to the aircraft.The ...
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ATSG completes Omni Air acquisition
ATSG has completed the previously announced acquisition of Omni Air International LLC (Omni Air), a passenger ACMI and charter services provider, for $845m.Omni Air, founded in 1993 and with a fleet of 13 passenger aircraft, a mix of Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 extended range units, serves the US and ...
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Agility sees revenues improve on strong airfreight performance
Strong airfreight performance helped drive a 10% increase in third-quarter revenues at Kuwait-headquartered logistics firm Agility.The company saw total revenues for the period reach KD394.4m ($1.3bn), while earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) was up 14.8% year on year to KD39.2m and net profits reached KD20m, up 12.3% ...
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Halifax Stanfield re-opens after SkyLease 747 freighter overruns the runway
Halifax Stanfield Airfield has re-opened after a Boeing 747-400 freighter operated by SkyLease came off the runway early this morning.The airport said the incident occurred at 5.05am local time when the aircraft (Flight KKE 4854/Reg 908AR) came in to land from Chicago, going off the end of runway 14/32.The aircraft ...