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UK CMA opens up investigation into Atlantic Joint Business Agreement
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an investigation into the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement (AJBA).Four airlines are currently signed up to the AJBA: American Airlines, British Airways (part of International Airlines Group, or IAG), Iberia (also part of IAG) and Finnair.The case is at an early stage ...
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Panama Canal growth pushes cargo from air to sea
Panama’s air cargo industry has lost market share to ocean transport as a result of increases in the use of the Panama Canal port,s and the trend is expected to continue as the transport artery is widened.Speaking at the Air and Sea Cargo Americas event in Miami, Copa Airlines senior ...
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CEVA board rejects unsolicited takeover bid
CEVA Logistics' board of directors has rejected an unsolicited non-binding proposal to acquire the company at the price of CHF27.75 per share in cash, valuing the company at around $1.5bn. The bidder was later revealed to be Denmark's DSV.The board of the Switzerland-headquartered supply chain giant "carefully reviewed" the proposal ...
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Ancra to provide loading system for Sine Draco A321 freighter conversion
Ancra International will provide its cargo loading system for the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme (A321 SDF) by Sine Draco Aviation Technology.Sine Draco, which announced its development of the A321SDF earlier this year, specialises in developing, managing and executing large-scale aviation projects, including aircraft design, modification, certification and investment management.Ed ...
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UPS expands coverage of My Choice capability
UPS is now offering its My Choice service in Africa, the Asia Pacific region, the Indian Sub-continent, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Oceania.My Choice allows users to control delivery dates and locations.The service includes actionable text alerts in many countries and territories. And in countries where ...
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DSV confirms it made a rejected bid approach to CEVA Logistics
Denmark-headquartered logistics operator DSV has confirmed that it made a takeover bid approach to CEVA Logistics, an offer that was rejected by the CEVA board.In a statement, DSV said: “In response to CEVA Logistics AG’s announcement this morning, DSV A/S can confirm that it has made a private proposal to ...
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AFKLMP Cargo flies old Morane-Saulnier monoplane to Réunion
Air France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo has transported a vintage, World War One-era Morane-Saulnier H aircraft to Saint-Denis Roland Garros Airport on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.The carrier flew the delicate cargo aboard one of its Boeing 777 freighters.AFKLMP marked exactly 100 years since the death of ...
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Amazon Air lands at Miami
Amazon Air has launched a twice daily Prime Air-branded Boeing 767-300F service through Miami International Airport (MIA).The service, connecting the Florida gateway to other airports across the US, is operated by Atlas Air Worldwide.A facility at MIA sorts the Amazon packages prior to their flight out on the Atlas freighters.Lester ...
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Emirates SkyCargo marks two-year freighter anniversary in Oslo
Emirates SkyCargo has celebrated two years of operating Boeing 777 freighter services to Oslo airport, the fast growing north European perishables hub for fish shipments.In 2017, Oslo Airport was the fastest growing cargo airport in Europe with a 36% year-on-year increase to 185,000 tons, of which 90,000 tons were seafood.Dubai-based ...
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Heathrow cargo volumes rise in September
London Heathrow Airport saw its cargo volumes rise by 1.2% in September compared to the same month of last year, reaching 142,343 tonnes.Heathrow also saw its August year on year cargo volumes rise by 1.2%.Traffic routeing through the key market of North America experienced particularly good growth last month – ...
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Turkish Cargo flies into Stansted
Turkish Cargo has launched an all-cargo connection linking its Istanbul hub to London Stansted Airport.The three times a week Airbus A330 freighter service flies into Stansted on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.Different routes are operated on different flights, taking in way points such as Johannesburg in South Africa, Nairobi in Kenya, ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers humanitarian cargo to Indonesia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia to support the international humanitarian mission dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi Island at the end of September.The flight was performed by one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Châlon Vatry ...
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BUD airport links up with HAM and DUS to connect differently
Second-tier hubs Budapest (BUD), Düsseldorf (DUS) and Hamburg (HAM) airports have joined forces to promote their cargo operations under the slogan 'Connect Differently'.The niche European trio are all investing in new facilities and equipment, as cargo volumes at the three airports continue to grow.Budapest Airport in Hungary last month started ...
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ABC flies 40 Maseratis from Milan to Port Moresby
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has flown two Boeing 747-8F charter flights from Milan to Port Moresby carrying 40 new Maserati Quattroporte cars on behalf of freight forwarder Agility Logistics (Italy).The cars will be used to carry attendees at this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2018 forum, being held in New Guinea.Twenty ...
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Fly Express, a piece of cake for Saudia Cargo
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched Fly Express, offering high priority express delivery for urgent international shipments.The new service offers customers high priority status for shipments that can be accepted three hours prior to the scheduled time of departure, alongside quick handling procedures at arrival.Fly Express, said the Middle East carrier, ...
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Saudia to boost connectivity on select long-haul routes
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is to add further frequencies on its passenger services to Singapore, Los Angeles (LA) and Abu Dhabi.The airline currently flies three times a week to Singapore from Jeddah, but this frequency will increase to four times a week from October 29 this year.The carrier’s Singapore connection ...
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Air Italy continues to make changes at the top
Air Italy, 49% owned by Qatar Airways, has made further changes to its senior management team.Elisabeth Milton has been appointed vice president sales and distribution, Nicola Pozzati has been appointed chief human resources and organization officer, and Simona Paccioretti has been appointed head of internal audit.Air Italy confirmed last week ...
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Ground transportation in a spin due to e-commerce and digitisation
Global freight transport is “the definition of volatility”, but the ground logistics sector is “undergoing change that far exceeds the norms of regular market fluctuation”.That is the main finding of a special report produced by DHL Supply Chain, The Logistics Transport Evolution: The Road Ahead.The evolution in the transport sector ...
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Reauthorised FAA legislation has “significant importance” for forwarders
The US Airforwarders Association (AfA) has welcomed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, which contains legislation of “significant importance to the forwarding industry”.The Act, passed by Congress, incorporates “specific air cargo provisions that turn prior initiatives and ideas into required mandates” said the AfA.Known as H.R.302, the legislation includes ...
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SAS to add six new destinations next summer
SAS is to add six new passenger destinations to its network out of Scandinavia in its Summer 2019 schedule.Catania and Florence in Italy, Marseille in France, Cornwall Newquay in the UK, Szczecin in Poland and Antalya in Turkey will be added.A total of 17 new direct routes will be created. ...