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Cathay Pacific to offer additional frequencies in Europe and Asia
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific is to add additional frequencies to its Adelaide, Frankfurt, Madrid and Tokyo passenger services.A sixth weekly frequency is to be added to the airline’s Adelaide link. The extra frequency, to be operated from October 28, will be flown by Airbus A330-300 aircraft.Currently served daily from ...
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Yusen Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma certification at Kansai
Yusen Logistics is the first Japanese airfreight forwarder at Kansai International Airport to be certified for IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma).Yusen Logistics stated: “As a part of its strategy to turn Kansai International Airport into an international cargo hub, Kansai Airports is in ...
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A400M delivers relief supplies to Palu
The Airbus Foundation, the Indonesian Government and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) collaborated to send a humanitarian aid flight into Palu to help victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated the Indonesian city.A RMAF Airbus A400M, which flew into Jakarta’s Halim Air Base, delivered emergency relief supplies ...
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Cargo flying high at Brussels in September
Cargo volumes passing through Brussels Airport increased by 2.5% in September compared to the same month last year.A total of 58,051 tons of cargo (trucked and flown) passed through the Belgian capital’s main gateway last month.Of the three components of flown cargo volumes, full-freighter volumes were up by 9.5% year ...
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United approves CSafe’s RAP temperature-controlled container
United Cargo has approved the CSafe RAP temperature-controlled container for the shipping of pharmaceuticals and other life science commodities across its network under its specialised TempControl product.CSafe’s RAP container makes use of heating and compressor-driven cooling technologies, along with effective insulation, to maintain constant temperatures within the ULD even at ...
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Air Europa launches dedicated cargo operation
Spanish carrier Air Europa is to offer a new global airfreight product under its own wing from November 1.The airline's cargo service is currently outsourced, but it is now establishing its own Air Europa Cargo business.The airline said that it will “directly manage a network of air cargo terminals and ...
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ULD stickers highlight the need to handle with care
Air cargo industry leaders have pledged their support to advance best practices in handling unit load devices (ULDs), a vital piece of vulnerable equipment in the airfreight supply chain.According to IATA, there are some 900,000 ULDs in circulation with a replacement cost of more than $1bn and an annual damage ...
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Delta Cargo to extend Bluetooth tracking capability
Delta Cargo will expand its ULD Bluetooth tracking capability to businesses based off-airport from early next year.The US freight carrier began offering real-time Bluetooth-based tracking of its ULDs from select on-airport warehouses earlier this year, but the expansion to cargo customers’ own facilities represents a significant extension to the service.Customers ...
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Peli BioThermal opens service centres in Basel and Berlin
Temperature-controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal has opened service centres in Basel and Berlin to support the global pharmaceuticals business.The Basel and Berlin service centres will enable global Peli BioThermal clients to receive and return reusable Credo packaging in the two cities, both important locations for pharmaceutical manufacturing and shipping.The new ...
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GLS Hong Kong opts for EFDI as its EzyCargo distributor in India
Global Logistics System (HK) (GLS Hong Kong) has teamed up with Electronic Freight Data Interchange (EFDI) to distribute and support its EzyCargo cargo community platform in India.EFDI provides connectivity to 79 international carriers, Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) and the US Automated Customs Environment (ACE).Under the GLS deal, EFDI will ...
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dnata granted GDP certification at Zurich
Ground handler dnata has been awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for pharma handling at the company’s facility in Zurich, Switzerland.Dubai-headquartered dnata “completely refurbished” one of its Zurich Airport warehouses, while also making “significant enhancements to its quality systems, operations documentation and facilities management practices”.The European Commission’s GDP certification relates ...
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Mixed picture for Finnair Cargo
Finnair Cargo has revealed a mixed picture after releasing its traffic figures for September and the first nine months of this year,.In September, the Helsinki-based airfreight carrier carried 14,468.5 tonnes of freight, down by 4.8% on the same month of 2017.In terms of traffic, the number of revenue tonne-km flown ...
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China's Uni-top to fly to Dubai with a B747 freighter
Chinese freighter operator Uni-top Airlines is to inaugurate a service connecting Kunming, China, with the Middle Eastern gateway of Dubai.The link is expected to operate three times a week with a Boeing 747-200 freighter.Formally established in 2007, Wuhan-headquartered Uni-top took delivery of its first aircraft (a B747-200SF) in 2009 but ...
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Single pilot study fails to take-off in FAA's Reauthorization Bill
A study into single pilot aircraft operations has not been included in a Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill signed by President Donald Trump and passed by Congress.The exclusion of the study from the FAA’s five year policy extension was welcomed by the US-based Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA).CAPA president ...
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Jota to launch freighter operations with four BAe 146-300 QTs
UK-based Jota Aviation, with its hub at London Southend Airport, is to begin BAe 146-300 QT freighter operations this month (October).The four ex-ASL Spain aircraft are set to enter the long-term ACMI and ad-hoc charter market.The BAe 146-300 QTs complement Jota's existing passenger fleet of BAe 146/Avro RJ aircraft.Jota Aviation ...
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Wardle appointed head of digital and distribution at Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Suzy Wardle has been appointed head of digital and distribution at Virgin Atlantic Cargo.In this new role, Wardle will be responsible for delivering the airline’s digitisation programme which will allow customers to "interact in new and innovative ways, enable greater partnership integration and drive simplification throughout the business," said a ...
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ACI: airfreight slowdown continues
The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) indicate a slowdown in freight growth in June, with increasing protectionism and the ongoing trade war between the US and China – the world’s main markets for air cargo – likely to maintain the downward trend.Angela Gittens, ACI World director general, said: ...
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FloatPac: flushing facility for fresher fish
FloatPac is developing a new bin flushing capability that will enhance both the welfare and quality of live fish in transit.Peter Rankin, a marine biologist with the Australian firm, noted that while it is possible to manage the water in a holding tank prior to transport, access during a flight ...
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MABkargo meets special request for urgent oil and gas charter
MABkargo, the freight-carrying arm of Malaysia Airlines, has flown a shipment of oil well parts from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei.The charter flight used an Airbus A330-200 freighter to move the urgently needed items.“The oil and gas industry’s charters have always been very challenging and more often ...
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Turkish Cargo carries big cats to Istanbul
Turkish Cargo has transported several wild animals from the Biopark ŠTÍT breeding facility in Prague to Istanbul.The four tigers, three lions, three cheetahs, two lynxes and one cougar were accompanied by their keepers and veterinarians. In addition, Turkish Cargo staff certified under IATA’s Live Animals Regulations joined the predators on ...