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NewsE-commerce bolsters Geodis capacity
Geodis is scoping out growth, while keeping hold of its freighter capacity as it benefits from strong e-commerce demand.Geodis will continue with its own-controlled freighter capacity until at least the end of the year.The freight forwarder’s leased Airbus A330-300P2F, operated by London Stansted-headquartered airline Titan Airways, is currently operating between ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo sees Valentine flower volumes blossom
Source: LATAM CargoThe LATAM Group's Valentine's season flower volumes grew rapidly this year as the carrier added extra capacity to cater for demand.The carrier group said that its flower volumes from Colombia and Ecuador to North America and Europe increased by 36% to 25,000 tonnes in the 21-day Valentine's season.The ...
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E-commerce continues to support air cargo growth
E-commerce was a boom vertical in the air cargo industry during the pandemic and demand has been a steady source of growth for airfreight companies since.Ahead of a more in-depth look at how the sector is evolving in our IATA WCS special issue, Air Cargo News spoke to FedEx and ...
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NewsUnsworth adds new UK MD
Thomas Kuehn. Source: UnsworthFreight forwarder Unsworth has appointed Thomas Kuehn as managing director of its UK business as the current incumbent, Richard Hogg, steps up to become group chief executive.Kuehn joins from World Transport Agency where he has been managing director for almost a decade.He also spent ten years at ...
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NewsMaersk weighs up DB Schenker bid
Source: ricochet64/Shutterstock.comShipping giant AP Moller Maersk says it would now consider making an offer for top-4 airfreight forwarder DB Schenker after previously dismissing the idea.Speaking after announcing its fourth-quarter results, chief executive Vincent Clerc said the company had now changed its mind on a possible bid for the forwarder given ...
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Lufthansa Cargo recovers after strike action
Lufthansa Cargo's operations at Frankfurt and Munich airports were recovering this morning after a strike by ground staff lasting over 24 hours came to an end.Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo undertook strike action organised by trade union Ver.di from 4am CET on Wednesday February ...
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DHL workers extend East Midlands Airport strike action
Workers at DHL's East Midlands Airport hub in the UK have announced they will add another 14 days of industrial action onto existing plans to down tools for 10 days.The first of the strikes, announced last week, is due to start tomorrow and will last for 10 days.However, this morning, ...
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NewsGebrüder Weiss continues North American expansion with Cargo-Link deal
Scott Ogden (L), Cargo-Link and Mark McCullough, Gebrüder Weiss. Source: Gebrüder WeissGebrüder Weiss has acquired freight forwarder Cargo-Link as part of efforts to expand its presence in North America.Family-owned Cargo-Link is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and offers air, sea and domestic forwarding services, as well as customs brokerage.As ...
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GlobalX prioritises passenger ops as CEO steps down
Global Crossing Airlines Group's (GlobalX) chief executive Edward Wegel will step down as chief executive and chairman, effective immediately.Chris Jamroz has been appointed executive chairman and Ryan Goepel has been appointed president. Goepel will also continue to serve as chief financial officer."While the Company continues its search for a successor, ...
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Neutral Air Partner and Cargo iQ tackle standards
Neutral Air Partner has launched a partnership with IATA interest group Cargo iQ to improve data visibility for customers.The two organisations seek to improve quality, efficiency and reliability in the air cargo sector.“Because of this new cooperation between Neutral Air Partner and Cargo iQ, we have jointly brought even more ...
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Lufthansa Cargo operations hit by strike
Lufthansa Cargo's operations in Frankfurt and Munich have been impacted due to a strike by ground staff lasting over 24 hours.Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo are undertaking strike action organised by trade union Ver.di from 4am CET today until 7.10am on Thursday.A Lufthansa Cargo ...
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Runway work restricts Maastricht's air cargo volumes in 2023
Maastricht Aachen Airport saw its air cargo volumes decline last year due to work being carried on its runway but registered "significant growth" in trucked freight volumes.The Dutch regional cargo airport last year saw its air cargo volumes decline 70% year on year to 32,275 metric tonnes.The airport said that ...
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NewsIATA sets out to show air cargo's worth at WCS
Brendan Sullivan. Source: IATA"Air cargo’s success matters" to the global economy is one of the key messages that IATA'S global head of cargo wants to share at the trade body's 2024 World Cargo Symposium (WCS).Brendan Sullivan has highlighted the importance of growth in the air cargo industry ahead of the ...
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Awery reports Red Sea-related rates rise
There are conflicting opinions about the extent to which the Red Sea shipping crisis is impacting airfreight, but airfreight rates have risen, according to Awery Aviation Software.Tristan Koch, chief commercial officer at Awery told Air Cargo News that the software company’s CargoBooking platform “has shown average rate increases of 10-50% ...
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NewsNew road targets improved San Juan cargo hub connectivity
Source: Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo CommunityLuis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) operator Aerostar Airport Holdings has invested in new road infrastructure to improve connectivity across the hub's cargo facilities.The operator invested $4.6m in the new road connecting cargo facilities at SJU, which currently handles over 90% of airfreight for ...
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Challenge Group adds another 747 freighter
Challenge Group has added a Boeing 747-400 freighter to its operations as it pushes ahead with plans to expand its fleet.The airline said that the addition of the extra aircraft demonstrated the group's "confidence in its vision for the future" and comes despite current market concerns about overcapacity.The additional aircraft ...
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NewsAvensis adds pallet loading for reversible A330 conversion
Source: AvensisAvensis Aviation has launched a new version of its Medius reversible conversion for Airbus A330s that speeds up the loading of aircraft.The Medius Evo utilises a cargo loading system (CLS) and custom narrow pallets that can be loaded onto the aircraft through the door rather than individual boxes being ...
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NewsDHL GF begins construction of Frankfurt Airport airfreight centre
Anke Giesen (left) Fraport, and Tobias Schmidt, DHL. Photo DHLConstruction has begun on DHL Global Forwarding's new airfreight centre at Frankfurt Airport.The forwarder expects to inaugurate the air cargo centre in mid-2025. Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has leased the property space to DHL Global Forwarding ...
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Pharma.Aero welcomes six new members
The addition of six new members will help air cargo organisation Pharma.Aero advance new projects aimed at improving life-science supply chains, the organisation said.The companies joining the group as full members are logistics firms DB Schenker and JAS, while airline MSC Air Cargo, tracking device provider OnAsset Intelligence and logistics ...
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Icelandair Group expects to turn round loss-making cargo division this year
Icelandair Group is expecting its cargo operation to return an operating profit over the course of this year, after recent poor results.The company says it has a “clear plan” to turn around the cargo division, which generated full-year revenues of $88.3m – a fall from the previous year’s $90.8m.“Profitability in ...