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Africa: sprinting ahead of the pack
Africa has some of the strongest economic growth in the world, with six countries from the continent among the world’s ten fastest growing, according to the all-cargo carrier Cargolux.The Luxembourg-based airline's remarks come ahead of the Air Cargo Africa 2015 exhibition and conference in Ekurhuleni, South Africa.In 2013, trade in ...
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Swiss signs quality deal with handlers
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with ground handlers Cargologic and SATS to boost service standards and information flow between Singapore and Switzerland.The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines wants to intensify collaboration in areas such as quality, e-initiatives, temperature-controlled transport and specialised handling.The MoU, signed in ...
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Ethiopian Cargo adds Brussels B777F quartet
Ethiopian Cargo has returned to Brussels airport with four B777 freighters per week to Addis Ababa.The freighters will provide onward connections out of Africa, direct to Dubai, Shanghai and Hong Kong.The flights will carry mainly flowers, while exports will be general freight. Kuehne & Nagel and DHL Starbroker have actively ...
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Centurion promises Latin link to Schiphol
Miami-based freighter operator Centurion Cargo is promising a four-times-a-week service from the US and Latin America to Amsterdam Schiphol from February 19. The route will be operated by 747-400 nose-loading freighters.Founded in 1985 as Challenge Air Cargo – it changed its name in 2001 – Centurion operates a fleet of ...
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FlyUs is Aeroflot GSSA in Central America
Dutch-headquartered FlyUs will be Aeroflot’s cargo GSSA in six countries across Central America.FlyUs will represent the Russian national carrier in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.It will sell capacity on Aeroflot’s four times weekly A330-200 flight between Moscow and Miami in Florida, with the offline cargo being ...
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UPS helps keep in the cold
UPS has expanded its Temperature True Packaging service to include expert consultation, package procurement and four new off-the-shelf packaging lines.Each of the latter has been engineered and tested by the manufacturer for use in the express parcel giant’s US domestic network.Specialist staff help customers select and procure the right cold-chain ...
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Roses are green?
A study shows that flying roses from far flung warmer countries generates less CO2 than the artificial irrigation and additional heat supply that would be required to cultivate them in Europe’s cold climate.That is the view of Lufthansa Cargo as it prepares for the Valentine’s Day rush on February 14.Lufthansa’s ...
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Africa: New challengers for the cargo king's crown
The domination of the regional air cargo market by non-African carriers, such as Air France-KLM, Emirates and Lufthansa, and by South African Airways, is still strong, but over the past decade two African carriers have risen to challenge them: Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.South African Airways (SAA) was once the ...