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    Pharma.Aero organisation doubles membership

    2017-04-19T13:46:28Z

    Air cargo pharma group Pharma.Aero has doubled its membership, adding new shippers and forwarders.The organisation, which was started by Brussels and Miami airports six months ago, has added eight new members: shippers Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DHL Temperature Management Solutions, Expeditors, EuroAirport Basel, 4Advice and ...

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    Miami boosted by pharma traffic

    2017-04-12T10:21:32Z

    Growth in pharma demand helped create a spike in the value of cargo transported through Miami International Airport last year.The Florida airport saw the total value of the cargo that it handled in 2016 increase by eight percent year on year to $57.3bn, with the value of pharma freight surging ...

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    MIA hosts life sciences workshop

    2017-04-06T08:19:36Z

    Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), operator of Miami International Airport (MIA), has continued its efforts to support the local bio-medical industry by recently hosting an inaugural South Florida Life Sciences Showcase.The event was held at MIA on March 23, and was attended by more than 100 professionals working in medical technology, ...

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    Mumbai airport joins the Pharma.Aero initiative

    2017-02-02T16:15:39Z

    Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has joined the Pharma.Aero initiative, becoming the first Indian airport to embark on a community approach for IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Brussels Airport and MIAL announced their partnership in Pharma.Aero at the Pharma Logistics Summit in Mumbai, inking a Memorandum of ...

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    Record cargo year for Singapore's Changi airport

    2017-01-30T10:02:37Z

    Singapore Changi Airport recorded a 6.3% rise in airfreight throughputs versus prior year to reach 1.97m tonnes in 2016.The Asian hub, the world's 15th largest cargo hub by volumes in 2015, ended 2016 with a strong December, handling 177,360 tonnes, up by 8.4% on the same month in 2015.Changi Airport ...

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    Modest growth for US cargo airports in early filings

    2017-01-27T16:19:00Z

    Early filings from a handful of US airports indicate modest growth in cargo volumes for 2016.Miami International (MIA) saw a 0.37% increase in total cargo volumes (international and domestic) to just under 2m tonnes in 2016, while Ohio’s Cincinnati and Rickenbacker airports both recorded full year increases versus 2015 of ...

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    SIA Cargo is Asia-Pacific's first carrier to achieve CEIV Pharma certification

    2017-01-12T10:07:12Z

    Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has become the first airline in the Asia-Pacific to be awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.SIA Cargo president Chin Yau Seng said: “We are acutely aware of the important role that these shipments play in serving the broader community, and ...