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Heathrow backed by Airports Commission report
The Airports Commission has backed expansion at Heathrow airport over Gatwick in its long awaited recommendation to the government.The Commission considered three schemes for expansion: a new 3,500 m runway at Heathrow, an extension of the existing northern runway at Heathrow, or a new runway at Gatwick Airport.But in the ...
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More Morphos for Air Canada
Morpho Detection has won a follow-up order from Air Canada Cargo for Itemiser DX explosives trace detectors with service contracts. The new machines will replace legacy equipment and ensure that the carrier remains compliant with Transport Canada's air cargo screening regulations.It follows an initial deployment of similar equipment in 2014 ...
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New bill to tame US dockers
A US senator has introduced legislation to reduce the risk of seaport strikes similar to the one that shut down maritime operations on the West Coast for several months earlier this year. A bill by Senator Cory Gardner would extend the federal Taft Hartley Act, which limits labour unions’ powers, ...
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Etihad and Emirates: no contact from Netherlands over Schiphol landing rights
UPDATE: Etihad Airways and Emirates have claimed they have yet to be informed of any changes related to operations in the Netherlands, as the Dutch government introduces a temporary ban on extra landing rights being issued to Gulf airlines calling at Schiphol.The Dutch government has blocked Gulf airlines from obtaining ...
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TIACA aims to drive the airfreight agenda
TIACA’s new leadership team have outlined their vision for the group to members at a meeting in Miami.Speaking at the association’s executive summit and annual general meeting in Miami, new chairman, Sanjiv Edward, and vice chairman, Sebastiaan Scholte, said TIACA should aim to drive the airfreight advocacy agenda, boost the ...
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Industry set for air conference debates
The Air Cargo Europe Conference will this year take place on the Wednesday morning.Opening the event at 10am , will be Lufthansa Cargo’s board member products & sales Alexis von Hoensbroech who will offer an outlook on the future of air cargo.At 10.15am, a group discussion will take place that ...
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Volga-Dnepr validates first seven airports for ACC3 compliance
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with the European Union's ACC3 (air cargo or mail carrier operating into the European Union from a third-country airport) regime.The Russia-based carrier organised for an independent auditor trained by IATA and accredited by the EU to confirm the ACC3 validation ...
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TIACA promotes phased approach to advance data regulations
Regulators must continue to work closely with all members of the air cargo supply chain to ensure impending advance data regulations “enhance security without impeding cargo flows,” according to a new position paper from TIACA.Pre-loading advance cargo information (PLACI) initiatives undertaken by the US, European Union, and Canada since the ...
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AmSafe first to meet new freight fire standard
AmSafe Bridport says it is the first and so far only manufacturer to produce cargo fire containment covers to new US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) standards.Following a number of fires in freight on board aircraft, in July last year the FAA issued TSO-C203, a minimum standard for fully certified fire ...
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The spectre of further rate wars...
AIR CARGO operators are warning against knee-jerk rates wars amid Eurozone stagnation in the second quarter impacted by deepening global political unrest, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“The main concern is that political instability, mainly between Russia and Europe/USA will escalate further and subsequently will affect the already fragile economic recovery,” ...
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Hacis to extend mainland road feeder links
Hong Kong Air Cargo industry Services (Hacis) plans to open additional bases on the Chinese mainland to extend its logistical support for cargo customers of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).Hacis has offered road feeder services (RFS) to the mainland since 2000 via its Customs-bonded SuperLink China Direct service.“We run 10 ...
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United Cargo orders portable explosives detectors
UNITED Airlines Cargo has ordered 54 portable explosives trace detectors (ETDs) to screen airfreight shipments at US domestic and international locations.They are replacements for old legacy systems and comply with latest US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cargo screening mandates, says Angel Ramirez, managing director of United Cargo’s global operations.The lightweight ...
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Air Canada installs explosives detectors
AIR CANADA is using new desktop explosives trace detector devices to screen air cargo shipments in situ.Morpho’s Itemiser DX detectors have been deployed at Air Canada cargo locations to replace legacy systems and maintain compliance with enhanced US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cargo screening mandates.Karen Bomba, chief executive of Morpho ...
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Australian Customs finds ephedrine drug in air cargo
CUSTOMS and border protection officers seized six kilos of the drug ephedrine – which was secreted inside 18 bicycle seats sent as air cargo shipments from China to Australia, say reports.The drugs were discovered when the consignment was X-rayed.Around 6.3 kilos of a white crystalline substance, turned out to be ...
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Bangkok ground handler wins EU security validation
BANGKOK Flight Services (BFS), a WFS Group company, has been validated as a Regulated Agent (RA3), enabling it to accept cargo on behalf of its airline customers for carriage to EU States in accordance with the European Union’s new ACC3 security rules for incoming cargo and mail.BFS is one of ...
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Amsterdam's air cargo 'remote scanning' pilot under way
REPRESENTATIVES from forwarder Rhenus Logistics and Dutch Customs authorities have put a ‘remote scanning’ of airfreight shipments pilot scheme into operation in Amsterdam.A demonstration of airfreight shipment scanning, with remote electronic direct connection to Customs, has been launched by Rhenus and its daughter companies Rhenus Air, Copex, KDS Cargo and ...
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One Question
Doug Brittin, secretary general of TIACA, answers:"Some things are very difficult to put a hard timeline on. For example, advanced data for customs information: In the USA, the CBP (US Customs and Border Protection agency) is drafting a rule right now. The EU has not started their one yet, but ...
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Aviation leader Dr Assad Kotaite dies
UNIVERSALLY recognised as one of the most prominent and respected figures in the world of civil aviation, Dr Assad Kotaite, council president emeritus of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has died at the age of 89.A respected leader and visionary who devoted his life to the safe and orderly ...
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Edging towards e-freight
IF you have the idea that targets for the IATA e-freight programme keep slipping, you are not wrong.At the 2010 Air Cargo Forum the expectation was that the whole air cargo industry would be paperless by 2014, but the target IATA now has is for 22 per cent of feasible ...
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Columbia excites Canadian exporters
THE NATION of Columbia is turning into a growing trade ally with Canada, with companies such as McCain Foods, Red Eagle Mining and Mansour Mining embracing the Latin American country as an exports partner.The Canada/Colombia Free Trade Agreement that came into force in August 2011 has lowered trade barriers and ...