All articles by Rachelle Harry – Page 26
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Ethiopian B777 freighter suffers fire in Shanghai
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 freighter has caught fire at Shanghai Pudong airport while cargo was being loaded.The carrier said in a statement that the aircraft is registered ET-ARH and was on a regular scheduled cargo service from Shanghai Pudong to Sao Paulo, and onward to Santiago.Videos and photos on ...
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Emirates SkyCargo marks 10,000 flights from April to June
Emirates SkyCargo has operated more than 10,000 airfreight flights between April and June this year to facilitate the movement of essential cargo as the global pandemic continues.The carrier said the flights were a mix of scheduled, ad-hoc and charter operations.Throughout May and June, Emirates SkyCargo carried out an average of ...
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K+N sees airfreight revenues and profits rise in H1
Kuehne + Nagel's air division experienced an increase in revenues and profits in the first half of the year despite the coronavirus outbreak.The forwarder recorded a 4.2% year-on-year increase in net turnover in the first half of this year to CHF2.5bn in 2020, while earnings before interest and tax (ebit) ...
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NewsPML uses airfreight charters to "ride coronavirus storm"
Nick Finbow, sales director, PMLPerishable logistics firm PML has "risen to the challenge" presented by the Covid-19 outbreak and has launched its air charter operation.The company added that it is continuing its operations without having to make staff cutbacks.Nick Finbow, sales director at PML, explained: "Our recently launched in-house charter ...
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Air Partner performance boosted by airfreight operations and repatriation flights
The strong demand for airfreight transport, group travel and repatriation flights during the coronavirus pandemic helped to bolster the performance of global aviation services company Air Partner in the first five months of its financial year.However, the outlook for the rest of 2020 looks less rosy for the UK-headquartered firm, ...
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NewsWorldACD: Airfreight rates pushed up by capacity crunch in H1 2020
The latest figures from WorldACD show that although airfreight demand decreased by 18% year on year in the first six months of this year, the capacity shortage from mid-march caused revenues to increase by almost 21%.WorldACD said the capacity crunch led to the average airfreight rate for transporting 1km of ...
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NewsTAPA EMEA names advisory board members
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has created a new Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) advisory board to help it become an "end-to-end supply chain resilience organisation".The advisory board will be led by TAPA EMEA president and chief executive Thorsten Neumann.Other members of the board are: Gilad Solnik, director ...
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Qatar Cargo appoints Menzies Aviation as Heathrow ground handler
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Menzies Aviation to handle airfreight from the carrier's passenger and freighter aircraft, as well as providing cargo transportation to and from aircraft, at London Heathrow Airport.The companies said that partnership is part of a joint approach to develop Qatar Cargo’s global network handling partnership programme.From ...
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E-commerce boosts airfreight demand at Ontario International Airport
Ontario International Airport in California saw airfreight volumes increase in the first half of this year. The hub attributed this to more locals trying to keep safe during the pandemic by shopping online rather than in shops.From January through June this year, the hub processed 422,000 tonnes of cargo — ...
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TIACA begins its search for a new director general
TIACA has commenced its search for the newly-created role of director general. Applications for the position can be submitted, by email to its Selection Committee, from July 14 to August 21.Currently Céline Hourcade is heading the association as its transition director.The director general will act as chief executive of the ...
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NewsCovid-19 impacts Munich Airport cargo volumes
Munich Airport has experienced a 78% year-on-year decline in cargo volumes during the second quarter of this year. The airport also posted a 46.5% year-on-year decline for the first half of this year — from 162,583 tonnes in 2019 to 87,134 tonnes this year."The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are ...
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UPS supports e-commerce growth with weekday-cost Saturday deliveries in Europe
UPS has launched a service enabling deliveries on Saturdays at it's top European e-commerce markets: the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Poland.The new delivery service enables customers to receive packages on Saturdays, at one of UPS's 17,000 Access Points in Europe, at the same cost of a ...
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Doncaster Sheffield runway temporarily shuts after cargo B747F excursion
Doncaster Sheffield airport in the UK was forced to temporarily close its runway after a Boeing 747-400F (like the one pictured above) ran onto rough ground. The hub re-opened the runway a few hours later.The aircraft – bearing the Icelandic registration TF-AMU – was pictured on social media with its ...
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NewsCargolux marks 50-year anniversary with retro-branded aircraft
Cargolux is celebrating 50 years' of operations by carrying out a special flight with one of its Boeing 747-400ERF freighters.The aircraft (LX-NCL) sports retro livery, inspired by the design that Cargolux’s first airplanes bore in the 1970s, which combines "vintage visual with the iconic lines of the jumbo jet".The aircraft ...
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NewsUPS appoints Hwang to board of directors
UPS has appointed Angela Hwang to its board of directors, effective immediately. Her appointment brings the total number of directors to 13.Hwang is group president of the Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group and she is also a member of its executive team. In this role, she leads more than 26,000 global colleagues ...
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AEI set to convert aircraft for CargoAir
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract with CargoAir that will see it converting a Boeing 737-400SF freighter for the Bulgaria-based carrier.Work on the aircraft — which will be carried out by AEI partner Commercial Jet in Dothan, Alabama — is scheduled to start in September this year.AEI’s B737-400SF ...
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NewsDachser starts work on Kassel facility
Left to right: Mathias Oetter, branch manager of Dachser Kassel-Lohfelden; Norbert Thiele, deputy mayor of Lohfelden; Michael Schilling, chief operating officer road logistics at Dachser; Alexander Friedrich Wachter, vice-President of the Kassel presidential board; Alexander Tonn, managing director European logistics Germany at Dachser; and Andreas Fritsch, general manager Dachser ...
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TAP enhances digital systems with CHAMP API integration
TAP Air Cargo has implemented CHAMP's application programming interface (API) with its computer system, enabling it to "improve its internal business processes, tracking, and synchronisation of its supply chain".CHAMP said that as a result of "special circumstances", the solution was implemented in less than a week.Nicholas Xenocostas, vice president of ...
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Video: Qatar Cargo launches '1 Million Kilos' campaign
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a charitable initiative in which it will transport 1m kg cargo free of charge.The '1 Million kilos' campaign, which was prompted by the Covid-19 outbreak, will enable charities to use the carrier's services to transport medical supplies and humanitarian aid from July to December this ...
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NewsRFS firms see spike in demand with bellyhold operations grounded
Road Feeder Service (RFS) providers have reported a spike in demand during the coronavirus outbreak as a result of the grounding of passenger operations and subsequent loss of bellyhold capacity.Luxembourg-based Wallenborn's commercial director, Jason Breakwell, told Air Cargo News that the pandemic resulted in the company’s trucks travelling 19% more ...