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Qatar Airways Cargo partners with FLYR Labs for automation and AI-based revenue management
Qatar Airways Cargo has partnered with FLYR Labs to utilise the latter's cloud-native decision intelligence platform that is designed to leverages deep learning technology to provide automated, AI-based revenue optimisation and management capabilities.The Revenue Operating System "harnesses and understands the complex context behind airline data, helping commercial organizations make better-informed ...
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NewsCargo carrier Asia Pacific Airlines grounded by FAA
Photo: Asia Pacific AirlinesCargo airline Asia Pacific Airlines has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) because it was "unable to demonstrate that its pilots were properly trained" said the US government agency.In a statement, the FAA confirmed it issued an Emergency Order of Suspension on February 1 to ...
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Forwarders locked into “sky high" rates
One air cargo stakeholder is “fearful” of the rates that freight forwarders began to pay to secure capacity during the recent period of high air cargo demand.Speaking exclusively to Air Cargo News, Etihad senior vice president global sales & cargo Martin Drew said a key issue is the length of ...
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NewsHellmann hires first global airfreight director
Timo Schamber. Photo Hellmann Worldwide LogisticsHellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Timo Schamber in the newly created position of global airfreight director CEP (Courier, Express and Parcel Services).With the creation of this new position, the company said it is responding to the increasing global airfreight market demands and the rapid development ...
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InsightsTaking up the sustainability Challenge
Challenge Group is embracing sustainability and modernising its aircraft fleet as it looks to the future of the business.The Malta-headquartered international air cargo conglomeration currently has a fleet of four Boeing B747-400Fs.Israel-based airline Challenge Airlines IL operates two of the four-engined B747-400Fs.And Belgium-based airline Challenge Airlines BE also operates two ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo goes greener with fuel saving technology for B777Fs
B777 fitted with AeroSHARK technology. Photo: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo's first Boeing B777 freighter modified with a surface technology that helps save fuel and reduce emissions has taken flight.The carrier will begin equipping all its B777Fs with the technology starting from this year.Developed by Lufthansa Technik and German chemical company BASF, ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines Cargo looks to reduce plastic waste
BioNatur Stretch Wrap. Photo: American Airlines CargoDallas-based American Airlines Cargo is using biodegradable plastic wrap BioNatur Plastics in a bid to reduce its environmental footprint.The US freight carrier begun the process of replacing its current plastic products with the BioNatur brand in early 2022, and is now using it ...
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NewsIAG Cargo goes big on dinosaur move
IAG Cargo has transported a skeleton cast of the world’s largest known dinosaur from Argentina to the UK.The cast’s journey began in Trelow, Argentina, before being moved to the Argentine capital.It was stored within crates before being shipped across the Atlantic in the bellyhold of two BA Boeing 787-9 ‘Dreamliner’ ...
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NewsDronamics names two new senior managers
Pete MacIntyre and Robert Harnan. Photo: DronamicsCargo drone developer Dronamics has appointed two new figures to its management team.Pete MacIntyre has joined the company as chief legal officer and is now a member of its executive team.He has previously managed multidisciplinary legal teams at leading technology businesses including TikTok, Microsoft ...
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NewsATSA agrees deal with De Havilland Canada for Dash 8-400 conversion
ATSA Dash 8-400. Photo: De Havilland CanadaPeru-based airline Aero Transporte S.A. (ATSA) has signed a firm agreement with De Havilland Canada for a Dash 8-400 freighter conversion.To feature a large cargo door, the converted aircraft type is designated Dash 8-400 F-LCD.ATSA will become the first South American operator of Dash ...
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Pharma.Aero adds five new associate partners
Cross-pharmaceutical industry collaboration platform Pharma.Aero has further expanded its global network of life science and medtech stakeholders by adding HAZGO, Topa Thermal, SmartCAE, Nippon Express and Air Cargo Logistics as associate partners.Frank Van Gelder, secretary general of Pharma.Aero, observed of the group’s partners: “All of them are concentrating on specific ...
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NewsLödige Industries joins Cargo iQ
Lothar Moehle. Photo: Cargo iQAirfreight quality standards group Cargo iQ has welcomed air cargo terminal systems provider Lödige Industries to its ranks.Germany-headquartered Lödige will, said a statement from Cargo iQ, “lend its experience as a provider of logistics systems and material handling solutions to the global airport, warehouse, and production ...
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Holland-Kaye to leave Heathrow
John Holland-Kaye has informed the Heathrow Airport board of his intention to stand down as the gateway operator’s chief executive this year.He has been at the helm for nine years.In a statement, the board said that it would like to thank Holland-Kaye for his “exceptional leadership since 2014”.It said that ...
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NewsCLIVE points to continued uncertainty in the air cargo market
Industry analyst CLIVE Data Services has said that global air cargo demand continued to fall in January, down 8% year on year, partly the result of an earlier than normal Chinese New Year and partly due to global economic headwinds.The 8% year on year fall in global airfreight demand in ...
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Korean Air feels impact of cargo demand drop
Seoul, South Korea-headquartered Korean Air is feeling the impact of the drop in global air cargo demand, as reflected in its financial results for the fourth quarter of last year.The airline has reported ‘tentative’ (i.e. non-consolidated) results that show cargo revenue fell by 29% year-on-year to KRW1.5tn ($1.2bn).Demand for freight ...
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Mexican cargo operations set to move
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed the government has struck an agreement with some airlines to shift cargo operations from Benito Juarez International Airport (Mexico City International Airport) to Felipe Angeles International Airport (AFIA)On the president's official website, a press release on February 1 stated that Obrador has ...
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Qatar Airways and Airbus reach settlement in A350 row
Airbus and Qatar Airways have reached a settlement regarding their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft, said the airframer in a media release on February 1.Qatar Airways issued legal proceedings against Airbus in the Technology and Construction Court of London’s High Court of Justice ...
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NewsTopo Solutions expands in Hong Kong to meet rising demand
Topo Solutions Hong Kong office. Photo: Topo SolutionsHong Kong-headquartered software as a service (SaaS) provider Topo Solutions has expanded its available office space in Hong Kong’s Central Business District Two.It has been at that location for over a year, though it has been in business for a decade.It required the ...
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NewsLödige to supply automated handling system for Cainiao
Cainiao Smart Gateway. Photo: AlibabaGerman logistics systems supplier Lödige Industries is to deliver an automated air cargo handling system for the new Cainiao Smart Gateway.What will be the third-largest logistics centre in Hong Kong is scheduled to open in the third quarter of this year, and the Lödige handling system ...
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NewsACS opens Washington DC office
Joel Fenn. Photo: Air Charter ServiceGlobal charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in Washington DC, US.ACS’s ninth office in the US is expected to serve the markets of the nearby states of Virginia and Delaware as well as the capital.Chief executive in DC is Joel ...