All articles by Rebecca Jeffrey – Page 90
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NewsAirblox grows trading platform with the addition of HPW Cargo
Edip Pektas, founder, Airblox. Photo: AirbloxVietnamese freight forwarder HPW Cargo has become the first Southeast Asian company to join online air cargo capacity trading platform Airblox.Airblox is an online marketplace that enables brokers, freight forwarders, and airlines to trade air cargo capacity in the form of standardised electronic block space ...
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NewsKerry Logistics expands with Hong Kong-Alabama charter flights
Kerry Freight Controlled Network provides four charter flights a week from Hong Kong to Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: Kerry Logistics NetworkKerry Logistics Network is ramping up its Kerry Freight Controlled Network (KCN) with four charter flights a week from Hong Kong to Huntsville, Alabama in the US.Weekly direct flights depart from ...
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NewsBlue Dart to add Boeing 737-800 freighters
Blue Dart office. Photo: Blue DartExpress air and integrated transportation and distribution company Blue Dart Express plans to add two Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft.Part of Deutsche Post DHL Group’s DHL eCommerce Solutions division, Blue Dart operates throughout India and aims to expand its network with the freighters.“To encash the growth ...
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NewsAvolon chief executive to step down
Photo: AvolonInternational aircraft leasing company Avolon's chief executive Dómhnal Slattery plans to step down from his executive role and the company's board in 2022.The board of the Dublin-headquartered company has appointed Andy Cronin, Avolon’s president & chief financial officer to the role of chief executive designate.Additionally, Paul Geaney, Avolon’s chief ...
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DSV second quarter income resilient against weakened demand
DSV has reported positive air results for the second quarter of 2022, aided by ongoing oceanfreight disruption and its acquisition of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics (GIL), against a softening of demand.In the second quarter of 2022, the forwarder's Air & Sea division reported a 102.7% year-on-year increase in earnings before ...
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NewsWomen in Aviation and Logistics seeks support as it transitions to not-for-profit association
Céline Hourcade, founder and managing director of Change Horizon and co-founder of WAL (left), Justina Messeiller, senior consultant, Change Horizon (top right), and Emma Murray, chief executive and founder, Meantime Communications, and co-founder, WAL (bottom right) established WAL as a not-for-profit on July 20. Photo: WALWomen in Aviation and Logistics ...
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Kuehne+Nagel records strong Q2 airfreight results
Kuehne+Nagel’s (K+N) air logistics division has recorded robust results for the second quarter of 2022 despite the recent market slowdown.The air division's second-quarter net turnover was SFr3.2bn, up 37% from the same period of 2021, earnings before interest and tax (ebit) was SFr401m, 65% up year on year and air ...
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NewsKale extends digitalisation partnership with CHI Aviation Handling by five years
Dominik Misskampf, managing director, CHI Aviation Handling. Photo: CHI Aviation HandlingKale Logistics Solutions (Kale) has signed a contract to extend its digitalisation partnership with longstanding customer CHI Aviation Handling (CHI) by a further five years.Frankfurt-based air cargo services provider CHI said it has boosted the efficiency and productivity of its ...
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NewsSaltchuk Aviation orders more 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters
Photo: BoeingSaltchuk Aviation has placed an order for up to four 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF).The deal includes three firm orders and one option for the medium widebody freighter.Saltchuk Aviation placed its first order with Boeing for four 767-300BCF in early 2021. The first 767-300BCF as part of the initial ...
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NewsCanadian government invests up to C$100m in air cargo at Edmonton Airport
Source: Edmonton International Airport.The Government of Canada is investing up to C$100m in funding under the National Trade Corridors Fund to increase air cargo and logistics handling operations at the Edmonton International Airport (EIA).The project will convert approximately 2,000 acres of land into a new global air cargo handling operation. ...
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China's first professional cargo hub airport begins operations
Ezhou Huahu Airport has begun operations as China's first "professional cargo hub airport".The airport in central China's Hubei Province is also the first professional cargo hub airport in Asia, according to China’s state press agency Xinhua.A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane took off to mark the start of operations at the ...
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NewsNordic Aviation Capital signs ATR 72-600 freighter conversion kits deal
ATR 72-600. Photo: ATR/ Chunlaud MelodyAircraft leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has signed a deal with Akkodis for five freighter conversion kits for the ATR 72-600, with the first deliveries starting from the first quarter of 2023.The aircraft for conversion will come from NAC’s existing ATR fleet. The ATR ...
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NewsAstral Aviation to operate first two Embraer E190F conversions
Photo: EmbraerAircraft leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has agreed a memorandum of understanding to place the first two Embraer E190F passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions with Kenya-based cargo airline Astral Aviation.In May 2022, NAC and Embraer reached an agreement in principle to take up to 10 conversion slots for E190F/E195F, with ...
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NewsUPS launches Bangkok to Shenzhen route
Photo: UPSUPS has launched a new route from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand to its intra-Asia hub in Shenzhen, China to boost international trade opportunities for businesses in Thailand.This new route will be serviced by a Boeing 747-8. The aircraft will operate five days a week, from Monday to Thursday, ...
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NewsEthiopian Airlines signs deal with De Havilland for Dash 8-400 freighter door conversion kits
Ethiopian Dash 8-400F. Photo: De Havilland Aircraft of CanadaEthiopian Airlines Group has signed an agreement with De Havilland Aircraft of Canada for the purchase of two Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door (F-LCD) conversion kits.The proposal provides an option for an additional two F-LCD conversion kits.“Cargo has played a ...
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Menzies Aviation joins decarbonisation alliance
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has joined the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP), an alliance of climate leaders focused on decarbonising some of the world’s highest-emitting industries.In collaboration with the Clean Skies for Tomorrow coalition, the MPP has published a new Aviation Transition Strategy that has been endorsed by over ...
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NewsCurtiss-Wright to provide Airbus A350F cargo door technology
Copyright: Airbus - rendering by MMSAviation manufacturing company Curtiss-Wright has been selected by Airbus to provide custom electric actuation technology for the maindeck cargo door on the Airbus A350F freighter aircraft.Under the contract, Curtiss-Wright will provide Airbus with an electro-mechanical actuation solution that features rotary and linear actuators, alongside control ...
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UPS opens Bengaluru facility and adds intercontinental capacity
UPS has opened a new airport gateway facility in India at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR).The express airline also said a new intercontinental flight using a Boeing 747-8F aircraft will connect customers in India with more international trade opportunities in Asia, Europe and the Americas.The BLR facility is designed to ...
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BA flight cancellations won't impact air cargo, says IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of British Airways' (BA) parent company International Airlines Group (IAG), has said BA's recent decision to cancel more than 10,000 flights out of the UK will not impact its air cargo shipments.BA's decision on July 6 that it would cut 10,300 short-haul flights between August ...
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NewsMeridian Antonov An-12BP freighter crashes with eight casualties
Source: ShutterstockAn Antonov AN-12BP freighter operated by Ukrainian airline Meridian has crashed in Greece killing all eight crew onboard the aircraft.Aviation analytics company Cirium said that the aircraft, registered as UR-CIC, was transporting munitions to Dhaka, Bangladesh via technical stops at Amman, Jordan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Ahmedabad, India, when ...