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Puppy Louie is on Kenya Airways' inaugural flight from JFK to Nairobi
Kenya Airways has launched its first non-stop service between JFK New York and JKIA–Nairobi, making it the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and the US.The airline already serves Africa, Europe, Middle-East, Indian sub-continent and Asia. The opening of the US destination completes an "essential piece" ...
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Top dog Air France KLM is the cat's whiskers for pet transport
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) emerged as a prize winner at the Annual International Pet and Animal Association (IPATA) conference in Melbourne. AFKLMP Cargo won the most votes in the Best Pet Shipping Airline for Asia & Oceania category.Gerald Bergkamp, director specialties at AFKLMP Cargo, said: “We are ...
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CEVA earnings hit by Italian contract logistics problems
CEVA Logistics saw 2018 third quarter (Q3) and year to date (YTD) revenues hit by problems at its Italian contract logistics arm.CEVA, whose board rejected a $1.5bn takeover approach by Danish logistics operator DSV in mid-October, reported adjusted EBITDA of $55m for Q3 and $198m YTD, down $27m and $8m ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation network
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of QEP (Qualified Envirotainer Provider) accredited stations for handling pharmaceutical products.It has received QEP accreditation at 15 new stations, including: Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf , Budapest, San Francisco.Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has ...
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Ethiopian takes delivery of eighth B777 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 777 freighter aircraft after it arrived at the African carrier's Bole International Airport home base.Ethiopian Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: “The new aircraft will help us bolster our leading role in cargo operation in Africa and beyond, ...
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To boldly go: Volga-Dnepr and Bolloré deliver module for space programme
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and forwarding partner Bolloré Logistics have delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for a programme that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit in 2022.The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, ...
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Dachser offers peak season charters
Freight forwarder Dachser is again organising peak season freighter charters for the Frankfurt—Shanghai—Frankfurt route, offering customers in central Europe and China weekly round trips.Timo Stroh, head of global airfreight at Germany-headquartered Dachser, said: “We are expecting this year’s peak season to be another strong one for airfreight."Having our own charter ...
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Heathrow's cargo community is cutting truck delays
Heathrow's cargo community is winning the battle against peak-time truck delays as the AIS (Advance Information System) gains traction among forwarders, cargo terminal operators and airlines at the UK airport.And with reports of "significant reductions" in dwell time for trucks and £200 savings in driver costs, there is a now ...
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Nippon Cargo records Q2 loss as parent confirms plans to offload B747-400Fs
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) reported a loss in its fiscal second quarter as a result of the temporary grounding of its freighter fleet while safety checks were carried out.Meanwhile, its parent has confirmed that the airline will now concentrate on Boeing 747-8Fs, offloading its B747-400Fs.The airline's parent company, NYK Group, ...
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AEI starts conversion work on Automatic's B737 freighter for Titan
US aircraft conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) is to provide aircraft lessor and trading house Automatic with another B737-400SF freighter, adding that orders for the conversion platform "remain strong".Passenger to freighter modification work on Automatic's B737-400 began this week and the converted twinjet will be re-delivered in early March ...
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JD.com launches dedicated air cargo operation to increase delivery speed
E-commerce company JD.com has added a dedicated air cargo operation through Tianjin Air Cargo freighter as it continues to expand its logistics business and improve reliability.The new service, which launches today, will fly six round trips a week between Tianjin and Guangzhou using a dedicated freight Boeing 737 aircraft branded ...
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Hermes in cargo systems contract win at Hyderabad airport
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) is to implement cargo management systems at India's Hyderabad International Airport (HYD).HLT has signed a five-year contract with GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), including a systems upgrade schedule for Hyderabad Airport’s cargo terminal.“GMR team’s requested timeline from contract signature to production was an extremely ambitious ...
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Turkish Cargo adds Ho Chi Minh to freighter network
Turkish Cargo is to increase its main deck capacity in Vietnam by adding the country’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh (SNG), to its freighter network after an initial presence in capital Hanoi since 2015.Flights to Ho Chi Minh, which has a high export potential and a significant cargo traffic to ...
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New managing director for Geodis Freight Forwarding Germany
Freight forwarder GEODIS has appointed Antje Lochmann as the new managing director of its German business.She took up the role on November 1 and is based in Hamburg. Lochmann joined GEODIS in 2011 and has held several positions, where she was responsible for sales, marketing, key accounts, tender management, and ...
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It's horses for courses for CargoLogicAir
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has transported elite race horses on two Boeing 747 freighter flights from the US to Europe.The flights took place at the end of October from Atlanta to London Stansted and from Chicago to Shannon in the Republic of Ireland and followed CLA being awarded a US Department of ...
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E-commerce drives plans for new logistics centre at Doncaster airport
A planning application has been submitted to develop a logistics and advanced manufacturing centre on land adjacent to Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).The Peel Land and Property development, which will be on land that is part of the airport’s wider Aero Centre Yorkshire site, proposes up to 325,160 sq m of ...
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Air Namibia appoints Strike Aviation as GSSA for daily Frankfurt flight
Namibian flag carrier Air Namibia has appointed Strike Aviation Group in Germany as the cargo GSSA for its daily Frankfurt–Windhoek flight.Currently, Air Namibia operates an Airbus A330-200 on the route, with a capacity of 12 tonnes.Frank Ziesemer, president of Strike Aviation in Germany, commented: “We are very proud to become ...
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Saudia Cargo supports wrestling tournament
Saudia Cargo has transported 100 tons of equipment and supplies to Riyadh ahead of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ‘Crown Jewel’ tournament.A Boeing 747-8 carried equipment, machinery, sound and lighting systems, and other supplies from Maastricht to the Saudi capital in mid-October.Earlier this year, in April, the carrier moved WWE ...
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Volga-Dnepr helps Air Caraïbes get back in the skies
Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has used one of its Ilyushin 7TD-90VD freighters to move an urgently needed aero engine for Air Caraïbes.Volga-Dnepr’s aircraft on ground (AOG) team organised delivery of the 3 metre-wide, 8-tonne replacement engine to Paris Orly Airport. From there it was flown to Lajes Airport on ...
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Singapore Airlines to add fifth US destination in 2019
Singapore Airlines will begin non-stop flights to Seattle in September 2019, bringing the total number of US destinations in its network to five, including the Los Angeles service that will commence this week.The Seattle service will operate three times a week at first, increasing to four times weekly in October ...