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Volga-Dnepr delivers humanitarian cargo to Indonesia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia to support the international humanitarian mission dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi Island at the end of September.The flight was performed by one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Châlon Vatry ...
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BUD airport links up with HAM and DUS to connect differently
Second-tier hubs Budapest (BUD), Düsseldorf (DUS) and Hamburg (HAM) airports have joined forces to promote their cargo operations under the slogan 'Connect Differently'.The niche European trio are all investing in new facilities and equipment, as cargo volumes at the three airports continue to grow.Budapest Airport in Hungary last month started ...
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ABC flies 40 Maseratis from Milan to Port Moresby
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has flown two Boeing 747-8F charter flights from Milan to Port Moresby carrying 40 new Maserati Quattroporte cars on behalf of freight forwarder Agility Logistics (Italy).The cars will be used to carry attendees at this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2018 forum, being held in New Guinea.Twenty ...
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Fly Express, a piece of cake for Saudia Cargo
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched Fly Express, offering high priority express delivery for urgent international shipments.The new service offers customers high priority status for shipments that can be accepted three hours prior to the scheduled time of departure, alongside quick handling procedures at arrival.Fly Express, said the Middle East carrier, ...
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Saudia to boost connectivity on select long-haul routes
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is to add further frequencies on its passenger services to Singapore, Los Angeles (LA) and Abu Dhabi.The airline currently flies three times a week to Singapore from Jeddah, but this frequency will increase to four times a week from October 29 this year.The carrier’s Singapore connection ...
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Air Italy continues to make changes at the top
Air Italy, 49% owned by Qatar Airways, has made further changes to its senior management team.Elisabeth Milton has been appointed vice president sales and distribution, Nicola Pozzati has been appointed chief human resources and organization officer, and Simona Paccioretti has been appointed head of internal audit.Air Italy confirmed last week ...
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Ground transportation in a spin due to e-commerce and digitisation
Global freight transport is “the definition of volatility”, but the ground logistics sector is “undergoing change that far exceeds the norms of regular market fluctuation”.That is the main finding of a special report produced by DHL Supply Chain, The Logistics Transport Evolution: The Road Ahead.The evolution in the transport sector ...
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SAS to add six new destinations next summer
SAS is to add six new passenger destinations to its network out of Scandinavia in its Summer 2019 schedule.Catania and Florence in Italy, Marseille in France, Cornwall Newquay in the UK, Szczecin in Poland and Antalya in Turkey will be added.A total of 17 new direct routes will be created. ...
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Cathay Pacific to offer additional frequencies in Europe and Asia
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific is to add additional frequencies to its Adelaide, Frankfurt, Madrid and Tokyo passenger services.A sixth weekly frequency is to be added to the airline’s Adelaide link. The extra frequency, to be operated from October 28, will be flown by Airbus A330-300 aircraft.Currently served daily from ...
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Yusen Logistics awarded CEIV Pharma certification at Kansai
Yusen Logistics is the first Japanese airfreight forwarder at Kansai International Airport to be certified for IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma).Yusen Logistics stated: “As a part of its strategy to turn Kansai International Airport into an international cargo hub, Kansai Airports is in ...
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Peli BioThermal opens service centres in Basel and Berlin
Temperature-controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal has opened service centres in Basel and Berlin to support the global pharmaceuticals business.The Basel and Berlin service centres will enable global Peli BioThermal clients to receive and return reusable Credo packaging in the two cities, both important locations for pharmaceutical manufacturing and shipping.The new ...
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GLS Hong Kong opts for EFDI as its EzyCargo distributor in India
Global Logistics System (HK) (GLS Hong Kong) has teamed up with Electronic Freight Data Interchange (EFDI) to distribute and support its EzyCargo cargo community platform in India.EFDI provides connectivity to 79 international carriers, Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) and the US Automated Customs Environment (ACE).Under the GLS deal, EFDI will ...
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dnata granted GDP certification at Zurich
Ground handler dnata has been awarded Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for pharma handling at the company’s facility in Zurich, Switzerland.Dubai-headquartered dnata “completely refurbished” one of its Zurich Airport warehouses, while also making “significant enhancements to its quality systems, operations documentation and facilities management practices”.The European Commission’s GDP certification relates ...
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Mixed picture for Finnair Cargo
Finnair Cargo has revealed a mixed picture after releasing its traffic figures for September and the first nine months of this year,.In September, the Helsinki-based airfreight carrier carried 14,468.5 tonnes of freight, down by 4.8% on the same month of 2017.In terms of traffic, the number of revenue tonne-km flown ...
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China's Uni-top to fly to Dubai with a B747 freighter
Chinese freighter operator Uni-top Airlines is to inaugurate a service connecting Kunming, China, with the Middle Eastern gateway of Dubai.The link is expected to operate three times a week with a Boeing 747-200 freighter.Formally established in 2007, Wuhan-headquartered Uni-top took delivery of its first aircraft (a B747-200SF) in 2009 but ...
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Jota to launch freighter operations with four BAe 146-300 QTs
UK-based Jota Aviation, with its hub at London Southend Airport, is to begin BAe 146-300 QT freighter operations this month (October).The four ex-ASL Spain aircraft are set to enter the long-term ACMI and ad-hoc charter market.The BAe 146-300 QTs complement Jota's existing passenger fleet of BAe 146/Avro RJ aircraft.Jota Aviation ...
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Wardle appointed head of digital and distribution at Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Suzy Wardle has been appointed head of digital and distribution at Virgin Atlantic Cargo.In this new role, Wardle will be responsible for delivering the airline’s digitisation programme which will allow customers to "interact in new and innovative ways, enable greater partnership integration and drive simplification throughout the business," said a ...
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MABkargo meets special request for urgent oil and gas charter
MABkargo, the freight-carrying arm of Malaysia Airlines, has flown a shipment of oil well parts from Kuala Lumpur to Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei.The charter flight used an Airbus A330-200 freighter to move the urgently needed items.“The oil and gas industry’s charters have always been very challenging and more often ...
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Turkish Cargo carries big cats to Istanbul
Turkish Cargo has transported several wild animals from the Biopark ŠTÍT breeding facility in Prague to Istanbul.The four tigers, three lions, three cheetahs, two lynxes and one cougar were accompanied by their keepers and veterinarians. In addition, Turkish Cargo staff certified under IATA’s Live Animals Regulations joined the predators on ...
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DHL responds to devastating Indonesian earthquake and tsunami
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) has deployed its Disaster Response Team (DRT) to Indonesia in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.Almost 1,000 villages have been affected by the disaster and the death toll has so far risen to more than 1,400 and ...