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Frankfurt sets fresh targets to reduce airport CO2 emissions
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport is establishing new climate protection targets to reduce CO2 emissions, not only for Germany's largest airfreight hub but also across the entire group.The goal is to lower CO2 emissions at Fraport’s fully-consolidated group companies by nearly half to about 125,000 tonnes of CO2 by 2030. The ...
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Rivieccio named as European supremo for UPS
UPS has named Lou Rivieccio as president of UPS Europe, responsible for all the US parcel and logistics giant's operations in 56 countries and territories and more than 49,000 employees.UPS said that Rivieccio takes the helm at "a time of growth" for the group's largest region outside the USJim Barber, ...
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WCA expands presence in China and e-commerce
Freight forwarder network WCA has expanded its presence in China in response to growth of members in the country while it has also appointed a new member of its e-commerce team.WCA has opened a new member support office in Shenzhen, China, as well as hiring former DHL eCommerce international trade ...
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Globe Air Cargo NL scoops IAG Cargo deal
IAG Cargo has appointed Globe Air Cargo (GAC) NL as its general service and sales agent (GSSA) in the Netherlands.GAC NL, which is part of the ECS Group, will begin acting as IAG Cargo's GSSA from March 1, "expanding and optimising" the airline group's services for freight customers.The ECS Group ...
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Longhao Airlines looks to add international cargo routes
Domestic Chinese cargo carrier Longhao Airlines is planning to launch two international cargo services from Nanchang Airport by June of this year.Details on where the service will operate to are thin on the ground, but the airline operates a fleet of three short-to-medium range B737-300 freighters meaning, unless it adds ...
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Schiphol cargo dips in March
Amsterdam Schiphol's cargo volumes dipped by 4.7% in March to 146,249 tonnes as the number of full freighter services fell from 1,582 last year in the same month to 1,411 in 2018.Cargo volumes by region in March for the Netherlands hub, Europe's third largest by total throughputs, saw monthly declines ...
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BIFA urges members to submit evidence to Brexit inquiry
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging members to submit written evidence for the UK Parliamentary Transport Committee inquiry into the potential effects of leaving the European Union (Brexit) on freight operations.Robert Keen, BIFA director general, said: “As a body that represents the companies that are responsible for the ...
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Air France KLM Cargo gets digital to smooth processes
The last few years have by no means been easy for Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF KLM) as it underwent a restructuring that saw it lose around 15% of staff over a three-year period.Its freighter fleet was also reduced from 15 aircraft at the start of 2014 to six ...
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Crane Worldwide turns to world's largest aircraft after ocean space shortage
Freight forwarder Crane Worldwide turned to the world's largest aircraft to transport a shipment of chemical drums after an ocean freight space shortage.The forwarder said that it utilised the Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft to transport 223 pallets of chemical drums from multiple vendors in Singapore and Malaysia to Dammam from ...
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ANA international cargo revenues soar in 2017
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) saw domestic cargo dip in the 2017/18 financial year, ended in March, as international revenues soared.ANA, which has 12 Boeing 767 freighters alongside its passenger aircraft fleet, recorded a 26.5% in international airfreight to ¥118bn, while domestic revenues were down 0.5% to ¥30.7bn. International ...
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dnata retains ground handling role at Zurich for seven years
Dnata has been re-awarded the licence to provide full ground and cargo handling services at Zurich Airport for another seven years until 2025. The Middle East-owned company's successful bid follows a public tender conducted by Zurich Airport. European Union and Swiss legislation requires airport and governmental authorities to open a ...
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Mann steps into interim finance role at Air Partner
Air Partner has appointed Chris Mann as interim chief financial officer.The company's former chief financial officer, Neil Morris, resigned after the UK charter broker revealed an accounting error related to the collection of receivables from customers for uncollected amounts since the 2010/11 financial year.Mann is a chartered accountant who has ...
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CargoLogicAir: Flying the flag in a Brexit world
You don’t have to smoke a big cigar and display the V for victory sign to prove you are a true Brit.A UK Air Operator Certificate (AOC) does the job equally well for CargoLogicAir (CLA).David Kerr, chief executive of Stansted-based CLA, has declared that the carrier remains “totally committed” to ...
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Jettainer's shake, rattle and roll-out of next generation digital containers
Jettainer, the outsourced ULD management subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has started testing its enhanced digital container.Together with IT experts from Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Jettainer has revised the original device and equipped it with new functions.The focus is now on "registering and recording shocks and damage" as well as temperature changes, ...
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March dip for cargo at Changi Airport
Singapore's Changi Airport saw cargo shipments dip 0.6% to 187,550 tonnes in March, compared to the same period last year.For the first quarter of this year, Changi Airport registered a 3.6% increase in airfreight to 512,080 tonnes. Japan and South Korea were some the fastest growing markets by airfreight volume ...
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Mack to leave DB Schenker for DP DHL
DB Schenker airfreight boss Thomas Mack is joining Deutsche Post DHL, in a story broken by German trade paper DVZ.Mack will lead DP DHL's air cargo business from July 1.A spokesperson for DP DHL said: "We can confirm that Thomas Mack will be joining DHL Global Forwarding and take on ...
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CargoLogicAir adds more Hong Kong and Atlanta freighter frequencies
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has boosted its freighter services from the UK with additional Boeing 747F operations to Atlanta, Dubai and Hong Kong.The British all-cargo airline’s third flight per week to Atlanta, which returns directly to its London Stansted hub, is in addition to its existing 747F flights from Stansted to Mexico ...
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NewsLufthansa reports another strong quarter for cargo on rate increases
Rate increases helped boost revenues at Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics business in the first quarter of the year.First-quarter figures from the Frankfurt hubbed aviation group show that its logistics business segment saw revenues increase by 12.7% year on year to €641m in the first quarter.This is ahead of a 4.6% ...
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Geodis expands in Uganda to cater for industrial project growth
Geodis has opened a new office in Kampala, Uganda, to cater for the surge in industrial projects currently taking place in the east Africa region.The Uganda-based office will extend Geodis - Industrial Projects’ footprint in Africa for both current and new global clients.The new presence also provides a mechanism through ...
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Asia Pacific air cargo growth moderate but still positive in March
Asia Pacific carriers saw "more moderate but still positive growth in air cargo demand" during March as international air passenger markets reported "firm" increases versus the same year in 2017.Preliminary traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that international air cargo demand, measured in freight tonne ...