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Guillaume Halleux named as acting chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Cargo has named Guillaume Halleux as acting chief officer cargo, following the decision by former cargo boss Ulrich Ogiermann to leave the Middle East airline and return to Europe.Halleux's previous role was as vice president cargo Asia Pacific at Qatar Airways, based in Singapore.Halleux was quoted in the ...
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Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt awarded CEIV Pharma
Ground handler Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt has received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification at the German airport.Philip Roodenburg, station manager at Swissport Cargo Services Frankfurt, said: “Regarding pharma shipments, we fully realize that there are always humans involved who need a constant flow of safely delivered medical products. Hence, it is ...
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MAB Kargo flies third relief mission for Rohingya refugees
MAB Kargo has flown its third relief mission to Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees, with almost 50 tonnes of goods to set up the Malaysian Field Hospital.The consignment to Chittagong, on an Airbus A330-200 freighter from Malaysia Airlines’ cargo arm, included a wide range of medical equipment. Also in the packing ...
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West Atlantic relocates UK operations to East Midlands Airport
The UK division of Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline has relocated its operation from Coventry Airport to East Midlands Airport.The express freight company has leased 43,000 sq ft of hanger space close to its key customers DHL and the Royal Mail.A statement said that the move is driven by a ...
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TIACA to work more closely with African airlines
TIACA and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely on issues affecting air cargo.The MoU, signed at the 49th AFRAA Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Kigali, will see TIACA collaborate with AFRAA’s 40 members to improve air cargo safety and security, as ...
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Hong Kong records steady cargo growth in October
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo throughput rise by 2.3% to 430,000 tonnes in October, versus like month 2016.The growth in cargo throughput last month was driven mainly by 4% year-on-year growth in exports, with Europe increasing "most significantly" among the key trading regions.Over the first 10 months of ...
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Emirates SkyCargo targets e-commerce with CommerCity deal
Emirates SkyCargo will target e-commerce traffic through a new deal it has signed with free zone Dubai CommerCity.The two partners said they will work together to develop new solutions for the global e-commerce sector to help retailers save time and money, although details on what form these solutions will take ...
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Panalpina’s COO Andy Weber to leave at the end of 2017
Panalpina's chief operating officer (COO), Andy Weber, will leave the company at the end of the year. The COO position will not be replaced.Weber, a member of the Switzerland-based logistics operator's executive board, joined the company in 2015.In a statement, Panalpina said that Weber has successfully led many turnaround projects ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Growth starts to slow in October
Air cargo growth at European carriers looks to have slowed in October, with IAG Cargo and Lufthansa seeing increases narrow during the month.Any potential slowdown in demand growth should not come as too much of a surprise given that comparisons are affected by improvements in the market at the tail ...
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Lufthansa Cargo signs up for eight more years with Fraport
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground handling deal at Frankfurt Airport.The agreement has a term of eight years and runs from January 2018 to December 2025 and covers aircraft ground handling, particularly the loading and unloading of all freighter aircraft belonging to ...
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SAS Cargo launches new pharma service
SAS Cargo is increasing the range of its pharma airfreight solutions by adding SAS Pharma Cargo.The Scandinavian carrier will use active GPS trackers to monitor the shipment, assuring accurate temperature is kept throughout the entire transport chain.“The pharmaceutical industry rightly expects high standards and performance from airlines when transporting their ...
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Air Partner appoints Jubb as freight trading manager
Charter broker Air Partner has appointed Robert Jubb as freight trading manager, based at the global aviation services group’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and reporting directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Jubb has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously ...
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iTran and HNA Logistics partner on cargo software project
iTran Systems and HNA Modern Logistics Group have signed a long-term co-operation agreement to jointly develop logistics and air cargo IT solutions.In the first phase of the deal, the two partners will develop a sales and booking platform, which will integrate HNA Modern Logistics' processes from incoming sales and booking ...
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UK forwarders concerned over post-Brexit customs plan
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is right to have concerns over the government and HMRC’s plans for customs procedures post-Brexit.Commenting after the publication of a report by the Committee, the trade association for UK freight forwarders agrees that more needs ...
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CEVA remains in the red despite airfreight demand growth
Freight forwarder CEVA remained in the red during the third quarter of the year despite increases in revenues and airfreight volumes.The forwarder, which has been subject to takeover rumours this year, saw third-quarter revenues increase by 6.1% year on year to reach $1.8bn and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...
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Emirates SkyCargo signs space centre logistics deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to become the preferred logistics partner.The deal, signed at the Dubai Airshow, means that Emirates SkyCargo will be MBRSC’s preferred partner to provide air transport services for satellites and related equipment relating to the organisation’s ...
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Network Airline Services extends Kenyan handler contract
Network Airline Services (NAS) has signed a two-year contract extension for Africa Flight Services Kenya (AFS Kenya) to provide cargo handling for NAS' four freighter flights a week into Nairobi.AFS Kenya will handle some 11,500 tonnes of cargo a year for NAS’ MD-11 and Boeing 747 freighter operations, which arrive ...
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UK airport trio notch up October cargo rises
MAG, the UK airports group, reported healthy cargo growth during October at its Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands hubs.Cargo volumes at Stansted airport during October were up 3.0% on last year with more than 23,000 tonnes of goods passing through the airport’s cargo facility. The annual total increased by ...
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Azerbaijan Airlines commits to freighter order
Azerbaijan Airlines has committed to buy "two large freighters", either Boeing 747-8Fs or Boeing 777Fs, as part of a deal with the US planemaker that saw a confirmed order for five B787-8 Dreamliner passenger jets with a total current list-price value of $1.9bn.The freighter commitment will be "finalised at a ...
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VIDEO: Air New Zealand: new track and trace technology
Air New Zealand (ANZ)is installing over 5,500 Bluetooth tags on its cargo containers, pallets and ULDs – plus more than 100 readers at 29 airports.The new technology will make tracking and analysing the movement of the carrier’s cargo shipments and equipment easier, as tagged items will automatically update an online ...