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Qatar re-commits to wildlife fight
Qatar Airways has recommitted to the Buckingham Palace Declaration, which it signed in 2016 to protect wildlife from illegal trade and transportation.The carrier said it had a policy of zero tolerance towards the illegal transportation of endangered species through its network and would continue to raise employee and passenger awareness ...
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E-commerce leads Aramex profit growth
Middle East based forwarder Aramex said its net profits had increased by 13% in the third quarter of 2017 to AED 81.6m, up from AED 72.2m in 2016.Revenues in the third quarter, ending September 30, also increased 9% to AED 1,144m, compared to last year’s AED 1,050m. Were it not ...
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CLA adds Tel Aviv to expanding route network
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the UK-registered freighter operator, is to begin weekly scheduled services to Tel Aviv in Israel.The London Stansted-based airline will use a Boeing 747-400F for the new service to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt. In December, the outbound departure out of Europe will move from Frankfurt (Main) to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.Dmitry ...
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West Atlantic flies through choppy air
Swedish cargo airline West Atlantic confirmed that it has suffered financially this year, largely as a result of high start-up costs caused by delayed deliveries of aircraft needed to fulfil its new Royal Mail contract.In a statement on its website, the Gothenburg-headquartered airline said: "As a consequence, the company does ...
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Etihad to suspend Dallas passenger service
Etihad Airways has confirmed that it will suspend its Abu Dhabi – Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) passenger link from March next year, claiming the service has become “commercially unsustainable following American Airlines’ unilateral decision to terminate its codeshare agreement” with Etihad.Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ chief executive, observed: “The unfortunate decision by ...
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WFS says ‘santé’!
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has handled more than 3,000 tonnes of Beaujolais Nouveau, helping a large part of this year’s crop of virgin wine on its way to customers in Asia.WFS spends several weeks each year working with airline customers to co-ordinate exports of the new wine move on-board freighter ...
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Ethiopian spreads its wings
Ethiopian Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has landed at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, on the Zanzibar archipelago.Addis Ababa-headquartered Ethiopian Airlines said that it has deployed the latest addition to the fleet into Zanzibar as part of its commitment to “serve Africa, its home market, with the most advanced and ...
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Transviet to represent 1GSA in Vietnam
1GSA – the independent general sales agent (GSA) network – has appointed Transviet Promotion as its exclusive member for Vietnam.Transviet Promotion, which sells both cargo and passenger capacity, was established in 1996. It has five offices in the Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and Da Nang, and 55 ...
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Volga-Dnepr 'racking' its brains to deliver 30 Mercs to Luanda
Volga-Dnepr used a two-tier car racking system for its An-124-100 freighter fleet to deliver 30 Mercedes Benz limousines to Angola for the inauguration of new president, Joao Lourenco.The 90-tonne payload from Leipzig, on a single flight to Luanda, consisted of 25 luxury sedans (list price around £60,000) three police cars ...
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Forwarders call for action to end Heathrow's congestion ‘misery’
The head of the UK’s freight forwarders’ group has called for “action not words” over growing congestion at London Heathrow airport’s cargo terminal.British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen says that congestion at the so-called Horseshoe Road area of Heathrow “is as bad as it has ever been ...
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ANA international freight soars by a third
A 31.1% year-on-year increase in international cargo revenue to ¥12.9bn helped Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) to record profits in the first half of the financial year (April-September).International cargo benefited from a strong outbound performance to overseas destinations thanks to robust demand, especially for automobile parts to North America and ...
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Moscow Domodedovo is Munich’s seventh sibling
Russia's Moscow Domodedovo Airport has signed a cooperation agreement with Munich Airport, joining Denver, Nagoya, Airports of Thailand, Singapore, Beijing and Airports Company South Africa as ‘sister airports’ to the south German gateway.The partnership aims to transfer knowledge between employees and managers on both sides and will include exchange programs ...
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Cargo helps Frankfurt to strong growth
Cargo volume at Frankfurt Airport (airfreight + airmail, excluding transit) grew 5.1% to 1.6m tonnes between January to September 2017, contributing to “a significant 13.7% rise in group revenue to €2.23bn” said airport owner Fraport.Much of the growth at the German hub was fuelled by a noticeable jump in passenger ...
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Lufthansa is Jettainer’s first Cool customer
Lufthansa Cargo is to be the first customer of the Cool Management service offered by its outsourced ULD management arm, Jettainer.The subsidiary will manage temperature-controlled ULDs for its parent company along with leased units. Jettainer is also opening a new Center of Excellence for the management of temperature-sensitive airfreight at ...
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Committee to scrutinise UK runway plans
The UK Parliament’s Transport Committee will hold an inquiry into the revised proposal for an Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), tabled by the government last week (October 24).The committee said that there is no need to resubmit previous evidence but would welcome further submissions, particularly on whether the revised passenger ...
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Changi cargo growth nears 10% in September
Singapore Changi Airport saw a 9.8% increase in airfreight to 183,560 tonnes in September, while the Asian cargo hub registered an 8.1% year-on-year increase to 1.6m tonnes in the first nine months of 2017.Among Changi’s top ten markets, Germany (+27%) was the fastest growing with strong year-on-year growth across all ...
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Cambodian carriers choose AAT for Hong Kong handling
JC (Cambodia) International Airlines has launched direct services from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap to Hong Kong and appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its terminal operator there.JC International, which started operations in March this year, serves the two Cambodian cities twice weekly with its Airbus A320 aircraft.AAT is also ...
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Now is the time to think about Brexit supply chains, says logistics expert
UK retailers must prioritise supply chains in their planning for Brexit, or face a cash flow disadvantage due to a delay in VAT returns on imports.Alison Conley, partner and head of retail and consumer at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, said that if the UK exits the European Union without any agreed ...
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KLM to "share slots" with ABC reports TASS as Schiphol row grows
Netherlands passenger and cargo airline KLM is to share its slots at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport with Air Bridge Cargo (ABC), according to a Russian-language report by the TASS news agency, quoting the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Transport.Moscow-based TASS said that the aviation authorities of the two countries are negotiating on ...
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NYK to become 100% owner of forwarder Yusen
Japanese shipping and transport company NYK is to acquire the remaining 41% stake of its freight forwarding subsidiary, Yusen Logistics, from minority shareholders. The transaction is expected to be completed by late March, 2018.In a statement, NYK said the move was part of its strategy to expand beyond its traditional ...