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DHL opens new Budapest express facilities
DHL Express has opened new facilities at Budapest Airport as part of the €160m BUD:2020 Development Programme.The new warehouse and office complexes offer automated sorting systems and a total land development area of more than 60,000 sq m.DHL Express is the latest company to launch operations at the new facility. ...
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Cargolux and Emirates partnership expands with Dubai handler move
Cargolux has transferred its handling operation in Dubai to Emirates SkyCargo as the two companies ramp-up their cargo partnership.In May, the two airlines signed a co-operation agreement that sees them share space on each others aircraft.The move to the same handling company in Dubai World Central Complex (DWC) will facilitate ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo adds fifth US freighter destination this year
Qatar Airways Cargo will become the first international airline to offer a freighter service to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a new operation gets underway next month.The airline said that when the new B777F service is launched, on October 11, it will become the fifth freighter destination in the Americas added this ...
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Budapest Airport sees cargo demand reach a new high
Budapest Airport has had a record first seven months of the year for cargo as a result of growth in the central European region.In total, the airport handled 72,161 tonnes of cargo over the first seven months, up 19.6% on the same period last year.The airport registered 49,420 tonnes of ...
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All dressed up: Qatar Airways Cargo’s first freighter charter to Rickenbacker
Qatar Airways Cargo has shipped more than 100 tonnes of garments to the US in the Middle East carrier's first charter service to Rickenbacker International Airport in Colombus, Ohio.The consignment, in collaboration with Sri Lanka-based EFL (Expo Freight), was flown on a Boeing 777 freighter from Colombo to Rickenbacker for ...
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ICAO backs Turkmenistan's freight ambitions
ICAO has backed Turkmenistan's plans for its new Ashgabat airport to become a freight hub, but also highlighted a number of priorities it should pursue to support air traffic growth.In a meeting last week with the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, ICAO Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu pledged support for ...
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Forwarder Tigers adds new China-Europe rail operation
Tigers is the latest freight forwarder to add a new rail service between Asia and Europe, offering an alternative to air and sea transport.The Hong Kong forwarder will transport goods both east and westbound between Duisburg and Hefei, Chongqing and Chengdu.Customers are able to charter an entire train, or book ...
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Frankfurt freight boost in August
Frankfurt airport's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) in August rose by 5.4% year-on-year to 181,102 tonnes or up by 4.8% year to date to nearly 1.5m tonnes.August was a busy month at Frankfurt, with LUG air cargo handling expanding its Health Care Center (HCC) in a 650 sq m first ...
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DHL launches twice a week B747 freighter from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Norway’s Oslo Airport has teamed up with DHL Global Forwarding to establish a twice a week chartered Boeing 747-400 freighter link to Seoul and Shanghai, with the ambition of establishing a scheduled service.The Norwegian seafood gateway, with a 32% general cargo growth so far this year, said that it is ...
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Heathrow tonnages rise 13% in August
Cargo flowing through London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK’s largest gateway, climbed 13% to 139,000 tonnes in August, marking the 13th consecutive record month for volumes at Europe’s number four airfreight hub.For the 2017 year to date volumes, Heathrow has recorded a 10.3% rise for the first eight months of this ...
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dnata signs up Siemens for dock side IT systems
Ground handler dnata has signed up to use Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics' (SPPAL) software platform for its operations in Dubai.The appointment system will allow all land transport processes up to the hub’s dock side to be handled digitally."The benefits for dnata will include significantly increased transparency and the ...
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Fraport launches new innovation website: www.innoFRAtor.com
Frankfurt airport operating company Fraport has launched a new dedicated innovation website: www.innoFRAtor.com.The aim of the new website is to provide an information platform for the industry and other interested members of the public on the latest innovation topics from the areas of aviation, transport and logistics.The website is bilingual ...
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Forwarder Panalpina confirms completion of Air Connection deal
Freight forwarder Panalpina has confirmed it has completed the acquisition on Kenyan perishables forwarder Air Connection.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder first announced the deal in May but had been waiting for approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya, which, as reported by Air Cargo News, it received earlier this week.Conditions are ...
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Takeover of Kenyan perishables forwarders to go ahead, with conditions
Kenya’s competition watchdog has approved “with conditions” the takeover of two specialist perishables forwarders in the African country by European logistics giants Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and Panalpina.The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the acquisition of Air Connection by Panalpina Airflo Ltd, Panalpina Airflo BV and Panalpina Kenya Ltd, but ordered ...
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Salguero joins AIA Cargo in worldwide network role
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) has appointed Jaime Salguero as worldwide network and commercial vice president, reporting to the cargo management company's chief executive, Mark Andrew.Salguero joins AIA with 24 years professional background as executive director in the airfreight industry, with management experience of cargo general sales and services agents ...
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UK government seeks further consultation on Heathrow's third runway
The UK government has called for further consultation on its selection of a new north-west runway at London's Heathrow airport.A statement today from the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, on the extension came as the government published Sir Jeremy Sullivan's interim report on consultation on the draft Airports ...
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Boeing raises Chinese new aircraft forecast
Boeing has increased its forecast for the number of new aircraft that China will need over the next 20 years.The airframer has predicted that in total, China will need 7,240 new aircraft to be delivered by 2036 if it is to meet demand growth projections. This is a 6.3% increase ...
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Qatar Airways outlines its cargo response to air space "blockade"
Qatar Airways, facing an air space embargo by its Middle East neighbours since June this year, chartered in extra freighters and increased its own maindeck capacity on key trade lanes to maintain urgently needed food supplies and traditional cargo flows.Despite a 160% rise in cargo volumes at its Doha home ...
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Ethiopia's airline and airports merge to form single aviation group
Ethiopian Airlines Group has merged with Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to form the African country's new Aviation Holding Group.The consolidation, which follows regulation approved by Ethiopia's Council of Ministers on July 14 this year, sees the formation of a new holding group comprising EAE, Passenger Airline, Cargo Airline & Logistics ...
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Time critical firm GBA expands into Germany
Time-critical logistics firm GBA Services has continued with its European expansion, adding a operations covering the German market.The company, which is already present in the UK, Poland and Austria, will add a new office in Bremen from where it will provide the full portfolio of GBA’s services – including time-critical, ...