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CargoLogicAir fleet plans on track
CargoLogicAir (CLA) looks set to add another aircraft to its fleet in early 2018, following on from the launch of its first scheduled service later this month.Earlier this week, the UK-registered airline revealed that on August 19 it would begin offering a twice-weekly scheduled service from its Stansted hub to ...
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SIA and Avianca in codeshare agreement
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Latin-American carrier Avianca have signed an agreement to codeshare on each other’s flights with effect from September 2017.Under the new agreement, SIA customers will have wider connections to Bogotá, Colombia, Avianca's major hub location. SIA will add its SQ designator code to Avianca-operated flights from its ...
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DHL opens Delhi centre to tap e-commerce boom
Deutsche Post DHL’s eCommerce arm has opened a distribution centre in Delhi as part of a €250m investment in India to 2020.The new facility allows DHL eCommerce to provide online retailers services such as Packet and Packet Plus to enable economical shipments worldwide and DHL Parcel International Direct that offers ...
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Hong Kong Airport continues to report strong cargo growth in July
Hong Kong International Airport continued to report strong growth in its cargo volumes in July as exports continued to thrive.Cargo throughput at the airport increased by 11% year on year in July to reach 422,000 tonnes.The percentage growth is roughly in line with growth reported over the first seven months, ...
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NewsEuropean air cargo monthly: Freight continues to take off at Lufthansa and IAG
Major European airlines saw cargo demand growth accelerate in July, despite some warnings growth may have reached its peak.The latest figures from Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair all point to continued improvements in air cargo demand, with percentage growth in July beating their average for the year to date.Air France KLM ...
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China’s HNA buys Hahn airport stake
China’s HNA Airport Group has completed its €15.1 million purchase of a 82.5% stake in Germany’s Frankfurt-Hahn airport, announced previously.It ends an uncertain period in the history of the airport; in June 2016 it appeared to have sold the tranche to shadowy Chinese investor, Shanghai Yiqian Trading Co, but the ...
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Cargolux starts work on state-of-the-art HQ
Cargolux Airlines has started work on a new headquarters building at its Luxembourg airport base.It is located in the Sandweiler district adjacent to the carrier’s maintenance hangar, to which it is connected by a glass bridge. The airline’s training organisation, including its two Boeing 747 simulators, will also be located ...
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Heathrow has fastest-ever cargo growth
A 44% surge in American Airlines volumes in July contributed to a 15.1% rise in cargo at London Heathrow airport in July - the fastest rate ever recorded. The gateway also reported that overall cargo traffic with North America was up 16% while Asian traffic was up 14% on the ...
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More functions for Frankfurt freight system
The Dakosy FAIR@Link Cargo Community Platform at Frankfurt Airport has expanded its range of import and export services.For imports, freight forwarders can now receive flight manifest data from the airlines via the integrated FAIR@Link dashboard, including status reports on incoming flights and air waybills (AWBs), allowing the necessary resources to ...
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AMI adds imports to South Africa service
Trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler AMI has launched an express import service to South Africa.Click2ship Express Imports is the counterpart to the click2ship Express Exports launched in the country in 2014.It provides online quotes and bookings for imports from any location in the world. Prices include collection at origin, export ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes still ascending
Cargo continued to increase at Frankfurt Airport, said operating company Fraport in its latest figures for July.Freight and airmail was up 4.2% to 188,009 tonnes in the month, while for the year to date it was up 4.7% to just over 1.28m tonnes.Fraport added that accumulated maximum take-off weights surpassed ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints account manager for Australian business
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Jarrod Paterson has joined as account manager – Melbourne to support the launch of new Melbourne services by the airline’s partner, Virgin Australia.Paterson joins Virgin Atlantic after nearly four years with GSA Australia Cargo, latterly as station manager Victoria.Earlier in his career, he worked for ...
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Mexico to be CargoLogicAir’s first scheduled destination
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the only UK all-cargo airline, is to launch its first scheduled cargo route on 19 August, to Mexico.Twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 flights will depart from CLA’s London Stansted Airport base every Wednesday and Saturday to Mexico City International Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US.The full aircraft ...
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DHL signs deal to help Shanghai Pharma grow
Shanghai Pharma, one of China’s largest listed pharmaceuticals groups, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DHL Supply Chain to expand its global logistics infrastructure.Under the MOU, the pharmaceuticals giant – which generated revenues of more than US$18 billion (RMB121 billion) last year – will partner with DHL ...
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XPO gets its shopping list out again
XPO Logistics could soon be going on another buying spree, said chief executive Bradley Jacobs as he revealed a jump on net income to $75m in the first quarter of 2017, compared with $50.4m in the same period in 2016.He told Reuters that the US-based logistics giant is pursuing “deals ...
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Perspex sees clear advantages from Tigers deal
Logistics and transport company Tigers is to partner with acrylic products maker Perspex SA Gauteng in South Africa for all its warehousing and distribution needs.Perspex South Africa manufactures extruded acrylics, styrenics, polycarbonate, aluminium composite sheeting, polypropylene, polyethylene and extruded polyurethane products.Through the partnership, it aims to will improve its service ...
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CCS-UK to speed up Heathrow cargo
The user group for the CCS-UK airfreight community system is working on a new module to speed up deliveries and collections at London Heathrow Airport transit sheds.CCS-UK Advanced Info will enable freight agents, and transport companies working on their behalf, to alert handling agents of deliveries, down to House AWB ...
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Qatar Airways dumps plan for American Airline stake
Qatar Airways has dropped a plan to acquire up to a 10% stake in American Airlines, according to press reports. In a statement, the Middle Eastern carrier said that “taking into account the latest public disclosure of American Airlines”, the investment “no longer meets our objectives”.The US carrier had vociferously ...
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Kreutel takes the helm at Fraport Cargo
Felix Kreutel will take over as head of Fraport’s cargo development and management department on 1 October. He joined the airport operator in 2000 and has, since 2015, been vice-president of the Fraport’s cargo and logistics department.He will succeed Dirk Schusdziara, who will become head of the commercial affairs department ...
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Frankfurt puts in a strong cargo performance
Frankfurt’s cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) climbed by 5.3% year-on-year, to nearly 1.1 million tonnes In the first six months of the 2017 business year, said airport operator Fraport in its half yearly report, published on 3 August.Europe's busiest cargo hub said that cargo traffic continued its growth trend from ...