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Solid year for cargo at Alaska Air
Alaska Air Group’s 2016 results show that it was a solid year in terms of cargo performance for the carrier.The airline’s cargo and mail operations made an operating revenue of $108m over the year, exactly the same as had been the case in 2015.The final quarter’s performance did reflect a ...
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Tip of the iceberg: Air cargo steps in for lettuce crisis
The air cargo industry has seen a spike in demand for shipments of lettuce from North America as bad weather hit crops in Spain.Earlier today, IAG Cargo reported that retailers in the UK were looking to source lettuce and other vegetables from the Americas as a result of a shortage ...
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Saudia Cargo renews human organ transportation agreement
Saudia Cargo has renewed its commitment to human organ transportation by re-signing its agreement of collaboration with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, a publicly funded organisation that oversees the organ donation process in Saudi Arabia.Faisal Shaheen, the organisation’s director general, re-signed the deal – originally agreed in January 2014 ...
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Jettainer takes over management of Brussels Airlines’ ULD fleet
Jettainer, the Raunheim, Frankfurt-headquartered provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management services, has taken over responsibility for the management and maintenance of Brussels Airlines’ container fleet.A specially designed ULD has been handed over to the airline to mark the start of the collaboration, with Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary Jettainer having ...
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Swissport to handle Emirates SkyCargo at three French airports
Swissport Cargo Services France, a subsidiary of global aviation service provider Swissport International, will handle the freight of Emirates SkyCargo at the three French airports of Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon and Nice.The agreement comes into force on April 1 this year. It covers the full range of cargo handling ...
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US carriers seek Tillerson meeting in Gulf states subsidy row
US passenger airline bosses have asked to meet the new US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, to discuss allegations that Middle East Gulf states are unfairly subsidising state-owned carriers.This latest move in a long simmering row has seen the chief executives of American Airlines, United and Delta Air Lines post ...
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Good start to the year for Leipzig/Halle
Leipzig/Halle airport, Europe’s fifth-busiest and Germany’s second-biggest airfreight gateway, handled 84,782 tonnes of cargo in January this year, an increase of 6.9% over the same month of 2016.Operated by Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (which also operates Dresden airport as well as cargo and ground handler PortGround), Leipzig/Halle handled approximately 1.05 million ...
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JAL reveals mixed cargo results
Flag-carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) has revealed its consolidated financial results for the nine months that ended on 31 December last year, and they make for some mixed reading.In terms of its international cargo operations, JAL benefited from the improvement in demand for capacity that the industry enjoyed from the middle ...
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Aircoolbox targets air cargo pharma market
A new company has entered the air cargo container market, taking aim at the pharmaceutical sector.At last week’s Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, Aircoolbox announced it would begin targeting the air cargo pharmaceutical market with its passive container product.Aircoolbox managing director Keith Packer said the re-usable container can be ...
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Fashion firm Missguided signs up with Kerry Logistics
Multi-channel fashion retailer Missguided has selected Kerry Logistics to provide air and ocean services.The contract will see Kerry handle all international air and ocean needs for the UK-based retailer, as well as providing a wide range of value-added services and on-the-ground logistics support through its network across the Greater China ...
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Agility adds new Hyderabad pharma facility
Logistics firm Agility has opened the first temperature-controlled life sciences storage and handling facility in the Hyderabad Airport Zone.The 6,000 sq ft Life Sciences Excellence Center (LSEC) at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport will serve pharma manufacturers in Hyderabad, Goa, Pune, Vishakhapatnam and Bangalore.The centre will provide conditioning, preparation and storage ...
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Airlander 10 expected to fly again later this year
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has confirmed that it expects its Airlander 10 airship – the world’s largest aircraft – to fly again in the near future.The Airlander 10, of which HAV is the designer, assembler and owner, suffered a crash landing in August last year during a test flight from ...
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Qatar expands Pharma Express services
Qatar Airways Cargo is adding further frequencies to its Pharma Express services that link the two European pharmaceutical hubs of Basel and Brussels with its home hub of Doha.An additional weekly frequency, operating on Fridays, was introduced on the route out of Basel on 3 February, while two further weekly ...
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American Airlines gets stuck into the New Zealand market
American Airlines Cargo was recently called upon to carry out a short-notice shipment of world renowned honey from New Zealand.Manuka honey is normally moved by seafreight but last week, on short notice, the airline was called on to carry the product for the first time in order to meet deadlines ...
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Volga-Dnepr steppes up with endangered horse project
The Volga-Dnepr Group has transported 14 Przewalski horses from Hortobágy National Park in Hungary to the Ural steppe of Russia as part of efforts to re-introduce the breed to the area.The horses each travelled from Hungary in their own special horse stall onboard a Boeing 737-400SF freighter operated by Atran ...
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Mumbai airport joins the Pharma.Aero initiative
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has joined the Pharma.Aero initiative, becoming the first Indian airport to embark on a community approach for IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Brussels Airport and MIAL announced their partnership in Pharma.Aero at the Pharma Logistics Summit in Mumbai, inking a Memorandum of ...
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K+N gains CEIV Pharma certification for specialist network
Global forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has gained IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for pharmaceutical handling (CEIV Pharma) certification covering its entire KN PharmaChain GxP air network, currently including 86 locations on all continents.The IATA CEIV Pharma standard ensures the integrity of every pharmaceutical and healthcare product in the airfreight ...
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Rhenus looks to grow in airfreight after IATA accreditation
Rhenus Logistics' French division has been awarded IATA cargo agent accreditation as it looks to expand its airfreight operation.IATA Cargo Agents are able to contact the airlines directly for rates and cargo space availability, and book shipments.IATA accreditation provides agents with industry recognition of their financial and professional competence and ...
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Qatar Cargo opts for Siginon for Nairobi ground handling
Qatar Airways Cargo has awarded Siginon Aviation with a contract to provide ground and ramp handling services at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).Siginon said the deal would see it handle perishable products such as flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat that are the top exports from Nairobi destined mainly for ...
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Cargo waiting in the wings as Lufthansa and Etihad partnership focuses on catering and MRO
Lufthansa and UAE national carrier Etihad have signed a non-equity partnership with an initial focus on in-flight catering and aircraft maintenance, although cargo is not on the menu at this stage.Etihad Aviation Group president and chief executive officer James Hogan, and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, signed ...