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New Ethiopian Airlines cargo hub to open in April
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its new cargo terminal at Addis Ababa is 82% complete and expected to be operational "towards April 2017".The African carrier said that the new facility will have an annual storage (for both dry and perishable goods) of 1.2m tons and a capacity to handle eight ...
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Antonov Airlines appoints UK sales team
Antonov Airlines – operator of the Antonov AN-124, AN-225 and AN-22 aircraft – has appointed Dreamlifts Limited as its general sales agent, replacing Ruslan International.Based at Antonov’s new offices in Stansted Airport’s Diamond Hangar, Dreamlifts’ sales team includes experienced names in the outsize cargo sector.Paul Furlonger continues his long association ...
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Saudi to open bidding process for second cargo operations at King Khalid airport
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has confirmed that the bidding process for a second cargo operator's licence at King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh will start in February 2017.GACA also confirmed that future investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia will include “full cargo airports,” with details to ...
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Turkish Airlines appoints Turhan Özen as chief cargo officer
Turkish Airlines has appointed Turhan Özen as chief cargo officer.Özen, who joined the carrier in 2006, started his career in 1991 at IVECO, where he worked in sales, marketing, and logistics management positions.In 2000, he joined TNT Logistics as business development manager, and later took the position of distribution operations ...
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IAG Cargo and Exelsius to hold second cold chain training workshop in India
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international Cold Chain Management Consultancy, have announced that their GDP Academy training workshop will return to India, this time with a two-day workshop in Mumbai, following the success of a previous workshop in Hyderabad.Taking place on the 8-9 February 2017, the Good Distribution Practice Academy ...
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October cargo surge for airports in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
October 2016 saw airports in both Asia-Pacific and Middle East continue a strong airfreight performance with cargo throughput increases of +10.2% and +11.5% respectively.The airfreight surge came “despite global trade growth remaining weak” according to Airports Council International Asia-Pacific's latest monthly report.It stated: “In Asia-Pacific, the surge in volume in ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand growth moderates in November
European airlines saw cargo growth moderate in November although performance was partly affected by one-off factors.The latest monthly airline figures show that IAG Cargo, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded improvements in cargo demand in November, while Air France KLM once again experienced a decline.Europe’s busiest cargo carrier Lufthansa saw cargo ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group: A new approach to the expansion conundrum
Robert van de Weg is well known in the air cargo industry. That is partly down to the fact that he has spent the last two-and-a-half years working for AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines, one of the industry’s most well-known cargo carriers, but also because of the impressive list of companies he ...
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Etihad to cut jobs and review its European airline investments says Reuters
Middle East Gulf carrier Etihad Airways has announced a range of job cuts and "controlled restructuring" amid speculation that its investment strategy in European airlines looks set for review.Reuters news agency, quoting "company and industry sources", reported that Abu Dhabi-based Etihad is "seeking an exit" from the investments.In tandem with ...
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Emirates SkyCargo expands US network to Fort Lauderdale
Emirates SkyCargo has added Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to its network of US destinations with the launch of a daily Boeing 777-200LR passenger service with bellyhold capacity.Emirates SkyCargo also offers belly hold cargo capacity on its daily passenger service to Orlando, Florida, bringing the total cargo capacity offered to the state ...
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Qatar to add four freighter destinations in the Americas
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch twice weekly Boeing 777 freighter operations to four new destinations in the Americas, starting in early February 2017.The freighters will fly to the South American cities of Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Quito (the latter subject to governmental approval) and Miami in the US.They will depart ...
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UK cargo handlers the latest to announce strike action
Cargo handlers working for Swissport in the UK are the latest group to announce plans to go on strike in protest over pay.Unite, the UK's largest union, said that more than 1,500 check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew would take part in a 48-hour strike beginning at 00:01 on ...
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UK cargo handlers call off planned strikes
Cargo handlers working for Swissport in the UK have called off their planned strike action after coming to an agreement over pay.Union Unite, the largest in the UK, announced that it had cancelled the 48-hour strike that was due to begin early Friday morning (December 23) and would have seen ...
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Marcel de Nooijer appointed executive vice president Air France-KLM Cargo
Marcel de Nooijer has been appointed executive vice president Air France-KLM Cargo. He will join the Air France-KLM Group Executive Committee.De Nooijer replaces Bram Gräber, who stepped down as executive vice president of the airlines' joint cargo arm in June 2016.De Nooijer, aged 48, holds a business administration and management ...
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Volga-Dnepr's cargo supermarket swings into action
The Volga-Dnepr Group's cargo supermarket strategy paid dividends for forwarder DB Schenker when it needed to transport ball valves from Australia to Italy for maintenance.The cargo supermarket strategy, where its scheduled and charter operations are sold together, was used to transport the balls with a IL-76TD-90VD was chartered to transport ...
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Panalpina takes a scientific approach to reducing emissions
Freight forwarder Panalpina has revealed new "science-based" emissions reduction targets running until 2025.The Switzerland-based freight forwarder has committed to reduce scope one and two emissions - those generated by offices, warehouses, company cars and trucks - by 20% by 2025 from 2013 levels.It will also try to reduce scope three ...
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Cargolux joins Airlines for Europe
Cargolux has become the first all-cargo carrier to join the Airlines for Europe (A4E) association as the group reveals plans to launch a cargo working group.Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson said he looked forward to working with the group on aviation issues that are affected by regulations at a European ...
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November cargo surge for Hong Kong and Shanghai airports
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded strong cargo growth in November with a volume increase of 7.1% year on year to 436,000 tonnes, setting a new monthly record.Said airport management: “Among the key trading regions, traffic to/from Southeast Asia and Europe increased most significantly during the month.”Passenger volume and flight ...
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Lufthansa and unions agree on arbitration to end wage dispute
German carrier Lufthansa and the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreed to approach a mediator for a collective wage agreement.The negotiating parties have agreed to finalise the arbitration by the end of January and "to maintain industrial peace regarding the collective wage agreement until then" said Lufthansa management in ...
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Monarch scoops Cygnus freighter maintenance deal
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has secured a contract to provide C check maintenance for Cygnus Air's two Boeing 757 Freighter aircraft.The UK company will carry out C Check maintenance for the Madrid-based cargo airline, which will include insulation blanket modification for the Spanish operator.All the maintenance work will be carried out ...