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    Saudia Cargo expects yield pressure to continue in 2016

    2016-03-22T13:09:54Z

    Saudia Cargo believes further yield pressure and belly cargo capacity additions will be the main challenges faced by the air cargo industry in 2016.Speaking to Air Cargo News, Saudia Cargo vice president commercial Rainer Mueller said: “For us as a true air cargo operator and running 16 freighters, the main ...

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    B767F joins Raya Airways fleet

    2016-03-21T16:44:02Z

    Malaysian cargo airline Raya Airways has taken delivery a B767-200 freighter, the first of the type aircraft under Malaysian registration.The twinjet brings the Raya Airways fleet up to four freighters, joining two B727-200Fs and one B757-200F, and is part of an ambitious expansion plan by the carrier to serve Shanghai, ...

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    Redline wins Bangladeshi aviation security services contract

    2016-03-21T11:48:47Z

    UK-based Redline Assured Security has signed a two-year contract with the Bangladesh government to provide aviation security services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.The appointment comes shortly after the UK's Department for Transport on March 9 placed an interim ban on cargo out of Dhaka's international airport to the ...

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    Oz court upholds cartel fines on Garuda and Air New Zealand

    2016-03-21T10:51:46Z

    Australia’s Federal Court has upheld an appeal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over air cargo cartel allegations against Garuda Indonesia and Air New Zealand.A majority ruling by the full court found that price fixing conduct engaged in by Garuda and Air New Zealand relating to agreed surcharges ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo confirms future strategy

    2016-03-21T10:16:33Z

    Following closely on the heels of the publication of Lufthansa’s 2015 annual results earlier this week, the German carrier has now gone public with some details on its strategies for future expansion of its airfreight operation.According to a statement from Lufthansa Cargo, product innovations and an ambitious savings programme will ...

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    Kenya Airways adds its thoughts on the wildlife preservation issue

    2016-03-18T16:45:25Z

    Kenya Airways was one of the cargo carriers that put their name to the United for Wildlife declaration signed at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.The Nairobi-based airline was represented by group managing director and chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze, who signed the document along with 40 other representatives from transport, conservation ...

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    MIQ Logistics warns of summer supply chain disruption as Chinese factories close for G20 summit

    2016-03-18T16:11:17Z

    Freight forwarder MIQ Logistics has warned of potential supply chain disruption this summer as Shanghai factories are closed ahead of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.The forwarder said that its Shanghai office was receiving reports that factories in Shanghai and Hangzhou were being instructed by officials to prepare for slowdowns and ...

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    Eurogate to launch forwarding services in Iran

    2016-03-18T15:20:56Z

    Freight forwarder Eurogate Logistics is launching services in Iran, including airfreight, as it looks to take advantage of the lifting of sanctions in the country.Eurogate said that in response to the easing of sanctions earlier this year, had established a local network in Iran, which is able to offer freight ...

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    Shanghai Pudong has strong February

    2016-03-18T14:49:48Z

    Shanghai Pudong International airport handled 194,300 tonnes of air cargo in February, down by 12.6% on the same month of 2015.Nearly 144,000 tonnes of this total was carried on international services.The result was disappointing, particularly in the light of the strong start that had been made to the year.In January, ...

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    Cargo Composites launches new Flyweight AKH container

    2016-03-18T10:41:30Z

    Charleston, South Carolina-headquartered ULD and pallet manufacturer Cargo Composites announced during this week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin (held between 15-17 March) that it is beginning series production on an entirely new lightweight container for narrowbody aircraft.The company says that the Flyweight AKH container weighs just 53kg, yet ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo names new area managers

    2016-03-18T09:25:27Z

    Lufthansa Cargo has appointed new area managers for its Europe & Africa and the Americas regions, as well as a new head of global handling management.On June 1 this year, Achim Martinka will take charge of sales and handling in the Europe & Africa region, succeeding Carsten Wirths.Since October 2010, ...

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    SIA struggles in tough times

    2016-03-17T16:32:22Z

    Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) had another difficult month in February, if its recently released traffic figures are anything to go by.Capacity, as measured in available tonne-km, rose 4.9% year on year to 804.6m, while flown cargo as measured in freight tonne-km was down 2.3% year on year to 474.7m. ...

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    PACTL becomes first Chinese air cargo terminal to gain CEIV

    2016-03-17T14:06:55Z

    Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (Pactl) has successfully completed the validation process to obtain IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) in Pharmaceutical Logistics.As a result, Pactl now operates the first Chinese air cargo terminal that has obtained the CEIV certification.“Having satisfied the IATA CEIV Pharma regulations, our ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo’s earnings fall 40% in 2015

    2016-03-17T07:39:55Z

    Lufthansa Cargo’s earnings contribution to the parent group airline declined 40% to €74m in full year 2015 as seasonal “sizeable overcapacities” in the airfreight market hit load factors and yields.In addition to the excess capacity from the beginning of the summer onwards, cargo earnings were also depressed by the strike ...

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    Jettainer develops new ULD software to assist in fleet management

    2016-03-16T11:52:13Z

    ULD management firm Jettainer and the University of Cologne are in the process of developing a new tool that will offer live decision making assistance to improve the management of ULD fleets based on analysis of large amounts of data.Jettainer sales director Thorsten Riekert told Air Cargo News that it ...

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    Aircargo Club Deutschland plans new innovation forum

    2016-03-16T11:27:06Z

    Germany’s air cargo industry is hoping to push forward innovation in the sector through the creation of a new forum.The Aircargo Club Deutschland (ACD) has announced plans to create a new forum named The Future of Air Cargo Supply Chains in an attempt to restore international competitiveness in a “sustainable ...

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    SAS opts for lightweight ULDs

    2016-03-16T09:43:55Z

    Scandinavian airline SAS is extending its contract with ULD service provider CHEP Aerospace Solutions.In future, SAS will use CHEP's 65kg containers which are over 20% lighter than its existing units and as a result will save over 13,000 tonnes of CO2 during the five-year term of the new agreement.SAS head ...

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    Ethiopian Airlines relaunches cargo flights at Brussels Airport

    2016-03-14T08:49:59Z

    Ethiopian Airlines Cargo is returning to Brussels Airport with 12 direct daytime freighter flights a week out of the Belgian airfreight hub, bound for Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.In late 2015, the African combination carrier was forced to switch services to Maastricht-Aachen after it was not able to obtain ...

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    Cargolux to take a flexible approach to airfreight capacity deployment

    2016-03-11T15:57:21Z

    Cargolux will look to the charter market and try to be as flexible as possible with its fleet as it looks to mitigate current market conditions.Cargolux executive vice president sales & marketing Niek van der Weide told Air Cargo News that he expected market overcapacity and yield pressure to remain ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo reveals summer freighter schedule with six destinations added to line-up

    2016-03-11T15:33:09Z

    Lufthansa Cargo has revealed its summer airfreight schedule with Moscow, Ashgabat, Baku, Doha, Seattle and Los Angeles added to its service offering.The German carrier said that since the start of March, an MD-11 freighter had been operating on a rotation of Frankfurt, Domodedovo, an existing destination, Moscow, Ashgabat and Baku.It ...