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C2K members agree new quality standards
CARGO 2000 (C2K) members have agreed new quality standards for the air cargo industry.More than 60 technical and operational managers took part in a meeting of C2K’s Technical Working Group this week as part of a drive to implement new quality standards for the air cargo industry.C2K is an IATA ...
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ACP Worldwide appointed as Air China GSA in South Africa
Air China has chosen ACP Worldwide as its South African cargo GSA and it will sell capacity on the airline’s first ever non-stop, direct flight between China and Africa.The first inbound flight of the new service, which will operate between Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport and Beijing three times a ...
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Emirates hopes new Bologna service will improve city's supply chains
Emirates SkyCargo will expand its Italian cargo network when it launches daily non-stop flights to Bologna from Dubai that it hopes will help improve the supply chains of local exporters.The daily service, to begin operation on November 3, will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, offering 23 tonnes of belly-hold ...
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Cargo growth at Dubai International eases in September
Dubai Airports said cargo demand at Dubai International had been “ fairly robust” over the first nine months of the year, despite growth easing in September from the levels recorded earlier in the year.Dubai’s northern airport saw September cargo demand increase by a “marginal” 0.3% compared with last year to ...
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DSV's airfreight volume growth outpaces market in Q3
Danish freight forwarder DSV continued to report above market airfreight volume growth during the third quarter and said it expects to gain approval of its takeover of UTi early next year.During the third quarter of the year, DSV’s airfreight volumes increased by 9.6% compared with the same period in 2014 ...
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Kerry Logistics appoints Blank in Europe
Kerry Logistics has appointed Thomas Blank as its new managing director of Europe with effect immediately.Blank has over 35 years of experience in logistics and international and domestic freight forwarding, having previously served as managing director of Southeast Asia for Panalpina, senior vice president at UTI, managing director at Geodis ...
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Qatar Airways announces huge new cargo terminal as it targets further growth
Qatar Airways has revealed plans for a huge new cargo facility at Hamad International as it continues to climb up the IATA table for the world’s largest cargo airlines.Speaking at a press event today in Doha, Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that airline was now the ...
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Exclusive: Emirates considers new round of freighter orders
Emirates is weighing up further freighter orders after it took delivery of the final all-cargo aircraft on its current orderbook earlier this year.The Dubai-headquartered carrier told Air Cargo News it was currently considering whether it would place further orders for freighter aircraft with a decision expected over the coming months.Emirates ...
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UPS statement on pan-African airline
United Parcel Service has issued a statement regarding African press reports that it is to launch a Tunisia-based pan-African airline with its local Tunisian partner, Express Logistics.In a statement to Air Cargo News, UPS said: “Contrary to recent media reports, UPS has not currently partnered with Express Logistics in Tunisia ...
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FedEx cleans up its planes and reduces its fuel bill in the process
FedEx has adopted a new fuselage cleaning procedure for 13 aircraft serving Europe from its Roissy-Charles De Gaulle hub that it claimed will help reduce its fuel bill.FedEx has begun cleaning the 13 aircraft using brooms equipped with microfiber rags to apply an anti-static biodegradable, non-toxic and non-flammable cleaning product.The ...
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Norwegian Cargo signs up Jan de Rijk for European RFS
Fast-expanding Norwegian Cargo has granted a new road feeder service contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics, extending the airline’s delivery network to more than 50 airports around Europe.The deal will see Jan de Rijk provide a daily road feeder operation for the low-cost carrier’s services from the US to London ...
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FLY bags second B777F sale and leaseback deal in a month
FLY Leasing has acquired a new Boeing 777-200LRF aircraft in a sale and 12-year leaseback transaction with an unnamed “leading flag carrier”. Terms were not disclosed.Colm Barrington, chief executive of the Dublin-based aircraft lessor, said: "This is our second B777-200LRF acquisition in the past month as we continue to grow ...
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Athens in the swim with dolphins cargo
Athens International Airport played host to a pod of three dolphins flying out to Lithuania.A two year old female and two mature females were flown to Siauliai airport under the care of Goldair Handling.The valuable cargo was transported from Athens by the Lithuanian Air Force using an Alenia C-27j Spartan ...
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Airfreight rates on the rise, but lag behind 2014 levels
Airfreight rates continued to increase in September and while further increases are expected, prices continue to lag behind last year’s levels.The latest data from Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight shows that the weighted average airfreight rate on 21 key east-west trades increased to $3.22 per kg from $3.06 in ...
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TNT records third quarter operating loss
FedEx takeover target TNT managed to improve its financial performance in the third quarter of the year, but still recorded an operating loss.The Netherlands-headquartered delivery giant saw third-quarter revenues increase by 2.3% on a year earlier to €1.7bn on the back of increases in its small and medium enterprise (SME) ...
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Pradeep Kumar looks back at 40 years with the Emirates Group
Pradeep Kumar, senior vice president for Emirates Sky Cargo revenue optimisation and systems, is set to retire at the end of October after four decades with the Dubai-based parent group and 30 years with the carrier itself.In 1977, after completing his education in India, Kumar came to Dubai because of ...
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Manchester united with Beijing by direct bellyhold link from 2016
China’s Hainan Airlines is to launch a four times a week A330-200 passenger service between Beijing and the UK’s Manchester Airport from June next year.The flights, with more than10 tonnes of bellyhold cargo, will provide a direct connection between Manchester and Beijing for the first time.The new route was unveiled ...
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IAG Cargo's rhino transport challenge
IAG Cargo will transport six one tonne white rhinos on British Airways’ first Airbus 380 flight to Miami on October 25.The six rhinos are being transported from Johannesburg to Miami as part of a conservation breeding programme.IAG Cargo product manager live animals Gabriella Tamasi said: “With these rhinos weighing one ...
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London and Amsterdam freighter for Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines is to launch a weekly freighter service from Istanbul Ataturk to London Stansted and Amsterdam Schiphol from October 29. The A310 aircraft will operate inbound and outbound on Thursdays.Turkish Airlines operates regular passenger flights to the UK but this will be the first all-cargo service for six years.The ...
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Slowdown for Asian airlines
Preliminary September traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a continuing divergence between the cargo and passenger business. The latter remains strong but airfreight remains weak, says AAPA.Air cargo markets remained subdued, with demand in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms only matching the same month last ...