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e-AWBs made easier for Connecta forwarders
CHAMP Forwarding Systems has signed a partnership agreement with UK-based Connecta Airfreight Network to accelerate electronic air waybill (e-AWB) adoption among small and medium size forwarders.Connecta’s members will access the CHAMP Cargosystems subsidiary’s web-based freight forwarding system Logitude, enabling them to manage quotes, shipments, bookings and consolidations "more efficiently and ...
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Finnair Cargo expects no major disruption from nationwide strike
Nationwide industrial action in Finland on Friday is not expected to have a major impact on Finnair’s cargo operations despite the airline having to cancel flights.The Finnish airline today issued a statement saying that a total of 16 flights would be cancelled on Friday due to industrial action by Finnish ...
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Virgin Atlantic nets an environmental goal
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to use lightweight air cargo nets to contribute towards the airline’s target of a 30% reduction in aircraft CO2 emissions by 2020.The UK-based airline has initially ordered 600 of the nine kilo nets, made with strong but lightweight Dyneema fibres, each representing a four kilos saving ...
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DHL Express: air cargo volumes lost to express won't come back
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Airfreight forwarders should not expect to be able to win back the market share they have lost to integrators over recent years because of fundamental differences in their offering.Speaking at a media event at its European regional hub in Leipzig, DHL Express Europe chief executive John Pearson told ...
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AF KLM sign cargo partnership with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Southern Cargo have signed a freight partnership agreement.The new pairing will give customers access to “an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region – via China Southern Cargo – and in Europe, Africa and the transatlantic regions, where AF KLM Martinair Cargo ...
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Double-digit demand growth for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded double-digit demand growth in the first eight months of the year as a result of its entry into new markets.The Volga-Dnepr Group-owned all-cargo carrier saw tonnage increase by 17% year-on-year to 300,000 tonnes during the first eight months.In August, tonnage increased by 14% compared with ...
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European airlines record August declines in air cargo demand and load factors
The tough times continued for the major European airfreight carriers in August as they recorded declines in demand and load factors.The latest monthly statistics from European airlines revealed that Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Air France KLM and Finnair all recorded demand declines during August.Load factors were also down at Lufthansa, AF ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...
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Hong Kong cargo dip in August
A decline in transhipment traffic during August saw Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s monthly cargo volume drop by 1.2% to 361,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year.It is the sixth month in a row for 2015 that the world’s number one cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, ...
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Stowaway's body found on freighter at Schiphol
Dutch police are investigating an incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend when a body, believed to be that of a dead stowaway, was found in the landing gear of an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter aircraft.An Emirates spokesperson said: "Emirates can confirm that on September 12 a body was ...
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CAAC 'fully supports' Hong Kong's third runway
Beijing’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) “fully supports” Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s plan to expand into a three-runway system.The CAAC will also “proactively implement various initiatives” concerning airspace management in the Pearl River Delta region around Hong Kong, which is home to the world’s number one air cargo ...
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Texas supply chain mass car airlift at Hahn
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was the starting grid for 31 racing cars, three safety cars, equipment and supplies for the next FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Texas.The German hub handled more than 400 tonnes of cargo, loaded onto four B747-400 freighter flights to the US.The vehicles will be needed for the ...
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Freighter to door delivery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-ton oil and gas pump right to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan.The oil production unit was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands on behalf of the airline’s customer, Agility Projects Rotterdam.The pump was packed inside a two-ton wooden ...
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Finnair adds widebody capacity to London links
Finnair will add belly cargo capacity to its Helsink-London Heathrow route from the end of October with a three times a week Airbus A340 widebody passenger aircraft.The carrier said in a statement: “Finnair has recently established its third cargo hub in London to better connect the UK with its extensive ...
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More cash for online freight network
Hong Kong-based Freightos says it has gained a further US$14m worth of funding for its automated global freight network.Existing investors Aleph, Annox Capital, ICV and OurCrowd have been joined by MSR Capital and Sadara Ventures in a Series B funding round, bringing the total raised to $23.3m.Freightos says it has ...
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AF-KLM offers real time notification when a problem occurs
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is offering RealTime Care, a service that tells customers automatically when a shipment is affected by an “irregularity”.As part of the European carrier's Let's Get Digital programme, customers will be “notified about the situation, its cause and the repair solution that has been found for them”.RealTime Care ...
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AMI offers agents instant online quotes in the UK
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI UK has launched a new online booking portal that also offers instant price quotes.The Quote&Book portal is accessible only by AMI approved agent customers in the UK and allows prices to be filtered using the wholesaler's consolidation or direct air waybill service, as well as ...
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Lufthansa will see 1,000 flights cancelled today due to strike action
Around 1,000 Lufthansa flights will be affected by a pilot strike that began at midnight targeted at short and medium-haul routes.The German airline said that of the 3,000 flights due to take place across the group, 1,000 would be cancelled because of the strike action.But despite the pilot walk-out, Lufthansa ...
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DHL goes greener in Asia Pacific
DHL Express has improved its carbon efficiency by 12% year on year in the Asia Pacific region despite a growth in volume of about 10%.In 2014, the global parcel and freight giant saw its CO2 efficiency over 2013 improve across the region, with savings of 21% in Malaysia, 15% in ...
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The strike goes on as Lufthansa pilots extend action for another day
Lufthansa Group pilots have announced they will extend their strike into Wednesday, this time targeting medium and short-haul routes.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said that all departures from Germany which use the aircraft types Airbus 320 Family, Boeing 737 and Embraer, effectively the airlines short and medium-haul aircraft, would be ...