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Second GDP academy training workshop
A second Good Distribution Practice (GDP) academy training course organised by IAG Cargo and Exelsius was attended by students from the UK, the Netherlands, Korea and Switzerland.Aimed at improving industry compliance to GDP standards for healthcare and life science products, the two-day course offered a combination of classroom training and ...
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IAG cargo demand down again in May
The latest monthly traffic statistics from the IAG Group have once again highlighted the steady decline in cargo volumes experienced by the group over the last four and a half years.In May, IAG, which includes British Airways and Iberia, saw demand in terms of cargo tonne km decline 2% year ...
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FTA backs Heathrow in letter to Cameron
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has told British Prime Minister David Cameron that the decline of London-Heathrow airport as a viable global cargo hub will increase the costs of freight and logistics across the UK.In a letter to 10 Downing Street, the shipper association’s chief executive, David Wells, says ...
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Aircontact and Volga Dnepr move 40 tonne propeller shaft
Nordic charter broker Aircontact and airline Volga Dnepr needed specially built loading equipment to load a 40-tonne propeller shaft as it was moved from Germany to Brazil for an oil client.The shaft was first moved by road from a factory in Wismar to Rostock/Laage airport where it was transferred from ...
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Malaysia Airlines technically bankrupt
The chief executive of Malaysia Airlines has said the company is technically bankrupt, following on from the appointment of an administrator to oversee the transfer of selected assets and liabilities to a new company.Speaking at a news conference Christopher Mueller, who took over the chief executive role in May, said ...
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Air cargo yields suffer in April
Air cargo carriers continued to see yields decline in April, despite worldwide volumes increasing by 3.3% during the month compared with a year earlier.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show April yields measured in US dollars have dropped by 11% compared with the start of the year.However, if surcharges are ...
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Saudia Cargo's new B777F on Mumbai route
Saudia Cargo has launched a newly delivered B777 freighter on its established cargo service from Mumbai in India to home base Jeddah.Keku Gazder, Saudia Cargo’s regional director cargo for the Indian sub-continent, said: ''Saudia Cargo once again demonstrates its capability to offer the latest technology with this new addition to ...
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TNT adds freighter service to Malta
Express operator TNT has launched a B737-400 freighter service to Malta from its European air hub in Liege, Belgium.The flight will run five times a week, with a stopover in Marseilles, France, on both the outbound and inbound journeys. The flight arrives at Malta International Airport in the morning and ...
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Radioactive leak in pharma shipment at Delhi airport
Indian authorities are investigating a suspected low level radioactive leak from a pharma consignment at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.The leak was discovered at the airport’s cargo terminal after the medical shipment of sodium iodide 131 - a radioactive liquid used in treating cancer – had arrived as bellyhold cargo ...
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Panalpina to buy Egyptian agent
Panalpina is to acquire its Egyptian agent for the last 20 years, Afifi, a family-owned company specialising in freight forwarding, customs clearance and logistics. Terms were not disclosed.The move is an important step in Panalpina’s continued strategic expansion in growth economies, in particular in the Middle East and Africa. Afifi ...
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West China set for first carrier
CHINA’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) is expected to approve the launch of the first cargo carrier to be based in the west of the country.Ningxia Cargo Airlines, which has a registered capital of CNY120m (US$18.98m), has a Boeing fleet of 737 and 747 freighters and plans to use pilots and ...
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Air Djibouti cargo set for 2015 take-off
Air Djibouti has taken another step closer to launch and confirmed that it plans to commence cargo operations later this year.The east African Republic of Djibouti’s new national carrier is being established by the government of Djibouti to support the development of the country as a regional hub for commercial ...
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Scholten merges forwarding units into Fast Logistics
Dubai-based Fast Logistic Solutions (FLS) Group, headed by ex-Saudia Cargo executive Peter Scholten, is merging its Fast Forward Cargo and First Priority Cargo forwarding arms into a single business from July.The new entity, Fast Logistics, will have annual airfreight volumes of 50,000 tons and employ 600 staff in a network ...
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Nepal relief efforts overcome challenges
DHL and Air Charter Service (ACS) say that relief efforts to help those affected by the Nepal earthquakes have now overcome logistical issues at Kathmandu airport.Charter specialist ACS said it had now completed more than 50 charter flights to Kathmandu since the 7.8 magnitude quake struck the country on April ...
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MASkargo adds Bangalore A330 freighter link
Malaysia's MASkargo has launched a weekly A330-200 freighter flight to Bangalore, India.It will fly into Bengaluru International Airport from Kuala Lumpur every Friday, offering a total capacity of 60 tonnes.Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi, acting chief executive of MASkargo, said: “There is a huge potential for MASkargo to grow in India. ...
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Etihad Cargo the star performer
The rapid growth of Etihad Airways and its cargo division was confirmed in its 2014 annual report, with overall revenues and profits increasing by double-digit levels and cargo revenues breaching the billion dollar mark.During 2014, Etihad Cargo recorded a 19.2% year-on-year increase in cargo revenue to $1.11bn on the back ...
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Adria extends Frankfurt cargo contract
Adria Airways has extended its handling contract with Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) at Frankfurt airport, Europe’s largest cargo hub.FCS will continue handling all the Slovenian national airline's freight operations at Frankfurt, continuing a commercial relationship that stretches back to 1990.Andreas Helfer, managing director of FCS, said: “We regard this step ...
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SAS signs agreement with the Norwegian Pilot Union
SAS has signed a new collective bargain agreement with the Norwegian pilot union NSF, after a strike that lasted for seven days and involved 17 pilots.The Scandinavian carrier has now reached agreement with all of its pilot unions on contracts that "create conditions for future expansion".The Norwegian pilot union NSF ...
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ASL to boost stake in India's Quikjet
Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group has received regulatory approval to increase its shareholding in India’s Quikjet Cargo Airlines to 72.6%.The Indian government’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the application for ASL to increase its 51% holding through a subsidiary, Farnair Switzerland.The approval comes a few months before the planned ...
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Singapore Airlines has no plans to scrap freighter fleet
Singapore Airlines has no plans to increase or decrease its freighter fleet this year as it sees a future for both bellyhold and maindeck capacity.Speaking following the publication of its 2014 results, the southeast Asian airline said that it currently had a fleet of eight freighter aircraft, all of which ...