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Cargo takes off at Hamad International Airport
CARGOLUX and Etihad Airways have begun operating their air cargo services out of Hamad International Airport (HIA).The flights carried out by the all-cargo European airline and the UAE flag-carrier comes after Qatar Airways Cargo’s new 77,000-sq m air cargo facility at the new airport handled its first shipment last December.HIA’s ...
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Cargolux’s Asia Pacific boss takes a surprise break
ROBERT SONG, Cargolux’s new senior vice-president for the Asia Pacific region, has “taken a holiday” only weeks after being appointed to his role.The member of the executive committee, who was formerly senior advisor to the airline’s new Chinese investors Henan Civil Aviation and Investment (HNCA), has “requested a two-week holiday” ...
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Otsuka rolls out new inventory software
JAPANESE healthcare company Otsuka has rolled out inventory planning software from supply chain specialist AGR to smooth out its stock control and sales processes – and cut out unnecessary costs.The system manages fluctuating demand and stock levels on a daily basis – and provides real-time information for faster, improved decision-making.“Otsuka ...
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Ruslan loader fits like a dream
RUSLAN INTERNATIONAL has flown a deck loader weighing 109 tonnes which is used to support the global logistics requirements for assembling Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft.The specialist equipment – 33.13 m long, 6.08 m wide and 3.44 m high - is used for loading and unloading B787 parts from one of ...
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Saudia adds weekly freighters from Europe to Doha
SAUDIA CARGO is launching two B747 freighter services on weekly schedules from Europe to Doha, effective June 1 2014.Operating on Wednesdays from Frankfurt and on Sundays from Amsterdam, the new services are expected to meet growing demand in a market currently serviced by a handful of operators.Saudi Airlines Cargo operates ...
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Yau takes over Dragonair
THE man who managed the successful implementation of Cathay Pacific’s new, innovative Hong Kong cargo handling terminal is the new chief executive of sister airline Dragonair.Algernon Yau takes over at the carrier with effect from this summer.Since July 2011, he has been chief executive of Cathay Pacific Services, the wholly-owned ...
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Etihad Cargo goes to Uganda
ETIHAD CARGO, the fast-growing freight business of UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways, has launched a new weekly A330-200 freighter service between Abu Dhabi and the Ugandan city of Entebbe.Situated on the shores of Lake Victoria and close to the capital Kampala, Entebbe is a major commercial centre in central Uganda.Etihad ...
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AirBridge: the new Cargolux?
FORMER Cargolux executive Robert van de Weg will play a vital role in building on the progress and numerous milestones AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has passed during its enterprising 10-year existence, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.As the new senior vice-president of marketing and sales at Russia’s largest freighter airline, van de ...
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Finnair Cargo adds to Brussels link
FINNAIR Cargo is adding a second weekly Airbus A340 service to its Brussels route from 25 June."Finnair Cargo has operated its Brussels cargo hub for 13 months now, with promising steady development and therefore, it is very important that we continue to strengthen the operation by adding this fourth weekly ...
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Athens celebrates air cargo uptick
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT has witnessed a modest improvement in cargo traffic, which climbed 3.21 per cent to 24,723 tonnes during the first quarter of this year.The city airport is currently inviting tenders for its ground handling services, including freight and mail, baggage, aircraft fuelling and ramp services – for the ...
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Saudi Cargo launches new cool product
USING the latest design in sophisticated active heating and cooling cargo containers, Saudi Cargo has launched a new pharma distribution product.Pharma.2.World Active maintains the correct internal temperatures required for the transport of essential pharmaceuticals and life science products, whatever the external temperature may be.Nabil Khojah, chief executive, says the new ...
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Asian exports fuel cargo demand
CONTINUED demand for Asian exports in April saw a 4.7 per cent rise in international freight tonne km for members of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).But freight load factors remained under pressure in April due to cargo capacity expansion, which rose by 5.3%, according to preliminary traffic figures ...
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An-124-100 returns Russian meteorological vehicles home
TWO RUSSIAN mobile meteorological support vehicles have arrived back in Yekaterinburg on board a Volga-Dnepr An-124-100 aircraft following a ‘test drive’ in Delhi.The vehicles, each weighing 12 tonnes and measuring 8.5 metres in length and 3.6 metres in height, were accompanied on the flight by a five-metre, four-tonne trailer.The service ...
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Etihad and Aegean mark code-share deal
ETIHAD AIRWAYS is marking its five-year codeshare partnership with Aegean Airlines by increasing its non-stop daily services between Athens and Abu Dhabi to 10 times per week, whilst the major Greek airline is set to launch new direct flights to the UAE capital.Since the flag carrier of the UAE commenced ...
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Aircraft noise plea
MORE people in the UK are affected by aviation noise than any other country in Europe, reveals the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).The regulatory body, which is calling on the aviation industry to address the problem more efficaciously, has published a series of recommendations in a document entitled: Managing Aviation ...
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United Cargo expands TempControl services
UNITED CARGO has expanded its temperature-sensitive shipments reach to include Lima, Peru and Taipei, Taiwan.The expansion increases the number of locations certified to provide United Cargo TempControl services to 47 stations in its worldwide network.Lima is the fourth South American city certified to transport TempControl shipments, joining Buenos Aires, Såo ...
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A new world order for the air cargo industry
AS MENTIONED in the front-page lead story of this issue, the Middle East carriers have become the leaders of the air cargo world.It has taken a few years to get there, but suddenly most of the signs are pointing in the direction of the sands of the Arabian Gulf.A new ...
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One Question
Denis Ilin, executive president, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), answers:"LOOKING BACK 10 years ago to today, [our] Customs [authority] is much better. It used to take 8-12 hours for import cargo to be cleared by Customs and then released to the client.‘Now it takes about three hours and, for special cargo, such ...
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Lufthansa Cargo in ANA talks
LUFTHANSA CARGO is considering a closer cooperation with Japanese carrier All Nippon Airlines, according to reports in the German financial media citing a top executive at the German carrier.Harry Hohmeister, executive board member of the Lufthansa Group, told Bloomberg in an interview that talks were ongoing with ANA Holdings about ...
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US postpones 100 per cent container scanning
FORWARDERS are not surprised by the latest US climbdown on controversial plans to introduce 100 per cent ocean container screening, writes Nigel Tomkins, managing director.Peter Quantrill, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), says it is “hardly surprising” to hear the news that the USA has delayed – ...