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Nordisk parent sold to TransDigm
Aerospace components firm TransDigm Group has reached agreement to buy the Telair Cargo Group of businesses, owners of the Nordisk airfreight container manufacturing company.US-based TransDigm will pay around $725m in cash for Telair, which it describes as “a global leader in on-board cargo loading and handling, restraint systems and unit ...
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Kale breaks into Iraq market
Iraqi ground-handler Azmar Air has gone live with Kale’s Galaxy International air cargo management system.Azmar, based at Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq will use the system for e-freight compliance, warehouse management and vehicle management, and it will be able to offer real-time updates to customers’ ...
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Late surge lifts air cargo market at last
The airfreight industry ended 2014 on a “positive note” said IATA, after releasing its full-year cargo data.The figures showed 4.5 per cent demand growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) compared with 2013. “That is a significant acceleration from the 1.4 per cent recorded in 2013 over 2012,” said the global ...
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Cargolux to increase share capital
EUROPEAN all-cargo carrier Cargolux is to increase the share capital of the airline by US$175m in cash, in exchange of newly issued common shares.The news follows an “extraordinary general meeting of the company’s shareholders”, says a company statement.Dirk Reich, the new president and chief executive, comments: “The share capital increase ...
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PEMCO in B737 freighter conversion deal with COOPESA
AIRCRAFT conversions specialist PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has agreed a new B737 freighter conversion partnership with COOPESA (Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales) in San Jose, Costa Rica.PEMCO’s expansion into Central America provides additional freighter conversion capacity to meet extraordinary demand for its B737-300 and -400 freighters, the world’s only ...
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Air France/KLM to axe more freighters
AIR FRANCE-KLM-Martinair Cargo is to cut four more freighters over the next year and a half, reducing its fleet to just 10 all-cargo aircraft by 2015, compared to 26 fielded by the three carriers in 2005.Erik Varwijk, the carrier's executive vice-president, says the cuts are necessary to adjust to a ...
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Reliable air cargo services return to Libya
LIBYA is to have an air cargo industry again after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Air Cargo News exclusively reveals.Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has struck a game-changing deal with carrier Air Libya to launch reliable, interconnected air cargo services into and within the war-ravaged country.The mutually beneficial strategic partnership allows the ...
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South African Airways funds Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund quiz
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA) has joined forces with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund to offer a free trip to visit three locations, which featured in the film epic about his life.The Walk to Freedom competition to win a seven-night holiday in Mandela’s homeland celebrates the upcoming release of Mandela: Long ...
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IT specialist given a seat on Panalpina board
IN AN industry first, Panalpina has appointed an IT specialist onto its main board of directors.Rod Angwin the company’s chief information officer (CIO), has been appointed to the company’s executive board, effective January 1st 2014.The appointment reflects the ever growing importance of IT for Panalpina and the industry as a ...
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Schiphol's e-freight leap
SCHIPHOL Cargo, Cargonaut, KLM Cargo and Air Cargo Netherlands are among the signatories to a revolutionary new information exchange between parties in the Dutch logistics chain.Signed in the presence of Melanie Schultz van Haegen, the Netherlands minister of infrastructure and environment, the ‘Neutral Logistics Information Platform’ (NLIP) will give Holland’s ...
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Nordic air cargo volumes fell by nearly 20 per cent in 2012
THE PERCEIVED success of the Nordic countries appears to be the envy of the world.Some socio-economic commentators have even gone as far as to describe the region as ‘the next supermodel’ (the Economist) because the small ensemble of open economies there have systematically struck pitch-perfect chords, resulting in a model ...
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Air cargo charter airline Evergreen in trouble
RISING debts have forced US air cargo company Evergreen International Airlines to the brink of bankruptcy.The ACMI and charter airline, which for decades has supported the US military and operated thousands of commercial operations with a fleet of old B747Fs, ran into trouble last year, as debts soared.Bond rating agencies ...
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Chapman Freeborn and Lufthansa Cargo airlift humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
CHAPMAN Freeborn and Lufthansa Cargo have successfully collaborated on a high-profile charter project which utilised the cargo facility on the site of Germany’s new Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which is still under construction.The operation – a humanitarian airlift arranged on behalf of the Red Cross – was the first time the ...
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Geoff Corpe returns to air cargo
FORMER chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding, Geoff Corpe is making an air cargo comeback after illness.After being incapacitated for almost a year due to an undiagnosed disorder, Corpe is back in top form and has joined the search and consulting firm, BiS Henderson, in the UK.“I’m looking forward to ...
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Fire-risk lurking in containers
A RAPIDLY accelerating blaze – which started in a ULD containing undeclared lithium-ion batteries – turned the inside of a UPS B747-400 freighter into a ‘catastrophic’ chain reaction of flames and smoke before a crash three years ago in the Dubai desert, according to a 322-page probe into the disaster, ...
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Cargo expansion for Bahrain International Airport
A PLANNED expansion of cargo facilities at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) is at preliminary stages as part of a wider airport improvement programme, reports cargo manager Robert Mills.“Cargo is being recognised as a key driver at BIA and it is without doubt an area which will see facility investment and ...
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IATA revises its 2013 global industry outlook downwards
IATA has revised its 2013 global industry outlook downwards – to US$11.7 billion profits on revenues of $708 billion.The report finds that, although airline performance continued to improve in the second quarter, this was at a slower pace than expected, with the previous projection (in June) of $12.7 billion.This performance ...
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Delta Cargo's new 3,000-sq ft refrigerated storage unit in Detroit
DELTA CARGO, the airfreight division of Delta Air Lines, has opened a new 3,000-sq ft refrigerated storage unit at Detroit-Wayne County International Airport that will offer in-transit cooling and specialised handling for temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals and other perishables.Designed and built in about five months, the facility uses precise ...
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China Southern’s two B777-200Fs arrive
CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINE’S fleet expansion plan continues with the delivery of two Boeing 777-200 freighters, bringing its B777F total to eight.“The aircraft is well known for its operation economics, long-range capacity and fuel efficiency. The B777F fleet will sharpen China Southern’s competitive advantage in its long-haul routes to America and ...
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Can freighters beat the bulge?
THE future viability of dedicated freighter operations will be put under the spotlight at next month’s Freighters and Belly Cargo conference at Abu Dhabi.With growing numbers of passenger airlines acquiring fleets of new widebodied jets –with 30-tonne-capable virtual freighters in their lower holds – what does this mean for the ...