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Flying pharma
A YEAR AGO this month, senior air cargo executives drawn from leading companies operating across the supply chain met in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the urgent issues facing cool chain transportation.The picture painted by analysts Seabury was bleak, revealing the industry was in danger of losing more potential air cargo ...
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Emirates SkyCargo’s new cool white container
EMIRATES SKYCARGO has cemented its position as one of the major players in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare market with the launch of an environmentally-friendly, temperature-controlled LD3 air cargo container, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The carrier invested two years in researching and developing its White Container, which keeps temperature-sensitive shipments cool ...
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Oman Air plans venture with cargo operator
Oman Air is due to announce details, by the end of October, of a new joint venture with a large freighter operator. Specifics of the deal are still unknown, but the last time the Middle Eastern airline did something similar was in March 2013 when it signed an agreement with ...
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Customs busts illegal pharma
A coordinated Customs operation seized 113 million illegal pharmaceutical products destined for Sub-Saharan Africa countries.According to the World Customs Organisation, most of the shipments originated in China or India and were mostly distributed in Benin, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The 10-day Operation Biyela 2 mobilised 14 African Customs ...
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DHL parcelcopter launches initial operations for research purpose
Plans to fly cargo by drone continue to make it off the computer screen and into reality, despite widespread dismissal by many.DHL Parcel has announced plans to trial a project on the North Sea island of Juist, where it will fly medicine and other urgent items by 'parcelcopter' (pictured). The ...
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Freighters: down, but not out
The Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest last week was optimistic that the industry’s use of freighters would eventually stabilise to a new norm. However, said IAG Cargo’s Jude Winstanley, former head of freighters, the norm will still be a lot lower than the glory days 20 years ago.“There ...
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Raya rebranding completed
Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business.Raya Airways was established in July last year when TAS was spun out of the Transmile Group. That restructuring process is now complete, and Raya is pressing ahead with plans to ...
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Chip producer slates airlines’ service record
“Terrible” service and poor communication is preventing the air freight industry from speeding up door-to-door delivery, semiconductor manufacturer ASML complained at today’s opening session of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, South Korea.There has been much debate between airlines, airports, cargo handlers and freight forwarders about how to meet IATA’s ...
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Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals Conference 2014
THERE are increasing regulations and pressures from shippers to ensure the safe carriage of pharmaceutical and life science products by air. But, do they fully understand the cost and complexities involved to the air cargo industry? This December, Air Cargo News is holding in London its first air cargo conference ...
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TNT to launch data management for pharma
TNT is introducing TrialDat, a web-based data management tool for the clinical research sector.The international express delivery company said that TrialDat will capture real time end-to-end data on a single platform.TrialDat will be available to all customers from the first quarter of 2015, as part of a wider initiative to ...
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LAN Cargo adds Basel to LatAm freighter network
LAN Cargo has launched a weekly B777 freighter between Switzerland and Latin America, aimed at the pharmaceuticals sector.The cargo division of LATAM Airlines Group said that the B777F will depart every Monday on an Amsterdam–Basel–Guarulhos (Sao Paulo)–Buenos Aires– Santiago de Chile routing, extending an existing freighter service out of Schiphol ...
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Third B777F for Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a third B777-200LR freighter, part of a strategic fleet expansion to support African exports of perishable cargo.Ethiopian, still the only African operator of B777 freighters, said that the aircraft’s uplift, range, fuel efficiency and temperature control capabilities make it “perfectly suited for the transport ...
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TNT adds Hanover freighter
TNT is stepping up its services in Europe with the launch of B737-400 freighter services to Hanover in Germany, Europe’s largest express delivery market.The express parcel operator now offers five flights a week connecting Hanover to the company’s main international air hub in Liege (Belgium), Hanover to Billund (Denmark) and ...
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Cairo pharma hub revamp
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has invested in revamping the cool chain facilities at Cairo airport in Egypt.The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt has been growing steadily for the past five years, with an estimated value forecast at $8bn by 2015.The airline has made the investment to cope with both pharma sector growth ...
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GDP academy takes off
The IAG Cargo/Exelsius Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Academy formally took off from Heathrow this week when the two organisations launched their initial joint training workshop.Aimed at improving industry compliance to GDP standards for Healthcare and Life Science products, the two-day course was attended by 17 students from the UK, Eire ...
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Air Partner and Envirotainer respond to the Ebola crisis
As the global response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa grows, the role of timely and effective logistics for temperature-sensitive medical supplies increases.Charter broker Air Partner is working with cool chain equipment supplier Envirotainer to access the specialist containers required to maintain key medical supplies to UK-funded treatment centres ...
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TNT cockpit iPads save 50kg in paper
TNT Airways is to roll out paperless cockpits across its worldwide fleet by using iPad Air tablets as electronic flight bags.TNT’s subsidiary airline, with a fleet of 50 aircraft, has made the move following approval from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.Each iPad will replace the 50kg of paper books and ...
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DHL to launch Asia Pacific innovation centre in Singapore
Deutsche Post DHL is set to open a S$10m Asia Pacific logistics innovation centre in Singapore next year, located within the company’s new S$160m Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre (ARC) building currently under construction in Tampines LogisPark.The new facility follows on from the successful introduction of DHL’s main innovation centre ...
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TNT adds Venice freighter call
Parcels carrier TNT is launching a five-times a week B737-400 freighter service between Venice and its Liege air hub in Belgium, aimed at exporters and importers trading with north-east Italy.The morning flight from Liege arrives at Venice Airport Marco Polo (VCE) at 6:00 am and continues onto Ljubljana (Slovenia) before ...
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IAG Cargo gains pharma certificate
IAG Cargo has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for pharmaceutical transport.The carrier, bringing together the cargo divisions of British Airways and Iberia, says that it is the first airline to be awarded GDP certification by a national government health agency in meeting the premier standard for pharma transport.IAG Cargo ...