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Fiji Airways renews ULD contract with CHEP
Fiji Airways has renewed its ULD management contract with CHEP Aerospace Solutions as it looks to increase its use of lightweight containers.As part of the new contract, CHEP will introduce new lightweight containers from its 80,000 pool of assets to support Fiji Airways in reducing fuel costs and lowering their ...
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ST Aerospace completes 55% ownership of EFW freighter conversion specialist
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has taken an additional 20% equity interest in Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the Germany-based passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion arm of plane maker Airbus.The investment, first announced in June 2015, was completed following the receipt of regulatory approvals and "fulfilment of customary conditions precedent".Dresden-based EFW now ...
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Singapore Airlines Cargo extends handling contract with Frankfurt Cargo Services
Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) and Singapore Cargo Airlines have renewed the carrier’s handling contract at the German airport, Europe's largest airfreight hub by volumes.Hans-Georg Emmert, managing director of FCS, said: “We are very pleased that Singapore Airlines, one of Asia’s leading airlines, has decided to extend its contract with FCS ...
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Rico squares the Circle
Troubled UK airfreight collection and delivery specialist Circle Express has found a new home in Rico, part of the TVS logistics group.Rico has taken a majority shareholding in Slough-based Circle, which entered into a company voluntary arrangement in 2012 and appointed turnaround specialists KSA Group to allow it to continue ...
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Munich subsidiary buys Berlin airport ground handler
Southern Germany airport group Flughafen München (FMG) has expanded its ground handling operations in Berlin with the purchase of a Spanish-owned operator at the capital’s Tegel Airport (TXL).AeroGround Flughafen München, a ground handling subsidiary of FMG, has acquired the established ground handling companies Acciona Airport Services Berlin and HSD Flughafen.A ...
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Global GSA parent firm wins Maastricht Airport concession
The parent company of Global GSA has been awarded a ten year concession to take over operations of Maastricht Aachen Airport as it looks to expand freight volumes.The Dutch airport announced yesterday that it had awarded the concession to Trade Centre Global Investments (TCGI), owner of Global GSA, as it ...
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PEMCO delivers third B737-400 Combi conversion to First Air
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered of a 737-400 Combi aircraft to First Air, Canada’s Arctic and remote region air carrier.PEMCO has previously converted two 737 Combi’s for First Air, and the work on the current airframe was completed at the passenger to freighter conversion specialist’s headquarters at Tampa International ...
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Jan de Rijk acquires automotive logistics specialist De Rooy
Airfreight road feeder service provider Jan de Rijk has made another acquisition, this time taking over truck and tractor transport specialist De Rooy for an undisclosed sum.Jan de Rijk said its latest acquisition was a specialist in transport, warehousing and value added logistics for the parts and the automotive industry, ...
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Romanian artefacts flown from Bucharest to Beijing
Air Partner, working on behalf of TNT Romania, helped deliver a cargo of 445 treasured Romanian artefacts to China.The shipment was flown from Bucharest Otopeni airport to Beijing on a B777 freighter operated by Emirates. Due to the nature of the cargo, all flight clearances had to be secured through ...
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Volga-Dnepr helps out on mission to mars
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has helped transport equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme.The charter airline operated three An-124-100 cargo flights for Bollore Logistics, carrying equipment for the Mars mission, which aims to discover whether life is present on the red planet.The flights, which operated on December 18, 20 and ...
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WFS to acquire Consolidated Aviation Services in the US
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the Paris-based global air cargo handler, is continuing its expansion strategy with the acquisition of New York-headquartered Consolidated Aviation Services (CAS). CAS is one of the leading cargo handlers in the US, serving over 250 airlines.Financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to ...
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New warehouse truck management system for Swissport
Swissport Cargo Services has begun using a new Cargo Flash Infotech software system for doors and slot management at its Madrid warehouse ahead of its global implementation.The system manages planned truck movements at Swissport’s warehouse and will therefore help reduce congestion, the software provider said.The objective of the doors and ...
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Hong Kong's Hactl breaks freighter handling records
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has broken two records for its ramp handling operations.The company handled 2,242 full freighters in November, beating its previous monthly record of 2,232 set in November 2014.The November record was 308 higher than the October figure, due largely to an increase in pre-Christmas ...
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CAS sees Miami perishable volumes soar after investment
Consolidated Aviation Services (CAS) has seen perishable volumes quadruple since it expanded its centre at Miami Airport.The cargo handler more than doubled the size of its perishables facility at the airport in 2014 with the addition of a new $2.5m 18,000sq ft cooler alongside its existing 12,000sq ft perishables building, ...
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ACS in charity fundraiser
Air Charter Service raised more than $11,000 for charity at its London headquarter's fancy-dress Christmas party.The fundraising activities centred on a raffle featuring prizes such as an Apple Watch, lunch on the Orient Express and a trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights donated by generous operators. Tina Leach, ...
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IATA looks to cut ULDs' $400m annual repair and damage costs
It’s a rough and tumble life being an airfreight unit load device (ULD).Despite being regulated as an aircraft part, the containers used for baggage and cargo still have a $300m annual repair bill due to ‘bends, scrapes and holes’.As the only aircraft equipment that travels up and down the logistics ...
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Jettainer and Thomas Cooks extend their ULD cooperation
Outsourced ULD management specialist Jettainer and Thomas Cook Group Airlines are expanding their cooperation.The new contract not only covers Condor, a Jettainer customer since 2006, but also Thomas Cook Airlines UK and Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia.As a result, all the carriers’ ULDs will now be looked after by the same ...
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ACS brings home the bacon as ham takes flight
Air Charter Service last week brought home the bacon when it flew 17 tonnes of ham to Puerto Rico as the island was close to running out of the meat.ACS North America president of operations Richard Thompson explained the emergency flight was required because an order had been missed: "Someone ...
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Kahala Aviation bags converted B737-300F
US-based freighter conversion specialist PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a Boeing 737-300F aircraft to Ireland-based Kahala Aviation, a leading lessor of narrow-body freighter aircraft.The freighter, converted at PEMCO’s headquarters in Tampa, has now entered service. This conversion marks PEMCO’s third redelivery of a B737-300 to Kahala since 2008. A ...
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Swissport Cargo Liège gains CEIV certification
Air cargo handler Swissport International’s business at Liège Airport has successfully completed the validation process for IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for pharmaceutical logistics.Swissport Cargo Liège is, after Swissport Cargo Brussels, the second Swissport Cargo station to successfully complete the certification process, which aims to help airlines, ...