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Platinum Equity completes WFS takeover
Investment fund Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of global airport cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) from LBO France. Financial terms were not disclosed.Platinum’s takeover of WFS – first disclosed in April this year – adds to its aviation portfolio a company present at over 145 major airports in ...
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UPS Foundation is more than a helping hand
A potential volunteer army of 400,000 logistics professionals allows US parcel and logistics giant UPS to provide logistical support in supplying humanitarian relief aid when global disasters strike.The UPS Foundation recently delivered nearly 45 tonnes of American Red Cross relief supplies to help more than 50,000 residents of the Commonwealth ...
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Jacobs joins CHEP Aerospace Solutions
Don Jacobs will join ULD outsourcing specialist CHEP Aerospace Solutions as director, sales, marketing and key account management from October.Jacobs brings over 25 years of international experience and has held roles with Deutsche Post, DHL Express, DHL Global Mail, Aberdeen Airport, and most recently as sales director with Jettainer, a ...
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Houston upgrade for booming ACS
Air Charter Service’s Houston operation has upgraded to larger premises a little over a year after the US arm of the UK-based broker opened its doors, helped by booming cargo demand.Dustin Roades, director of ACS Houston, said: “We have hired three new charter specialists this year already to cope with ...
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Jettainer appoints Trapp as IT director
Lufthansa Cargo’s ULD management subsidiary, Jettainer, has appointed Arnd Trapp as its new IT director as it looks to enhance its container track and trace capabilities.Trapp has worked in the airfreight sector for more than 20 years, holding various management positions within the Lufthansa Group. Most recently head of the ...
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American chills out with Envirotainer's e1 and e2 units
American Airlines Cargo has added the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its fleet of temperature-controlled equipment for shipping healthcare products.From November, American will begin accepting both containers and is the first US passenger carrier to receive FAA carriage approval for the larger RAP e2 unit and offer the full ...
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Freighters expected to win marketshare from bellyhold
Freighters are expected to maintain and even grow their marketshare compared with bellyhold despite the increased cargo carrying capacity of passenger planes that are joining the market.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Atlas Air Worldwide executive vice president and chief commercial officer Michael Steen said that since ...
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Exclusive content: Handling tremors raise opportunities and service questions
The cargo handling scene has undergone tectonic shifts this summer, with tremors that have involved the largest players.Dnata acquired Aviapartner's handling operations at Amsterdam, HNA Group agreed to fork out a cool Sfr2.73bn for Swissport and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) – itself the object of a takeover by an equity ...
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Flight at the end of the tunnel for cargo screening
Rapiscan Systems has launched a long tunnel cargo security screening scanner designed to meet the technology requirements of air cargo carriers.The 638DV 320kV (pictured) was specifically designed to increase throughput and meet international regulatory requirements to support a more efficient security design, said US-based Rapiscan.It stated: “Government entities across the ...
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Air Partner delivers 90 tonnes of food to the Central African Republic
The cargo charter arm of UK-based Air Partner has arranged an urgent B747 freighter flight for nearly 90 tonnes of food items to the Central African Republic on behalf of Ecolog International, a Dubai-based integrated service solutions company.The aid was delivered in support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization ...
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Airbus A320/321 conversion prospects
A SMART career move for suitable members of the A320 and A321 passenger aircraft family is to become a converted freighter, as heir apparent to the integrator’s Boeing 757 workhorse.There are two companies positioning themselves in the A320/321 narrowbody passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion market, estimated at 2,200 suitable airframes ...
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Tractor factor: Skylink wins IAG handling contract at Schiphol
Skylink Handling Services, the ground handling arm of Germany’s Rhenus Group, has been appointed by IAG Cargo as its air cargo handler at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Skylink was awarded a three-year contract, which became effective from August 2015, by the airfreight division of British Airways and Iberia.Frans Meerens, branch manager, Skylink, ...
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Horse power: Special equipment to house equine VIPs
Moving horses by air is no small, or easy, business. Many full-service carriers are flying thousands of horses each year around the world, and they need specialised equipment to do it safely and without unduly disturbing their sensitive equine cargo…To read more, click here to sign up for a FREE ...
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BCUBE gains Malpensa CEIV for pharma
Italy-based airport handler BCUBE Air Cargo has received IATA’s CEIV certification (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators) for pharmaceutical handling at its Malpensa Logistica Europa facility.The Malpensa airport certification follows CEIV accreditation for the company’s Fiumicino airport hub in July this year.BCUBE Air Cargo, part of the Italian logistics group ...
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ACS first-half revenues jump by 41%
Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported a "strong" set of result for the first half of the year, with revenues up by 41%.Although it didn't reveal exact figures, it is under no obligation to do so under its private ownership, the company said it had experienced an increase in revenue, ...
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B757, built to Precision
Fleet replacements in Europe and rapid e-commerce growth in China have kept the production lines rolling in the Boeing 757-200 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion market.None more so than for US-based Precision Aircraft Solutions, which will undertake 20 such narrowbody conversions this year, and expects to do the same number ...
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PEMCO delivers tenth B737 freighter convert for SF Airlines
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a converted Boeing 737-300F to SF Airlines, the air cargo division of Shenzhen-based logistics specialist SF Express.The US-based conversion specialist has now completed a total of ten B737-300/400F passenger to freighter reconfigurations for the Chinese parcel carrier.The original contract, signed in July 2013, was ...
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Air Partner cargo arm remains a key component
Air Partner, the UK-based global aviation services group with a cargo charter division, saw half year gross profit rose by 13% to £12.1m while underlying operating profit and underlying profit before tax doubled to £2.2m.Mark Briffa, chief executive of Air Partner, commented: "Our first half performance is a great testament ...
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Cargolux streamlines road feeder network
SPECIAL REPORT: All-cargo airline Cargolux has streamlined its European road feeder service (RFS) network, slashing the number of trucking providers from over 35 to just six.Unlike many rivals, which consolidated their RFS providers over the years, the European freighter airline has so far stressed the flexibility of using the best ...
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Rolls-Royce to Airbus with no time to lose
Ruslan International has completed a milestone cross-channel flight for Rolls-Royce, transporting a new Trent XWB-97 engine from the UK’s East Midlands airport to the Airbus testing facility in Toulouse, France.The aeromanufacturer’s highest ever thrust production engine will undergo extensive testing at the Airbus workshops.Heavy air cargo specialist Ruslan International used ...