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dnata lands Virgin in Australia
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a freight handling contract to dnata in Australia, covering Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports.Under the terms of the contract, dnata will handle cargo carried onboard Virgin Australia’s daily flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane and Los Angeles, and the airline’s three flights a week ...
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LAN Cargo signs CHEP
Latin American largest airfreight carrier, LAN Cargo, has signed an agreement to outsource the repair and maintenance of its ULDs and pallets at Miami International Airport to CHEP Aerospace Solutions.The agreement will use CHEP's proprietary repair management software ACTIS - providing real-time repair status information - at LAN Cargo's hub ...
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Jettainer's quality seal for ULD repair partners
Jettainer has introduced a quality seal for ULD repair partners that it hopes will reassure customers that its outsourced repair shops conform to high standards.The Lufthansa-owned outsourced ULD management company, has developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers.As a result, Jettainer is creating unified guidelines ...
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Outsourcing to GSSAs to gather pace
Airlines will continue to outsource to general service and sales agents as they look to reduce costs, according to the ECS Group.Speaking at a press event at the Air Cargo Europe event in Munich, ECS Group chief executive Bertrand Schmoll said the company had noted increased demand for its GSSA ...
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Zurich cool chain expansion
Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner, Cargologic, has expanded its cold storage facilities at Zurich Airport to provide more capacity for the storage of temperature-sensitive shipments.After receiving its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification from Swissmedic, Cargologic opened an expanded temperature-controlled storage facility at the airport earlier this month (April).The new facility ...
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ACS sees 2014 cargo recovery as revenues surge
Air Charter Service (ACS) reports an “extremely successful 2014” for all three of its divisions.Chris Leach, chairman of the UK-headquartered broker, observed: “The figures across the board are extremely pleasing. Every department – private jets, commercial airliners, group travel and cargo – grew in terms of revenue and number of ...
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Swissport appoints vice president from forwarder Damco
Swissport International has announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of global commercial and key account management ground handling with a forwarding background, following on from the appointment of a new chief executive from a logistics firm last week.The ground handler today announced that Katherine Boesen will take ...
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Airnautic opens Nantes office
French general sales agent Airnautic has opened an office at Nantes airport, located in western France.Airnautic's new French office will join three others, located in Mulhouse, Lyon and Paris.It will be led by Elodie Ligot, whose role will be "to extend the GSA local presence, including the sales of premium ...
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Freight bounce for Air Partner
UK-based aviation charter specialist Air Partner saw full year group revenues fall 9.2 per cent to £192.1m and underlying profit before tax down from £4.1m to £2.6m for the twelve months ended January 2015.However, investment in the freight division “has started to show returns with excellent improvements in sales and ...
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Eric Born lands top job at Swissport International
Eric Born will be the new group president and chief executive at ground handler Swissport International (SPI), taking up his role from August 2015.The Swiss national joins from Wincanton, a UK stock exchange-listed logistics company, where he was chief executive for five years from 2010. From 2004 to 2009, Born ...
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Wisskirchen to be new cargo handler at Cologne/Bonn airport
Wisskirchen has secured a 30-year concession for cargo handling at Germany’s Cologne/Bonn Airport, starting in July this year.The airport authority said: “With this step the airport is securing long-term growth and employment in the general cargo business.”Germany-based Wisskirchen will lease the cargo terminal and receive a 30-year handling concession at ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo strikes road feeder deal with Jan de Rijk
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new three-year road feeder services contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics and extended its delivery network to over 50 airports in Europe.Most Virgin Atlantic cargo arriving in London for onward connection in Europe is destined for Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris, served by next ...
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Qatar first class for four legs
Qatar Airways Cargo has moved 40 of the world’s most admired show jumping and dressage horses for a major event in the equine sporting calendar.A specially chartered B777 freighter carried the four-legged passengers from Amsterdam to the International Federation of Equestrian Sports’ World Cup finals in Las Vegas.The plane was ...
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China Airlines joins Dubai DWC migration
Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved its freighter flights to the new Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC). The carrier uses the UAE as an intermediate stopover on its 747 freighter flights between Taipei and Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Frankfurt.The Dubai Airports is planning a progressive move of flights to ...
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Jettainer gets ISO 9001
Outsourced ULD management company Jettainer has gained ISO 9001 certification following an extensive audit of its quality management systems by Technical Inspection Agency, TÜV.Experts inspected operating processes, communications, customer satisfaction, complaints and documentation departments. As an external service provider, Jettainer operates and manages the world’s largest container and pallet fleet ...
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SATS exports to go electronic
SATS, the Singapore handling company, has launched a one-stop e-Acceptance initiative for export airfreight.SATS’ e-Acceptance procedure speeds up processing and reduces human error, as well as offering cargo agents live tracking and enhancing security by authenticating users. Cargo agents can also now process and deliver their shipments to one location.IATA’s ...
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LUG ramps up Frankfurt slot management
Ground handler LUG Aircargo is implementing a new ramp service and time slot management system at its Cargo City South terminal in Frankfurt airport from mid-May.The software automatically allocates loading bays for the delivery and collection of shipments and for road feeder services.Users can reserve slots at the ramp in ...
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PACTL registers strong results in the first quarter
Strong import volumes helped Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) record a 12.7 per cent year-on-year tonnage increase in the first three months of 2015.PACTL handled total volumes of 362,497 tonnes between January and March 2015, the best in any first quarter for the cargo handler. Lutz ...
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IAG Cargo & Exelsius 2nd GDP Academy to take place 11-12 May 2015
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international cold chain management consultancy, have teamed up again to provide the healthcare and life science industry with a certificated training workshop in Good Distribution Practices (GDP).Exelsius and IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, can offer training to pharmaceutical manufacturers, logistic ...
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Freight jump helps ACS to record
Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged just under 2,700 cargo charters in 2014, an increase of almost 29 per cent on the year before, the UK-headquartered broker states.The total amount of cargo flown by ACS in 2014 was nearly 37,000 tonnes. The extra freight charters contributed to the largest ever single ...