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Perishables lift Cathay Pacific cargo volumes in January
Perishables shipments helped to raise air cargo volumes at Cathay Pacific in January year on year.The airline carried 114,790 tonnes of cargo in January, an increase of 20.7% compared with January 2023 when capacity was still in recovery mode due to pandemic restrictions.The month’s cargo revenue tonne kilometres (RFTKs) increased ...
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NewsBangkok Flight Services gains GDP certification
Source: WFSHandler Bangkok Flight Services has achieved Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for its pharma facility at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.BFS, which is a joint venture between SAT-owned WFS and Bangkok Airways, received its GDP certification from independent audit body Escem/TüV Rheinland following a two-day assessment of the pharma facility.The pharma ...
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ECS Group back on the acquisition trail
The ECS Group is back on the acquisition trail following a break in activity due to the Covid crisis.The general sales and service agent (GSSA) has announced three takeover deals in the past three months and executive chairman Adrien Thominet says there are more deals in the pipeline.Explaining the decision ...
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NewsMenzies expands cargo facility at Budapest Airport
Source: Budapest AirportMenzies Aviation has expanded its cargo handling terminal at Budapest Airport’s (BUD) Cargo City as it looks to meet growing volumes.The expansion will increase Menzies’ cargo capacity at the airport from 49,000 tons to 85,000 tons per year.The upgrades include a 3,000 sq m warehouse expansion, a 1,500 ...
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CHAMP launches new e-commerce service for ICS2 compliance
CHAMP Cargosystems has added a new service that will enable companies transporting e-commerce shipments to comply with the European Union's latest ICS2 rules.The Traxon Global eCommerce (TGE) service will address the requirements of cargo pre-load security filings and pre-arrival filings for e-commerce shipments under ICS2.CHAMP said the latest phase of ...
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NewsGeodis masters oversize project using Antonov AN-124 freighter
Photo: Geodis.Geodis has completed a complex air cargo transport project featuring oversized thermocompressors that involved 13 flights over seven days using an Antonov AN-124, the world's largest cargo aircraft.The just-in-time logistics operation entailed transporting 249 pieces of oversized, overweight cargo totalling 776 tons and 4,455 cu m to southeast Colombia.Geodis ...
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New cargo carrier FarCargo selects Nordic GSA
Recently-launched Faroe Islands-based carrier FarCargo has selected Nordic GSA as its sales agent.The GSA will offer the airline's cargo space from Newark International Airport in New York to Billund in Denmark and to the Faroe Islands.The agreement will also cover all electronic data interchange (EDI) transmissions and data capture.Meanwhile, Globe ...
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NewsEtihad appoints Brun as vice president cargo
Photo: Etihad CargoEtihad Airways has appointed senior Geodis airfreight specialist Stanislas Brun to the role of vice president cargo.Brun will be responsible for Etihad Cargo's commercial operations including scheduled and charter flights, revenue management and network planning.He joins Etihad Cargo from Geodis, where, in his role as senior vice president ...
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NewsStarlux to enter the freighter market with A350F order
Source: AirbusTaiwan-based Starlux Airlines will enter the freighter market after it placed an order for five Airbus A350 cargo aircraft at the Singapore Airshow.The carrier's chief executive, Glenn Chai, said the entry into the freighter market would enable the carrier to capitalise on "the strategic advantages offered by Taiwan's geographical ...
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US couple found guilty of fraud against National Air Cargo
Two people have been found guilty of defrauding US logistics company National Air Cargo of $5m in a wire fraud scheme that lasted two years.The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado found married couple Michael Aaron Tew and Kimberly Ann Tew guilty of fraud following a guilty verdict ...
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NewsDurban airfreight terminal sees volumes spike due to port congestion
Source: Dube Cargo TerminalDube Cargo Terminal at King Shaka International Airport has seen air cargo volumes spike in recent months as a result of congestion at South Africa's sea ports.The terminal company said that in the last four months of 2023, its air cargo volumes were up 57% quarter on ...
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Airbus advances development of A350F
Airbus is ramping up development activity on its A350 freighter as the airframer works towards final assembly and first flight milestones in 2025.“We are really in that industrialisation process now,” says Crawford Hamilton, Airbus head of freighter marketing. “We have got parts heading towards sections and we are ready to ...
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Challenge Handling expects rapid volume increase in 2024
The Challenge Group is expecting its air cargo handling volumes at Liege Airport to rapidly increase this year following a series of new contract wins.Last year, Challenge Handling saw its volumes at the Belgian cargo hub decline by 6.8% year on year to 256,422 tonnes."This shift can be attributed to ...
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NewsWFS wins Air China Cargo contract in LA
Air China Cargo Boeing 747 freighter. Photo: WFSWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) will handle over 20,000 tonnes of cargo a year for Air China Cargo in Los Angeles under a new three-year contract.The ground handler and air cargo logistics specialist will provide ramp and warehouse handling services for the airline’s Boeing ...
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Airfreight rates slide in line with Lunar New Year holiday demand decline
Airfreight rates began their Lunar New Year holiday decline last week after rising in the first six weeks of the year.The latest figures from TAC Index show that last week overall airfreight rates slipped by 8.2% compared with the week before and are down 21.2% from a year ago."Despite ongoing ...
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MSC Air Cargo goes it alone as GSA partnership with ECS ends
MSC Air Cargo has ended its GSSA partnership with the ECS Group, which has been the airline's GSSA in North America, Europe and Mexico since May last year.The cargo airline's senior vice president air cargo, Jannie Davel said in a LinkedIn post on February 20 that MSC Air Cargo stopped ...
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Envirotainer commits to supply chain emissions targets
Pharma ULD firm Envirotainer has set targets to cut its supply chain emissions and submitted these to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for validation.The specialist in temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments aims to reduce emissions from both direct operations and its entire supply chain.David Simonsson, chief executive of Envirotainer, said: “Sustainability ...
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Lufthansa cargo operations set to be hit by latest strike action
Lufthansa's cargo operations are set to face disruption this week as ground staff launch another round of strike action.As many as 25,000 members of the Ver.di union working for Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo in Germany are joining the industrial action.The action starts at 8pm February 19 and ...
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NewsAlaska Air Group acquisition of Hawaiian gets go ahead
Photo: Hawaiian AirlinesAlaska Airlines has been given the green light to acquire Hawaiian Airlines after the latter's stockholders approved the deal that is set to boost cargo within the combined business.Seattle-based Alaska Air Group and Honolulu-headquartered Hawaiian Holdings entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition in December last year. ...
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WestJet eyes digital developments in 2024
WestJet will this year target digital investments in cargo as well as network and product expansion following the launch of freighter operations last year.The Canada-based combination carrier's cargo business said that in 2024 it would launch a new website "in anticipation of a shift towards more self-service options".WestJet Cargo added ...