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Containers, collaboration, Covid-19, and post-crisis presage
In this guest article, Christine Klemmer, General Manager for skypooling*, takes a look at the upheaval the Covid-19 pandemic brought about, its effects both on a personal and professional level, and...
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Bring cargo to the fore, says ACN
The umbrella organization Air Cargo Netherland (ACN) is going toe-to-toe with the management of Schiphol Airport by demanding significant changes in the organigram introduced shortly ago. “We still...
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LH Cargo rebuilds its logistics center in Frankfurt
The renewal of its Frankfurt air freight center has been on the agenda of LH Cargo for years with varying degrees of urgency, without there having been a decision. This is now available. The...
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Bolloré and AFKLMP opt for green French skies
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) announced last week that Bolloré Logistics has joined its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program, and together the two companies will launch the first...
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LGG’s diversification strategy may absorb FedEx job axing
Of the 5,500 to 6,300 jobs to be axed in the resizing of the FedEx operation in Europe, 671 concern Liège (LGG) and 50 Brussels (BRU). Following FedEx’s announcement last week, a 48-hour strike was...
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Airbus: Insourcing beats Outsourcing
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is reorganizing its supply chain beginning next April. To secure the seamless flow of components, tools and equipment to its production site in Hamburg at all times, the...
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CGN’s “freighterfriendliness” pays off
CGN Cargo Chief Torsten Wefers is happy about a rapid increase of ad-hoc charter traffic and hopes carriers to remain - photo: CGN Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) recently published impressive cargo...
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Frankfurt’s favorable cargo figures
DEC20 was Frankfurt Airport’s best-ever month since 2007, in terms of air freight throughput – and this, despite the huge lack of belly capacity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic related thinning out of...
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DB Schenker: Cargo network growth continues unabated
The logistics heavyweight is increasingly tapping into freighter operations to offer customers reliable air transportation despite the ongoing lack of lower deck capacity caused by the pandemic...
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My Life with COVID-19 – Roberta Herrera reports from Chile
Chile is one of the most economically stable and prosperous nations in South America. To date, roughly 533,000 of its 17.5 million people have been infected with COVID-19, and 14,800 of them have...
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SHORT SHOTS
Vaccines on their way to Amman, Jordan. Image: FCS FCS handles first WFS’ “Project Coldstream” shipment The Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) subsidiary, Frankfurt Cargo Services, played its first role...
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SHORT SHOTS
Air Belgium steps into the cargo business Leisure carrier Air Belgium, based at Brussels-Charleroi Airport (CRL), intends to operate freighter aircraft, thus introducing an additional business field....
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Chapter 11 is HNA Group’s final glimmer of hope
Cash-stripped Hainan Airlines Group has applied for bankruptcy, ending a battle for survival lasting for years. The step will allow it to write off high losses and work on the company’s financial...
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Hydrogen: The route to zero emissions in Aviation
The Aviation Week webinar on 22JAN21, moderated by its Executive Editor, Technology, Graham Warwick, took a look at the case for hydrogen as alternative aircraft energy. “Hydrogen Propulsion – Promise...
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Boeing starts the year on a green wing
Despite the pandemic’s adverse effects on Boeing’s order books, adding to the existing problem of the grounded MAX last year, the company has driven forward with its sustainability strategy. Just 3...
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Cape Canaveral in the North Sea
Launchers with satellites on board could soon take to orbit from a mobile platform in the middle of the North Sea, 300 km off the German coastal line. The project has prominent supporters, including...
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When will we be back to normal?
At the virtual World Cargo Summit 2021, 26-27JAN21, hosted by Euroavia International, the panel “World Trade and Air Cargo Market Outlook” moderated by Joachim von Winning, Executive Director, Air...
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Lynden network keeps on growing
Alaska-based Lynden International Logistics (LILCO) has opened a station in Guelph, Ontario - its fifth location in Canada. "We consider this our flagship facility," says Brian MacAskill, LILCO Vice...
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My Life with COVID-19 – Rodrigo Gonçalves reports from Santos, Brazil
With around 210 million inhabitants, Brazil is the sixth-largest country in the world by population. To date, roughly 8.5 million people have been infected with COVID-19 there, and 210,000 of these...
View ArticleQatar Airways Cargo’s WeQare goes wild
Qatar Airways Cargo today (01FEB21) unveiled the second chapter of its WeQare sustainability initiative, and the focus this time is on wild animals. “Rewild the Planet” is the title given to Chapter...
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