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Airbus eyes A350-950F production freighter
The European aircraft maker’s attempts to produce factory-built production freighters were a long time ago. The last initiative, rolled out at the end of the first decade of this century, was an...
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Pilots switching from air to rail
Train instead of plane: that is the vocational fate that many pilots employed by EU airlines are currently facing. The European pilots' association, EPA, assumes that of the approximately 65,000...
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LCAG and Bleichert Automation to create the heart of the FRA cargo hub Long in the planning, the modernization of Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt hub is now a significant step further to the making, with...
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Simson Demmer joins cargo.one
The Berlin-based online cargo booking platform has appointed Simson Demmer as Senior Director, Airline Products. He comes from the Lufthansa Group, where he was Head of Analytics & Business...
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DSV acquires Agility
Today (27APR21), Denmark-based DSV Panalpina announced its acquisition of Kuwait-headquartered Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics Business (GIL) for US$4.1 billion (€3.31 billion). This renders it...
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Dronamics intends to launch drones in Germany
British drone operator, Dronamics, has identified three regional airports in Germany at which to base its drones and set up a network. These are Rostock-Laage, Paderborn-Lippstadt, and Weeze. However,...
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Sovereign Speed takes to the sky
As students at a boarding school in northern Germany, Karim El-Sayegh and Martin Araman had a keen vision: to build a company that would offer the market road express services for the overnight...
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TIACA’s Sustainability Agenda 3+2
If you’re automatically doing the math, the answer, of course, is 5! And we all know that “5 A Day” is the recipe for a healthy life. In this case, TIACA has identified 5 ingredients for a more...
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LH Cargo - UA Cargo: Together is better than alone
Tomorrow (03MAY21), United Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo will celebrate the third anniversary of their transatlantic joint venture (JV). It is not known whether champagne corks will be popping at the...
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Air freight feels home at Liège
And Liège gives cargo a home, as shown by the unprecedented tonnage growth reported by the Walloon airport since many quarters. LGG has introduced a fast lane cargo connector to further improve ground...
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Andy Popovich, Chief Executive Officer, Ventus Image: Ventus Prague handler Skyport now in joint American and Singaporean hands Ventus LCC, an Atlanta, Georgia, USA based infrastructure investment...
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Silk Way West Airlines grows its fleet
Last week, the Azeri carrier ordered 5 Boeing Triple Seven freighters, thus increasing its fleet to 18 units over the next 6 years. The company is continuing its growth path, making it one of the most...
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Magnanimity or Money: which Covax Partner Airline will be the first to donate...
In the recent IATA Covid-19 vaccine logistics webinar on 21APR21 titled “Key learnings from the ongoing vaccine distribution effort and paving the way for the future”, the praise for the airlines’...
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Lufthansa Cargo looks sharp in sharkskin
No, it’s not a fashion statement. Instead, the airline will be improving its aerodynamics based on what it has learned from sharks. It will soon be coating its aircraft with AeroSHARK: A foil that...
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Jettainer starts seeing double
Jettainer is setting to apply a concept that exists since 2002, but which has only recently, with the advent of the Internet of Things, started to come into its own: Digital Twins. First used by NASA...
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Transport Logistic/Air Cargo Europe - a commentary
There are truly better jobs in these pandemic times than being a trade fair organizer, such as for last week's Transport Logistic/Air Cargo Europe. Who actually attends online? Does the range of...
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If you can think it, the machine can do it!
BMI is not everybody’s favorite topic of conversation, especially if they are weight conscious. Yet, we learned in the presentation titled “Transformation in Logistics - Success Factor for...
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The logistics industry: a stalwart mainstay in the pandemic
How resilient is logistics and how did this industry perform during the pandemic? Those were the key issues discussed online last Wednesday (05MAY21) during the Munich-held trade fair, Transport...
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Digitizing air cargo processes takes the foreground
The digitization of air cargo processes has been painstakingly slow, compared to the passenger side of the aviation industry. Yet, the pandemic has allowed for it to speed up. Air Cargo Europe 2021’s...
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Are Digital Platform Providers the better Freight Forwarders?
Not surprisingly, Digitalization was one of the recurring themes at the transport logistic online 2021 on 04-06MAY21. “New vs. Old - Are platform providers the better freight forwarders?” was the...
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