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50 years of Avianca Cargo flower transports to the US With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it is high season for flower transports, and as the America’s first IATA CEIV Fresh-certified cargo...
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Competitors Airbus and Boeing get huge order from Air India
As announced by CargoForwarder Global on 22JAN23, Air India has placed a firm order for 470 aircraft: 250 of them from Airbus and 220 from Boeing. In total, it is the largest-ever order, surpassing a...
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CargoAi builds a cargo payment solution
With the launch of CargoWALLET, CargoAi is the first to bridge a gap in the digital cargo marketplace. While making a real-time cargo reservation online has become much easier in recent years, paying...
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AirFrance KLM Martinair Cargo content with 2022 results
Although tonnage went south last year, strong yields led to stable revenues and compensated for the volume decline, the airline emphasizes in its annual report. Seen from a holistic perspective, 2022...
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A BUDding Sustainability and Growth Winner
Budapest Airport was already on a steep growth path prior to the pandemic. CargoForwarder Global (CFG) spoke to József Kossuth (JK), Cargo Director of Budapest Airport (BUD), about trends and...
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Magma Aviation’s Passion for Africa
With many of the air cargo industry’s big players heading down to Johannesburg for the air cargo Africa conference this week, 21-23FEB23, CargoForwarder Global (CFG) asked Conor Brannigan (CB), Magma...
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Dronamics’ Black Swan has attracted a number of green dollar-bills. Image: Dronamics Dronamics is in the money Venture capital funds and angel investors from 12 countries together proffered USD 40...
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German aviation sends SOS
For German airports, as well as for Lufthansa and Co, the seventh calendar week was a week better forgotten. The glitches and neck snaps came in daily. On Wednesday (15FEB23), damaged fiber optic...
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Hahn - Revolving door continues to rotate
The fate of Hahn Airport remains undecided. After strong headwind from politics and media, the Russian bidder, Victor Charitonin, has changed his offer. He scrapped plans to take the airport over...
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EFW on way to becoming a global player
German P2F conversion specialist Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) and Sichuan Haite Hi-Tech have signed a letter of intent aimed at starting remodeling passenger to freighter aircraft of the Airbus variant...
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Turning the tide in air cargo software
IBS Software announced the acquisition of Accenture Freight and Logistics Software (AFLS) this week, in a step that will not only “bolster air cargo capabilities” and “accelerate digital...
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In Memoriam - one year ago the Mriya died
Kyiv-Hostomel Airport on 24FEB22: In the airport hangar, pending an engine swap, stood the world's largest cargo aircraft: the AN-225. Today, only the remains of the iconic aircraft, torn apart by...
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Building up interest for collapsible ULDs
VRR announced last week that its latest collapsible container, the AAX, which it demonstrated at the World Cargo Symposium in London in SEP22, has finally been awarded EASA certification – and with...
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MUC: Cargo traffic is back
Munich Airport is experiencing an upswing in air cargo traffic. The latest example is the increase in frequencies offered by Qatar Airways Cargo, which will double its air services from tomorrow...
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Sleeker and easier to say. Image: Cathay Cargo A brand with a vision: Cathay Cargo The sleeker and easier to read and recognize a brand is, the more successful it performs. Cathay Cargo has rebranded,...
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Hahn - Savior from the Orient
At Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, people are familiar with crises. In fact, they have been an ongoing issue ever since the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate took over Hahn’s majority stake from former...
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Lufthansa Cargo enjoys record sales but sees shadows on the horizon
For the third time in a row, Lufthansa Cargo CEO, Dorothea von Boxberg presented a record annual result during a press briefing on Friday (03MAR23). However, global air freight flows and yields are...
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CCA plans Perishables perfection
Perishables are vulnerable – especially if they are being flown long-distances and are exposed to diverse and perhaps extreme temperature differences. Luxembourg-based NPO, Cool Chain Association...
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Getting a buzz driving down the highway
DSV has joined a longer-running research project to electrify road freight, run by Hessen Mobil, a sub-department of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing, responsible for...
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Truck-parking made simple
Where can I park my truck? Thousands of drivers are confronted with this problem day in, day out or, rather, night after night, having steered their vehicles across Europe. Traffic data shows that by...
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