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Schiphol movements cap put on hold
What a bitter slap in the face for the Dutch government! The Hague was forced to postpone its plan to reduce the number of flight movements at Schiphol Airport from 500,000 annually to 452,000 as...
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LATAM Cargo strengthens long-haul services
With the integration of the 19th B767-300 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) into its fleet, the airline is once again growing its transport capacity. Compared to the pre-corona period in 2019, this is...
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Cargo Collective: Uniting the future of Air Cargo
An intriguing question popped up on TIACA’s LinkedIn feed in the run-up to its recent Executive Summit: “Are you under 40 and headed to the #ExecutiveSummit2023? Want to make your mark within the air...
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JKIA terminals inundated
Inside the airport: masses of water wherever one looked. Check-in personnel, officials on duty at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), and hundreds of passengers rushed out of the terminals to...
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“You’ll go down in history!”: not Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but a white-nosed Norse. Image: Norse Atlantic Airways World first B787 Dreamliner landing in Antarctica … and take-off, too. Each...
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Aerolíneas Argentinas faces a bumpy road ahead
The new president, Javier Milei, wants to privatize the national airline and place it in the hands of the approximately 12,000 employees. The result would be a publicly owned company as established by...
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IATA’s Doha #hackathon lets thoughts fly
“diu bant mac nieman vinden, diu mîne gedanke binden. man vâhet wîp unde man, gedanke niemen gevâhen kan.“ This is the original text of a folk song written in 1229, in the predecessor states of...
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COZERO: Helping logistics go CO2-Zero
With the Climate Change goals and deadlines laid down in the Paris Agreement fast approaching, this decade is finally beginning to see more serious movement in emissions monitoring and reduction, and...
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Silk Way West is growing horizontally and vertically
After taking delivery of its first B777F and ordering five more triple-seven freighter aircraft and two A350F, the Azeri cargo airline is now increasingly focusing on expanding its ground...
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VRRunners: 500 km, tiny ULDs and a good cause
“Order your tiny ULD now - and support charity 🎄” the email subject line urged. What was that all about? A unique initiative in support of a highly worthy cause, it turns out, and an excellent example...
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GertJan Roelands and Ray Fennelly are committed to sustainability. Image: AFKLMP Cargo When NAF is the backdrop for SAF Or perhaps the headline should be “Black tie, green future”? NAF stands for the...
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Air cargo must engage in battling illicit trade
Battling illicit trade is a responsibility to be shared by shippers, customs authorities, and logistic services providers. At the TIACA Executive Summit in Brussels, a new EU-driven scheme was...
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Five companies in Brucargo Central by 2025
A pile-driving ceremony, on 22NOV23, triggered off the building work for the redevelopment of Brucargo Central. The five companies set to move in, expect greater efficiency and a consolidation of...
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Lightning bolts endanger Boeing 747 Jumbos, warns FAA
The FAA has found that all Boeing 747 variants from the B747-100 to the B747-8 are inadequately protected against lightning strikes. This applies both to passenger and cargo versions of the highly...
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A virtual fireside chat about AI and Quality
Data Quality is often criticized or seen as an obstacle to shifting to Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions. “Garbage in/garbage out” as Ashok Rajan (AR), Senior Vice President - Global Head - Cargo...
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Hamburg Airport and Airbus ink H2 partnership
The aim of this initiative is to secure the infrastructure for the use of green hydrogen, so that the planned fleet of Airbus aircraft, which will use hydrogen as a power source in future, can be...
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Saudia Cargo, Cainiao, and WFS drive e-Commerce
According to data published by market analyst, Transport Intelligence, in their latest Global E-Commerce Logistics Report, the global e-commerce logistics market is expected to grow by 7.9% in 2023,...
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“We did it!” say Virgin Atlantic following the first 100% SAF flight. Image: Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic’s Virgin 100% SAF flight – an historic achievement Though not strictly an air cargo...
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Pledge co-hosts COP28 table to accelerate change
Around 80,000 [!] people have registered for the COP28 in Dubai, which began on 30NOV23 and runs through to 12DEC23. This will make it the largest COP summit yet in a host state that also happens to...
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Qaptis decarbonizes truck rides
While many heads of state are currently haggling over concepts on how to limit global warming on the global stage at the climate conference in Dubai, resourceful companies are silently working on...
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