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O’Leary Wants His Money Back
Ryanair is suing the German traffic controller DFS Aviation Services GmbH demanding half a million euros to be paid back to the Irish airline for – from their point of view – unlawfully levied landing...
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Budapest Airport Cargo Upswing
Hungary’s capital city airport, Budapest did not have an easy time some years back when the Hungarian national carrier, Malev, went bankrupt and cargo volumes at the airport’s then rather dilapidated...
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HNA Group Offers US1 Billion for Singapore's CWT
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. has made a formal offer to buy all the shares of Singapore-listed logistics and warehousing firm CWT Ltd. CWT manages about 10.3 square feet of warehouse space HNA...
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Cargolux Has Moved Dubai Handling to Emirates
As of early September all Cargolux flights into and out of Dubai World Central (DWC) are being handled exclusively by Emirates SkyCargo. The move is part of the Emirates - Cargolux cooperation...
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SHORT SHOTS
IN BRIEF, THE LATEST CARGO AIRLINE INDUSTRY NEWS. Claire Trench, Kerry Logistics Head of Food & Beverages - photo: LinkedIn Kerry Logistics Focuses on China F&B Market Hong Kong-based Kerry...
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Woolworths' Goes Nationwide With its Pick-up Service
In the battle for supermarket shoppers, Australia's grocery giant Woolworths has announced that it is making its “Pick Up” click and collect service available nationally across Australia. Woolworths'...
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Air-Rail Logistics Plan in Chengdu
The Chinese e-commerce trade is booming and multiplying at an amazing rate. Chinese carriers such as SF Express, YTO Airlines and the China Post are all busy with setting up new hubs, increasing their...
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Portrait: Mato, the Man in Charge on the Floor
In today’s issue of CargoForwarder Global we continue our portraits of some of those men and women who are essential for the seamless handling of air freight shipments. Here we portrait Mato...
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Mercedes-Benz Picks what3words For in-Vehicle Navigation System
Mercedes-Benz said its plans to be the first automotive manufacturer to launch in vehicle 3 word address navigation. The announcement follows Daimler’s partnership with the innovative addressing...
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Exclusive - Ground Handler LUG Buys LHU
The Frankfurt-based agent LUG aircargo handling GmbH has purchased Hamburg-headquartered LHU GmbH. The deal, inked today (22 September) strengthens LUG’s position within the German freight handling...
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ACH – Part 1: ULD Bible Could Enlighten the Cargo Industry
ULD CARE Vice President Bob Rogers is not known in the industry as someone that shies away from voicing inconvenient truths. So he did in his keynote speech at the 30th ULD CARE Annual Conference held...
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ACH – Part 2: Was the BUD-held Cargo Handling Conference Worth the Money and...
This and more questions we asked some of the attendees of the 9th Air Cargo Handling Conference (ACH), held from 19th – 21st September in the noble Corinthia Hotel in downtown Budapest, Hungary. Here...
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ACH – Part 3: Chris Notter, the Omnipresent Mister Cargo Handling
He moderated, commented, directed and performed brilliantly as presenter of topics and plenary sessions. We speak here of Chris Notter, Chief Ground Handling Officer at Saudi Airlines Cargo, who led...
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Airfreight Industry, Quo Vadis? - Part 6 - General Rate Increases
In a series of articles our author Mark Grinsted, a true industry veteran, is critically assessing the state of the cargo industry. So far, he has put these five topics under his magnifying glass:...
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ACH – Part 4 - Unilode on the Way to Reaching the Next Level
Unilode Aviation Solutions’ new CEO Benoit Dumont is keen to reach the next level in managing ULDs. In his first interview with any media after taking office on 1 September, during the Air Cargo...
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ACH – Part 5 - Jettainer Puts New Ice Age Into Force
The ULD manager expands its product portfolio, offering airlines tailored solutions for processing temperature-controlled unit load devices. Their new cool service unveils the unseen part of the...
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ESC Shippers Demand Transparency in Air Freight
Transparency on their consignments is what the European shippers demand form their air cargo providers, says policy manager Rogier Spoel of the European Shippers’ Council in Brussels. The linear...
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Are Golden Cargo Days Over for Gulf Carriers?
Massive fleet expansion, dense route coverage and increased air cargo capacity volume offerings. These have been the visiting cards of some of the Middle East carriers for the past decade, or even...
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China Airlines Inks Opticooler Pact With Dokasch
Frankfurt-based ULD equipment specialist DoKaSch Temperature Solutions said it will be expanding the global network for its Opticooler temperature-controlled container range for pharma products...
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Chinese Airports are Largest Contributors to Global Air Transport Growth
Airports in China handled 23.5% of global air cargo volumes from 2015 to 2016, Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association of the world's airports, said in its latest edition of World...
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