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BRU Airport’s Cloud Platform is Taking Shape - PART 1
At this very moment, cloud-based collaboration is already taking place at Brussels Airport. Eventually, the entire community will jump onto the wagon, says Jean Verheyen, founder & CEO of...
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China Eyes Civil Version of Y-20 Heavy-lift Transporter
China's state-owned aerospace and defense firm, Xi'an Aircraft Industry, a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), has delivered the first domestically developed AVIC Y-20...
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Frankfurt Cargo Services Handles WOW in FRA while Aerotrans is Cargo GSA
Since June 2016 the low-cost airline from Iceland has been flying 6 times per week to Frankfurt. On 2nd of June FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services GmbH has been charged with the cargo handling for WOW air...
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IN BRIEF, THE LATEST AIR FREIGHT INDUSTRY NEWS. Colombian Lineas Aereas Suramericanas is one of the Boeing conversion clients. Three new customers for the Boeing BCF programme The Boeing Converted...
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Rhenus, Sankyo form JV in Japan
Germany-headquartered logistics services provider, Rhenus Group has launched a Japanese joint venture with Sankyo Corporation, named Rhenus Sankyo Logistics K.K.. The joint venture will offer...
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U.S. Carriers Gearing up for Cuba Operations
The United States Department of Transport (DoT) has named eight U.S. carriers which they intend to allocate traffic rights to for flights from mainland USA to Cuba’s capital city airport, Havana...
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China Post Inks Cross-border Pact with Lazada
China Post Group, China's state-owned postal service provider, and Singapore-based e-commerce provider Lazada Group, a leading online shopping and selling site in Southeast Asia, have signed a...
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Senator International Launches Atlantic Air Bridge
The logistics service provider announced plans to start scheduled freighter flights between Munich, Germany and Greenville-Spartanburg in South Carolina, USA. Which carrier will operate the route is...
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Will Qatar Airways Take the Lead in the “oneworld Alliance?”
Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, New Hub Strategies - all developments which seem these days to be the main priority of the Gulf carriers. In this respect, Qatar Airways is on the same route as their...
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Sourcing Logistics Professionals in the U.S. has Become a Tough Job
Sourcing firms engaged in labour recruitment and provision of qualified personnel for logistics firms and air freight companies doing business in the U.S. are in dire straits. “We are facing headwind...
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Part 2 - BRU Airport’s Cloud Platform
In the second part of our article on Brussels Airport’s newly introduced Cloud Platform, we take a look at the aims and advantages this new system is said to give to the Brussels Airport Community,...
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Cargolux Honours their Business Partners
In appreciation of continuous commercial support, Luxembourg’s flag carrier started a campaign, painting the names and logos of main clients on the hulls of their freighters, in combination with a...
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IN BRIEF, THE LATEST AIR FREIGHT INDUSTRY NEWS. FedEx gains first Cuban cargo traffic rights Five weekly cargo frequencies have been awarded to FedEx by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) for...
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Plath Pictures Delight Hamburg
The publisher of aviation magazine AERO International is one of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed aircraft and airport photographers. Some of his pictures such as a spectacular snapshot of an...
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Passengers Revolt at FRA
Last Friday night, thousands of passengers and high volumes of cargo stranded at Frankfurt Rhine-Main Airport. The reason was an overzealous interpretation of the night flight ban by the local...
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Exclusive - Meier Takes the Helm at the Silkway Group
What had been rumoured for weeks, has now be officially confirmed to CargoForwarder Global: Wolfgang Meier has been nominated Senior Vice President of the Silkway Group, with its three main pillars...
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Panalpina to Run Distribution Centre for Proton Therapy Treatment at BRU
At Brussels Airport, ground was broken for a new logistics facility supporting proton therapy cancer treatment. It will open in November 2017 and will be operated by logistics heavyweight Panalpina....
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Exclusive – LH Cargo Wants time:matters to Come Back Home
Lufthansa Cargo has filed an application at the German competition authority Bundeskartellamt to increase their equity participation from 49% to 100%, thus becoming the sole shareholder of...
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Investor ZS Fund L.P. acquired cargo airline Amerijet
Fort Lauderdale, FLA-headquartered freight carrier Amerijet has a new proprietor. It’s the New York-based private equity firm ZS Fund L.P., who purchased the airline from asset manager H.I.G Capital...
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Ilin Exits ABC
Russian freight carrier AirBridgeCargo (ABC) loses a great leader. As the carrier announced today (1 August), Denis Ilin has given up his post as Executive President. Reasons for his sudden and widely...
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