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Commentary: CEVA mutates into an Environmental Dinosaur
Trucking services between China and Spain – that’s CEVA’s latest “innovation” in long-haul overland haulage. Plans that were announced some days ago and warmly welcomed by industrial manufacturers and...
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Updated: Jet Airways' Pilots to Strike on Monday
Around 1,100 pilots of crisis-hit Indian carrier Jet Airways, who are members of India's National Aviator's Guild (NAG), have decided not to fly from 10 am this Monday in protest against "non-payment...
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Jet Airways Suspends all Flights as Funding Efforts Falter
Indian airline Jet Airways has temporarily suspended all its domestic and international flights after failing to find fresh funding. In a statement, Jet Airways' CEO Vinay Dube said the airline had no...
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Riege and NetChb accelerate Freight Imports into the U.S.
German IT provider Riege Software and Automated Brokerage Interface (ABI) software provider NetChb have announced a partnership, offering online solutions for the seamless transmission of entry...
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Exclusive - New Belgian Cargo Airline Takes Off in Liege
The new Belgian cargo carrier ‘Air Cargo Europe (ACE) Belgium Freighters’ was granted its AOC last Thursday. Initially it will connect its hub at Liege Airport with New York (JFK). But its further...
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Amazon Quits Chinese Marketplace Business
Facing fierce competition from local rivals Alibaba and JD.com, e-commerce giant Amazon has decided to wind-down its Amazon China marketplace and focus instead on cross-border sales. In a statement,...
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Amazon - Having to Take a Firmer Grip
Some might say that Amazon is getting too mighty and others might comment that they are heavily involved in the U.S. American market, but not being successful in establishing themselves in Asia or...
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IN BRIEF - THE LATEST AIR CARGO INDUSTRY NEWS Unilode and Nordisk join on digital tags Zurich-based Unilode Aviation Solutions a main provider of Unit Load Device (ULDs) management and repair...
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Addis Ababa Airport on Way to Challenge Dubai
For years, many of the African exports transported by air to European or Asian markets are transshipped in Dubai or other airports in the Middle East. The same accounts for imports in the opposite...
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HNA Wants End to Hong Kong Airlines Board Room Battle
China's heavily indebted HNA Group has finally issued a public statement about the boardroom and shareholder infighting which has been going on for several days at its financially struggling carrier...
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AMS Local Rule Gets OK'd by Minister
The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has officially approved the local rule for slot allocation at AMS. This should put an end to a controversial and sometimes fierce debate...
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Cargolux’s Profits Soared in 2018
Luxembourg’s national freight carrier Cargolux achieved an outstanding financial result in fiscal 2018. The airline’s consolidated net profit reached 188 million euros (US$211 mn), up €79 million (US$...
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New Russian Freighter in the Making
We have reported in the past months on the need for a reliable replacement of the aging Antonov 124 freighter which among others in in use with Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group and the Russian military. The...
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BUD Partners with Chinese Airports to Promote Cargo
On the fringes of the second Belt and Road forum held in Beijing last week, executives of Budapest Airport and Xi’an Xianyang International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Their mutual...
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IN BRIEF - THE LATEST AIR CARGO INDUSTRY NEWS Pictured are Freightos WebCargo’s Zvi Schreiber (left) and Marcel de Nooijer of AF-KL-MP Cargo AF-KL-MP Cargo launch Real-Time eBooking WebCargo and...
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TIACA - Stepping Up the Pace
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is high on our list of associations which we think has been making good progress during the past twelve months in trying to give the air cargo community...
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Uganda Airlines Reloaded
The refounded carrier has welcomed two Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets from Canada at Kampala-Entebbe International Airport, with two CRJ900s to follow later this year. In 2020, the airline intends to...
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Jet Airways' Bidders Fail to Submit Final Bids as May 10 Deadline Nears
Indian media reports suggest that bidders for the country's once largest private carriers, Jet Airways, whose debt is in excess of over US$1 billion, appear uninterested in following up on their...
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Exclusive – Flying Cargo Advancing within Europe
For many years, the vast mass of air freight shipments, produced in the EU and destined to non-EU countries, has been trucked across the block’s member states to consolidation airports for uplift....
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Asian Carriers Rethink Routes as MAX 8s Remain Grounded
U.S. plane manufacturer Boeing announced the appointment of Michael Luttig (64) to the newly-created position of counselor and senior adviser. Simultaneously to this decision, Asian carriers have...
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