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IATA and Other Associations Demand Stiff Penalties for Faulty Lithium Battery...
In a joint appeal to governments, transport associations, airlines together with lithium battery manufacturers are calling for stricter enforcement and stiffer penalties to be imposed on those who...
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Breaking News - Russia and Germany Liberalize Cargo Traffic
In their latest round of bilateral air traffic negotiations that were held last week in Berlin, Russian and German traffic officials finally set aside the main obstacles limiting the flight rights of...
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Air France-KLM Cargo 1st Half Year Weak Despite Signs of a Market Pick-Up
The signs are that the air cargo market has now started a small, but noticeable upswing. This was particularly noticeable in the June figures issued by IATA whereby it is stated that their was a 4.3%...
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China Remains Global E-commerce Leader in 2016 with US$900Bn Sales
China will remain the world’s largest retail e-commerce market, with sales expected to top US$899.09 billion this year, representing almost half (47.0%) of digital retail sales worldwide. According to...
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LH Cargo Hikes Rates
In a letter sent to their agents, Lufthansa Cargo has announced a rate increase for standard freight effective September 1, 2016. The Frankfurt-headquartered carrier is the second major freight...
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IN BRIEF, THE LATEST AIR FREIGHT INDUSTRY NEWS. Onno Boots Celebi Aviation CEO calls it a day Onno Boots who has held the position of CEO at Celebi Aviation since 2014 has decided to step down and the...
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Riding the Storm - Air Cargo on the Rise or Decline?
There is still hope in the industry that air cargo tonnages may stabilize somewhat by the end of this year. The recent figures published for June show a strong emergence in both the incoming and...
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Alibaba Runs up Large Gains in Q2
The China, Hangzhou-based Alibaba Group which is said by some to be alongside Amazon as the number two e-commerce giant, has delivered what they term as “outstanding” results for Q2 2016. Alibaba...
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Former SingPost CEO, Wolfgang Baier Joins Luxasia
Singapore Post's (SingPost) former chief executive officer Wolfgang Baier has joined Luxasia Group, a Singapore-headquartered fragrance and cosmetic distributor company, which is eyeing further...
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SATS to Build New Cargo Terminal at KFIA
Singapore's biggest ground handler at Changi Airport, Sats, is investing about S$40 million (US$29.6m) to build new air cargo facilities at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam, Saudi...
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PACTL Keeps Growing
Ground handler Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) remains on its expansion course. Shanghai’s leading handling firm reports an increase in tonnage of 2 percent y-o-y for the...
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Platinum Appoints Craig Smyth as New WFS CEO
CargoForwarder Global was informed yesterday evening that the new owner of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), Platinum Equity which has its headquarters in Beverly Hills, California - has appointed...
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Breaking News - LATAM Inks Large ULD Deal with CHEP Aerospace
As announced today (24 August), LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline company, has awarded the management of its containers and pallets to CHEP Aerospace Solutions. LATAM and CHEP...
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Exclusive - Leisure Cargo Outlines New Strategy
After recently having changed their top management, the air freight daughter of Air Berlin is going on the offensive with innovations and a new sales structure. The new Managing Directors Klaus Sieger...
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New Belgian Freight Carrier with Old Players?
One would have thought that due to the continuing depressed market situ-ation that most would at the moment be wary about starting up a new all-cargo airline. Especially one which entails using B747F...
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asa - Handling Professionals Train Upcoming Professionals
We issued an article a couple of weeks ago on air cargo training for newcomers wishing to get jobs in the cargo handling market. We continue this week, somewhat along a different track....
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IN BRIEF, THE LATEST AIR FREIGHT INDUSTRY NEWS. Amazon looking at leasing B737F from ASLThe Us e-commerce giant, Amazon, it seems is not only content with forming its own wide body freighter...
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Former TNT Executive to Start New Belgian Airline
A new Belgian low cost airline aims to begin offering direct flights from three Chinese cities to Belgium next summer, European media reported. Former TNT exect Niky Terzakis is back in biz Air...
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Candidates Interested in Hahn Airport are Lining up
After the recent fiasco Frankfurt-Hahn Airport experienced with a Chinese investor who proved to be a con man, the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate started a new bidding round ending 31 August...
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Flying T-Rex Lands in Leiden, Netherlands
KLM Cargo flew the skeleton of a 66 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex from Chicago to Amsterdam. The logistics company Jan de Rijk (Schiphol Airport) took over responsibility for the extraordinary...
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