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AAT announces tonnage throughput for August 2010

09/09/2010 00:00:00

Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd (AAT) has announced that its tonnage throughput in August 2010 was 59,982 tonnes, recording a growth of 39% compared with the same period last year. Export cargo registered 43,320 tonnes, a growth of 50% when compared with the same month last year. Import ca...

TIACA to offer training course for freight forwarders in east Africa

09/09/2010 00:00:00

Freight forwarders in East Africa are being offered a unique training course covering supply chain and transportation management, IT, safety and security in a new initiative by The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Education and Research Committee. Reaching out to the forwarder...

Aircastle takes delivery of the first of three new A330 Freighters

08/09/2010 00:00:00

Aircastle Limited has announced that it has taken delivery of the first of the three freighter aircraft in the company's A330 order stream and placed it on long-term lease to Hong Kong Airlines. The three A330-200F freighters, which will be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines, will be op...

Coyne Airways sponsors Pohnpei national team

08/09/2010 00:00:00

Coyne Airways, air cargo specialists to ‘difficult to reach places’, is taking on its biggest challenge so far in sponsoring the Pohnpei football team. Pohnpei is the largest of a group of islands making up the state of Micronesia in the Pacific. The Pohnpei team represents the nation as they now...

Hong Kong Airlines becomes new operator of A330-200F

07/09/2010 00:00:00

Hong Kong Airlines has become the first operator of the new A330-200F freighter in East Asia, following the delivery of the first of three aircraft on long-term lease from global aircraft lessor, Aircastle Limited. The three A330-200F freighters will be operated on services linking Hong K...

Etihad commences A330-200 Freighter services

07/09/2010 00:00:00

Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has commenced scheduled services with its first Airbus A330-200 freighter aircraft, operating from Abu Dhabi to Tripoli in Libya. The Airbus A330-200 freighter aircraft will allow Etihad to increase frequencies and build its presence in key mark...

Updated flight schedule on Jade Incheon - Frankfurt route

06/09/2010 00:00:00

Effective 4th, September 2010, Jade Cargo International will depart every Saturday 2 hours earlier from Seoul Incheon Airport (ICN) to Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The flight JI 7435 will leave Incheon Airport at 07:30 (LT) and arrive Frankfurt Airport at 19:20 (LT) via Shanghai Pudong...

Hactl wins the 2010 HKMA Quality Award - Gold Award

06/09/2010 00:00:00

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) clinched the prestigious management award – the 2010 HKMA Quality Award – Gold Award at the award presentation ceremony that took place at the InterContinental Hong Kong on the night of 2nd, September 2010. Organised by the Hong Kong Management...

The European Commission and Member States join relief efforts for Pakistan

03/09/2010 00:00:00

An Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft has left for Pakistan with 100 tons of assistance provided in a joint effort by Germany, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic, which is offering the plane on a cost-free basis. This shipment is coordinated by the Commission's Monitoring and Information Ce...

Hactl Takes Home the 2010 HKMA Quality Award - Gold Award

03/09/2010 00:00:00

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is pleased to announce that the company clinched the prestigious management award the 2010 HKMA Quality Award Gold Award at the award presentation ceremony that took place at the InterContinental Hong Kong on the night of...

Hactl provides staunch support to Midex Airlines

02/09/2010 00:00:00

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has announced that Midex Airlines has appointed Hactl’s one-stop-shop service for cargo ground handling at Hong Kong International Airport, including physical cargo handling, air cargo documentation, ramp handling and crew bus services. Midex A...

Hactl announces August tonnage throughput

02/09/2010 00:00:00

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has released its tonnage throughput for August 2010. A total of 243,039 tonnes were handled in the month, representing a year-on-year growth of 17.5%. Cumulative tonnage for the first eight months of the year was 1,890,449 tonnes, up 33.9% year-on-yea...

Flash Europe strengthens its capacity in air freight service

01/09/2010 00:00:00

Flash Europe, the specialist for urgent transport solutions, will open an air freight office in close vicinity to Frankfurt Airport by September 1, thus further expanding its air cargo service. This is a logical step for the logistics specialist, “since a large portion of the positive busi...

Frankfurt Airport expands cargo hub

01/09/2010 00:00:00

Frankfurt Airport (FRA), the most important airfreight hub in Europe, is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG - the owner and manager of FRA - has issued a worldwide "Call for Expression of Interest" inviting the logistics industry to specify its l...

DHL supports relief efforts in Pakistan

30/08/2010 00:00:00

Following the heavy Monsoon floods that first hit the North of Pakistan, the country is now facing a similar impact on the South. As the floods sweep down from the North, thousands of Pakistanis seek refuge to escape the water and so increase the overall number of displaced people.

Ancra receives FAA STC

27/08/2010 00:00:00

Ancra International LLC has announced that it has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for A330-200F General Market Freighter (GMF) Cargo Loading System (CLS) and GMF plus 16’ & 20’ foot pallet configurations. The first A330-200F CLS was recently delivered to Etihad Crystal Cargo ...

Boeing Shanghai selected as AEI Authorised Conversion Center

27/08/2010 00:00:00

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), is has announced that it has selected Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co., LTD. as its third AEI Authorised Conversion Center (AACC). Boeing Shanghai will provide 737-300SF & 737-400SF Passenger to Freighter Conversions and Maintenance for AEI customers b...

Premiere at AeroLogic: three women in the cockpit

26/08/2010 00:00:00

An Aerologic Boeing 777F with three women pilots in the cockpit took off from Leipzig/Halle Airport at 7.05 a.m. last Saturday. The crew consisted of Commander Cristina Rossi, Senior First Officer Monika Kölling and First Officer Stefanie Däubler. Their flight took them via Bahrain to Sing...

Strong demand continues says IATA

25/08/2010 00:00:00

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced international scheduled traffic statistics for July that showed continued strengthening of demand for both passenger and cargo traffic. Compared with July 2009, international passenger demand was up 9.2 per cent while intern...

Calogi expands services to Al Maktoum

24/08/2010 00:00:00

Calogi, an air-freight portal solution, has announced that it has expanded to the new Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC). With this expansion, Calogi now boasts a one-stop shop for members covering all elements of the air cargo supply chain across the eight FreightGates ...

Brussels chalks up 1.9 million passengers in July

23/08/2010 00:00:00

In July Brussels Airport handled 1.9 million passengers, up 2 per cent on the same month last year. Growth is recovering but originating passenger numbers are still under pressure from competing airports. Transfer and long-haul traffic recorded substantial growth (+20 per cent). In the in...

Air Partner appoints a UK Freight Manager

20/08/2010 00:00:00

Air Partner has expanded its UK Freight team with the promotion of Clive Chalmers to UK Freight Manager, effective immediately. He reports to Richard Smith, Group Freight Director, who can now concentrate solely on developing the company’s worldwide freight strategy. Clive is a re...

Emirates targets Senegal seafood cargo trade

20/08/2010 00:00:00

Dakar will be the catch of the day on 1st, September as Emirates launches flights to the Senegalese capital. Located off the Atlantic Ocean in the West of Africa, it has a rich tradition in fishing and its produce will be reaching the market fresher than ever once the only direct flight b...

Emirates targets Senegal seafood cargo trade

19/08/2010 00:00:00

Dakar will be the catch of the day on 1st September as Emirates launches flights to the Senegalese capital. Located off the Atlantic Ocean in the West of Africa, it has a rich tradition in fishing and its produce will be reaching the market fresher than ever once the only direct flight between...

JAL Group sells stake in Nagoya-based company and transfers cargo handling business

19/08/2010 00:00:00

The JAL Group has announced that Japan Airlines Corporation (JAL) subsidiary, Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. (JALI), will sell 95.0 per cent of its stake in JAL Sky Nagoya Co., Ltd (JNGO) and 61.0 per cent of its 66.0 per cent stake in Chubu Sky Support Co., Ltd. (CSS), while JAL ...