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  Carriers

  Volga-Dnepr taps AN-124 fleet for 48 sterilisation truck delivery to Dubai

  19 May 2020 0

  Volga-Dnepr Airlines operates six AN-124-100 charters, transporting 48 street sterilisation vehicles from China to the United Arab Emirates. The special flights delivered the trucks from [...]

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  Airports

  Düsseldorf transitions from pax airport to Covid cargo hub

  19 May 2020 0

  Best known as a leading German passenger airport Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has transformed into a vital distribution point during the COVID-19 pandemic, for medical equipment [...]

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  Airports

  Wen-Parker charters freighters Hanoi-Rickenbacker

  19 May 2020 0

  Apparel and footwear solutions provider, Wen-Parker Logistics, has begun chartering medical supply flights from Vietnam through Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) in Columbus, Ohio. “This marks [...]

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  Carriers

  Finnair ups cabin cargo capacity by removing A330 seats

  18 May 2020 0

  Finnair is taking its cargo-only service to the next level with the modification of two A330 aircraft for cargo use by removing economy class seats [...]

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  Cool Chain

  UPS teams up with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on pharma

  18 May 2020 0

  UPS Healthcare collaborated with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to move 30 tonnes of pharmaceuticals from India to the US via Europe. The sensitive cargo had to [...]

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  Africa

  FedEx AMEA region sees Preet take over from Reddington

  18 May 2020 0

  FedEx Express appoints Kawal Preet as the new president of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region, succeeding Karen Reddington, who held this position [...]

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  Airports

  HKG freighter traffic up 24% in April on Covid demand

  18 May 2020 0

  Freighter movements at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw a strong growth with 24.3 per cent year-on-year increase in April 2020, as carriers scrambled to [...]

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  Asia Pacific

  Singapore Airlines sees April cargo decline 54%

  15 May 2020 0

  Singapore Airlines saw its April cargo traffic (in freight tonne kilometres) contract 54.1 per cent, over April 2019 as the sharp drop in cargo capacity, [...]

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  Asia Pacific

  Korean Air reboots 20% of int’l pax routes, bonus for cargo

  08 May 2020 0

  Korean Air says it will operate 32 of its 110 international routes throughout the month of June fielding much needed belly capacity for the cargo [...]

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  Asia Pacific

  CEVA creates multi-model solution for China-SEA logjams

  08 May 2020 0

  CEVA Logistics has developed a novel multi-modal Truck-Rail-Truck (TRT) solution to keep customers’ freight moving across Asia from China to Southeast Asia during the novel [...]

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  Carriers

  IAG Cargo took early hit in coronavirus contagion

  07 May 2020 0

  IAG Cargo reports a Q1 drop of 11.6 per cent on the back of early exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic due to its significant presence [...]

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  Carriers

  Atlas reactivates parked freighters amid Covid-19 demand surge

  07 May 2020 0

  On the back of strong air freight demand Atlas Air Worldwide is reactivating three of its parked B747 converted freighters and is also now operating [...]

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  Europe & CIS

  Imperial processes PPE arriving via new Silk Road

  07 May 2020 0

  Imperial Logistics Int’l has processed the first batch of urgent personal protective equipment from China, on behalf of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung (KV – Statutory Health [...]

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  Carriers

  Air Canada adds A330 to its seatless cargo-only pax ops

  07 May 2020 0

  Air Canada Cargo has operated over 500 cargo-only flights on the airline’s widebody passenger fleet since it launched its scheduled and on-demand programmes. On April [...]

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  Equipment Providers

  Pelican supporting UK air ambulances with onboard blood products

  07 May 2020 0

  Pelican BioThermal, global provider of temperature-controlled packaging, says an increasing number of UK Air Ambulance Charities are deploying its Crēdo ProMed to protect and transport [...]

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  By the Numbers

  Global economic plunge may be bottoming out: CLIVE

  07 May 2020 0

  While air cargo volumes diminished rapidly in March, new data for April offers some hope that leading economists are right and the decline in the [...]