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Rickenbacker’s Upgraded Animal Transport Facility Benefits Livestock Industry Logistics

Rickenbacker International Airport's recently renovated animal transport facility enhances the convenience and personal service offered to the logistics and agricultural industries. The extensive project included a wide range of upgrades to maximize operational efficiency and ensure animal safety. The facility recently earned U.S. Department of Agriculture status as both a certified Export Inspection Facility and a Permanent Port of Embarkation for livestock. Fewer than 50 such facilities exist nationwide, with Rickenbacker ... [+]

AACargo moves record levels of asparagus around world

Having moved nearly 12 million pounds of fresh asparagus around the world in the first six months of 2018, it’s safe to say that American Airlines Cargo’s team is helping consumers around the globe eat their vegetables.  Growers in Mexico and Peru supply the majority of ... [+]

Hactl first with new IATA handling audit system

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – is the first cargo terminal operator (CTO) in the world to complete a pilot for IATA’s new Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit (SFOC). SFOC is part of the Smart Facility program ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Group launches global AOG service

Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new AOG service to manage the delivery of urgent spare parts to aircraft stranded around the world. Supported by a 24/7 team of aviation professionals, it will offer the fastest and most cost-efficient solution using either air charter or scheduled cargo ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Group, CargoLogicAir to strengthen European operations

Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) and its strategic partner CargoLogicAir (CLA) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation with Liege Airport, one of the fastest developing European airports, with the aim to strengthen their positions in the European market through development of a regional hub ... [+]

Military mind could teach airfreight a thing or two, says Canadian Dragon

Airfreight should learn from the military, said the founder of the OMX procurement network and supply chain platform Nicole Verkindt. Speaking ahead of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum this October, she called on the industry to revolutionise the way it runs itself, modelled more on the ... [+]

Air Charter Service strengthens West Coast presence with new San Francisco office

Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has opened a new office in San Francisco this week, its second in the state and sixth in the US in total. “We opened our LA office seven years ago and it has steadily risen into one of ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo awarded pharma award for 2nd year running

Emirates SkyCargo has received the prestigious 2018 Carrier Award for Reliability and Excellence (CARE) by DHL Global Forwarding for the transportation of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals. The award was received by Henrik Ambak, Emirates Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide at the 18th Global Life Sciences ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo Triple Seven fleet grows

Lufthansa Group’s decision-making bodies have approved Lufthansa Cargo’s operation of two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters. Lufthansa Cargo ordered two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters in May of this year. The question of who would manage and operate these was left open initially. The jets are expected ... [+]

Turkish Cargo grew more than 7 times higher than market

Turkish Cargo performed 30% growth rate compared to the overall market, which performed 4.3% growth, reported World Air Cargo Market Data per its January-May 2018 data. Turkish Cargo reaches 307 destinations in 122 countries via Turkish Airlines, which flies to the most countries worldwide. The ... [+]

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