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Lufthansa Cargo-Freightos Launch

While ecommerce sales drove a 9% growth in air freight demand in 2017, manual air freight management and sales continued to cost the industry billions annually in changing fees, untapped capacity, and manual labor. This contributes to the average air cargo transit time of six days, while the flight itself is just hours. That’s now changing, with digital connectivity introduced by Freightos WebCargo and Lufthansa Cargo’s application programming interface (API) services, ... [+]

Boeing, Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding Announce Sweeping Freighter Package

Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding today signed a package of agreements that will further optimize the cargo transportation leaders' airplane fleet and global operations. The deals, announced at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow, includes a letter of intent to acquire 29 Boeing 777 Freighters, confirmation of ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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