air freight

Grandstar Cargo International Airlines

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Grandstar Cargo International Airlines, the joint venture cargo carrier formed by Korean Air Cargo and Sinotrans is finally set to take to the skies after regulatory problems delayed their original plans to launch in middle of last year. The Tianjin- based cargo carrier will begin with a B747-400 freighter flying three times a week to Frankfurt. In addition to the B747, the airline is getting an A300-600 freighter, which KAL converted from passenger configuration a year ago. The aircraft is … [Read more...] about Grandstar Cargo International Airlines

2008 Calendar

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Feb 12-14 World Air Cargo Event 2008, Bahrain International Exhibition Centre www.worldaircargoevents.com Feb 19-21 Green Transportation & Logistics World Summit Marriott Hotel, Zurich www.greenlogisticsforum.com/2008 Feb 19-24 Singapore Airshow, Changi Int'l Airport, Singapore www.changiairshow.com Mar 3-6 IATA World Cargo Symposium 2008, Rome Marriott Park Hotel Centre, Rome, Italy www.iata.org/events Mar 11-15 Annual Conference Worldwide Project Consortium Ltd WWPC, … [Read more...] about 2008 Calendar

AFRICA: Two Nigerian airlines to start US flights

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Two Lagos-based airlines, Arik Air and Virgin Nigeria, will start flying direct to the US this year. Harold Demurin, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), said that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted waiver to the domestic airlines. Demurin said Arik, Virgin Nigeria and Bellview airlines, which was earlier designated for the route, had almost completed all the requirements to lease aircraft from an American-recognised Category One … [Read more...] about AFRICA: Two Nigerian airlines to start US flights

AFRICA: Agility expands into East Africa

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Global logistics company Agility, recently signed an agreement to acquire the Kenyan logistics company, Starfreight Logistics Limited, based in Nairobi. A customs clearance and freight forwarding specialist, Starfreight Logistics concentrates particularly on the procurement and clearing of goods and machinery into Africa. Its services also include warehousing and project forwarding, haulage, cross-border documentation and transport, air freight and customs examination. "For Agility, … [Read more...] about AFRICA: Agility expands into East Africa

AMERICAS: DHL eyes train-plane option

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The Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL Global Forwarding is evaluating combined rail-air shipments between Chinaand Germany. "We are presently looking into this model," confirmed DHL division's CEO Chris Fahy. According to him the goods would be consolidated in the production centres of eastern China and brought to either Urumqi in the far northwest of the country or to Almaty in Kazakhstan by train. There, the cargo would be transferred on board of freight planes for their further journey to … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: DHL eyes train-plane option

AMERICAS: Northwest Cargo quits Singapore and Bangkok

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Northwest Airlines has pulled out of Singapore and Bangkok. Effective January 1, the carrier stopped operating its six-days a week B747-200F service from Tokyo toSingapore and on to Bangkok before returning to Narita airport in Tokyo. "There is a lot of capacity in that market. With oil at US$95 a barrel and the peak season over, we need to make that change," said Tom Bach, president of NWA Cargo. He added that this is not a complete retreat from the two destinations, as Northwest … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Northwest Cargo quits Singapore and Bangkok