October 2011
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed details of the interim schedule it will put in place following the surprise decision of the Hesse regional court to ban night flights at Frankfurt airport from the end of October, ahead of a final ruling by the Federal Administrative Court. The ban would apply to flights between 23.00 and 05.00 from 30 October, the start of the airlines' winter schedules.
Two return freighter flights to China ...
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American Airlines Cargo division celebrated 20 years of flying directly between London Heathrow and the US with a reception for more than 100 of its key cargo customers. VP Cargo, Joe Reedy flew in to mark the event.
Back in 1991 AA Cargo was based from an off-airport location and had ...
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German project cargoes and heavy lift liner operator Rickmers-Linie is to make regular monthly calls at Bilbao in Northern Spain. It is anticipated that the port will be included in its Europe – Middle East/India service although Rickmers’ eastbound Round-the-World Pearl String service will continue to call by inducement.
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The Port of Felixstowe recently handled a consignment of swap bodies that will be used for Tesco's domestic rail business. The brand-new Asian-built units for Stobart had were loaded onto a Direct Rail Services for transport to Daventry. More units are anticipated over the next few weeks.
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Better links between UK ports and other parts of Europe could be among the projects funded by €50 billion (about £44 billion) worth of investment from 2014 to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks announced by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso on 19 October.
The Connecting Europe Facility aims ...
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Air France-KLM chief executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon resigned on 17 October. Current chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta will take over the role he relinquished to Gourgeon in 2009, while former KLM president and CEO Leo Van Wijk becomes group deputy CEO. The joint French-Dutch carrier is facing mounting losses and is grappling with ...
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All-cargo carrier Cargolux is introducing two new flights, including one of its longest ever routings. Flight CV 8923 starts on Wednesday evening at 19.00 in Luxembourg and arrives in Hong Kong the next day at 16.00. It then continues on to New York (23.45) and Chicago (Thursday 03.00). It then ...
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APL Logistics has appointed Simon Haigh as European Account Manager. He will develop developing supply chain solutions for a major retail customer.
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The NYK Group has developed a CO2 e-calculator now available on its websites. It calculates the approximate amount of CO2 emitted during cargo transport by a containership or airfreighter. The NYK Group CO2 e-calculator has also received third-party verification from LRQA Japan to certify its accuracy. NYK had previously responded ...
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A second conference on the future of Libya will take place on Monday 14 November at the QE11 Conference Centre, Westminster, London. ‘Libya –The Future’ 2 will include details of political and commercial changes and will focus on how British industry and businesses can help rebuild Libya and do business ...
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