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Neo Air Charter – the founder and German member of the Global Charter Alliance – has moved two urgently needed giant track rollers from Frankfurt Hahn to Islamabad in Pakistan. The rollers – weighing 38 tonnes each and measuring 6m x 2.4m x 2.9m on their specially-constructed cradles – were needed to prevent shutdown of a major cement manufacturing plant. But instead of chartering the giant An-124 at huge cost, Neo ...
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The Maersk Norwich arrived at the port of Rotterdam from Santa Marta in Colombia carrying a dead 12-metre long Whale on its bulb, at about 11am on 6 June. It is not known yet what type of whale it is and where the vessel has picked it up. The whale ...
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Yves Fargues, Chairman and CEO of GEFCO, is to retire from his role at GEFCO, on 1 July. GEFCO’s executive board is due to meet where it will be proposed that Mr Fargues be named non-executive chairman and Luc Nadal, currently freight transport and logistics director take up the position ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and Shenzhen Airlines have abandoned plans to restructure their Jade Cargo joint venture. The carrier, which had already suspended operations at the end of 2011, was unable to reach a deal with Wuhan-based Uni-Top Airlines and will return its three leased 747-400 freighters.
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South African Airways is to stop its twice-daily Heathrow to Cape Town service from 15 August. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will continue to offer a direct service from the UK to Cape Town and SAA will be able to offer service via Johannesburg.
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The first of two new Boeing 747-8 Freighters entered scheduled service on 30 May as part of Panalpina's own controlled air freight network - the first ever aircraft in the forwarder's own livery – a first in the company's history. The Atlasair-operated planes were handed over to Panalpina at Boeing’s ...
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Maersk Line has announced plans to restructure its global HQ function (Centre) operations and reduce the number of positions by 400, 250 at its main Copenhagen base. The line said the move follows efforts to 'de-layer' and off-shoring of work to shared service centres. Centre locations include offices in Copenhagen, London, ...
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The UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has described proposed new cabotage rules as not fit for purpose t in its response to a call for feedback on the issue. It said that was essential to use non-UK hauliers to meet the surge in demand around the surge in demand ...
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Erik Lindbergh, grandson of world famous Charles Lindbergh and a renowned aviator in his own right has joined global aircraft charter specialists Air Charter Service as a 'brand ambassador'.
Erik Lindbergh’s grandfather, Charles was the first person to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. In 2002 Erik recreated the ...
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Emirates Airline has introduced a second daily non-stop flight from Glasgow to Dubai. The new service departs Glasgow at 21:30 and arrives in Dubai at 08:00 the following morning.
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