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IAG Cargo is boosting its German cargo capacity on its EuroConnector short-haul service for consignments up to 300 kilos by using capacity on Vueling’s narrow-body aircraft. The new space will be available from Düsseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart, Berlin Tegel, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg into Barcelona. The new cargo flights will be operational by the end of May except for Munich and Frankfurt, which will start later in the year. Leisure airline ...
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Plans to fast-track the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) suffered a setback on 12 May when the US Senate threw out President Obama's Trade Promotion Authority bill. While Republicans voted in favour, only one of the President's own Democrat senators voted in favour. The bill would have sped ...
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Sue Terpilowski was elected president of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA-UK) at its annual general meeting in late April. She is the owner and managing director of Image Line Communications – a specialist maritime, logistics and supply chain communications agency which she set up 27 years ...
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Boris Johnson's comments on future aviation policy are “unhelpful” says the Baltic Air Charter Association. The London Mayor and recently elected MP for Twickenham said that he would will lie down and stop the bulldozers building a third runway at Heathrow during his acceptance speech.
BACA is calling on ...
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Multipurpose shipping operators AAL and Peter Döhle are to join forces to offer joint tramp and project services. While the two carriers remain independent of each other, with separate ownership, operations and identities they will deploy and jointly represent a fleet of 26 ships ranging from 12,000, to 31,000 ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Teoman Beyazit as its new general manager for Turkey. He was formerly chief financial officer and and deputy managing director for DHL Global Forwarding Turkey and replaces Kerem Inanc, former General Manager, who was appointed CEO DHL Global Forwarding Eastern Europe.
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US-based Worldwide Aeros Corporation has been granted a patent for its flight system for a constant volume variable buoyancy air vehicle, with onboard control-of-static-heaviness (COSH) management. The company describes it as “game-changing advancement in the field of aviation. COSH technology overcomes a historical limitation of airships regarding their need for ...
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The CMA CGM Group has signed an agreement to operate a logistics platform in cooperation with Cuban company, AUSA. The deal, the first of its kind involving an international company, was signed by vice-chairman, Rodolphe Saadé in the presence of French president François Hollande, the President of the French Republic. ...
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GAC Netherlands will open an office at Schiphol on 15 June is to offer air freight solutions and dedicated support for the North Sea oil & gas sector. The operation is headed by business unit manager Maurits Mostert. It has also opened a new branch at the Netherlands’ northernmost port ...
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After a surprisingly weak last quarter in 2014, January and February freight volume in Europe was higher than it was in the last three years, according to the TimoCom's transport barometer. At the end of the first quarter of 2015, the barometer indicates a freight to vehicle ratio of 39:61 ...
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