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Delta to fly daily from Manchester to New York

Delta Air Lines will offer daily services between Manchester International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport from 2 June 2015 and launch its first nonstop service between London-Heathrow and Newark on 29 March. Both routes will be operated in conjunction with joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic. [+]

Forwarders object to paper AWB surcharge

BIFA is encouraging its members to object to a paper air waybill (awb) surcharge that airlines are planning for export AWBs that are not filed electronically. Director general, Robert Keen, said that while the association supports e-commerce and e-AWB implementation, “it should create value for forwarders and airlines alike, and ... [+]

Yet more space for Rotterdam-Humber route

DFDS is increasing in capacity on its Rotterdam-Immingham freight route. From 9 September there will be two extra round trips departingf on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Rotterdam and on Wednesdays and Fridays from Immingham, all at 14:00. They will be operated by the Anglia Seaways which is joining the existing ... [+]

Updated: Freight audit & pay specialist buys rival’s operation in Europe

Freight audit and payment provider enVista has opened a Europe, Middle East and Africa office at Ellesmere Port, near Liverpool by effectively taken over the EMEA representative office formerly operated by rival company nVision. Indianpolis-headquartered EnVista has bought nVision Ltd, which was a separate stand-alone company and is rebranding it as ... [+]

Green light for ANA-Lufthansa joint venture

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo have gained antitrust immunity for a Japan-Europe joint venture, claimed as the first of its kind in the cargo field. ANA has received approval for the joint venture from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportand it has been positively assessed by ... [+]

Flying boat

  Volga-Dnepr has moved a 15-metre, 24-ton ‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat from Doha to Nice on board one of its IL-76 freighter flights. The boat (the name is presumably a reference to its shape and not a suggestion that it will be used for trans-med smuggling operations) needed a special loading ... [+]

New Irish postcodes baffle freight industry

Freight Transport Association Ireland says that it has received complaints from its members about the country's new Eircode postcode system to be rolled out in 2015. They say that Eircode appears to be optimised for the delivery of postal mail, but not adequate for location or navigation.  If Eircode is ... [+]

Heavylift appoints south Europe agent

Heavylift shipping operator Rickmers-Linie has appointed Interliner Agencies as its new agent in South Central Europe. The contract covers Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. [+]

Ferrymasters adds 300 trailers

P&O Ferrymasters is expanding its European fleet by leasing a further 300 trailers from TIP Trailer Services in a new seven-year deal. The deal includes 200 coil-carrying trailers for central Europe and 100 'huckepack' trailers that can be lifted on and off rail flat wagons on services between Rotterdam, Zeebrugge ... [+]

Tide goes out on Boris’ estuary airport plan

The Government's Airports Commission formally ruled out London Mayor Boris Johnson's plan for an airport in the Thames Estuary to replace Heathrow, on 2 September. While the Mayor said he would fight on, insisting that the Commission's thumbs-down did not spell the end of his vision for a Hong Kong-style airport ... [+]

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