Chris Lewis
UAE-based B2B airport-to-airport express cargo airline SolitAir has gained Third Country Operator certification from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, allowing it to operate flights in and out of UK airspace. The carrier currently serves 56 routes across 34 countries, including a 17-city network across Africa. it recently added its first EU destination to Sofia, Bulgaria and added a third route to Jinan in China.
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Mammen Tharakan as its next director general in August, succeeding Glyn Hughes, who has led the organisation since 2021. His 25-year career has included spells with Air France-KLM, Edmonton International Airport and King Salman International Airport in Riyadh.
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Etihad Cargo has added a second weekly freighter service from Abu Dhabi to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). Paris remains an important gateway within the carrier’s global network for pharmaceuticals, perishables horses and artworks. Etihad Cargo’s French network includes three daily passenger flights to Paris, two weekly freighter services ...
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Federal Express has opened a facility in Košice, Slovakia, its second-largest in the country. It covers nearly 1,000sq m and features 18 pick-up and delivery docks and four flexible loading positions for both vans and long-haul trucks.It allows FedEx to offer larger, palletized freight and connect directly to long-haul routes, ...
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DP World has signed a loan agreement of up to €25 million with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to electrify its Constanța South Container Terminal. It forms part of a €100 million investment programme to reduce CO₂ emissions by more than 6,000 tonnes per year, replacing ageing ...
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LATAM Airlines has appointed Eduardo Patta as its representative in the UK, in addition to his current role as regional commercial director for Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Africa and Asia. Since joining LATAM Airlines in 2012, Eduardo Patta has played a key role in the airline's international expansion, leading sales ...
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UK forwarder Davies Turner has launched a trailer groupage service to Hanover, Northern Germany.
It complements its established daily trailer groupage departures from its Coleshill and Dartford hubs to Mönchengladbach and increases its German schedule to 12 export trailer groupage departures each week. The plan is to increase this further, says ...
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PD Ports is to appoint current chief operating officer Paul Foreman as chief executive from Frans Calje on 1 September. Calje steps down after ten years with the company, which operates Teesport and the port of Hartlepool as well as a number of logistics operations.
The company is majority owned by ...
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UPS has opened an operations center in Kaohsiung, doubling package processing capacity of in southern Taiwan.
UPS customers in these areas – which form a key part of the Taiwan government’s Greater Southern Silicon Valley strategy – can also now benefit from an up to three-hour extension in pickup cutoff times ...
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Maersk has opened a distribution centre in Suapa, Northeastern Brazil.Located in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, 20km from the Port of Suape and Recife International Airport, it can handle cargo ranging from components to oversized project cargo and large home appliances. It also offers waste segregation and recycling, LED lighting throughout ...
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