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Lions Vasylyna and Nikola started a new life on 25 April thanks to French-Dutch carrier Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.
They boarded a Martinair 747 freighter aircraft at Schiphol en route to South Africa where they will go to the Lionsrock sanctuary for big cats run by the Four Paws animal welfare organisation.
Lioness Vasylyna arrived at Four Paws’ Netherlands sanctuary on 7 June from Ukraine where she had been kept as ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has opened a new Animal Centre and relaunched its Next Generation Live service. The Middle East carrier, which moves over 550,000 animals a year, including 10,000 horses has also reaffirmed its commitment to animal welfare.
The new 5,260sq m (56,600sq ft) Animal Centre ...
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IAG Cargo has completed its transition of its 160-strong ground vehicle fleet at London Heathrow from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
HVO is a drop-in replacement for diesel, made from plant waste and from fully renewable materials and will reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by ...
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Airfreight quality group Cargo iQ has elected a new board. They include two members completely new to the post - Fanny Chan, head of cargo global operations at Cathay Pacific Airways and Olaf Hagelstein, global head of operations, processes and systems at DHL Global Forwarding.
Marie ...
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Materials handling company Joloda Hydraroll is to set up a new business branch, Joloda Air Cargo Equipment in partnership with handling system specialist AirTech Innovations.
Joloda Hydraroll will design, manufacture, install, and service a complete range of equipment for airside and landside air cargo handling operations. ...
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Swissport International has opened a third air cargo centre at Liège Airport, Belgium. It said its move was driven by the need for additional capacity for e-commerce and forwarder handling, and would expand overall capacity by 17% to 27,000sq m. Swissport has operrated at Liège ...
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Dnata has appointed Clive Sauvé-Hopkins as global head of airport operations, overseeing ground handling and cargo businesses at 97 locations in 16 countries.He will manage a team of over 37,000 people and has held several senior leadership positions with Swissport, Servisair, Aviapartner, Qatar Airways, and the ...
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Paddie Allen has joined PML Seafrigo as air freight director. He has spent the last 16 years in the logistics business, and in his new role will be based at Heathrow, with responsibility for 22 staff.
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UPS reorted first-quarter 2024 consolidated revenues of $21.7 billion on 22 April, a 5.3% decrease from the first quarter of 2023. Consolidated operating profit was $1.6 billion, down 36.5% compared to the first quarter of 2023, and down 31.5% on an adjusted basis.
Chief executive Carol ...
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Descartes has acquired Ireland-based Aerospace Software Developments (ASD) for $61 million. ASD offers customs filing solutions under its Thyme-IT brand and Irish customs domain expertise to Descartes' Global Logistics Network and solutions and will help logistics companies comply with Irish regulatory requirements says Descartes. ASD's ...
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