Atlas takes delivery of last-ever 747
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- Wednesday, 01 February 2023
The USA's Atlas Air has received the last Boeing 747* ever to roll off the manufacturer's production line.
Schenker sees benefits in post-Covid industry changes
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- Wednesday, 01 February 2023
At World Cargo Summit, DB Schenker's global head of airfreight Asok Kumar has outlined some Covid-related industry changes that he expects to become permanent, including forwarders continuing to operate their own airfreight charters.
Changi does its recovery sums
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- Wednesday, 01 February 2023
Singapore Changi Airport handled 32.2 million passenger movements in 2022, almost half its 2019 total before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Aircraft movements - landings and takeoffs - totalled 219,000, 57.2 per cent of 2019 levels. Airfreight throughput registered 1.85 million tonnes for 2022, a year-on-year decline of 4.8 per cent.
DHL launches Australian scanner network
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- Wednesday, 01 February 2023
A multi-site central image processing and management system is now operational at DHL Express Australia.
WFS wins Zonteng's Paris business
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- Monday, 30 January 2023
Chinese e-commerce logistics firm Zongteng Group has contracted WFS to handle its new B777 freighter flights between Shenzhen and Paris Charles de Gaulle, France.
Capacity will be about 15,000 tonnes annually until, if as expected, Zongteng adds a second B777F in the third quarter of the year.
Glen Gates joins GlobalX
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- Monday, 30 January 2023
Miami, USA-based Global Crossing Airlines Group (GlobalX) has appointed 38-year freighter veteran Glen Gates as vice president for its A321 freighter programs.
Air Canada Cargo adds two more routes
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- Monday, 30 January 2023
Air Canada Cargo says twice-weekly scheduled flights from Toronto to Liege using Boeing 767 freighters will begin in March and flights to Basel are slated to begin in April.
BIFA in Pledge environmental move to help members
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- Friday, 27 January 2023
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is working with Pledge, an integrated carbon measurement and offsetting platform, to help its members better understand and address the environmental issues that affect international supply chains.
Gebrüder Weiss starts using e-cargo bikes
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- Friday, 27 January 2023
Austria-based logistics company Gebrüder Weiss now offers its customers an eco-friendly transport solution - an e-cargo bike to deliver consignments to private households and companies.
The vehicle, like an e-bike, moves using an electric motor and can transport consignments with a total weight of up to 200 kilograms up to 80 kilometres on one battery charge.
There are plans to expand the service.
