Rwandair adds 737-800SF
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
RwandAir now has its first B737-800SF cargo aircraft based at the carrier’s Kigali hub, Rwanda.
Lufthansa Cargo adds Hanoi
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
Germany's Lufthansa Cargo has added Hanoi twice weekly to its B777F route network to capitalise on Vietnam's export growth.
New airfreight fees coming in Qatar
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is to apply air freight infrastructure fees for all incoming and transit cargo shipments except where shipments remain on the same aircraft.
The fee will be QAR per metric tonne.
Toepsch takes executive director role at Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
Felix Toepsch (pictured right) is taking over as executive director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt Germany effective 01 January 2023.
He replaces Joachim von Winning, who is returning to Fraport for a new role in business development. Grit Engelbart (LH Cargo) is staying in post as co-director.
Dronamics promises low-emission alternative
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
Bulgaria-based Dronamics has won an EUR2.5 million grant from the EC’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program for its drone cargo technology.
JD Air adds another China route
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- Sunday, 27 November 2022
JD Logistics subsidiary JD Logistics Airlines (formerly JD Airlines) has started flying between Shenzhen province and Hangzhou in China on a six-times-weekly schedule.
K+N takes delivery of a B747-8F
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- Friday, 25 November 2022
Swiss forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has taken delivery of the first of two 747-8Fs (to be operated by Atlas Air).
Workers make public complaint at safety-conscious Swissport in Chicago
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- Friday, 25 November 2022
Warehouse staff at Swissport’s cargo facility at Chicago O’Hare have drawn attention to safety lapses via a public, formal complaint at a press conference.
Australian businesses strengthening their global positions
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- Friday, 25 November 2022
Australian businesses are confident exportsales will grow in the coming year and manyhave implemented strategies to strengthentheir global supply chains amid a fluid tradeenvironment, according to the DHL ExportBarometer 2022.
Positively, 70 per cent of businessessurveyed expect export orders to grow overthe next 12 months, recovering from arecord low of 47 per cent in 2020. This year’sconfidence level is the second highest sincethe annual study began in 2003 and abovethe 63 per cent average. Looking back on thepast year, one in two (54 per cent) ofbusinesses reported an increase in actualexport orders, rebounding from 45 per centin 2021 and 28 per cent in 2020.
