GE Capital Aviation
Services (GECAS)
Volga-Dnepr Airlines
has delivered four Mangust
patrol boats to YuzhnoSakhalinsk in the Far East...
, the commercial aircraft
leasing arm of GE, signed a...
Dutch Customs collaborates
with Schiphol cargo community to launch new simplified
e-commerce declaration called
VENUE to keep growing volumes
of smaller shipments moving
smoothly through Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol. VENUE has been
designed to help shippers import
and export items that are being
purchased via e-commerce platforms – such as fashion, personal
care, and homeware – throughout the Union Customs Code
transition period, which ends in
January 2021.
E
tihad Cargo has renewed
its GSA contract with ACP
Worldwide for its operations in
Brisbane. Effective October 1, 2016,
ACP will extend its current representation in Sydney, Melbourne,
Perth and Auckland to include
Brisbane. ACP will now partner
with Etihad Cargo’s team across all
major freight hubs in Australia and
New Zealand.
G
erry’s dnata, a Dubaibased joint venture that
handles cargo and luggage for
some 12 international airlines at
Pakistan’s airports, is investing $18
million to double its working capacity by December 2017. Around
10 percent of Pakistan’s total cargo trade is transported by air.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial
aircraft leasing arm of GE, signed
a purchase-and-leaseback trans-
action with Korean Air Lines for
five new Boeing 777F freighters
powered by GE90 engines as part
of the carrier’s fleet renewal programme. Deliveries of the aircraft
are scheduled in late 2016 and
2017.
H
alifax Stanfield International Airport
signed an expanded sister airport
agreement with the Incheon International Airport at a ceremony
in Incheon, South Korea. One of
the key areas of focus for both
airports over the last six years has
been the growth of cargo exports.
Currently, weekly freighter service
from Korean Air Cargo and Qatar
Airways Cargo carry seafood to
multiple destinations in Asia.
Hamad
International
Airport (HIA), the hub for its
home base carrier Qatar Airways,
witnessed cargo tonnage grow
strongly by 20.3 percent totalling
817,792 tonnes during the first
half of 2016.
J
et Airways has appointed
ASL Aviation Group, as its new
General Sales and Services Agent
(GSSA) for cargo in Singapore
with effective August 15.
L
ufthansa Cargo has
been awarded the CEIV certification by The International Air
Transport Association (IATA). Over
recent months, as part of a complex procedure, independent
specialists have reviewed the airline’s processes when transporting pharmaceuticals using the
Cool/td Active and Cool/td Passive products and have assessed
Lufthansa Cargo. The Lufthansa
Cargo Cool Center in Frankfurt
was also successfully certified.
With the 4500 sq. metre-building,
Lufthansa Cargo ensures that
pharmaceutical shipments are
handled reliably and quickly at its
home airport.
World Air Cargo
mandated by International Air
Transport Association (IATA) that
simplifies the electronic data interchange between airlines and
other air cargo stakeholders.
T
he U-Freight Group
(UFL), the Hong Kong-headquartered international freight
service and logistics group