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AISATS in agreement to develop multimodal cargo hub at upcoming Noida International Airport

AIR India’s joint venture firm AISATS and Yamuna International Airport Pvt. Ltd have signed a conces-sionaire agreement for a multimodal cargo hub at the upcoming Noida Interna-tional Airport. As part of the plan, Air India SATS Airport Services Private Limited (AISATS) will design, build, finance and operate the car-go…

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Cargo decline slows in April

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for April 2023 global air cargo markets, showing a continued, but slower, decline against the previ-ous year’s demand performance.Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres (CTKs), fell 6.6% compared to April 2022 (-7.0% for inter-national operations). This decline was an improvement…

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Hactl wins again atWorld Air Cargo Awards

HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), Hong Kong’s largest inde-pendent cargo handler, has once again been named “Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year” at the recent World Air Cargo Awards.Hactl has now received the honour nine times in the seventeen years of the com-petition. As with previous…

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Qatar Airways Cargo & Envirotainer offering more sustainable solution for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals

RECOGNISING the pressing need to address environmental concerns, Qatar Airways Cargo and Envirotainer have joined forces to offer a more sus-tainable solution for shipping temperature-sensitive phar-maceuticals to where they are needed most. By capital-ising on both organisations’ extensive network capabili-ties, along with Envirotain-er’s cutting-edge Releye® solution, CO2 emissions for…

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Stockholm Arlanda Airport developing Cargo City

SWEDEN’S Stockholm Arlanda Airport is develop-ing Cargo City, a new centre for air cargo, logistics and manufacturing. The centre is being developed in an area close to the terminals, with land for development covering a total of 144,400 m2. Construction is on in full swing, as per a report.

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Courier terminal at Calicut Airport urged

THE Kerala Exporters’ Forum has proposed having an international courier terminal at Calicut Airport in Kerala, to reduce the existing dependence on places like Benga-luru, Mumbai and Cochin airports. Identifying as an inter-national courier terminal will bring in major courier firms. The Forum also reiterated its demand to set…

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Lufthansa to begin Munich to Bengaluru, Frankfurt to Hyderabad services

LUFTHANSA, the Ger-man airline, has announced the introduction of two new routes – Munich to Bengaluru and Frankfurt to Hyderabad. Flights on the Munich-Beng-aluru route will be operated three times a week, with the first flight scheduled in early November 2023. The Frank-furt-Hyderabad flights will also commence in the…

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Worldwide Flight Services opens air cargo terminal & cold chain facility at Kempegowda International Airport

WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has opened its air cargo terminal and cold chain facility at Kempegowda International Air-port, Bengaluru (BLR Airport) in India. WFS was awarded the 15-year licence to operate the interna-tional cargo terminal and cold chain facility in June 2022 by…

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Emirates SkyCargo & Air Canada enhance cargo interline cooperation

EMIRATES SkyCargo customers can now easily find and book interline cargo shipments into prime Canadian destinations, of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary on Air Cana-da flights, via key Emirates European gateways.The enhanced online booking capabilities now live en-able Emirates SkyCargo customers to book shipments that will travel on Air…

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AAI back in black

AIRPORTS Authority of India (AAI) is back in black with a profit of ` 3,400 crore in the fiscal ended March 2023 as surging domes-tic air traffic boosted its fi-nancial performance, it is learnt.AAI has reported a profit for the first time after the Covid pandemic that had significantly…

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