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Potential for autonomous aircraft seen in delivering cargo
EmbraerX announced its expansion into the commercial air cargo market via a collaboration agreement with Elroy Air, at CES 2020. This collaboration will allow the companies to accelerate the unmanned air cargo market worldwide, leveraging Embraer’s 50 years of industry experience with Elroy Air’s bold new developments in autonomous…
Read MoreCargolux successfully renews GDP certification
Cargolux Airlines has successfully passed its GDP (good distribution practice) renewal audit covering its pharma handling processes. The full re-certification attests that the company’s management system fulfils the requirements of the European Union directive ‘Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use’ and of WHO guidelines….
Read MoreNew cargo warehouse opened near Schiphol Airport
Netherland based APC (Amsterdam Perishable Centre)-Handling, a subsidiary of IP-Handlers, has opened a new warehouse close to Schiphol Airport. Cargo aircraft are unloaded at Schiphol and the products are brought directly to the APC warehouse where Customs clearance and necessary inspections are taken care of, after which the importer…
Read MoreUS air forwarders pick Southwest & Lufthansa as top domestic and international cargo airlines
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) of the US has named Southwest carrier the best domestic airline for the 11th consecutive year. The trade association picked Lufthansa Cargo as its international carrier of the year. The results were announced at the AfA’s membership meeting during the recent Air Cargo 2020 conference…
Read MoreNovel coronavirus disrupts airfreight in Chinese region
Airports Council International (ACI) World has advised airlines and the aviation industry at a global scale – not just in China – to take appropriate measures in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. In the coming days and weeks, ACI expects to see national regulators and health authorities…
Read MorePerishable cargo centre set to open at Guwahati airport
Airports Authority of India (AAI) and its cargo wing- AAICLAS will soon open its perishable cargo centre at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati which is being built by Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC). Airports Authority of India had leased 4,050 sq. m of land to AIDC for a…
Read MoreDigital airfreight facilitation platform launched
A new platform that claims to allow freight forwarders, airlines and ground handlers to get hands-free visibility of cargo and automate their warehouse operations has been launched. The Cargocast platform tracks each cargo piece using RFID, pinpointing cargo in a warehouse within 2 ft radius. Using this location data,…
Read MoreFedEx Express expands distribution coverage
FedEx Express has expanded the coverage of its international priority direct distribution (IPDD) and its international economy direct distribution (IEDD) services. In addition to its existing routes from Asia Pacific to Europe, FedEx now has 12 additional lanes for IPDD and 47 additional lanes for IEDD, extending both services…
Read MoreMadhya Pradesh’s first air cargo terminal to be operational soon
The first air cargo terminal of Madhya Pradesh state in India will start in Bhopal by January end. The Principal Secretary Aviation Mr Aniruddh Mukherjee last week took stock of preparations being made to begin the cargo terminal at Raja Bhoj International Airport můj odkaz. Mr Mukherjee said air…
Read MoreConversions to freighters down in 2019
Freighter conversions fell 33% in 2019, with declines in the widebody, narrow body, and regional aircraft freighter segments. 2019 saw 74 commercial aircraft converted to freighters, down from 110 in 2018. Widebody conversions halved to 16, compared with 31 a year earlier. entdecke das Narrow body conversions also fell…
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