Airfreight news – Page 35

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    Panalpina results 'prove resilience'

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Panalpina's gross profit for 2015 decreased 7.1 percent year-on-year to CHF1.47 billion (USD1.46 billion), while its EBIT was slightly up compared with 2014 at CHF117.2 million (USD117.1 million).

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    'Great year' for Atlas Air

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted an adjusted net income of USD125.3 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2015, compared with USD93.4 million in 2014.

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    BDP 'bullish' on Egypt

    2016-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - BDP International is to open an office in Cairo, Egypt this month, which will be overseen by country manager, Emad Tawfik.

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    Blue Water in chopper flight

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Blue Water Shipping has transported an Airbus EC120 helicopter from Norway to Malaysia by air.

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    Pacific Forum in Polynesian merger

    2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL), which is owned by Neptune Pacific Line, has concluded an agreement to merge with Pacific Forum Line (PFL) with effect from January 31, 2016.

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    Iranian JV launched

    2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

    January 21 - Following the easing of trade sanctions imposed on Iran, UK based Seafast Logistics and Iranian logistics provider Seven Seas Tehran have partnered up to create the joint venture, Iran Shipping & Logistics Limited (ISLL).

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    Jones steams into Röhlig

    2016-01-08T00:00:00Z

    January 8 - Röhlig Logistics has appointed Richard Jones as senior logistics advisor, to assist the German company in the development of its global multimodal services and project logistics activities.

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    New regional director at Cargolux

    2015-12-08T00:00:00Z

    December 8 - Jonathan Clark will join all-cargo airline Cargolux as its new regional director Africa, effective February 1, 2016.

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    Lufthansa and ANA expand agreement

    2015-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - One year after its original launch, Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways Cargo (ANA) are expanding their network joint venture between Europe and Japan by adding Fukuoka and Sapporo as destinations.

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    Cargolux makes deal with unions

    2015-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Cargolux has announced that a major breakthrough has been reached between the all-cargo carrier and two of the unions representing its crews - OGBL and LCGB - possibly ending a 15-month-long dispute that appeared to be headed toward a strike.

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    Air Partner inks UAE deal

    2015-11-26T00:00:00Z

    November 26 - Air Partner has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air Cargo Integrators (ACI), which will see the two companies work together to develop their freight charter and global airfreight products.

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    Agility growth steady in 'soft' market

    2015-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Agility posted a net profit of KWD13.7 million (USD45 million) for the third quarter of 2015, which represents a 5 percent increase compared with the same period of 2014.

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    Brunel flies replacement engine

    2015-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Brunel Project Cargo coordinated the transport of a new aircraft engine from the UK to Russia, where an aircraft had been grounded with an unserviceable engine.

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    Panalpina posts 'stable' profit

    2015-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Panalpina achieved a stable consolidated profit of CHF69.3 million (USD72.8 million) in the first nine months of 2015, which represents a 9.5 percent increase compared with the same period of 2014.

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    Growth accelerates at K+N

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - While Kuehne + Nagel's (K+N) net turnover and gross profit slightly decreased year-on-year in the first nine months of 2015, the company's operational result showed a 4.6 percent improvement.

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    Panalpina celebrates

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Yesterday, at the UK's Stansted airport, Swiss forwarding group Panalpina celebrated the silver jubilee for the operations of its Charter Network.

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    Logistics Plus opens in Dubai

    2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

    September 17 - Logistics Plus has opened a new office in Dubai, the UAE.

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    LoadLine names three

    2015-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - LoadLine has appointed three new members of staff to its team, including Mohamed Joudane as its new airfreight manager.

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    'Steady growth' for Agility

    2015-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - Agility has posted a net profit of KWD13.5 million (USD44.6 million) for the second quarter of 2015 - a 5 percent increase compared with the second quarter of 2014.

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    Qatar adds outsize air capacity

    2015-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Qatar Airways Cargo has added a Boeing B747-400 BCF (Boeing converted freighter) to its charter fleet, with a second B747-400 freighter joining the airline in October 2015.