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November 2024

Turkish to start Santiago flights

Turkish Airlines is to start passenger A350-900 flights from Istanbul to Santiago, Chile, from December 18. They will operate four times a week, via São Paulo in Brazil. [+]

Nippon Express offers Far East air options

Nippon Express Holdings Cargo- arm has launched an airfreight service from key Far East locations to the UK and Ireland. It operates from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taiwan to destinations including Manchester, London, and Dublin with reserved space on weekly flights and with three options three options – Economy, ... [+]

Logicall team on song at BIFA golf day

The British International Freight Association's first corporate golf day for many years raised over £3,000 for development charity, Transaid. The event at Formby Hall Golf Resort saw the Logicall team,  take first place, while Irish Freight Solutions came a close second. The funds will go directly towards supporting Transaid’s work ... [+]

Express operators issue manifesto for Europe

The European Express Association (EEA), which represents DHL Express, FedEx and UPS, has published a manifesto for EU policymakers. Its ten key recommendations include integrating a strong logistics component within an existing Executive Vice President portfolio as a transitional step to appointing a future dedicated Commissioner for Logistics. EEA also wants improved ... [+]

DHL overcomes economic tailwinds with increased revenue

DHL Group posted revenue of €20.6 billion in the third quarter of 2024, up 6.2% compared with the same period of 2023. Operating profit (EBIT) was €1.37 billion, similar to last year. Chief executive Tobias Meyer said that global trade momentum was weak but the group had significantly increased revenue in ... [+]

Nunes rejoins Chapman Freeborn as COO

Bernardo Nunes has been appointed chief operating officer at Chapman Freeborn, returning to the charter broker having previously served as director of transformation and analytics in 2021 and 2022.  He will manage daily operations across the Chapman Freeborn group, including Magma Aviation, Intradco Global, and the Arcus Air Group. [+]

SpeedX owner buys Accelerated Global Solutions

Chris Zheng, founder and chief executive of last-mile delivery specialist SpeedX has acquired New York City headquartered, Accelerated Global Solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition builds on a two-year collaboration between SpeedX and AGS, combining SpeedX’s last-mile delivery with AGS’s customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Both companies will continue ... [+]

Antonov delivers satellite for space study

Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines and Ceva Logistics have delivered the Hera satellite from the European Space Agency to the NASA shuttle facility in Titusville in the US. The 40-tonne consignment was carried on one of the operator’s An124 aircraft and included the 1.13 tonne satellite which is being used to study ... [+]

US canine screener buys UK’s Dog Detectives

US air cargo screening company Global K9 Protection Group is to acquire UK canine screener, Dog Detectives. Based near Chester, Dog Detectives was founded by David Jones 24 years ago. His son, Andrew Jones will become director at GK9PG. GK9PG provides canine screening services in 660 facilities in 162 cities across ... [+]

DFDS abandons Ekol buy

DFDS has abandoned its bid to acquire the international transport network of one of Turkey’s largest operators, Ekol Logistics. It said that completion of the transaction was conditional upon regulatory approvals and certain contractual conditions. Some of the latter had not been satisfied by the agreed deadline, forcing it to ... [+]

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