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New Americas chief for ECS

ECS Group has also appointed Paco Ortega as regional vice president. He will spearhead ECS Group’s commercial development efforts and work to establish greater cohesion across its US, Central, and South American operations. With over 30 years at ECS Group, Paco Ortega has led numerous major initiatives, including integrating North American offices and establishing key partnerships across the continent. In his expanded role, he will forge stronger client connections, create regional ... [+]

New look for SATS and WFS

SATS and its wholly-owned subsidiary Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), have created a new unified global visual identity to reflect their integration, 18-months after SATS completed the acquisition of WFS. The WFS brand name will be retained in the Americas and EMEAA region, however. The new ... [+]

Lufthansa signs China deals

Shanghai Airport Authority and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a framework to develop Shanghai Pudong Airport as an Asia-Pacific core hub. It has also signed cooperation agreements with Shanghai Airport Authority, Air China Cargo and China Postal Express and Logistics ... [+]

Freight feels the Trump Effect

Judah Levine, head of research at the Freightos platform says that Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections could have an effect on supply chains even before he takes office. The president-to-be is known to be in favour of stiff tariffs on overseas imports, especially ... [+]

Portugal’s TAP restarts Manaus flights

TAP Air Portugal has resumed three-days-a-week services from Lisbon to Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas with the first flight arriving at Eduardo Gomes International Airport on 4 November operated by an A321 neo aircraft. The service operates via Belém. The Portuguese ... [+]

Qantas joins Freightos platform

Qantas Freight has joined the Freightos air cargo booking platform. Frwarders can search, compare and book capacity across Freightos’ WebCargo and 7LFreight by WebCargo platforms for all Qantas and Jetstar services between the US, Australia and New Zealand. Earlier this month, the carrier joined the ... [+]

More stations for Menzies’ MACH system

Menzies Aviation has extended its partnership with technology services and consulting company Wipro to roll-out the Menzies Aviation Cargo Handling (MACH) cargo management system to 28 new stations in 2025. MACH has already been deployed at 24 locations across four continents, with a further 13 airports ... [+]

Air cargo fires ‘were dry run for plane attacks by Russia’

Parcel fires in courier packages in the UK, Poland and Germany in July were dry runs aimed at attacking flights to North America, the BBC is reporting, citing Polish prosecutors. According to the report, Western security officials have now told US media they believe the fires ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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