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Air France KLM takes pharma to next level

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo says it has become the first major airline group to be awarded the IATA CEIV Pharma certificate for hub operations in Amsterdam and Paris and the Air France and KLM airline processes. According to product market group director for pharmaceutical logistics, Renate de Walle, the IATA CEIV Pharma programme surpasses the Good Distribution Practice guidelines by adding explicit air transport requirements. [+]

Airfreight cartel fine overturned

General Court of the European Union has upheld a challenge by a group of airlines to a €790 million-(£582 million) fine imposed in 2010 for air cargo price-fixing between 1999 and 2006. The carriers involved in the case were Air France-KLM-Martinair – fined a total of over €310m - Air Canada, ... [+]

Air France KLM signs China Southern deal

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has signed a cargo domain agreement with China Southern Cargo, giving its customers access to the latter's cargo network in the Asia Pacific region. The Chinese carrier will similarly benefit from AF-KLM's network in Europe, Africa and the trans-Atlantic regions, AF-KLM will now be able to ... [+]

Speeding through Schiphol

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has joined forces with Rhenus and Cargonaut to launch e-Fast Delivery. Since 13 May, truck drivers have been able to deliver air cargo directly to designated loading docks at Schiphol airport without first stopping at the documentation desk, with the new system sending an ... [+]

Temperatures plunge in Cairo

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has revamped its cool facilities at Cairo airport. A 124cu m room is now available for pharmaceutical products between 15°C and 25°C and the capacity of the 2°C-8°C cold room has been doubled to 420cu m to cope with large pharmaceutical shipments. The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt has ... [+]

More options to Africa

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo and Kenya Airways Cargo are expanding their interline cargo network in Africa to Lubumbashi (Congo), Pemba (Mozambique) and Lusaka (Zambia). All destinations will be served with a Boeing 737 Freighter out of Nairobi. [+]

Air France-KLM signs temp-controlled deal

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo and va-Q-tec have signed a cooperation agreement that allows es forwarders and shippers to rent the latter's temperature-controlled containers pharmaceutical and biotechnological goods directly through the airline and return them at 80 airports worldwide. [+]

Freighter to Guatemala

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is offering a new freighter flight between Amsterdam and Guatemala from 2 September. It will operate by an MD-11F, every Tuesday, returning on Wednesday via Quito, Bogota and Miami. [+]

Flight to freedom

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has carried six lions from Amsterdam to Johannesburg to a better life in South Africa. The big cats were on their way to the Lionsrock sanctuary, part of a project by the FourPaws charity that protects wild animals born in captivity and have been exploited or abused. ... [+]

Air France-KLM adds freight space

Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is adding a new scheduled service to from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Brasilia and addingtwo extra weekly B747-400ERF services between Mumbai (Bombay) and Amsterdam, bring the total freighters on that route to four a week. The carriers says that Brazil and India are among the fastest ... [+]

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