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The Transport Select Committee’s report on the Airports National Policy Statement published on 23 March, which endorsed building a third runway at Heathrow Airport, met with general approval from business and the airfreight industry.
Chris Richards, Head of Business Environment at manufacturers’ organisation EEF, said the report was “a good sign of progress in getting a new runway built. As a global freight hub handling over 35% of non-EU exports by ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a Dangerous Goods AutoCheck solution. It checks that the shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods (DGD) complies with the IATA Dangerous Goods regulations and enables electronic consignment data to be received directly. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology also transforms paper DGDs into electronic ...
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Airfreight demand, in freight tonne kilometres, grew by 9.0% in 2017, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) data released on 31 January. This was more than double the 3.6% annual growth recorded in 2016. Freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometers (AFTKs), rose by 3.0% in 2017, the ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca) has inducted Des Vertannes into its Hall of Fame. He started the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group and pushed to modernise the relationship between airlines and forwarders over a career spanning close to five decades. During his tenure as head of cargo for the ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has fully integrated its Cargo-XML messaging standard into the World Customs Organisation’s risk assessment tool (WCO) Cargo Targeting System (WCO CTS).
It will allow electronic communication between airlines and customs authorities using the IATA Cargo-XML standards format and make communication simpler and more effective, as ...
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IATA’s Cargo iQ airfreight quality programme is offering online self-service access to its data, giving members real-time information on performance. Members can access their data on any given route and produce customised reports, allowing them to compare their own performance against Cargo iQ standards, and that of the Cargo iQ ...
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The new IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP), which aims to modernised relations between airlines and forwarders, has been pilot-launched in Canada
It will be rolled out globally following the Canadian pilot, replacing the existing Cargo Agency Program, and will be jointly managed by forwarders and airlines as equal partners in the ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) adopted a resolution to accelerate cargo modernization and transformation at its annual general meeting in Cancun on 5 June. It aims to build on the momentum created by the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s recently-ratified Trade Facilitation Agreement.
IATA’s director general and ...
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The World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) came into force on 22 February after it was ratified by two-thirds of its members. Rwanda, Oman, Chad and Jordan submitted their acceptance, bringing the total number of ratifications over the required two thirds threshold of 110.
The agreement aims to speed up ...
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The UK-headquartered Global Shippers Forum and IATA interest group Cargo iQ signed a memorandum of understanding with to improve quality in airfreight at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Paris in late October.
They pledged to implement the Cargo iQ quality management system and promote sustainability in airfreight. And outlined areas ...
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