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TIACA new head
TIACA announced that Glyn
Hughes will take the newly created
role of Director General. and act as
CEO. He will lead the modernized association
and realize its new vision for
a safe, profitable and united air cargo
industry that embraces modern technologies
and practices to sustainability
and fairly serve trade and social development
worldwide. He takes office
in February 2021.
dnata
dnata in partnership with JFK Terminal
One rolls out its ground handling
electric tugs and thermal imaging
security system.
Delta
Delta Cargo has increased its cargo
capacity between the US, Europe and
India to meet peak season demand.
This week the carrier launched
daily scheduled cargo-only flights between
New York-JFK and Madrid, using
bellyhold capacity on its Boeing
767-400 aircraft.
Cool containers
DoKaSch TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS
GmbH Opticooler RAP container
is now approved for use on Delta
aircraft.
“Alongside our joint venture partners,
Air France KLM Martinair
Cargo, we can now offer our customers
a seamless experience across the
trans-Atlantic, helping to keep supply
chains moving and ensuring the safe
delivery of temperature sensitive shipments
during the current pandemic,”
said Shawn Cole, Delta’s Vice President–
Cargo.
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics
arm of the Etihad Aviation Group,
has partnered with CSafe Global, the
innovation leader in active, passive
parcel and cell and gene temperaturecontrolled
container solutions for the
transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals,
to introduce its latest highperforming
container, the CSafe RAP,
across its global fleet of wide-body and
freighter aircraft.
AirBridge
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC),
one of the leading air cargo carriers
for transportation of special cargo,
has been aiming at 360-degree support
of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing,
including through stable shipments
of vial-producing equipment. It
is expected that more than 50% of COVID
19 vaccines will be air freighted
with the major manufacturing regions
being located in India, China, UK,
USA and Europe.
WFS Pharma
Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS)
dedicated Pharma Centre at Paris
Charles de Gaulle Airport has been
awarded Good Distribution Practice
(GDP) certification following on the
IATA CEIV Pharma certification
in early 2020. The Center is well
equipped to be part of the vaccine distribution
handling over 8,000 tons of
temperature-controlled shipments annually
for many airlines.
Cargonaut
Royal Schiphol Group has acquired
full ownership of cargo community
platform Cargonaut as part of efforts
to drive digitisation across the supply
chain. Schiphol Group previously
owned around 38% of the shares in
the IT platform, with the remainder
belonging to stakeholders, including
KLM and Air Cargo Netherlands
(ACN), the industry association for the
Dutch air cargo sector.
Level
IAG Level, AG Cargo is to offer
cargo capacity on its new long-haul
low-cost airline, LEVEL, with routes
to the Americas.
With transatlantic flights grounded
since March, IAG Cargo is pleased to
announce the resumption of its Barcelona
– New York route for both passengers
and cargo.
European Aviation
European Cargomoving Forward
UK company is breaking into charter
market serving JFK and handled by
WFS with improvised quadjet freighters
as demand for Asian-made PPE
continues to outstrip air transport capacity.
Kalitta fleet
Kalitta Air will become the first
airline to operate Boeing 777-300ERSF
converted freighters after signing an
agreement with lessor GECAS Cargo.
“Providing air express delivery all
around the world for virtually any type
of freight, the addition of these three
777-300ERSF freighters will help us
meet the needs of our customers,” said
Conrad Kalitta, owner of Kalitta Air.
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