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DB SCHENKER has inaugurated a central logistics facility for the Philippines in Manila that accommodates the global forwarder’s air and ocean freight, Customs clearance, special projects and contract logistics teams under one roof. “Our goal is to be the number one logistics provider in this country,” said Reiner Allgeier, managing director, Schenker Philippines.


JAPAN AIRLINES has confirmed the completion of its corporate reorganisation as ruled by the Tokyo District Court.


SEOUL INCHEON International airport handled 230,880 tons of international cargo in February, down by 3.2 percent over the same month of 2010. Exports were down by 23.6 percent year- on-year, hit by the Chinese New Year holiday.


FROM 1 JUNE, Italian flag-carrier Alitalia will operate four times a week A330 flights between Rome and Beijing. The frequency will rise to five times a week in October. China Eastern will also offer four times a week A340 flights between Rome and Shanghai during the summer schedule.


ACCORDING to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, the region’s carriers flew 4.2 percent less freight tonne-km in February than in the same month of 2010. The load factor fell by 4 points.


ALL SET to open for business in the heart of the Specialised Freight Area at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport, the multi-purpose Transglobal Cargo Centre is the only one of its kind in East Africa, a spokesman claims. The facility features Customs-bonded warehouses, a 1,000ft2


(92.8m2 ) cold store


with independent temperature controls that will be expanded in the near future, a security cage for high-risk items and five floors of offices for airline and forwarder customers. The centre is being


marketed as the first fresh produce and cargo handling facility in Africa that incorporates a perishables handling system built around a multi-storey ETV (elevating transfer vehicle).


Silk Way expands network as fleet grows


Baku-based freighter operator Silk Way Airlines took delivery of its first B747 freighter in the early winter of last year and, says vice president, sales and marketing Kamran Gasimov: “Generally, we are happy with the first four months of regular operation by the aircraft.” Silk Way flies the B747-400F,


comply with Chapter 4 noise regulations. It also flies five times a week


to Urumqi, operates to Bishkek and covers Kabul, Bagram and Kandahar. At the end of February, Silk


the first of two that will be acquired from Luxembourg- based freighter operator Cargolux, on a Shanghai to Istanbul and Luxembourg routeing once a week, as well as twice a week to Germany’s Frankfurt-Hahn airport with a commercial stop in Baku, Azerbaijan. The second B747-400F is expected to


arrive in September and Gasimov is anticipating it to be used to increase frequency on the Shanghai flights and to be operated on routes out of Hong Kong and Seoul. The airline continues to serve Dubai direct with IL-76 freighters that fully


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Gasimov highlights “strong


competition”


Way performed the first ever commercial B747-400F flight into Kabul International airport, carrying 78 tons of cargo. Silk Way is currently looking


to acquire two brand new B767-300 freighters, which are expected in the second half of next year. Gasimov feels: “Strong competition


means that operators must react rapidly and provide high quality services. We hope to carve out our own unique place ... contributing with the development of a Caspian network and offering connections between East and West.” Looking beyond Europe, he said: “We


have already tested Africa routes, where we also see potential and are now ready to operate on an ad hoc charter basis.”


Located next to the Kenyan airport’s


newly extended freight apron, with direct airside access, the Transglobal Cargo Centre will help the airport to accommodate future growth. The first airlines to be handled through


the facility when it opens will be Emirates SkyCargo from Dubai and Nairobi-based freighter operator Astral Aviation.


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