NewsWeek Swift expansion for flydubai
FLYDUBAI CARGO has expanded its freight network to cover Europe, the US, Aus- tralasia, and the Far East, in addition to its destinations in the GCC, Middle East, North Africa, India, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. This major expansion has
seen it forge numerous inter- line agreements with airlines including Emirates, British Airways (part of IAG), Estonia Air, Coyne Airways and Jet Airways. Ghaith Al Ghaith, flydubai
CEO, said: “We set up our cargo division with the aim of making the transport of goods simple, accessible and afford- able. Through these interline agreements we have opened new routes and thus new avenues for trade. “We are now able to deliver
goods from Sudan to Sydney and also provide Nepal’s hand- icraft industry with access to consumers in the US, Europe and Australia.” This month, Flydubai
Cargo will become the first cargo operator to offer direct links between Dubai and
Bucharest, Romania, and Dubai and Skopje, Macedo- nia, with flights commencing on 1 and 18 October 2012 respectively. There has also been
demand in Europe for live tropical fish coming from Port Sudan. With Dubai Interna- tional airport being a logistics hub, goods travelling on fly- dubai flights can be connected in as little as one hour of arrival in Dubai. “The wide range of prod-
ucts being transported by flydubai Cargo shows the demand for a timely, afford- able and reliable service,” Al Ghaith continued. “Less than
Atlas to operate two B747-8 freighters for DHL Express
ATLAS Air Worldwide has reached an agreement with DHL Express to place its sixth and seventh B747-8 freighter aircraft with the Deutsche Post-owned logistics company. The two aircraft will be
operated by Atlas Air as part of its Polar Air Cargo express net- work under an ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insur- ance) arrangement starting in the fourth quarter of this year. They will be the first of
their type flown for DHL Express and will operate in DHL’s Asian and transpacific markets, replacing two B747- 400 freighters. Atlas Air president and
CEO William Flynn, com- mented: “With these new 747-8 freighters, DHL Express will have increased capacity and revenue-generating capa-
Flynn: “increased capacity and revenue-generating capability”
bility in one of the fastest developing regions of the world.” Atlas Air expects to receive
an additional two 747-8Fs in the first half of 2013, complet- ing its nine-strong order.
Yamato pleads guilty
JAPANESE freight forwarder Yamato Global Logistics has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a US$2.3 million fine for its role in a fee-fixing conspiracy. According to the charge, the
conspiracy involved fixing and imposing freight forwarding charges on cargo shipped by air from Japan to the US between September 2002 until at least November 2007.
1 October 2012 These charges included ser-
vice fees on fuel surcharges and various security fees charged to customers. The announcement came
from the Department of Jus- tice, which has been involved in a wider criminal investiga- tion, which has so far seen 14 companies plead guilty and more than $100 million in criminal fines issued.
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a year into operations, we have grown our network as well as our customer base and aim to continue serving a global audi- ence as our range and operations expand,” Al Ghaith added.
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