NEWS\\\ News Roundup
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has extended its road feeder services contract with Jan de Rijk Logistics by three years and extended its network to over 50 airports in Europe. As well as onward connections from London to major destinations such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris, served by next morning deliveries from the UK, Jan de Rijk will also offer deliveries across the Continent and to Scandinavia.
Air Charter Service is to invest heavily in its on board courier division, including a dedicated operations office in Frankfurt. It has also hired industry specialists and has updated more than 35 visas for countries, allowing it to fly to them on at a moment’s notice.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol cargo director Enno Osinga is to retire in September 2015 and will be succeeded by Jonas van Stekelenburg. Stekelenburg has lately worked on sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon reduction certificate for the Netherlands gateway. He was also responsible for establishing the Mainport Innovation Fund.
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has joined forces with Rhenus and Cargonaut to speed up cargo deliveries at Schiphol airport through the e-Fast Delivery scheme. 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 automatic message to the warehouse management system. The handler then checks that the shipment is ready for carriage and secure. Upon arrival at the KLM Cargo area, the drivers scan their ACN (recognized road haulier) card and drive straight to the loading dock.
Cargolux Airlines and Oman Air signed a joint venture on 16 April to turn Muscat International Airport into a regional air cargo hub. Under the deal Cargolux would gain access to Oman Air’s bellyhold capacity, while the Middle East airline would be able to use Cargolux’s full freighter capacity. There would also be the opportunity to develop sea- air traffic via Oman’s port facilities.
Braden-Burry Expediting (BBE) a logistics company owned by the Canadian aboriginal community, has opened a new northern hub at Edmonton International Airport. It doubles BBE’s floor space, and offers increased cooler and freezer capacity, along with a 20-foot, drive-over scale and an electric car charging station.
Low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus is to launch flights on 1 May between London Gatwick and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport. The new route will operate daily except Saturday with a 737-800 passenger plane, departing London at 16.00 and arriving in Istanbul at 21.55 and, unlike many other low-cost carriers, Pegasus does carry cargo. Onward connections will be available to a range of other Turkish and international destinations, including Almaty, Beirut, Bishkek, Kharkiv, Krasnodar,Lviv, Mineralnye Vody, North Cyprus, Sharm El-Sheikh, Tbilisi, Tehran and Tel Aviv.
Thomas Cook Airlines is to launch twice-weekly flights from Manchester to Los Angeles and from Manchester to Boston next year (2016), on 2 May and 30 May respectively. They will be operated by A330-200 aircraſt.
DHL Parcel, Amazon and Audi are to launch a pilot project for car boots to be used as mobile delivery addresses for parcel shipments. Under a scheme being tested in the Munich area, a smart phone app gives the DHL delivery agent the exact location of the car as well as access to the vehicle’s trunk. Aſter the delivery agent has placed the item in the trunk and closed its door, the car is then locked automatically. DHL receives confirmation via the app and the car owner is informed by email.
The Irish government has agreed to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus to British Airways owner IAG and the Irish airline is also recommending IAG’s £960m offer for the whole company. However, any decision depends on the decision of its other major shareholder, Ryanair.
Air
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports under
the European
Commission’s ACC3 aviation security requirements for cargo from non-EU countries. The status has been achieved for New Delhi, India, Al Maktoum and Fujairah in the UAE, Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan,
Issue 4 2015 - Freight Business Journal
Volga-Dnepr validates first seven ACC3 airports
and Ankara in Turkey. The airline is also in the process of confirming the ACC3 status of Sharjah Airport in the UAE, which will be followed by Cairo, Egypt, and Astana in Kazakhstan. Deputy director of the carrier’s
aviation security department, Andrey Kocherga, said the process for a charter operator like
Volga-Dnepr was “a little different to when the same process is
carried out by scheduled
airlines,” pointing out that its aircraſt operate flights from almost all airports in the world into Europe, so the number of airports Volga-Dnepr is required to validate is much larger than for most scheduled carriers.
13 By 2018, Volga-Dnepr Airlines
aims to have carried out the validation of 19 airports – three airports a year since 2015. The ACC3 status of each airport is valid for five years. When operating a flight
from a non-
validated airport, the airline needs to obtain flight permission according to normal procedures.
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