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Dutch private enforcement actions launched against Air France over allegations of an air cargo cartel

Recognising the need for enhanced services at Glasgow, Birmingham, East Midlands, Newcastle and Gatwick airports, and moving Manchester warehouse space to larger, refurbished facilities, dnata has improved the flow of air cargo in the UK.

The notion that airships represent the future of air cargo is being revived by a new generation of entrepreneurs some 75 years after a catastrophic fireball brought the industry to a screeching halt.

The SDS claims that the company needs to handle 488,000 tons of air cargo, as well as 1 million 20 - foot - equivalent (TEU) shipping units over the year.

Not exact matches

Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department, the regulator of the world's busiest air cargo hub,...

But the Air Transportation Association of Canada and the Helicopter Association of Canada, which represent many of the country's smaller passenger and cargo carriers, fear the new limits will go too far.

The C - 5M can haul 120,000 pounds of cargo more than 5,500 miles — the distance from Dover Air Force base in Delaware to Incirlik airbase in Turkey — without refueling.

High - grade military explosives used to build the bomb were sent by air cargo from Turkey as part of a plot inspired and directed by the militant Islamic State group, police Deputy Commissioner National Security Michael Phelan said in August.

The GBU - 43 / B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, sometimes grimly called the «Mother of All Bombs» because of its acronym, was loaded onto a pallet, flown in a C - 130 cargo plane, then dragged out the back of the plane — pallet included — by a parachute.

The program uses U.S. Department of Homeland Security «threat information and other data to employ a risk - based approach to improve air cargo security through targeted vetting.»

As a weakened tropical depression, NOAA expects the storm to pass over central Tennessee early Wednesday, east of Memphis, home to FedEx and the world's second - busiest airport for air cargo after Hong Kong.

Carriers must submit advance air cargo data to U.S. authorities at the earliest point practicable prior to loading of the cargo.

Reuters has reported that Amazon is eyeing a major warehouse outside Sao Paulo, negotiating a nationwide air cargo deal and lining up local suppliers of everything from personal electronics to perfume and home appliances.

Cathay reported a HK$ 792 million profit in the second half of 2017, but that was driven by earnings from «associates» such as its stake in Air China Ltd and a cargo joint venture rather than the airline's performance.

Instead of eating into profits using expensive air delivery services, how can retailers send cargo more cost effectively?

I looked around at the prices for air freight and found that, on average, you can air mail 200 kg of cargo for about the price it would take to send a person.

Checking air quality, keeping track of loud sounds, logging fresh shipments of cargo, and locating lost objects in the floating laboratory is also boring and time - consuming work for astronauts, so Astrobee will be loaded with sensors and an RFID scanner to track inventory.

If the worst thing that an airline has to deal with is a baggage worker falling asleep in an air - conditioned section of the cargo hold, then things are going well.

Air national guard C - 130 cargo plane was on a training mission and the cause of the crash wasn't immediately known

That the company delivered so many new aircraft in 2017 and logged a high number of new orders suggests international carriers are optimistic about long - term air passenger and cargo demand.

Fortune reported news that approximately 40 jets leased from Atlas Air (Amazon's air cargo partner since last May) make up the fulfillment fleet, flying to at least 10 U.S. airports as of the end of 20Air (Amazon's air cargo partner since last May) make up the fulfillment fleet, flying to at least 10 U.S. airports as of the end of 20air cargo partner since last May) make up the fulfillment fleet, flying to at least 10 U.S. airports as of the end of 2016.

That the company delivered so many new aircraft in 2017 and recorded a high number of new orders suggests international carriers are optimistic about long - term air passenger and cargo demand.

«The technology has been developed to connect cargo delivery around the world at the speed of air travel but the cost of land transportation,» he said.

Once other e-governance and trade facilitation initiatives proposed by the FTP are implemented — such as online issue of export obligation certificates, acceptance of mobile applications and 24/7 customs clearance at 18 major seaports and 17 air cargo complexes — business conditions for traders will improve even further.

In August 2016, the company unveiled its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that were expected to make up its own air transportation network.

As part of their ongoing investigation into the air cargo cartel the ACCC has instituted proceedings against Emirates claiming price fixing during 2002 - 2006.

On the positive side, we benefitted from a healthy recovery in the global air cargo industry, as well as the relative strengthening of key currencies against the US dollar.

Another proposal was for $ 15 million of investments to build «a rail hub for the 21st century» in Schenectady, as well as a 60,000 - square foot «industrial incubator» and an air cargo distribution center to redevelop and revitalize Plattsburgh's airport.

The legislation also requires the U.S. to complete a new assessment of foreign cargo security programs and make sure they have adequate safeguards to prevent any shipment of «nefarious materials» via air cargo.

Executive Chairman of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and other stakeholders, who participated in DMCC's second Africa Dubai Precious Metals Forum («ADPMF») in Accra, have agreed among a number of things that, the global air transport industry enacts a plan to ban the hand - held personal carriage of gold in favour of adopting a «cargo only» policy,...

BASA promotes international air link between countries, which supports and enables movement of persons, cargo, trade and tourism.

The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will receive what could be a life - saving boost in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2017 budget, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said, as the Air Force will announce plans to bring eight refueling tankers to the base to replace its aging fleet of cargo planes.

FTN, a global provider of full service customs brokerage, ocean and air cargo distribution and North American transportation, will use 33,000 - square - feet of the building for office space, plus 55,000 - square - feet as warehouse.

Even during his two periods of military service — as a Marine Engineering officer in the Navy in the 1960s and as an aircraft loadmaster in the Air Force and trainer for the Air National Guard in the 1980s — he demonstrated an affinity for the logistics of moving people and cargo around.

$ 38 Million Revitalization of Plattsburgh International Airport - Modernize the airport, including «the construction of a new air cargo receiving and distribution center.»

WASHINGTON — An Air National Guard unit based in Niagara Falls will soon be directing unmanned drones on missions around the globe, and that unit also may get to keep at least some of the four C - 130 cargo planes that the Air Force was threatening to take away less than a year ago.

A safer generation of airships, otherwise known as dirigibles, is trying to usher in a low - carbon future for air cargo

Yet, even if all cargo were screened, explosives, including PETN are difficult to detect because they have a very low vapor pressure, which means very little of the explosive material gets into the air around the bomb where it can be detected.

Tanking and loading of luggage, air cargo, and catering takes significantly longer in fog or driving rain than when visibility is clear.

Next is a five - hour ride on a tightly packed US Air National Guard cargo jet to McMurdo Station, the research center supported by the US Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation.

Saint Laurent's cargo shorts were part of the first look on the open - air Spring»18 runway.

Players assume the role of Will; a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances while on a routine air cargo flight crashes in the

This time we find him actually strapped to the side of an Airbus A400M cargo plane 3000 feet in the air!

January 13, 2017 • A week after China said it was cracking down on sales of ivory, the national carrier, Air China, said it would no longer allow shark fins to be transported as cargo on its flights.

Economic authority for U.S. carriers may be in the form of a certificate for interstate or foreign passengers and / or cargo and mail authority, a certificate for interstate or foreign all - cargo authority, or authorization as a commuter air carrier.

Processes registration requests from Canadian air taxis and from foreign entities seeking to conduct indirect air transportation of cargo (e.g., freight forwarders).

Thanks to the well - calibrated automatic damping system and air suspension, I never once worried about body roll affecting all of the cargo.

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With the full doors in place, it's not an entirely open - air experience, but you get a lot closer once you remove the cargo area side panels with simple twists of easy - to - operate latches.