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Qatar interline bookings go online

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Qatar interline bookings go online

Qatar Airways Cargo is offering online bookings with instant confirmations to interline partners through its Digital Lounge portal. Interline partners can now manage online bookings without having to contact local station staff, reducing the manual exchange of booking emails.

The Interline booking feature is currently being used by American Airlines Cargo and Latam Cargo to manage all their bookings on Qatar Airways Cargo flights and Qatar Airways aims to extend Digital Lounge to all its interline partners in the coming months.

Digital Lounge features also include tracking and tracing, uploading of multiple dimensions per shipment, notifications configuration per air waybill, BUP bookings with ULD details, allotment bookings and a 24/7 in-house technical support team.

Recently, Qatar Airways Cargo introduced a ‘My Allotments’ feature on the portal, providing real-time visibility, prevents overbooking, and optimised shipment planning.

Hellmann appoints airfreight head

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Hellmann appoints airfreight head

German forwarder Hellmann has appointed Martin Habisreitinger as chief operating officer airfreight, with effect from February 1, 2025.

Martin Habisreitinger brings over 20 years of experience in global airfreight management, having held senior roles at Kühne & Nagel, DB Schenker, and most recently DHL Global Forwarding, where he served as vice president for Starbroker Asia Pacific.

He will succeed Jan Kleine-Lasthues, who, after 13 successful years with Hellmann, has decided to pursue other opportunities. Martin Habisreitinger will report to Madhav Kurup, who will assume the position of COO airfreight, seafreight, and contract logistics on the Global Management Board at the beginning of next year.

Seven firms gain CEIV Pharma mark in Puerto Rico

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Seven firms gain CEIV Pharma mark in Puerto Rico

Seven members of the Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community have achieved International Air Transport Association (IATA) Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification. The accredited members are American Airlines, Prime Air Corp, ETH Cargo, Expeditors, César Castillo, Isla Frio Refrigeration, and Ground Motive Dependable Airline Services.

The Department of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico (DEDC), which has supported the Community since its launch, secured an 80% subsidy for organizations wishing to participate in the CEIV process, facilitated by research centre, Industry University Research Centre Inc. (INDUNIV).

DEDC secretary Manuel Cidre, said: “These accreditations are a monumental step forward in the development of Puerto Rico’s life sciences sector. By investing in these certifications and subsidizing participation, we are not only elevating the quality of our cold chain operations, but also empowering smaller organizations through education and collaboration across the Community.”

CEIV-accredited companies are encouraged to participate in training initiatives hosted by the Community to educate smaller organisations in Puerto Rico on how to correctly and safely operate within the cool chain.

“The CEIV Pharma Certification process has enabled us to improve our quality and compliance systems, and with other Community members doing the same, pharma handling across the island is continuously improving,” said vice president of Prime Air Corp, Tom Vincent.

The Community of over 40 members includes pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers, forwarders, airports, airlines, and representatives of the DEDC.

The first member of the Community to achieve the IATA CEIV Pharma accreditation was logistics provider, ETH Cargo, in March 2024.

Emirates joins the fight against illegal donkey skin trade

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Emirates joins the fight against illegal donkey skin trade

Dubai-based carrier Emirates has joined forces with an animal charity to combat the trafficking of donkey skins. The Donkey Sanctuary and Emirates have created an operational guide to highlight the risks posed by the trade and its association with organised crime.

The guidelines explain the biosecurity risk of smuggling inadequately processed donkey skins alongside legitimate cargo such as leather or textiles, for example. It also highlights concealment methods and crime convergence, where networks involved in the donkey skin trade may also be linked to organised crime such as wildlife and drug trafficking.

According to The Donkey Sanctuary’s, six million donkeys are killed for their skins each year, the majority in Africa. These skins are then exported across the world, by ship and by air, before being used to make traditional medicine and remedies.

Research by the Sanctuary and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Wildlife Conservation Research Unit has exposed the link between the movement of donkey skins with other illegal wildlife trafficking and organised crime. The unregulated and unhygienic skin trade also poses a serious threat to global biosecurity.

Emirates already bans transport of donkey hides and, in February this year, African Heads of State endorsed a continent-wide moratorium on the slaughter of donkeys for their skins at the 37th African Union (AU) Summit.

Canada’s WestJet in blood donation drive

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Canada’s WestJet in blood donation drive

WestJet Cargo is partnering with Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to launch a national campaign to raise awareness of donations. The carrier says the move shows its commitment to community health while demonstrating its operational agility and expertise in the safe and efficient transport of urgent medical supplies across Canada. 

WestJet Cargo has for the past five years supported CBS by transporting life-saving blood and plasma products to hospitals and patients in need and can reach 65% of Canadians within four hours via its primary hub in Calgary. Its Priority service gives health care providers expedited handling, faster loading and reduced cut-off times.

The airline’s employees took part in a blood donation drive that took place on November 19. 

Integrated Skypallet speeds TAP cargo

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Integrated Skypallet speeds TAP cargo

TAP Air Cargo, a customer of the Skypallet optimisation program since October 2022, has now embedded it into its capacity optimization process by implementing an API integration between Skypallet and Champ’s cargo management solution, Cargospot Airline. This enables TAP Air Cargo staff to automatically transfer the air waybill data for flights from Cargospot to Skypallet for shipment evaluation and flight planning, including co-loadability checks and segregation. It also creates a single source of information for any later changes such as bookings, which can be quickly reflected in Skypallet. The carrier anticipates that it will reduce the time taken to plan and release a flight from a typical 15-30 minutes to a matter of seconds.

Fifty years for Florida freighter airline

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Fifty years for Florida freighter airline

Florida freighter operator Amerijet International Airlines is celebrating its 50th anniversary in December. Founded in 1974 by David Bassett as an air-taxi operator with a single leased airplane, today it operates 12 767 freighters serving the Caribbean and& Central America.

Its Miami Hub includes 235,600sq ft of dry warehouse and 38,000sq ft of cooler space as well as seven dedicated 767 aircraft parking positions.

Chief executive Joe Mozzali stated: “For a company to achieve a 50th year anniversary milestone is extremely impressive, especially in the dynamic Latin America air cargo market. This is a direct reflection of our resilience while providing value and service to customers and communities. We could not do what we do without our most valuable asset, our people.  I want to thank our employees for their dedicated efforts as well as our customers for their loyal support.”

The company adds that scheduled service and charter revenue for the 11 months to November increased 18% and 39%, respectively.

Schiphol head of cargo moves on

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Schiphol head of cargo moves on

Royal Schiphol Group head of cargo Joost van Doesburg is to leave his position in February to pursue interests outside the company, after just under two years in the post. His tenure included a turbulent time for the Dutch airport, with cuts in flight numbers due to slot shortages, IT issues and a generally unstable air cargo market. He is however credited with strengthening cargo’s position at Schiphol and improving the Cargonaut community system. Royal Schiphol Group said that  “unjust defamatory allegations” had been made against and that it respected but regretted his decision.

The Group added that “business-related criticism of Schiphol has been made personal, resulting in media coverage. This has created an undesirable situation for him, which we deeply regret. The Schiphol Executive Team has always supported Joost. He is a dedicated professional who has consistently advocated for the interests of cargo at Schiphol.”

Lufthansa offers Munich/Sao Paulo link

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Lufthansa offers Munich/Sao Paulo link

Lufthansa Cargo offering a new passenger service from Munich to São Paulo, Brazil. The route is served three times a week by an Airbus A350. Flights depart in either direction on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Takeover boosts Tower Cold Chain presence

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Takeover boosts Tower Cold Chain presence

Passive temperature-controlled container provider Tower Cold Chain says it can offer a vastly expanded network with three Centres of Excellence and 54 regional hubs in 26 countries, following its recent acquisition by Cold Chain Technologies (CCT).

Ahead of the acquisition, Tower Cold Chain had recently launched new hubs in Toronto, Canada, and Hyderabad, India.

Tower’s presence in regions such as South America and parts of Asia Pacific has now been bolstered by CCT’s infrastructure, it says.

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