Airborne Express enhances international express services
Airborne, Inc. is enhancing International Express, its door-to-door, time definite global service, by more than doubling maximum weight and increasing maximum size measurements.
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AN-225 ready for the market
OUT-OF-GAUGE joint venture Air Foyle/Heavy Lift is ready to unleash the giant AN-225 freighter into the commercial market. Capable of lifting 250 tonnes, the record-breaking freighter joins its AN-124 brother in the company’s fleet.
Meanwhile, confirmation has been received from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) of the AN-225’s record-breaking test flight in September 2001
Frankfurt becomes Panalpina's third European hub
Panalpina, a European forwarding and logistics services provider, is expanding its Frankfurt operations and moving into the CargoCity Sud section of the airport in a move that will make it the Swiss company’s third European airfreight hub.
Read MoreDHL to open Tokyo hub
DHL Worldwide Express plans to open an 18,000-square-meter distribution center near Tokyo in October. The ¥7 billion ($57 million) center, located between Narita Airport and downtown Tokyo, is part of a nearly $100 million investment by DHL in Japan over the past three years, said John Mullen, DHL’s chief operating officer in the Asia-Pacific region.
Read MoreAir France in link-up talks with KLM
Air France is in talks with the Netherlands-based airline KLM about a wide-ranging collaboration, to be underpinned by the French group taking a stake in its Amsterdam-based rival. An outline agreement could be signed before the end of the year.
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