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DHL boosts Asia Air Network with increased dedicated flights

Posted by | Oct 9, 2008 | |

DHL announced that it has increased the frequency of its dedicated Air Hong Kong flights from Hong Kong to Nagoya, Taipei, Seoul and Singapore. Flights to these cities have been increased to six times per week, up from the current five times a week, representing a 20 per cent increase in capacity for each of these four cities.

From October 27, Air Hong Kong, a 60/40 joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL, will now operate four additional A300-600 flights on Day 6 on these routes. This represents an increased dedicated capacity of 45 tons per week on each of the four routes to serve the needs of growing intra-Asia trade.

The increased dedicated capacity on the Asia Air Network comes on the back of DHL’s recent announcement of the expansion of its Central Asia Hub (CAH) at Hong Kong International Airport five years ahead of schedule. With a total investment of USD 210 million, the CAH facility is the first large-scale automated Express hub in Asia Pacific with a throughput of 75,000 pieces per hour (pph) of flyers and conveyable shipments, significantly bolstering DHL’s operational capability in Asia.

With over 40 per cent market share and USD 2.2 billion invested in the region, DHL’s investment in the CAH and enhancement of its Asia Air Network provides the core backbone to further enhance service excellence to extend its market-leading position in Asia Pacific.

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DHL launches intra-European airfreight solution

Posted by | Sep 22, 2008 | |

DHL Global Forwarding (DGF), the air and ocean freight business of Deutsche Post World Net announced its intra-European, overnight transport solution for the life sciences industry.

Called “Airfreight Plus for the Life Sciences Industry”, the service combines the speed of express with the individual care of a freight forwarder, providing day-definite, door-to-door delivery of heavyweight goods across 32 European countries. For DGF’s life sciences industry customers, this means not only late cut-off times and next-day service, but also temperature-controlled facilities, minimal tarmac times and dedicated handling of shipments by trained life sciences staff.

Transportation of +2°C to +8°C goods includes door-to-door freight management with LifeConEx, DGF’s joint venture company specializing in the management of temperature-controlled life sciences industry goods. This service is optionally available for ambient shipments as well (+2°C to +25°C).

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UPS Airlines opens anchorage training facility

Posted by | Aug 20, 2008 | |

UPS officially opened its newest flight training facility, a 27,000-square-foot center here that will reduce the time spent away from home for training by Anchorage-based pilots.

Housing two flight simulators, classrooms and offices, the facility is the second such pilot training center in the UPS network and will be in operation approximately 20 hours each day. Established to support all phases of flight training, the new facility will make it unnecessary for Anchorage-based pilots to fly to Louisville for training. The UPS Airlines and its main global Worldport hub are located in Louisville.

In December 2006, UPS made Anchorage the home of a new pilot domicile. Currently, 402 crewmembers are based here and that number is expected to increase to 438 by year’s end. Thirty-five employees, including training instructors, simulator technicians and administrative staff, are based at the new training facility.

The Anchorage Flight Training Facility was built in a converted hangar located at the south end of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. It houses UPS’s only 747-400 flight simulator along with its second MD-11 simulator. Both of those aircraft are used to provide the long-range international lift necessary for UPS to maintain its global reach.

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FedEx Express introduces fuel efficient Boeing 757 to aircraft fleet

Posted by | Aug 6, 2008 | |

FedEx Express has launched its inaugural revenue flight using a Boeing 757 freighter. The new route provides reliable cargo service between the Memphis International Airport (MEM) and the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) eight times per week.

This FedEx Boeing 757 flight into DCA also serves a new airport for FedEx, further extending the reliability, connectivity and quality of FedEx service throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

In addition to customer benefits, the introduction of the Boeing 757 to the FedEx fleet continues the company’s commitment to growth in an efficient, environmentally-conscious way. The Boeing 757 is known for its improved fuel efficiency and reduced noise levels, and will be phased in over time as the less fuel-efficient Boeing 727 aircraft are retired from service.

The introduction of the Boeing 757 model into the company’s fleet offers measurable cost benefits for FedEx during a period of unprecedented energy prices. The aircraft has significantly improved fuel-burn efficiencies, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing fuel consumption up to 36 percent while providing 20 percent more capacity per flight, when compared to the Boeing 727 it replaces. FedEx Express plans to introduce an additional 11 Boeing 757s into service over the next year.

Efforts at FedEx Express to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions extend across the operation.

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FedEx starts 757 Freighter services

Posted by | Aug 6, 2008 | |

Parcel carrier FedEx has began services using the 757 Freighter. The airline will have 12 757 freighters in the next year as it replaces the 727-200 freighter fleet. FedEx are investing USD 2.6 billion in replacing the 90 727-200 freighters with 90 757 freighters.

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