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“In formation flight, the follower aircraft flies in the wake of the leader aircraft, receiving an up wash which reduces the required lift and results in a five to eight per cent decrease in fuel burn. It also has the additional benefit of overlapping of aircraft exhaust plumes, and the accumulation of emissions contained within them.”
he findings of a new paper, ‘Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response: A Review’, could provide impetus for the aviation industry to drastically reduce its climate impact with only minimal changes to aircraft equipment andTheinfrastructure.Universityof Bristol paper, published in the journal Aerospace, suggests modification to air traffic control procedures and aircraft operations could reduce the climate impact of aviation by as much as 20 percent in the next five to 10 years.
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regions, and formation flight, in which two air crafts fly one behind the other could hold the key to drastically reducing aviation’s climate impact,” TaitThereadded.are
“While climate optimal routing may require a longer flight, and therefore an additional one to
“The aviation industry has a lot to gain from tak ing these findings on board and making the small but crucial changes to air traffic control and aircraft operations that will have such a significant impact,” Dr Steve Bullock, associate professor of aerospace engineering, who supervised Tait’s research, said. “This is how we can make a real and significant dif ference, right now,” the paper concluded.
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“The next step is to analyse global air traffic data to identify high-density airspace hotspots (such as along flight corridors), where implementation of the formation flight concept would be most ap propriate,” Tait said.
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two percent fuel burn, avoiding climate-sensitive areas could actually reduce the overall climate im pact of a flight by around 20 percent.”
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Already a focal point of global trade, Asia’s share of the air cargo market is expected to grow as cargo hubs in the country play an increasingly key role
“Aircraft non-CO2 emissions are responsible for over two-thirds of aviation’s net climate impact, yet due to the focus on decarbonisation in pol icymaking – which is essential to meet net zero targets – mitigation of these emissions is often overlooked,” lead author Kieran Tait, who com pleted the review of the latest aviation emissions science,“Flightsaid.route modifications in the form of cli mate optimal routing, to avoid climate-sensitive
MNG Airlines, which holds a significant share of the air cargo industry in Turkey, is looking to use its experience to expand its services and flight network
two main contributors to aviation’s non-CO2 climate impact – aircraft condensation trails (contrails) and emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The warming effect of non-CO2 emissions strongly depends on the chemical and meteoro logical state of the atmosphere at the instant they areContrailsreleased.account for 51 percent of aviation’s total climate impact. Where the air is very cold and humid, the water vapour in the contrails con denses around particulates to form ice crystals which trap heat and have a net-warming effect. Similarly, emissions of NOx react with chemicals in the atmosphere to generate ozone and reduce methane. However, the generation of ozone tends to outweigh the methane reduction, leading to a net warming effect.
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ACI’s annual world rankings highlighted that HKG handled more than five million tonnes of cargo last year, an increase of 12.5 percent on 2020. It also topped the tonnages for ‘interna tional freight’ with 4.9m tonnes, an increase of 12.8 percent against 2020. Dubai in particular saw a number of different products – including perfumes, laptops, jewellery and accessories –transported via Cathay Pacific’s cargo freighters in 2021, Vishnu Rajendran, the airline’s Middle East area manager, announced.
The broader coverage of FICP is Fedex’s lat est effort to support the robust development of e-commerce in the AMEA region. Led by three of the fastest-growing markets – the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, e-com merce sales in Southeast Asia will reach $100 billion by 2023. The e-commerce market in New Zealand is also forecast to grow 6% each year up to 2025.
FOLLOWING an increase in the cargo dedica tion of Cathay Pacific throughout the pandemic and beyond, the airline’s hub, Hong Kong In ternational Airport, has been recognised for its cargo proficiency.
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customers to outsource specific back-office process steps in all confidence. At the same time, they benefit from a more flexible cost structure, and free up their own resources to focus on other core commercial and opera tional activities,” Adrien Thominet, executive chairman of ECS Group, explained.
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cordance with the relevant time zones. It acts as an extended arm of each airline, working directly in the relevant airline’s system, and following its individual service agreement.
processing service is a clear differentiator, since no other GSA offers a comparable service.ECSGroup’s airline customers benefitting from the QualityStars service are currently spread across eight countries. QualityStars follows the clock with shifts planned in ac
FEDEX Express has expanded FedEx Interna tional Connect Plus (FICP), an international, day-definite, e-commerce shipping service that combines competitive speed with attrac tive prices to four more markets across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region.
“It’s testament to Hong Kong International Airport’s solid work over the past few years in its bid to bridge gaps from the Far East to the rest of the world for cargo carrying,” Rajendran said. “Our hub has always been an outstanding international airport with its ease of connec tions, world-class lounges, and diverse range of retailers, so to now have the cargo element recognised is extremely promising.”
Cathay Pacific’s cargo service is responsible for 25 percent of the airline’s annual revenue, connecting Hong Kong to 46 destinations glob ally through a raft of partners helping to provide an effective service.
“The dedicated Cathay Pacific Cargo Termi nal has gone from strength to strength in the past few years with innovation and passion at the forefront of the dynamic team,” Rajendran added. “Focusing on enhanced efficiency, reli
In addition, Cathay Pacific Cargo has become one of the first carriers to pioneer two new mile stones in the Cargo iQ Master Operating Plan (MOP).Thenew milestones, freight out of warehouse control and freight into warehouse control, will bring more transparency to the overall shipment journey in the MOP and better measurement of ground-handling performance in the handover between the ramp operating handlers and the cargo terminal, and vice-versa, for imports and exports, at air waybill level. The milestones are now operational at the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal in Hong Kong, with a view for roll-out across the network.
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This includes Indonesia, New Zealand, the Phil ippines, and Vietnam.
“Since the launch of FICP last year, we’ve wit nessed strong uptake among our e-commerce customers as it provides a sweet spot for e-tailers to offer speedy delivery at reasonable costs,” said Salil Chari, senior vice president of marketing and customer experience, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region, FedEx Express. “Providing businesses with a broader portfolio of shipping solutions, that match their specific needs is a top priority for us at FedEx. Alongside our other digital solu tions, the expansion of FICP allows us to better support customers and accelerate the future growth of cross-border e-commerce within this dynamic region.”
ability and visibility all improves the customer experience and adds value to the backbone of end-to-end services. Designed for an annual air cargo throughput capacity of 2.6m tonnes, the terminal is a common-use facility open to all air lineEnsuringcustomers.”thatcustomers looking to send cargo via Cathay Pacific have various options to fit their individual needs, the airline also launched its Priority solution, offering three service tiers: First (PR1), Essential Plus (PR2) and Essential (PR3). For general cargo shipments, customers can choose the tier best suited to their needs. In addition, PR1 and PR2 service tiers have been extended and are now applicable to all types of shipments requiring special handling, including but not limited to Pharma LIFT, Fresh LIFT, and DG LIFT for dangerous goods.
The international airport was named the world’s busiest cargo airport, as well carrying the most tonnage for 2021, beating last year’s top-ranking Memphis International Airport, which positioned second according to the Air ports Council International (ACI).
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Hong Kong International Airport receives top billing by the Airports Council International
QualityStars reviews the root causes for these clarifications and derives specific action plans to optimise processes at every stage. Customers not only benefit from cost and time savings, but also by improved overall quality and data capture processes.
TIME and effort are required to verify, capture, and process AWB data, or send in formation to the Customs authorities. That’s time and resources that could be used to focus on sales and customer interaction. ECS Group established expert teams in 2019 and has since then carried out ded icated data administration for a number of its airline customers. QualityStars is one of the ten New Abilities in the ECS Group’s Augmented GSA concept. This unique data
facilitate business, tourism and trade between the UAE and Pakistan,” HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates group chairman and chief executive said.
“Timeshomeless.ofcrisisare a true test of spirit and once again, we are working with Emirates to respond to a devastating humanitarian cri sis, this time in Pakistan, where floods have caused unimaginable losses and damages,” His Excellency Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaiba ni, chairman of the supreme committee for the supervision of IHC, said.
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The Releye RLP and RAP containers are designed to meet the strictest requirements in pharmaceutical airfreight. With their unsurpassed 170 hours of autonomy on a single battery charge, it will maintain the tem perature and protect the cargo longer than any other available solution.
These containers enter service following the recent inauguration of Air Canada Cargo’s new cold chain handling facility at its Toronto Pearson International Airport hub, reflecting its continued focus on strong oper ational integrity and continued investment in cold chain infrastructure.
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time.Air Canada Cargo is the country’s largest air cargo provider, as mea sured by cargo capacity, with a presence in over 50 countries and self-handled hubs in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, London, and Frankfurt.
EMIRATES SkyCargo has set up an airbridge between Dubai and Pakistan to offer cargo capacity free of charge on flights to transport relief aid to people grappling with the dam age caused by the devastating floods.
Cargo capacity on all Emirates’ passen ger flights to Pakistan is now available to organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian hub, International Humanitari an City (IHC), to transport critical equipment and supplies, food and other emergency relief goods directly to the five airports – Karachi, Is lamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, and Sialkot.
“Emirates is deeply connected and com mitted to Pakistan. From our very first flight in 1985 to Karachi until today, we’ve steadily grown the mutually beneficial air links that
The containers are equipped with 18 integrated sensors that monitor important aspects during shipping, including their location, internal and external temperature, battery level, humidity, door openings, cargo loaded, and GPS so customers can track their shipments in real
Emirates operates 53 scheduled passen ger flights per week to Pakistan, where catastrophic flash flooding across the country, tragically leaving over 1,100 people dead and millions
Canada Cargo will be the first Canadian operator to use the new live monitored, temperature-controlled certified aircraft containers, the En virotainer Releye RLP and larger RAP, as part of the AC Absolute solution.
“So we felt that our name, Air Charter Service, no longer re flected everything that we offer to time critical customers. Our forwarder and manufacturer clients often require multiple ser vices and a complete door-to-door solution, so bringing these services under the new ACS Time Critical sub-brand means that it is clearer to clients that we have a team specialising in the full range of solutions for the most urgent freight and offer more than just charters,” he added.
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The 24-hour team is able to deliver a range of specialised services, alongside go-now cargo aircraft charters, including on board courier and ‘next flight out’, as well as integrated trucking solutions, for a premium door-to-door service for their clients’ ur gent
“I am confident that the collaboration between MNG Airlines and EFW will contin ue to add value to both companies. We are currently developing transformation plans for 2024 and beyond. These include ex panding our flight network and increasing cargo capacity with two additional A330300P2Fs for which we have already secured slots with EFW. Market demand and trends for short distance as well as the opportu nity for highest fuel efficiency and lower cost per tones have led us to the decision to complement our fleet with A321P2F in 2023 and 2024,” he added.
MNG Airlines, which holds a significant share of the air cargo industry in Tur key, is looking to use its experience to expand its services and flight network. After having converted Turkey’s first pas senger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft last year, MNG Airlines has completed the conver sion of its second aircraft and TC-MCN is ready to take to the skies again with a much higher structural and volumetric payloadTurkey’scapacity.firstconverted A330-300P2F left Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) facility in November, 2021. The second A330-300, TC-MCN was sent to EFW for the same P2F conversion process. The pas senger-to-freighter conversion took seven months from February to September 2022.
capacity with a focus on customer satis faction and flight safety. The fact that we are the first company in Turkey to invest in the conversion project makes us proud and motivates us to reach higher goals and work even harder,” Ali Sedat Özkazanç, general manager of MNG Airlines, said.
“With some shipments, it is not always automatically clear what the best option for transportation is, so we are streamlining the process and finding the fastest and most cost-effective solution for every request. There are many other lighter weight options on the market when it comes to urgent transportation services, but we believe that ACS Time Critical is a unique combination and far exceeds these other offerings,” Morgan-Evans concluded.
we have gained a wealth of experience in the time critical market, starting with go-now chartering, we added onboard couriers, next flight out and trucking to our résumé. We continued to expand and improve upon our services before re alising that part of our business had evolved into a time critical services provider. We have completed more than 10,000 OBCs in recent years and added the next flight out service during the pandemic, when travel restrictions limited our couriers’ ability to always accompany the packages,” Dan Morgan-Evans, group cargo director at ACS, said.
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“I am delighted to receive our second A330-300 aircraft from EFW’s facilities. As MNG Airlines, we are increasing our cargo
AIR Charter Service (ACS) has consolidated its specialist urgent cargo products under a new sub-brand – ACS Time Critical.
“This rapid and comprehensive improvement of AI technology, application of Big Data and Semi-Automation technology in the Internet+ environment underpins Dimerco’s re-positioning of the company as a “Mobile Intelligence Logistics Service Provider”,” Di merco’s CSC stated.
Monitoring market movements
This become all the more important in recent months, as global challenges have emerged to disrupt trade, including the conflict in Ukraine, strike action and rising tensions between China and Taiwan. In a bid to tackle that, Dimerco provides up-to-date infor mation on global freight operations in a bit to keep trade moving.
Fast and flexible
Dimerco is among the companies that have rec ognised the potential of the Asia-Pacific region, describing itself as a company that “connects Asia with the world like no other 3PL (third-part logistics).” With over 130 owned officers across Asia-Pa cific and strong relationships with carriers, Dimerco has its finger on the pulse of the region’s air cargo market.
lready a focal point of global trade, Asia’s share of the air cargo market is expected to grow as cargo hubs in the country play an increasingly key role in the inter national supply chain.
partners on alternative solutions, such as multimodal transport and customised charter flight service, to enhance international logistics,” the freight forwarder added, showing how technology can minimise disruption from a global pandemic or other similar challenges.“Dimerco’s self-developed IT system, Dimerco Value Plus System features including an intelligent mobile application, tracking vis ibility, customised application and reporting while this patented EDI Solution with global visibility is also able to link with robotic process automation (RPA) so that Dimerco can operate in a mobile environment and service customers at any location at any time, wherever there is internet connection,” Dimerco’s CSC said, recog nising the need to be able to adapt to cope with rapidly changing events
“Facing a critical Covid-19 outbreak with a serious impact on flight cancellation and different lockdown modes of the coun tries, Dimerco not only provided its service at anywhere as long as there’s internet connection but also coordinated with strategic
On Dimerco’s website, it states that “the globalisation of trade will shape the future of international transportation.” With that vision in mind, Dimerco looks to monitor market movements on a regular
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“Unlike the largest freight forwarders, we get to know custom ers and respective business, and our global freight and logistics solutions are customised to customers’ exact needs,” Dimerco’s Central Service Center (CSC) said.
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basis, seeing that as crucial to supporting international logistics.
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For freight forwarders, it is crucial to avoid supply chain disrup tions providing companies that are moving goods around the globe with the most efficient method of shipping possible to en sure a smooth and simple process.
Across the air cargo, logistics and transportation sectors, new technologies are being adapted as the industry modernises and looks for potential ways to thrive in the face of challenges.
In Asia, where fears around growing tensions between Taiwan and China could cause further global disruption, flights were can celled in August amid military exercises. “We closely monitor the situation as China’s central government has hinted that the ex ercises will become more regular,” Dimerco admitted. While air freight remains the desired mode of transport, due to its speed
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“We maintain strong carrier relationships with pre-booked block space agreements in place. That allows us to commit the space customers need – often when others can’t. With Dimerco, custom ers get the freight buying power of a large forwarder with the fast, flexible approach of a smaller 3PL,” Dimerco’s CSC highlighted, cit ing how this has made it a top-20 freight forwarder by volume with all major Asia air and ocean carriers.
Technological developments drive growth
New hubs reflect Asia’s expansion as global hub Dimerco recently worked with Cathay Pacific to arrange the first flight to the new north cargo terminal at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, a 160,000 square metre addi tion that added 600,000 tons of freight capacity. The terminal has been “growing in importance as China’s Central Plains area continues to open up to more manufacturing and trade activ ity,” Dimerco stated.
Dimerco is very involved in managing freight to and from China’s inland regions, as well as its east coast hubs. The new addition terminal provides advanced automation for scanning, weighing and moving cargo within the terminal, for shipments from Cathay Pacific, Aviastar-TU, VI Airlink and Hainan Airlines. But it’s not just China that is a growing hub in the Asia-Pacific region.Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have seen freight services grow in 2021, compared with the previous year.
Dimerco expects this to continue after the Region Comprehen sive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest free trade agreement, began earlier this year.
and, usually, ease, freight forwarders are prepared to turn to alternatives, such as ocean cargo ships that can easily manoeu vre around restricted zones.
Contingency measures are crucial
As part of its mission to connect Asia to the rest of the world, Dimerco has worked to expand its US network to Phoenix and the Southeastern US to further strengthen its services for com panies in the semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, power/energy, healthcare, and other industries re quiring time-critical, service sensitive shipments.
Despite Dimerco’s best efforts though, sometimes disrup tion is unavoidable due to outside pressures or government decisions in the regions where they operate. While Covid restrictions have been largely lifted globally, China’s strict re sponse to the threat of the virus has seen lockdowns imposed that have affect transport routes and shipments.
With so many potential issues affecting logistics, Dimerco begun providing monthly freight market reports in 2022. “When facing the challenges of capacity issues, dedicated teams study to work out not only charter flight and cross-bor der train/road freight but also multimodal transport and new flexible solutions, such as our air and road transport from China to Mexico, in response to the latest market situation,” Dimerco’s CSC said.
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While no freight forwarder can find another way to avoid these challenges, it is possible to have con tingency plans in place to do all that is possible for customers to find a way around any barriers to trade thatThisemerge.wasreflected in Dimerco’s recent work, ful filling an urgent request to transport six civil light aircraft from the US to China. Lockdown port conges tion, unfavourable weather and sensitive deadlines put pressure on the company, presenting challenges but also learning opportunities for future crises. Similarly, when the Chinese government requested that airlines reroute via 12 cities due to the Shang hai lockdown, impacting 22 lanes and 106 flights, Dimerco was ready. With time critical cargo, elec tronic components and other shipments, the freight forwarder’s teams arranged for goods to be sent to alternative destinations and be transferred to domes tic transport options for the final leg of their delivery.
“To date, we have received many quality applications for this year’s awards and we look forward to receiving additional applications during this extended period, in particular, I urge start-up enterprises to submit and to use the awards programms as a springboard to promote
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This year, TIACA will once again award two categories of leadership in sustainability: The startup and small business prize and the corporate prize.
their creative innovations and solutions,” Glyn Hughes, director general chairman of TIACA, said. A panel of independent industry and sustainability experts will select the winner of the cor porate category and three finalists in the start-up/small business category. The award finalists will be invited to present their solutions at the Air Cargo Forum, 8-10th November, 2022.
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The competition aims to recognise outstanding businesses and industry initiatives leading the way to a more sustainable air cargo industry. CHAMP Cargosystems, a leading industry IT solution provider, has committed to continue sponsoring these awards.
he International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has announced that the deadline to submit applications for the fourth edition of the Air Cargo Sustainability Awards has been extended to 12th September.
The start-up and small business prize and the corporate prize will recognise and encourage young growing as well as small businesses building their presence in the air cargo industry, presenting a $10,000 award to the winner and $2,500 each to two runners-up. The corporate prize will recognise an established corporation, an international organisation or a scholar with a long-standing presence in the cargo community.
All shortlisted candidates will also be recognised with access to exclusive TIACA events and speaking opportunities, publicity in TIACA’s communication and networking opportunities.
TIACA is calling for applications from start-ups, small businesses and corporations that demon strate solutions and practices that make a positive change in any of the areas that align with the eight key objectives for a sustainable air cargo found in TIACA’s Sustainability Roadmap.
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