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Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA) inaugurates its Airbus A310-300F flight from Sharjah Int’l Airport |
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Sharjah
International Airport hosts “Security cooperation between UAE &
Kingdom Of Holland” |
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Oman Air ink deal with Kuwait Airways Oman
Air and Kuwait Airways have reached an agreement to offer four flights a
week between Dubai and Salalah during July and August for the Khareef
season. Elhaam
Al Busaidy, Oman Air’s country manager for the Middle East said that the
airline will operate three Dubai Salalah flights a week on Mondays,
Thursdays and Saturdays while Kuwait Airways will operate one flight a
week routed through Kuwait-Dubai-Salalah and return. In addition Oman Air
will also operate one Abu Dhabi Salalah flight per week on Fridays. Last year Oman carried 3,500 passengers from the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai) to Salalah during Khareef. Posted-10th
June 02
The Lebanon office of the Syrian Arab Airlines is all set to introduce two new flights between the Beirut-Dubai and Beirut Casablanca routes this summer. The decision to operate these flights is a part of the company's expansion plans and will reinforce Beirut's Open Skies policy," Rasheed Attar, director-general of the Syran Arab Airline's Beirut office said. Syrian Arab Arlines' office currently serves only direct flights to Aleppo and Damascus. The airline was able to attain permission to fly these two routes due to the government's adoption in 2000 of an open skies policy that lifted restrictions on foreign flight operators in the country. The policy, which is applied in Dubai, allows non-Lebanese airlines to use Beirut International Airport as a route to third party hubs such as Dubai. The Beirut- Casablanca flight would fill the void created by Lebanon's national flag carrier Middle East Airlines, which does not as ye provide services to Morocco. Attar said that the once-weekly flight to Casablanca and twice-weekly flights to Dubai would prove profitable to the airline due to the number of Arab travelers expected to converge on Lebanon or continue on to European or Arab capitals. " Beirut’s International Airport is an important hub for a number of Arab and western capitals," said Attar. MEA has leased three airplanes and is planning to acquire six more new planes to finance its expansion plans. Posted-25th
May 02
Swift Launches Lusaka office in Zambia Consolidating its premier position in the African Freight Logistics industry, the Swift Group has recently launched its 16th associate office in the African continent at Lusaka, the capital city of the Republic of Zambia. Lusaka will be the second office of the Swift Group in Zambia with an already existing office in the city of Ndola. Headed by the Country Director Prem Swaroop the Lusaka office offers clients a range of Air Freight, Sea Freight (FCL & LCL), and Overland Transportation solutions (inbound & outbound) including customs clearance and local deliveries. Swaroop a veteran with over 15 years of experience in transportation logistics is quite upbeat about the new Lusaka office. "The success of the Ndola office led us to the decision that we need to set up base in the heart of the country. The Zambian market is not new to us. This coupled with Swift Group's unmatched expertise & experience in the region gives us an inimitable edge in serving the regional market,” Comments Swaroop. Headquartered in Dubai, U.A.E. the Swift Group possesses a network of 28 offices in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. The organisation's specialised services include Air, Sea & Over-land freight, including multi-modal transport solutions, warehousing and distribution services, special projects, Total Supply Chain Management solutions and a host of value added services like customs brokerage and co-packing solutions to name a few. Posted-30th April 02
Dubai airport ranks first in Arab world for cargo handling Dubai
International Airport has been ranked 26th globally in terms of the cargo
volume handled by the airports, the world over for the time period
January-November, 2001. Posted-11th April 02
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In
an aggressive move to extend its network coverage to the People's Republic
of China, the Swift Group has effective from 10th of May 2002, launched
3 new offices in Mainland China. Posted-18th
May 02
Sharjah International Airport hosts 'Security cooperation between UAE & Kingdom Of Holland' In an effort to further strengthen its security aspects, the Director General –Immigration Authority in cooperation with the Immigration Department at Sharjah International Airport organized a training course about forged documents and how to recognize these from original ones. The training course which took place at Sharjah International Airport was attended by 54 trainees from all the immigration departments in Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al-Khaimah, Umm Al-Quwain, & Fujairah. The trainers who were lecturers & representatives of the Anti-forgery Department from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines presented the course materials in the presence of the Dutch Consulate. At the end of the course, both trainers & trainees had the opportunity of discussing all the forgery cases that occur in both UAE and Netherlands and concluded with a workshop where different legal & illegal documents were shown as examples. Posted-11th April 02
UAE air cargo services geared up for bright future UAE
banking sources expect remarkable growth in the air shipment industry in
the next few years, due to major projects and investments currently
underway in the country. Posted-30th Dec 01
Six Turkish airports shut down in wake of economic crisis
In
a bid to overcome its economic crisis, Turkey will close six airports,
which have not attracted adequate levels of traffic, the official Anatolia
news agency. The airports will remain under the authority of the state
airport management and are expected to re-open in the future, the
management stated. Posted-13th Feb 02
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Swift provides adidas local delivery solutions It now undertakes responsibility for
the distribution of adidas' goods to all the major retail outlets
within the UAE, thus eliminating the traditional role of the distributor.
Using its 45000 sq.ft. temperature controlled warehouse as a hub for adidas'
Middle East markets, Swift also
provides adidas with Air Freight and Sea Freight solutions.
Ensuring that all deadlines are
strictly adhered to, Swift's fleet of trucks and men are always on standby
supported by state-of-the-art warehouse management system, keeping adidas'
supply chain wheels oiled. A single order might be made up of 10,000 or
more pieces, with various designs and sizes, or as small as one single
pair of socks, all of which is executed maintaining an accuracy of over
99.98% at all times! "What is unique and challenging
about these services is that the goods are packed for and delivered
directly to the retailers. Certainly meeting adidas' stringent
requirements demands the highest level of efficiency and
expertise…" comments Savio D'souza, Warehouse Manager "…and
the fact that adidas has entrusted us with handling additional segments of
their supply chain is reflective of the satisfaction we have been able to
generate." One of the largest total transportation logistics service provider in the region, Swift Freight International's expertise includes Air, Sea & Over-land freight, including multi-modal transport solutions, warehousing & distribution services, special projects, Total Supply Chain Management solutions and a host of value added services like customs brokerage and co-packing solutions to name a few. Posted-13th
May 02
Trans Mediterranean Airways starts flights to Sharjah Air cargo operator Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA) has recently started operations to Sharjah International Airport using an Airbus A310-300F, which has been leased from Islandsflug. TMA's strategic plan is to enhance its operations on the Europe, Beirut, UAE and Africa sectors. The carrier operates three routes from Sharjah, to Paris via Beirut, Nairobi via Eldoret, and to Entebbe, again via Eldoret. The carrier's facilities at Beirut International Airport would be increasingly used as a transshipment base where 120,000 tonnes can be handled annually. TMA has started operating this aircraft on its Europe-Beirut routes, while the existing B707F continues coverage of the Middle East-Africa network. Posted-21th April 02
Qatar
Airways plans to get five new planes Chief executive Akbar al-Baker comments that the planes were part of the airline's plan to increase its fleet to 25 aircraft, increasing its operations by 60 percent by 2004. The first of the new aircraft would be delivered in May and the second in July. The third and the fourth planes under the deal would be delivered next year and the fifth one in February 2004. Posted-13th March
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