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2 days, 9 hours ago

International cargo operations set to resume at Vizag airport

International air cargo operations are set to resume at Visakhapatnam International Airport, with the Andhra Pradesh Trade Promotion Corporation stepping in to take over the operations management. The absence of international cargo facilities since 2019-20, when Visakhapatnam Airport last handled 470 tonnes of international cargo, has been a concern for exporters. Collaborating closely with Union Minister K. Rammohan Naidu and …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

11 crew members of cargo vessel MV Debi allowed to disemark after a year

Hindustan Times

Eleven out of the 21 crew members of the cargo ship MV Debi, which has been docked at Paradip Port for more than a year after 22kg cocaine was allegedly seized during a search in November last year, have been allowed to disembark the ship following approval of the customs department. “We have permitted the release of 11 crew members …

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8 months ago

Canada’s biggest gold heist: Indian-origin man arrested in CAD 22 million theft case after he lands from India

Live Mint

An Indian-origin man has been arrested in Canada in connection with the biggest gold heist from Toronto airport in the history of Ottawa after a suspect landed in the country from India, reported India Today on Monday. The report said the arrest of Archit Grover, 36, comes nearly a month after the capture of nine individuals implicated in the sensational …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea

Al Jazeera

Houthi spokesperson says the group’s fighters have hijacked the ship, reportedly owned by an Israeli businessman. Yemen’s Houthis say they have taken control of a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea as the war in Gaza sends tensions soaring in the region. The Houthis, who control northern Yemen and its Red Sea coast, said the ship was Israeli, but …

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1 year, 4 months ago

MotoGP: First batch of bikes, equipment cargo shipment lands in India

The Hindu

With just a week left for the race, the first batch of equipments for MotoGP Bharat arrived at the Buddh International Circuit on Thursday. Most of the bikes for the event landed in New Delhi and were transported to the Buddh International Circuit under heavy police security. The remaining bikes and equipment will arrive in the next lot,” said Amit …

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3 years ago

Yantai opens cargo airline, linking Milan

China Daily

A flight departs from Yantai Penglai International Airport to Milan, Italy on Dec 17. Yantai, a coastal city of East China's Shandong province, opened its first scheduled international cargo airline from Yantai Penglai International Airport to Milan, Italy on Dec 17. The cargo throughput of Yantai Penglai International Airport is expected to reach 74,000 tons in 2021, according to officials. …

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3 years, 10 months ago

SpiceXpress Launches Freighter Operations Connecting Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai with Singapore

News 18

SpiceJet’s dedicated cargo arm SpiceXpress has launched scheduled freighter operations connecting Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai with Singapore. "This development would strengthen air trade between the two countries by providing faster and seamless logistics solutions," Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet was quoted as saying in a statement. “With a network spanning 63 domestic and 50 international destinations and a …

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4 years, 4 months ago

SpiceJet Repatriates 160 Indians From Cebu in Philippines to Chennai Under Vande Bharat Mission

News 18

SpiceJet said it operated a repatriation flight with 160 Indians onboard from Cebu in the Philippines to Chennai on Thursday under the Vande Bharat Mission. In a press release, the airline said it will also arrange complimentary air travel on Saturday for three Philippines nationals requiring liver treatment in Hyderabad. However, special international passenger flights have been operating in India …

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4 years, 7 months ago

China Southern expands fleet to boost cargo operations

China Daily

China Southern Airlines employees prepare to load cargo onto an aircraft at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong province in early May. China Southern Airlines, the country's largest carrier by passenger volume, added two Boeing 777 cargo aircraft to its fleet and pledged to enhance its cargo capacity via retrofitted passenger aircraft to bolster the country's insufficient airfreight capacity caused …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Russia's cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station

India TV News

Russia's Progress 71 cargo craft has successfully launched a Soyuz-FG rocket to the International Space Station, a first since the failure of the last manned mission on October 11, NASA said. The unpiloted Russian Progress 71 cargo spacecraft was launched at 1.14 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the US space agency said in a statement on Friday. …

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6 years, 2 months ago

Two GoAir flights suffer technical glitch, return midway