AFRICA AVIATION NEWS Logistics Update Africa reach a dedicated readership of more than 10,000 industry professionals from air cargo, trade & logistics, sea freight, rail & road transport industries within Africa and Europe. ZIPLINE PARTNERS WITH PFIZER TO DEVELOP COLD CHAIN 10 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Zipline has partnered with Pfizer, to test and develop an end-to-end distribution solution for Covid-19 vaccines. Many Covid-19 vaccines, including the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, require maintaining precise cold chain temperature before STRATEGIC PARTNER, GOVT TO RESTRUCTURE SAA: PRAVIN GORDHAN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: The department of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan announced that Cabinet has agreed that South African Airways (SAA) will be owned through a partnership between government and a strategic equity partner, reported News24. A consortium will own 51 AERO AFRICA APPOINTS TWO AIR FREIGHT SPECIALISTS IN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Hong Kong-based air cargo management group, Aero Africa, has welcomed two new specialists to its management team in China and Southern Africa. Joey Xu has been appointed to the newly-created position of director airfreight Asia. She will be responsible for the overall airfreight UNITED AIRLINES INAUGURATES DIRECT SERVICE TO JOBURG United Airlines inaugurates direct service to Joburg. June 05, 2021: United Airlines flew its inaugural nonstop daily service today between New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. “We are excited to inaugurate our new service between New York/Newark and Johannesburg, which AIR CANADA CARGO TO START CAIRO SERVICE FROM JUNE 17 June 02, 2021: Effective June 17, Air Canada Cargo will begin cargo service between Cairo, Egypt and Montreal, operated on a B788 aircraft. The frequency will be three times a week. Through its extensive cargo-only network, shipments from the US and AFRICAN CARRIERS’ CARGO DEMAND UP BY 44.2% IN FEBRUARY African airlines’ cargo demands in February increased a massive 44.2 percent compared to the same month in 2019 the strongest of all regions. Robust expansion on the Asia-Africa trade lanes contributed to the strong growth. February international capacity grew by 9.8 percent compared to February 2019. LUFTHANSA TO START DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MOMBASA BY JULY By Our Correspondent. May 25, 2021: Lufthansa will commence flights to Mombasa on July 24 on its new leisure carrier Eurowings Discover. It will comprise of two weekly flight services between Frankfurt and Mombasa with onward flights to Zanzibar. The announcement on the launch of flights has nevertheless been delayed from March by Covid-19 CHRIS ZWEIGENTHAL TO RETIRE AS AASA CEO BY AUG END May 27, 2021: The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has announced the retirement of Chris Zweigenthal, its chief executive officer (CEO), by the end of August 2021. Zweigenthal joined AASA in February 2002 as deputy chief executive and was appointed CEO in March 2009. His retirement is TUNISAIR APPOINTS OLFA HAMDI AS CEO Tunisair appoints Olfa Hamdi as CEO. January 12, 2021: The Tunisian ministry of transport and logistics named Olfa Hamdi as a new CEO for Tunisair, who is tasked with developing a strategic action plan to save the airline and enable it to be competitive. The airline was without a CEO since July last year as Elyes Mnakbi was fired on

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AFRICA AVIATION NEWS Logistics Update Africa reach a dedicated readership of more than 10,000 industry professionals from air cargo, trade & logistics, sea freight, rail & road transport industries within Africa and Europe. ZIPLINE PARTNERS WITH PFIZER TO DEVELOP COLD CHAIN 10 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Zipline has partnered with Pfizer, to test and develop an end-to-end distribution solution for Covid-19 vaccines. Many Covid-19 vaccines, including the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, require maintaining precise cold chain temperature before STRATEGIC PARTNER, GOVT TO RESTRUCTURE SAA: PRAVIN GORDHAN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: The department of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan announced that Cabinet has agreed that South African Airways (SAA) will be owned through a partnership between government and a strategic equity partner, reported News24. A consortium will own 51 AERO AFRICA APPOINTS TWO AIR FREIGHT SPECIALISTS IN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Hong Kong-based air cargo management group, Aero Africa, has welcomed two new specialists to its management team in China and Southern Africa. Joey Xu has been appointed to the newly-created position of director airfreight Asia. She will be responsible for the overall airfreight UNITED AIRLINES INAUGURATES DIRECT SERVICE TO JOBURG United Airlines inaugurates direct service to Joburg. June 05, 2021: United Airlines flew its inaugural nonstop daily service today between New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. “We are excited to inaugurate our new service between New York/Newark and Johannesburg, which AIR CANADA CARGO TO START CAIRO SERVICE FROM JUNE 17 June 02, 2021: Effective June 17, Air Canada Cargo will begin cargo service between Cairo, Egypt and Montreal, operated on a B788 aircraft. The frequency will be three times a week. Through its extensive cargo-only network, shipments from the US and AFRICAN CARRIERS’ CARGO DEMAND UP BY 44.2% IN FEBRUARY African airlines’ cargo demands in February increased a massive 44.2 percent compared to the same month in 2019 the strongest of all regions. Robust expansion on the Asia-Africa trade lanes contributed to the strong growth. February international capacity grew by 9.8 percent compared to February 2019. LUFTHANSA TO START DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MOMBASA BY JULY By Our Correspondent. May 25, 2021: Lufthansa will commence flights to Mombasa on July 24 on its new leisure carrier Eurowings Discover. It will comprise of two weekly flight services between Frankfurt and Mombasa with onward flights to Zanzibar. The announcement on the launch of flights has nevertheless been delayed from March by Covid-19 CHRIS ZWEIGENTHAL TO RETIRE AS AASA CEO BY AUG END May 27, 2021: The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has announced the retirement of Chris Zweigenthal, its chief executive officer (CEO), by the end of August 2021. Zweigenthal joined AASA in February 2002 as deputy chief executive and was appointed CEO in March 2009. His retirement is TUNISAIR APPOINTS OLFA HAMDI AS CEO Tunisair appoints Olfa Hamdi as CEO. January 12, 2021: The Tunisian ministry of transport and logistics named Olfa Hamdi as a new CEO for Tunisair, who is tasked with developing a strategic action plan to save the airline and enable it to be competitive. The airline was without a CEO since July last year as Elyes Mnakbi was fired on

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ZIPLINE PARTNERS WITH PFIZER TO DEVELOP COLD CHAIN 10 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Zipline has partnered with Pfizer, to test and develop an end-to-end distribution solution for Covid-19 vaccines. Many Covid-19 vaccines, including the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, require maintaining precise cold chain temperature before BOLLORE LOGISTICS COORDINATES TRANSPORT OF HIV TREATMENTS 12 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Bollore Logistics has facilitated the shipment of HIV treatments to Central African Republic (CAR). Due to the unstable political situation, borders often are closed, causing thousands of trucks to get stuck for months. By mid-December 2020, i+solutions’ shipment of STRATEGIC PARTNER, GOVT TO RESTRUCTURE SAA: PRAVIN GORDHAN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: The department of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan announced that Cabinet has agreed that South African Airways (SAA) will be owned through a partnership between government and a strategic equity partner, reported News24. A consortium will own 51 AERO AFRICA APPOINTS TWO AIR FREIGHT SPECIALISTS IN 8 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Hong Kong-based air cargo management group, Aero Africa, has welcomed two new specialists to its management team in China and Southern Africa. Joey Xu has been appointed to the newly-created position of director airfreight Asia. She will be responsible for the overall airfreight FOUR KAA-MANAGED AIRPORTS OBTAIN CARBON ACCREDITATION 11 hours ago · June 11, 2021: Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced that Jomo Kenyatta, Moi, Kisumu and Eldoret international Airports have joined the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, achieving Level 1 “Mapping” accreditation. The four Kenyan airports are the first airports in EMIRATES SKYCARGO EXPANDS PHARMA COOL CHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE The new extension can hold an estimated 60-90 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines at one time. June 09, 2021: Emirates SkyCargo is further strengthening its temperature sensitive pharma and vaccine handling capabilities in Dubai with the extension of its fully automated cool room with 94 airline pallet positions at its EU GDP certified dedicated pharma facility at Dubai International Airport. RWANDAIR SELECTS TAL AVIATION AS GSA IN ITALY 1 day ago · June 10, 2021: TAL Aviation Italy will market and sell RwandAir’s passenger air service as its general sales agent in Italy. TAL Aviation will provide wider opportunities for residents, tourists and businessmen in Italy wishing to travel to and within Rwanda and to other parts of Africa. BOLLORÉ PORTS LAUNCHES GREEN TERMINAL LABEL Bolloré Ports launches Green Terminal label. June 07, 2021: Bolloré Ports has launched the Green Terminal certification process, which aims to reduce the carbon footprint of its activities by using a precise methodology that covers all environmental issues. A first in the port sector, this approach has been validated by Bureau Veritas. BOLLORÉ LOGISTICS PORTUGAL TRANSPORTS 25K SOLAR PANELS TO 1 day ago · June 10, 2021: Bolloré Logistics Portugal has transported more than 25,000 solar panels for the construction of a 7.5 megawatts (MW) renewable energy power plant in Burundi. Carried out in synergy with the Bolloré Logistics teams in Portugal and Burundi, this operation took place in BOLLORE LOGISTICS LINKS FRENCH RED CROSS LA RÉUNION WITH 1 day ago · June 10, 2021: On June 02, Bollore Logistics La Réunion once again supported the French Red Cross, through the Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform (PIROI), for a humanitarian aid operation carried out thanks to the financial support of the ministry of foreign affairs after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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