HUNTSVILLE AL -Panalpina has announced it is running paperless
flights for general air freight. Using its own controlled modern 747-8
freighter planes, the freight forwarder now operates several paperless
(e-freight) port-to-port services with final destination in Europe, Hong Kong
and the U.S., said a release.
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At 05:49 local time on November 19, 2013, flight 5Y607 departed from
Huntsville airport in Alabama, U.S. What appeared to be just another routine
Panalpina flight to Luxembourg was in fact the inaugural flight of the world's
first paperless round-trip route for general air freight.
Panalpina now runs regular paperless air freight services between Huntsville
and Luxembourg, from Luxembourg to Hong Kong, and from Guadalajara (Mexico) to
Huntsville. Panalpina expands its paperless air freight network every month.
The company is confident that it can fly all general air freight on its own
controlled Boeing 747-8 Freighters without paper in less than two months' time,
the only exceptions being flights to and from the MEAC region (Middle East,
Africa, CIS), Mainland China and Brazil. By 2015 the company aims to eradicate
80% of pouches for all general air cargo, be it on the own controlled network
or on commercial flights, the release said. -Staff Report