February 2015

ATSG and DHL extend US freighter agreement

Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has completed a new agreement that extends its support of DHL’s air cargo…

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Yulia is our iPad winner

Yulia Pronina of AirBridgeCargo in Moscow picked up an AppleAIR2-64GB-SG iPad as the winning respondent to our on-line freighters fleet survey…

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Ethiopian Cargo adds Brussels B777F quartet

Ethiopian Cargo has returned to Brussels airport with four B777 freighters per week to Addis Ababa. The freighters will provide…

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Vietnam and Cambodia lead air cargo surge for emerging markets

Asia’s Vietnam and Cambodia provided the fastest-growing airfreight trade lanes between emerging and developed markets. US-Vietnam volumes surged 42.7 per…

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Qatar Airways sets its sights on denim capital Gujarat

Qatar Airways Cargo is to make Ahmedabad its seventh freighter destination in India. From February, a twice weekly Airbus A330F will depart Doha on…

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Cloud offers bright future for MASkargo

Malaysian carrier MASkargo is to replace its legacy computer network with a Cloud-based Unisys system to manage domestic and international…

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Cargolux strike threat looms

Labour talks at Luxembourg-based all cargo carrier Cargolux have stalled again and a strike is on the cards if conciliation…

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Everyone’s a winner in South Africa

South African’s Transit Group is using IVS software to produce electronic security declarations and take advantage of connections to 90…

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A LOT more space to New York

LOT Polish Airlines has launched a seasonal New York/Warsaw all-cargo route operated by a Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The carrier said…

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Ebola aid from East Midlands

Three forklift trucks supplied by Jungheinrich have been flown from East Midlands Airport to Sierra Leone as part of the…

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Cargolux agrees to conciliation

Cargolux says it will enter into a conciliation process on its collective work agreement and has rebuffed suggestions that it…

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All smiles as IGAT takes on VEX for Virgin

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new and extended general sales and service agency (GSSA) contract to InterGlobe Air Transport…

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Alitalia sets out route revamp

Italian flag carrier Alitalia has revealed its route plans following Abu Dhabi-based Etihad’s decision last summer to take a 49…

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Air Charter Service to invest £10m in charter technology

Air Charter Service (ACS) will spend £10m over the next five years to advance the UK-based broker’s charter booking technologies…

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Dreamliner ticket for lionesses Maggie and Sonja

Lioness sisters Maggie and Sonja made an epic journey home to Africa on the inaugural Kenya Airways Dreamliner flight from…

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Ford money gets SmartKargo motoring

Investment firm Fontinalis Partners is putting money into air cargo management solution specialist, SmartKargo – a 100 per cent Cloud-based platform…

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Centurion promises Latin link to Schiphol

Miami-based freighter operator Centurion Cargo is promising a four-times-a-week service from the US and Latin America to Amsterdam Schiphol from February…

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CAL goes solo with twice weekly flights to Larnaca

CAL Cargo Airlines has launched a twice weekly independent B747-400F service to Larnaca, “effectively replacing” the cargo division of Cyprus Airways…

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Etihad Cargo launches Hermes cargo management system

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo has cutover to a new freight management system to provide customers with greater communication and improved handling processes. The…

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DB Schenker gains allies in cartel damages claim

German railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) has confirmed French news agency reports that it has been joined by several unnamed corporations in…

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