March 5, 2015

Gunning warns of continued excess cargo capacity

IAG Cargo boss Steve Gunning has warned that excess global air cargo capacity is likely to remain for the “foreseeable…

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‘Extraordinary demand’ for B737 freighters, says PEMCO

BOEING 737s make wonderful regional, short-haul freighters. Cheap to acquire and with hundreds of ‘retired’ passenger units adding to the…

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Aeroflot takes delivery of new B777-300ER

AEROFLOT has taken delivery of this new B777-300ER, named in honour of Ivan Bunin, the writer, poet and critic, who…

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Pegasus appoints ABDA and Aviation Services as GSSAs

TURKEY’S Pegasus Cargo has appointed ABDA Cargo Services as cargo sales agent for its European operations and Aviation Services to…

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Emirates opens Chicago route

EMIRATES is launching a daily B777-200LR service to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in August. It will become the airline’s ninth…

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Cathay welcomes call for third runway

CATHAY Pacific Airways has welcomed a Hong Kong government budget strategy, set out by financial secretary John Tsang, which highlights…

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Calogi finds solution to Dubai air cargo chaos

BRINGING order and control to ground handling processes at congested airports – and thus helping to avoid peak time chaos…

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China Southern Airlines’ first B777-300ER

CHINA Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first passenger B777-300ER.  The new aircraft is the first of 10 -300ERs…

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Cathay’s new freighter service to Columbus

CATHAY Pacific is augmenting its freighter operations in the USA with a twice-weekly scheduled service to Columbus, Ohio, from March….

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Finnair boosts winter services to Bangkok

FINNAIR is augmenting its twice-daily peak season winter schedule to Bangkok with three additional frequencies a week in December this…

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Kalitta Air starts B747-400F services to New York

KALITTA AIR, in co-operation with Wallace Air Cargo Group/Inter Aviation Services and HAE Group, is to launch a twice-weekly B747-400F…

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Etihad strengthens Chengdu service

ETIHAD Airways is increasing the frequency of its Abu Dhabi-Chengdu service from five-flights-a-week to daily from 30 March. One of…

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Air New Zealand moves to dnata

AIR New Zealand [ANZ] Cargo has switched its Heathrow ground operations to the new dnata City at the London airport….

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Overcapacity costs IAG Cargo

IAG CARGO suffered a revenue slump of nearly 12 per cent last year, in a business generally blighted by market…

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Volga-Dnepr airlifts space module

VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines’ expertise in the movement of space cargoes has been called upon once again to transport this Pressurized Cargo…

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IAG Cargo launches B787 Austin, Texas route

BUSINESSES in Austin, Texas are benefiting from the launch of a new air-conditioned B787 IAG Cargo belly-hold connection with London…

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Qatar Cargo freighters to Hyderabad, London and Zaragoza

QATAR Airways Cargo (QAC) is to launch scheduled dedicated freighter services to Hyderabad (India), London Stansted (UK) and is reinstating…

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United launches Control Tower for temperature control

UNITED Airlines Cargo [UAC] has launched Control Tower to run the rule over its growing temperature-sensitive shipments business. It features…

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US Customs digitises cargo entries

US CUSTOMS and Border Protection (CBP) has admitted Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL) into its ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) cargo…

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Two more B737 conversions

AIRCRAFT conversions company Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) is to produce two additional B737-400SF passenger-to-freighter [p2f] conversions for Brazilian customer Sideral…

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