July 14, 2016

Qatar to take stake in Italy’s Meridiana

Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Alisarda to buy 49% of its subsidiary Meridiana, Italy’s second largest airline. The…

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Virgin Atlantic Cargo names Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales, to be based at Virgin’s headquarters near London Gatwick…

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Air industry to raise its game in Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Union Commission (AU) have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to…

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CargoLogicAir gets the keys to its first 747-8F

New UK-based carrier CargoLogicAir has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 freighter at the Farnborough International Airshow. Chief executive…

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MNG offers Germany-Beirut freighter

Turkish-owned MNG Airlines is to introduce a weekly (Thursday) freighter from Cologne to Beirut. It will be operated by an…

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Cathay to fly a B747-8F to Portland from November

Cathay Pacific Cargo is to operate a twice-weekly scheduled Boeing 747-8 freighter service between its Hong Kong home hub and Portland,…

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Oman Air uses software to save fuel

Oman Air is using OpenAirlines – Skybreathe software to improve its fuel efficiency. The Cloud-based solution gives predictive and post-flight…

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Cool container firm recruits Alitalia

Italian carrier Alitalia has signed an agreement with low temperature technology specialist Va-Q-tec to rent its passive containers. Under the…

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24-hour party people

With the summer music festival season in full flow, Brussels Airlines is getting into the swing of things. For the…

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Gerry’s dnata to handle Saudia

Pakistan’s largest ground handler, Gerry’s dnata, has signed a multi-year agreement with Saudia for full ground handling services in Karachi,…

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Chongqing is sixth Chinese city for AirBridgeCargo

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added flights to leading commercial centre Chongqing to its network from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, its sixth…

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Volga-Dnepr and Boeing sign back-to-back deal as 747-8F order is confirmed

Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group confirmed an order for 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters at the UK’s Farnborough Air Show today. At the…

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