November 2016

Antonov signs deal with China to build giant An-225 freighters

Ukrainian plane maker Antonov has signed a cooperation agreement with Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) to build a second…

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Antonov will move to ground Volga-Dnepr’s An-124s only if support functions are moved

Antonov has moved to clarify that it has not yet asked for a ban on Volga-Dnepr flying An-124 aircraft and…

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Ancra wins B737-800 loading system contract for converted freighters

Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for the new Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing conversion freighter) aircraft as a Boeing…

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Liege to be Africa hub for NAS

Liege Airport has signed a new partnership with Network Airline Services (NAS) to make the Belgian gateway its hub for…

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Intrepid orders B747-8Fs for long-term lease

Intrepid Aviation has switched an order for Boeing 777-300 aircraft to B747-800 freighters for lease on a long-term basis. The…

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Ancra gains AEI cargo loading order for converted B737-800s

Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI) new 737-800 passenger to freighter (P2F) converted…

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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The…

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Judge rules that ATSG dispute with pilots should go to arbitration

A judge has ruled that the dispute between US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) and its pilots should…

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Canadian transport minister ‘miscommunicated’ on foreign ownership rules for cargo carriers

Foreign owners will be able to take up to a 49% stake in Canadian cargo airlines, the government has confirmed…

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Ex-Delta cargo boss Neel Jones Shah joins the Amerijet board

Ex-Delta cargo boss Neel Jones Shah has been appointed to the board of managers at the parent group of Amerijet,…

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Matheson wins Cathay handling at Portland

Matheson Flight Extenders has signed a freight consolidation agent agreement with Cathay Pacific to provide US import/export air cargo services…

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AirBridgeCargo beats annual tonnage record

Fast growing AirBridgeCargo beat its annual tonnage record last month, its thirteenth consecutive year of growth, as it continues to…

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Hong Kong joins Shanghai with bumper October cargo volumes

China’s top two cargo hubs, Hong Kong and Shanghai, both enjoyed bumper volume rises in October. Hong Kong International Airport…

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CEVA sees airfreight improvement but stays in the red

CEVA Logistics recorded double-digit airfreight growth during the third quarter of the year but revenues declined on currency effects and…

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Shanghai’s PACTL had a record breaking October for airfreight

Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) handled 153,607 tonnes in October, a volume growth of 8.9% year-on-year…

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Rapid growth and need for speed fuels DHL’s Leipzig investment

When DHL Express first announced plans to switch its main European hub to Germany’s Leipzig-Halle Airport in 2005 it was…

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Lufthansa Cargo re-signs for innovation scheme

Lufthansa Cargo has signed up to once again participate in a scheme to identify companies with innovative ideas that could…

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Jaw dropping transport for An-124

An 88-tonne ‘jaw crusher’ used for gold mining has arrived at Russia’s Sokol Airport in Magadan onboard one of Volga-Dnepr…

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LATAM cargo revenues and volumes slide in Q3

Cargo revenues at the LATAM Group continued to decline during the third quarter of the year as a result of…

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B&H appoints new regional MD

Aerospace logistics and warehousing provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Mark Nightingale as regional managing director for the Europe, Middle East…

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