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CargoLogicAir to halve fleet due to challenging market conditions
CargoLogicAir has announced it will reduce its freighter fleet by half early next year as it continues to battle “challenging market conditions”.The Stansted-hubbed airline said that in early 2020 it would reduce its B747 fleet to two aircraft from its current line-up of four – three B747-400Fs and one B747-8F.The ...
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AirBridgeCargo and CargoLogicAir to cancel freighter connections
Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) subsidiary AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and partner airline CargoLogicAir will cancel a total of eleven freighter connections as of November 1, writes Oliver Link in Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.According to the leading German logistics newspaper, five of these routes concern UK-registered CargoLogicAir. The remaining six routes ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group moves to allay reports of financial woes
The Volga-Dnepr Group has downplayed Russian press reports regarding the scale of the current financial challenges it faces, stating that it has already initiated an optimisation plan to meet tough market conditions.A report in Ulnovosti states that the company was not immediately able to pay employees for September and that ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group to restructure management team after tough first half
The Volga-Dnepr Group has announced it will restructure the business after performance in the first half of the year was below expectations.The group, which includes AirBridgeCargo (ABC), Volga-Dnepr and ATRAN, said that its restructuring plan aimed at quality enhancement, cost reduction and the development of specialist services.As part of the ...
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AirBridgeCargo maintains Oslo flights despite Moscow ban on salmon transhipment
AirBridgeCargo is maintaining its freighter services from Oslo Airport despite Moscow placing a ban on the transhipment of Norwegian salmon.The Russian freighter operator launched twice-weekly all-cargo services from Oslo in late 2016 with seafood, mainly salmon, being transhipped to Asia and North America via Moscow.Last year the company added a ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo transports nine racehorses with minimal wait times
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has successfully delivered nine racehorses from Moscow in Russia to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, onboard a Boeing 747-8F scheduled flight.A crucial contributor to successful animal transportation is a minimised waiting period – within warehousing premises, on the apron, and before and after loading/offloading. ABC specialists did their ...
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Bellyache for Munich as freighter volumes soar
An 11.3% increase in 2018 freighter volumes at Munich airport in 2018 failed overcome a fall in bellyhold cargo.The southern Germany gateway saw total throughput decline 3.4% year on year to 375,000 tonnes for airfreight, mail and transit cargo.The arrival of Russian all-cargo airline AirBridgeCargo boosted total freighter volumes to ...
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CargoLogic Germany gains NCC approval as it taxis for takeoff
New Leipzig-based airline CargoLogic Germany has announced that it recently gained non-commercial (NCC) operations approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.The airline said the NCC approval means it can begin “route proving flights” this week.Meanwhile, managing director Ulrich Ogiermann has told Air Cargo News sister title DVZ that he ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr Group firms up entry into B777F market
Volga_Dnepr-DAE Signing CeremonyThe Volga-Dnepr Group has firmed up its entry in the B777F sector with a lease deal for three of the aircraft from DAE Capital, following on from the confirmation of an order for nine of the aircraft with Boeing.DAE said that it had entered in a sale and ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr Group to increase use of Leipzig/Halle Airport
From left to right: Gцtz Ahmelmann, CEO at Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG), Dr Matthias Hass, Minister of Finances in the Free State of Saxony, Aleksey Isaykin, President of Volga-Dnepr Group.The Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase its use of Leipzig/Halle Airport.The MoU, signed with Mitteldeutsche ...
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The inclusive approach: AirBridgeCargo celebrates 15 years
On April 23, 2004, a Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft took off from Beijing on its way to Luxembourg, via Russia.While there is nothing remarkable about the aircraft in use, nor the route it flew, the service is notable for the fact that it was the first ever flight conducted by ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo adds Oslo flight for seafood exports
AirBridgeCargo has added a third weekly cargo departure from Avinor Oslo Airport, Norway to cater for seafood exports to South Korea.Martin Langaas, director cargo at Avinor, says: “AirBridgeCargo is an important part of our aim to facilitate more capacity for the Norwegian seafood industry to our largest trading partners in ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo scoops Cargo Airline of the Year Award
Turkish Cargo was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2019 as the airfreight industry gathered in the UK for a night of celebration at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 35th year.The Istanbul-hubbed airline secured the highest total number of votes cast by Air Cargo News readers to ...
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AirBridge picks WFS for Liege ground handling
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its ground handler at Liege Airport.The appointment comes as ABC prepares for the first-phase opening of its dedicated cargo area at the fast-growing Belgian freighter hub.The cooperation is in support of the strategic partnership signed between ABC’s parent company, Russia’s ...
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NewsAirBridge inks leasing agreement with Sonoco for its PharmaPort 360 container
Christopher Day, director of business development and Innovation at Sonoco ThermoSafe, and Yulia Celetaria, global director, pharma, AirBridgeCargo AirlinesAirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has signed a leasing agreement with specialist packaging provider Sonoco ThermoSafe for its PharmaPort 360 temperature-controlled container.The agreement will bolster ABC’s delivery options for temperature-sensitive shipments and guarantee a ...
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NewsBahrain finds the cargo formula for Grand Prix racing
A Cathay Pacific B747 freighter at BahrainBahrain International Airport (BIA) saw a 23% surge in Formula One (F1) related cargo volumes in the build up to the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.More than 1,564 tonnes carried on 19 cargo flights arrived at the Middle East hub in the run up ...
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NewsA record 40-tonne vessel spare part is plane-sailing for AirBridge
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported a record shipment weight, a 37.5 tonne vessel part, from Frankfurt to Singapore using its abcXL product for oversize and heavyweight consignments.The 8 m long single unit was trucked from the Belgian factory of maritime construction company Jan De Nul Group to the German cargo ...
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AirBridgeCargo launches ‘abc premium’ capacity guarantee
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has introduced its ‘abc premium’ product which offers guaranteed capacity and prioritisation on specific flights across the all-freighter operator’s international network.Fedor Novikov, ABC’s deputy general director, products, said: “We expect abc premium to attract high demand from customers with urgent, time-sensitive shipments. On top of this, we ...
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NewsAirBridge to expand Rickenbacker flights on the back of stable demand
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is doubling its scheduled freighter operations at Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) to a twice-weekly frequency.The carrier introduced Columbus into its global network in April 2018 and, so far, has seen "stable demand" to/from Rickenbacker International Airport, accommodating growing trade flows onboard the maindeck capacity of its Boeing ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo targets Asia with extra frequencies
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has increased its frequencies in Asia following a 5% average annual growth in the region in the last five years.As of the end of March, the company’s schedule now includes six Shenzhen flights a week, eight Narita services and two Ho Chi Minh City flights.ABC said the additional ...