All Airlines Articles – Page 147
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NewsEmirates expects gradual return of bellyhold capacity
Hiran Perera, Emirates SkyCargoWhat will be the size and shape of freighter fleets in a post-pandemic world and what can we expect in their composition?Air Cargo News spoke to Hiran Perera, senior vice president of cargo planning and freighters at Dubai-based Emirates, a major combination airline with 11 freighters and ...
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NewsWestJet to enter the freighter market
Canada-based airline WestJet will launch dedicated freighter operations following the delivery of a B737-800 converted freighter.The carrier said that it planned to launch freighter flights in the second quarter of 2022 in response to "the larger-scale needs of Canadian businesses, freight forwarders, shippers and individual customers"."Our new dedicated commercial cargo ...
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Air NZ to operate Los Angeles cargo flights under Australian freight programme
Air New Zealand is launching a cargo service between Melbourne and Los Angeles, as part of the Australian Government’s International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) programme.It will operate a weekly service from July 3 until the end of October 2021.Air New Zealand general manager cargo Anna Palairet said this is the ...
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Shepherd returns to IAG Cargo as Podolsky scoops CEO role
David Shepherd will re-join IAG Cargo after leaving the company in the for Aer Lingus in 2019.Shepherd, who has held a variety of leadership roles at IAG Cargo over the years, most notably as commercial director and director of digital ventures, will take the managing director role when he re-joins ...
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Austrian Airlines to end 'preighter' operation
Austrian Airlines has announced that it is ending its preighter operation after 15 months.The Lufthansa Group-owned airline's long-haul passenger aircraft have regularly operated as freighter-only aircraft between Asia and Europe since March last year.Two B777s (OE-LPA and OE-LPC) even had their seats removed to boost cargo capacity and acted as ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo the latest to approve Releye pharma container
Qatar Airways Cargo is the latest carrier to approve the use of Envirotainer’s recently launched Releye RLP temperature-controlled airfreight container.Following the approval, the airline now offers 16 temperature-controlled container leasing options for pharma products.The unit uses rechargeable batteries, with a single battery charge able to power the system for over ...
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Qatar Airways "hungry" for more freighters
Qatar Airways is "hungry for more freighters" as it considers its options for future orders of all-cargo aircraft.Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that for the last two years, excluding FedEx and UPS, the airline had been the largest ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity continues to recover
Cathay Pacific's cargo capacity increased in May as it continued to recover from the introduction of stricter crew quarantine rules in Hong Kong.Hong Kong in February introduced rules requiring crew to quarantine after an international journey, which affected cargo flights, but these were relaxed in mid-April for vaccinated crew.The airline ...
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NewsHat-trick of new cargo airlines plan for take-off
Source: AliscargoThe past week has seen three new companies - in the UK, Italy and Vietnam - reveal plans to enter the all-cargo market as prices and availability of capacity make the market an attractive prospect.Last week, Italian firm Aliscargo was preparing for the arrival of its first aircraft - ...
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NewsAntonov Airlines transports five helicopters from Poland to the Philippines
Antonov Airlines has flown five S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from Rzeszów in Poland to Angeles in the Philippines.The helicopters — which each measured 17.52 m in length, 3.2 m in width, 3.9 m in height and weighed 5.6 tonnes — were transported on a single AN-124-100 charter flight.The carrier said ...
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Cathay Cargo starts using Envirotainer Releye pharma solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo has started using Envirotainer's Releye RLP temperature-controlled container.The carrier said it is the first in Asia to use the pharma solution.According to Envirotainer, the LD11-size container's air flow technology enables temperature stability and it was designed to meet shippers’ requests for greater load flexibility.It fits three Euro ...
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Etihad Cargo transports new Covid-19 intravenous treatment to Abu Dhabi
Etihad Cargo, the Abu Dhabi Department of Health, group purchasing organisation Rafed, and pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have teamed up to facilitate the rollout of a new coronavirus treatment, Sotrovimab, across the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Sotrovimab is a new intravenous (IV) treatment that can be given to adults and children ...
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NewsAvianor carries out conversions of LATAM's Boeing 767s
Canadian aerospace company Avianor has completed the modification of three Boeing 767 aircraft into temporary freighters for Latin America carrier LATAM Cargo, ahead of a longer-term contract to permanently convert ten aircraft to all-cargo mode.Avianor was previously contracted to perform cabin reconfiguration work on LATAM’s Boeing 767 and 777 aircraft.Avianor's ...
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American Airlines targets Europe with cargo.one deal
American Airlines has signed an agreement to expand its capacity on the e-booking platform, cargo.one.Starting in Europe, forwarders will be able to access the carrier’s space in real-time and book with instant confirmation. The service will later be expanded worldwide.The US carrier says that demand for digital booking is increasing ...
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Air cargo sector continues to fly life-saving medical equipment to India
The air cargo industry is continuing to fly life-saving medical supplies and equipment to India, as the country fights against its second wave of Covid. Read the latest updates below.JUNE 17: Air Logistics Group has donated medical grade 5 litre oxygen concentrators to help Covid patients in India. The concentrators ...
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Cargologic moves to Champ’s SaaS system
Swiss ground handler Cargologic has completed the migration of its cargo management system to Champ’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of Cargospot.Cargologic has used Champ’s Cargospot Handling application on an in-house licensed basis for over 13 years but will now move to a fully managed service, hosted by the software provider’s data ...
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NewsiAero Airways to operate flights for DHL Express
iAero Airways 737 FleetUS aircraft charter airline iAero Airways, part of the iAero Group aviation investment platform, has expanded its service to operate six DHL freighters.The latest aircraft to be added, a Boeing 737-800F, will operate on an ACMI basis by iAero Airways, while the other five existing aircraft are ...
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NewsCargoAir's converted freighter takes to the air
CargoAir has commenced operations with its first B737-800SF freighter, which was recently converted by Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI).The aircraft, which is registered in Bulgaria, will support a large European integrator on an upgraded existing route out of Cologne, Germany.With the new addition, CargoAir has also introduced a new aircraft livery.The ...
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Cargo the bright spot for Emirates as it notes first loss in more than 30 years
Cargo revenue was the bright spot for the Emirates Group, which revealed its first loss in over 30 years in its financial results for 2020-2021.The carrier recorded an annual loss of AED22.1bn (US$6.0bn) due entirely to the effect of the Covid pandemic which led to wholesale withdrawal of flights and ...
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NewsHong Kong Airlines goes to ‘critical survival mode’, flying only eight jets
Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) will stand down its fleet of Airbus A320s until mid-2022 and operate a skeletal fleet of just eight A330s on cargo flights, as the embattled carrier enters what it calls “a critical survival mode”.The airline confirmed reports of a wide-ranging restructuring — its latest in more ...