All Airlines Articles – Page 223
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Air France-KLM adds summer capacity
Air France-KLM is upping its long-haul passenger capacity this summer, resulting in additional belly space on a number of routes.Air France will begin flying from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Nairobi (three times a week by Boeing 787) and Seattle (five weekly B777-200 flights) on March 25; three times a week ...
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Lufthansa Cargo launches new APIs
Lufthansa Cargo is offering customers direct access to capacity and rate data through two new APIs (application programming interfaces).Users can obtain and process the information available via GetCapacity and GetRates quickly and easily in their own systems without the need for manual upload.The carrier also pointed out that real-time data ...
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Cathay: “robust” cargo demand in 2017
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways saw “robust” cargo demand throughout 2017, with tonnage growth outpacing increases in capacity.The cargo capacity of Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon increased by 3.6% year on year and tonnage rose by 10.9%. The load factor stood at 67.8%, up by 3.4 percentage points on the ...
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IATA: four priorities for success
IATA has highlighted four priorities for the future success of the air cargo industry at this week’s World Cargo Symposium: accelerating the digitisation of the supply chain, enforcing regulations for lithium batteries, more efficient trade facilitation and developing the next generation of air cargo leaders.“Air cargo had an exceptional year ...
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CCI fines three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges
On March 7, the Competition Commission of India penalised three airlines for fixing fuel surcharges on air cargo transport.Jet Airways, InterGlobe Aviation and Spice Jet were fined Rs39.81 crore, Rs9.45 crore and Rs5.10 crore respectively for fixing and revising fuel surcharge rates in contravention of an act that prohibits anti-competitive ...
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Qatar signs up for more WFS services in Paris
Qatar Airways has extended its contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), which already provides cargo handling services to the airline at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.WFS is now also responsible for ramp transportation on behalf of Qatar, transferring cargo between aircraft and warehouse for the carrier’s three daily flights linking ...
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IATA highlights “robust” pace of air cargo growth
IATA has released its latest Cargo Chartbook, which indicates that during the quarter ended January 31 air freight tonne-km (FTK) grew by 7.4% year on year – “a robust pace by historical standards” although rather slow in seasonally adjusted terms.The association said: “Demand for air freight has been boosted since ...
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Lufthansa scrapes slight growth in cargo load factor
The Lufthansa Group saw the cargo load factor across all its airlines increase by 0.2 percentage points year on year in February, to reach 71.1%.Capacity for the month, at 1,165m available tonne-km, was up by 5.9% compared to February last year; revenue tonne-km rose by 6.3%, to 828m.On a regional ...
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Air cargo becomes a sellers' market
The boot is on the other foot now. For years, airlines were craving fixed contracts, while forwarders, egged on by their clients, kept shopping around for the bargain of the day.Today it is the forwarders who are desperate to secure lift, as the ad hoc market augurs painfully high prices.“The ...
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Lufthansa to charge €12 for paper air waybills - reports DVZ
Lufthansa Cargo will charge a €12 per consignment fee for processing paper-based air waybills (AWB) from April 2 but will implement a lower rate of €1 from October this year, according to local reports.Details of the so called Paper AWB were revealed in German logistics newspaper DVZ, a sister publication ...
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A safety screen for lithium batteries
LITHIUM batteries are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde when it comes to air cargo, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News editor. These high energy units literally power the mobile revolution, residing as they do in most tablets and mobile phones. Properly declared by the shipper, they are premium cargo.But lithium ...
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Ethiopian signs cool chain lease agreement with Envirotainer
Envirotainer has signed a global Master Lease Agreement (MLA) with Ethiopian Airlines, the first time that the cool chain ULD specialist has partnered with an airline based in Africa.Fitsum Abady, managing director of Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, said: "In this highly lucrative market the application of active temperature controlled ...
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Brazilian gang steals $5m in cash due to fly on Lufthansa freighter
Brazilian police are investigating the theft of an estimated $5m in cash which was due to fly from Viracopos International Airport in Sao Paulo to Frankfurt aboard a Lufthansa freighter aircraft.According to local press reports: "The spectacular heist, which took place late Sunday, was completed in a matter of minutes, ...
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Delta Cargo to offer real-time ULD bluetooth tracking
Delta Cargo is set to become the first bellyhold airline in the US to offer real-time ULD tracking with the introduction of Bluetooth tracking technology.The technology will replace manual tracking for all shipping containers and allow Delta’s cargo control center to more accurately monitor and reroute shipments that are delayed ...
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Finnair Cargo, playing it cool
Finnair Cargo managing director Janne Tarvainen’s 24 years at the airline have seen him occupy a wide variety of roles.He began his career at Finnair in 1994 employed — via GE Aircraft Engines — in a technical role.Initially, he had plans to become a pilot after completing his military service ...
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Air cargo demand grows ahead of expectation in January
Air cargo demand and revenues improved in January, but it is too early to tell whether this foreshadows another strong year for air cargo.The latest figures from WorldACD show that worldwide cargo volumes increased by 8.5% year on year in January, compared with growth predictions for the year of around ...
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January cargo surge for Asia Pacific airlines
Preliminary traffic figures for January 2018 from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that international air cargo markets enjoyed a strong start to the year.Global trade activity “remained robust at the start of 2018”, said the AAPA, with firm demand for consumer, intermediate and investment goods across major ...
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American, and Qantas resubmit JV application to US regulator
American Airlines and Qantas have filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) seeking approval to form a joint business flying between North America and Australia and New Zealand.A statement by the US and Australian carriers said: "The joint business will also give American and Qantas the opportunity ...
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IAG Cargo helped by "unexpectedly buoyant market" in 2017
IAG Cargo adapted to an "unexpectedly buoyant market" in 2017, following a "competitive trading environment" in 2016.Announcing its full year results for 2017, IAG airlines group, which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, reported that cargo revenue for the full year 2017 increased by 8% at constant currency to ...
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Cathay to launch seasonal Cape Town connection
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific will launch a seasonal non-stop service to Cape Town later this year.A three times a week service flown by A350-900 aircraft will operate from November 13 this year until February 18 2019.This service will complement Cathay Pacific’s current daily non-stop flights to Johannesburg.Cathay Pacific chief ...