All Airlines Articles – Page 224
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Emirates to fly the A380 to Houston
Emirates Airline is to return the Airbus A380 to its service linking Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Dubai International Airport from 1 June this year.The decision to return to the use of A380 equipment on the Houston connection, replacing Boeing B777-300ER aircraft, follows the airline’s recent adjustments to its ...
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China Southern to fly into Wuhan on new London link
China Southern Airlines is to launch a new service from the UK to China, with flights between London and Wuhan set to take off on May 30.The new route will be the only non-stop air link connecting London to the city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province, central China.The service will ...
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Finnair extends Chicago and San Francisco connections
Finnair has confirmed that it has extended the operating period for both its Chicago and San Francisco services during this year’s autumn (Fall) season.The Helsinki – Chicago link will be extended until December 3, the route served with two flights a week. Originally, the service had been set to operate ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo gains CEIV pharma certification
IATA has awarded Brussels Airlines Cargo its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification.The certification was announced at the ongoing Air Cargo India event in Mumbai.IATA had reviewed the carrier’s processes in recent months and assessed Brussels Airlines as showing the required quality in its ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of world’s first A350-1000
Qatar Airways celebrated the world’s first delivery of an Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft washanded over at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France.The Doha-based carrier is the aircraft’s global launch customer.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, commented: “Qatar Airways always demands the very best for its customers, so ...
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Ukraine spreads its wings
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is planning further expansion this year, in terms of both network coverage and service support.Established in 1992, Kiev Boryspil-hubbed UIA now provides connections to 38 countries across Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Middle East.This year, it intends to further expand its aircraft fleet in order ...
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Plans for latest Italian airline brand are announced
Air Italy, the new brand of the carrier formerly known as Sardinia-based Meridiana, has announced that it is to launch “an exciting new phase of growth and development”.It is to be a “sustainable airline alternative for the people of Italy”.Air Italy’s holding company is AQA Holding, in which Meridiana’s previous ...
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UK lifts Bangladesh air cargo ban
The UK has lifted a ban on airfreight being transported directly from Bangladesh, but there is still work to be done before exports can resume.Late last week, British high commissioner in Bangladesh Alison Blake and Bangladesh civil aviation and tourism minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal told local reporters that the UK ...
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News2017 ends on a high for Air France KLM Cargo
Air France KLM Cargo (AF KLM) ended the year on a high as quarterly revenues reached their highest level since 2016.The Franco Dutch airline saw fourth-quarter 2017 cargo revenues reach €583m, up 6.8% year on year. This is the highest quarterly level since the fourth quarter of 2016.For the full ...
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Delta adds GPS links to its Equation Critical product
Delta Cargo has launched a GPS-linked Equation Critical international service for time-sensitive shipments that must travel on the next available flight – an international version of its DASH Critical domestic US offering.With distinctive pink packaging, Equation Critical shipments do not require pre-booking and cargo can be tendered up to 90 ...
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NewsEuropean air cargo monthly: Mixed start to the year for European carriers
It was a mixed start to the year for European carrier’s cargo businesses, with Lufthansa seeing a surge in demand while IAG registered a decline.Frankfurt-hubbed Lufthansa Cargo got off to a flying start as it saw air cargo demand increase by 9.3% year on year in January to 807m revenue ...
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Love is in the air for American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines is gearing up for one of its busiest holidays of the year, shipping flowers, plants, chocolates and gifts all around the globe to help millions of people celebrate Valentine’s Day.The airline said that although it flies flowers and other perishable goods year round, the first half of February ...
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Delta Cargo expands Pharma 4 programme
Delta Cargo has added eight more destinations to its Pharma 4 network, taking the airline’s total pharma stations to 49 (plus nine European facilities that it operates with its partners).Bogota, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Seoul have all joined the temperature-sensitive programme – one of four ...
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United confirms ANA cargo joint venture expansion
US-based United Airlines and Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) have confirmed the addition of westbound transpacific routes to their cargo joint venture beginning February 6, as reported in Air Cargo News last week.Customers shipping goods from the US or Canada to Japan will have access to more destinations, quicker transport ...
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Ethiopian Cargo signs up for Opticooler ULDs
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions Opticooler pharma ULDs.The Opticooler is equipped with battery powered cooling compressors and heaters as well as a self-regulating temperature control, so that the temperature of sensitive goods, in particular pharmaceuticals such as insulin and vaccines, stay well within range at ...
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MNG selects CHAMP solution for ACAS requirements
Turkey’s MNG Airlines has become the launch customer of Luxembourg-headquartered CHAMP Cargosystems’ new security compliance service, Traxon Global Security (TGS), to meet the requirements of ACAS – the pre-load security filing programme currently piloting in the US.TGS is “specifically designed to support multiple Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI) schemes from ...
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TIACA reveals a new vision
TIACA has revealed a new vision for today’s business environment: “a forward-looking approach to representing, supporting, and informing every element of an efficient, modern, and unified air cargo industry”.That approach is set to include more training, consultancy and advocacy, alongside collaboration with other organisations and government bodies around the world.For ...
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American Airlines picks iCargo for its web-based cargo management system
American Airlines Cargo is to implement a next generation cargo management system in its largest investment to date.The US carrier has selected IBS Software to implement iCargo, which will see American migrate to a web-based, fully integrated technology platform connecting all of its critical business functions.Said an airline spokesperson: "Together, ...
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ANA unveils 5-year cargo strategy and expands joint venture with United
Japanese carrier ANA has unveiled plans for “large size freighters” to capture volumes between Asia and North America via Japan, plus an upgrade for its Okinawa cargo hub.The ambitions were contained within the passenger and freighter airline’s five year mid-term corporate strategy for 2018-2022, and came as ANA and United ...
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WAITING FOR EXTRA INFO: Lufthansa Cargo transports car in Eurowings belly
Lufthansa Cargo has carried out the first commercial transport of a vehicle on an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft.The transport of a SEAT Arona from Cologne to xxxx was carried out on behalf of logistics firm IQS Group on an A330 flown by Lufthansa Cargo sister company Eurowings.In order to transport ...