All Airlines Articles – Page 251
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Lufthansa faces further strike action on 23 November
The Frankfurt-headquartered German airline pilots’ association Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called for strike action on 23 November from between 00:01 and 23:59 (local times). A statement from Lufthansa confirmed today (22 November) that the German flag-carrier‘s short and long-haul flights out of the country will be affected.VC has been in ...
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National Airlines on an upward curve
Orlando, Florida-headquartered National Airlines has enjoyed “a meaningful improvement in business trends in the fourth quarter and remains optimistic for the outlook for global trade”.Since the beginning of October, the global charter and scheduled service passenger and cargo airline has seen overall business trends improve by 5%-10% year on year, ...
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Antonov to transfer An-124 sales to UK team after Ruslan JV ceases
Antonov Airlines' team in the UK will takeover the sales and marketing of its An-124 aircraft after its joint venture with Volga-Dnepr that was set up to tout the aircraft comes to an end on December 31.In the wake of confirmation from both Ukraine’s Antonov Company and Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group ...
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Qatar Airways switches to B777 on Cape Town run
Qatar Airways has begun operating freight-friendly Boeing 777 aircraft on the Doha - Cape Town service, switching from previously used B787 ‘Dreamliner’ equipment.The Doha-based carrier has been flying to Cape Town from its Doha hub since 2005. Initially served as part of a four times a week route that also ...
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Lufthansa readies itself for first A350-900 deliveries
German flag-carrier Lufthansa is to receive its first Airbus 350-900 on 19 December, an aircraft that it describes as the world’s most modern long-haul aircraft.It will be based at Lufthansa’s Munich hub and it is to operate its first scheduled commercial flight from the Bavarian gateway to Delhi on 10 ...
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Royal Jordanian takes delivery of sixth B787
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has taken delivery of its latest – its sixth – Boeing 787 Dreamliner.The aircraft flew into Amman, RJ’s home hub, direct from the Boeing manufacturing facility in Seattle on the west coast of the US.This aircraft and a seventh B787, expected to join the RJ fleet at ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand on the up as peak season gets underway
It was another strong month for cargo volume growth for some of Europe’s major airline groups in October as the winter peak season gets underway.Statistics from Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair all showed continued improved performance during the month, while Air France KLM continued to see a decrease as it adjusts ...
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IATA to launch e-AWB tool for forwarders
IATA will launch a new low cost online tool that is designed to allow small and medium sized freight forwarders to send and receive electronic shipment data, such as electronic air waybills (e-AWB).The platform allows users to create, send and manage air waybills, house bill and electronic consignment security declarations.It ...
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IATA launches tool to help defeat endangered wildlife smugglers (Video)
IATA has launched an airport wildlife trafficking assessment tool to help defeat smugglers of endangered species.The assessment tool, developed in partnership with the World Customs Organization (WCO) and with support from the USAID ROUTES Partnership, is now (November 2016) being piloted with WCO at Maputo International Airport in Mozambique.A global ...
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Swiss WorldCargo to allow shipment tracking devices
Swiss WorldCargo will now allow customers to use certain tracking devices in their shipments and has added a new team to help with queries related to any deviations registered by the devices.The cargo division of Swiss said it had decided to allow the use of tracking devices because "timely information ...
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National lends a hand for Haiti
National Airlines has been providing support for Haiti as that country rebuilds following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew.The airline has transported large power generators as well as critical water purification equipment into the most difficult to reach places in Haiti."Nearly 1.4m people in Haiti remain in need of humanitarian ...
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Denis Ilin steps down as AirBridgeCargo executive president
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, has resigned after three years in accordance with mutual agreements.Ilin started his management career in AirBridgeCargo Airlines as director of operations. From 2006 to 2008 he worked as general director of the airline and later rejoined AirBridgeCargo team in 2013 to hold the ...
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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 will only do so if the Russian airline moves support functions for the aircraft to another company.In response to press reports that the Ukrainian company will attempt to gain a ...
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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 be applicable to the air cargo supply.The Logistics Tech Accelerator programme from US firm RocketSpace helps identify and select young technology companies to help bring their ideas and visions of ...
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NewsLATAM 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 a decline in traffic and yields.The South American carrier recorded total cargo revenues of $266m during the third quarter compared with $310m during the same period in 2015.The decline was ...
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Emirates Group profits slide 64% while cargo volumes remain flat
The Emirates Group saw profits decline by 64% in the first half of the year, while cargo volumes remained stable and capacity increased 9%.Group revenues for the first six months of the financial year, which include Emirates and dnata figures, increased by 1% on the same period last year to ...
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Airline and pilot groups eager to work with Trump on modernising US aviation infrastructure
Airlines for America (A4A) and the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) have welcomed Donald Trump as US President-elect and said urged him to follow through on campaign pledges to modernise infrastructure.Trump, in his acceptance speech and during his campaign, put forward a $1trn plan to improve infrastructure as part ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: Demand improves across the board
It was a clean sweep for airlines in Asia as all seven companies monitored by Air Cargo News’ monthly performance round-up saw demand improve during the month.The data supplied by airlines reflects the numbers in Europe and the Americas, where the majority of carriers also revealed an uptick in demand ...
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NewsAir France KLM completes freighter restructuring but operating losses deepen
Air France KLM saw its cargo division's operating performance worsen during the third quarter of the year, while its freighter fleet restructuring was completed.The Franco-Dutch airline group recorded an operating loss of €100m during the third quarter of the year, compared with a loss on €81m during the same period ...
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Air Cargo Forum: Boeing lowers air cargo growth forecast but remains positive
Boeing has lowered its forecast for global air cargo demand over the next 20 years but it still expects roughly the same number of freighter aircraft to be required.Speaking at a press conference at the Tiaca Air Cargo Forum in Paris, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth ...