All Airlines Articles – Page 259
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Qatar freighter to give Halifax seafood exports a lift
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a weekly Wednesday B777-200 freighter service from Halifax (Canada) to its Doha hub via Zaragoza, Spain, from July 20. Much of the aircraft’s 103-tonne capacity is expected to be filled by Nova Scotia seafood.The flight is scheduled to arrive in Halifax on Wednesdays at 3:20am ...
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Qatar to take stake in Italy’s Meridiana
Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Alisarda to buy 49% of its subsidiary Meridiana, Italy’s second largest airline. The deal is subject to conditions and is expected to close in early October.Meridiana operates an extensive domestic and European network, which connects the main Italian airports with Sardinia and provides ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo names Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales, to be based at Virgin’s headquarters near London Gatwick Airport.He will lead the airline’s global sales team and be responsible for sales across its international network.Prior to joining Virgin Atlantic, Buckerfield spent three years as managing director, UK & ...
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Cathay to fly a B747-8F to Portland from November
Cathay Pacific Cargo is to operate a twice-weekly scheduled Boeing 747-8 freighter service between its Hong Kong home hub and Portland, Oregon, in the US from November 3, subject to government approval.Portland — the carrier’s 18th cargo station in the Americas — will be served by a Hong Kong-Anchorage-Los Angeles-Portland-Anchorage ...
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Chongqing is sixth Chinese city for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added flights to leading commercial centre Chongqing to its network from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, its sixth Chinese destination.The new twice-weekly service operates on Wednesday and Friday, and will be linked with ABC's Shanghai flights returning to Moscow, complementing its frequencies and accommodating cargo flows from central ...
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Temporary suspension of Astral's South Sudan freighters
Kenyan-based carrier Astral Aviation temporarily suspended its three times a week cargo flights from Nairobi to Juba, following the outbreak of fighting in South Sudan.It has however been operating a chartered Fokker 100 on an evacuation mission, landing in Nairobi on July 12 with 96 passengers on board, after Juba ...
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Qatar Airways to take LATAM stake
Qatar Airways signed a deal at the Farnborough Air Show today to acquire up to 10% of shares in LATAM.Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, described the move as “an exciting opportunity to invest and support the development of our long-term relationship. As a leading airline in Latin ...
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United becomes a DHL cool carrier
United Cargo has won one of the first DHL carrier awards for reliability and excellence. Aiming to set a new industry standard for air transport of temperature-sensitive life science products, the accolade was presented at DHL’s recent Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Conference in Miami.Award winners were ranked on performance, ...
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Faster than a speeding Boeing
CargoLogicAir is to help the Bloodhound Project in its quest to break the land speed record and to break the 1,000mph barrier. The new British freighter operator has signed a memorandum of understanding as the exclusive air cargo partner for the attempt to set a new world land speed record ...
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Luxembourg pilots join call for Mid East carrier curbs
The Luxembourg pilots’ association has joined a group calling for fair competition in European aviation, which they argue is "competing with the state-funded airlines of the Gulf region".The Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) said that it, together with other pilot associations and the European Cockpit Association, had become ...
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NewsBoeing pegs up plane market prediction
Boeing has notched up its predictions for aircraft demand in the next 20 years in its current market outlook, published as the UK’s Farnborough Airshow got underway.The planemaker raised its forecast demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years, by 4.1% to 39,620 and put the total value of ...
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Virgin signals end of the Jumbo with A350-1000 order
Virgin Atlantic announced a firm order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, worth $4.4bn, at the UK’s Farnborough Airshow. The aircraft, the largest in the A350 family and with a cargo capacity of up to 14 pallets, will replace the carrier’s remaining Boeing 747-400s and Airbus A340-600s when deliveries start in ...
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Queuing for Cuba: 10 services between US and Havana gain tentative approval
Scheduled airline services from 10 US cities to Cuba have been granted tentative approval from the government to operate services to Cuba.US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx proposed to select eight US airlines to begin scheduled flights between Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, Orlando, ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: FedEx takes six B767s
Each month Air Cargo News reports the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.FedEx in for six B767sExpress operator FedEx continued to order new aircraft during June, this time placing an order for six Boeing 767-300 freighters.These aircraft bring the total number of freighters ordered by FedEx in 2016 to ...
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NewsTop 25 air cargo carriers 2015: FedEx maintains top spot
FedEx has once again topped the list of the world’s busiest air cargo carriers in 2015, with the top 25 seeing demand increase ahead of the overall market, fuelled by Middle Eastern and all-cargo airlines.The annual IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) report revealed that FedEx managed to maintain its ...
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Southwest Cargo adds new Wichita services
US airline Southwest Cargo has announced it will begin offering four daily departures from a new facility in Wichita, Kansas.The Texas-based airline’s cargo arm said that from July 14 it will begin offering cargo service on four daily departures from Wichita to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and St Louis with connecting ...
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NewsIATA confirms slowdown in air cargo demand growth in May
Airfreight demand growth slowed in May after showing signs of improvement in April.The latest IATA figures show a 0.9% year on year increase in freight tonne km demand in May. This follows a 3.2% improvement in April.However, at the time the April figures were announced, IATA warned prospects looked bleak, ...
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NewsBusiness pushes for quick UK decision on runway capacity
The president of the UK’s largest business group, the CBI, will call on the British government to make a swift decision on new runway capacity in the south east of England.In a wide-ranging speech at The Infrastructure Forum’s policy summit in London, CBI president Paul Drechsler will say: “A decision ...
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Volaris picks SmartKargo's cloud-based management system
Mexico City-based Volaris, Mexico’s second largest airline, has chosen SmartKargo’s Cloud-based air cargo management system.Volaris, with a cargo network from 22 US markets to destinations throughout Mexico and Central America, saw SmartKargo’s system go live in a “record” 27 days.The SmartKargo platform features a one-screen booking interface, flexible pricing and ...
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The car is the star for Etihad Cargo
Etihad Cargo has launched a special offer for car owners looking to transport their vehicles - a growing market - with them when they travel.The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will offer car owners 20% off the cargo rate and their seat when they book in first of business class.Etihad Cargo is ...