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MSC Air Cargo adds first Malpensa flights following AlisCargo takeover
MSC Air Cargo has conducted its first flight from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) following its takeover of AlisCargo Airlines.The AlisCargo-operated Boeing 777 freighter (I-MSCA) flight left the Italian hub for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) earlier this week.The new service will operate twice per week, the company explained.MSC took a ...
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Preliminary report on Atlas Air Hong Kong incident released
The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) of Hong Kong found a hydraulic system failure led to the emergency landing of an Atlas Air freighter at Hong Kong International (HKIA) in June.The preliminary report suggests that the incident on June 17 - classed as serious - was related to a "multiple ...
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NewsAtlas Air secures funding to add more 747 freighters
Atlas Air freight aircraft Photo Atlas Air Photo: Atlas Air Atlas Air has secured financing for the purchase of three Boeing 747-400 freighters to support e-commerce customers. The airline secured $90m of senior debt financing from Investec Aviation Finance for the acquisition of the three aircraft. The ...
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Atlas Air co-operating with Hong Kong authorities following emergency landing
Atlas Air is co-operating with an investigation by Hong Kong's aviation authorities following an emergency landing that closed one of Hong Kong International (HKIA)'s two runways for eight hours.The runway was closed on June 17 when an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 freighter (5y4304) performed an emergency landing at the airport ...
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NewsAtlas to focus on widebodies as it reworks Amazon partnership
Photo: Atlas Air New York state-based lessor and cargo airline Atlas Air will end domestic US Boeing 737 and 767 CMI (Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) services with e-commerce giant Amazon next year. Atlas Air Worldwide said in a statement that the decision falls in line with its ...
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Ex-Polar Air Cargo chief operating officer jailed for fraud
Former Polar Air Cargo chief operating officer Lars Winkelbauer has been sentenced to four years in prison for his alleged part in a scheme to defraud the airline of more than $32m in revenue.Winkelbauer previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, said the US Attorney’s ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines renews freighter deal with Atlas Air
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Atlas Air Worldwide have extended their Boeing 747 freighter partnership covering flights on the transpacific.The Air Transportation Services Agreement (ATSA) agreement sees Atlas Air operate five 747-400F on a crew, maintenance and insurance (CMI) basis for NCA."The extension of the current ATSA with transpacific operation ...
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NewsPolar's new management helps firm move on from fraud case
Photo: Carlos Yudica/ ShutterstockPolar Air Cargo has moved forward with a robust company culture one year on from the announcement of a major fraud case.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the CNS Partnerships Conference in Dallas, Kersti Krepp, senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Polar Air Cargo said ...
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YunExpress targets e-commerce demand with latest 777 freighter
YunExpress has extended its agreement with lessor Atlas Air to include a second Boeing 777-200 freighter that will be used to cover rising e-commerce demand.The new aircraft will enter operation under a long-term charter agreement in April and operate six weekly routes between China and the US.The new flight will ...
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NewsAgeing freighter fleet set to tighten global market, says Atlas Air chief
Michael Steen The global supply of full-freighter aircraft is tightening, says Atlas Air Worldwide chief executive, Michael Steen. In an interview for Bloomberg TV’s Daybreak programme on 13 March, he pointed out that of the 650-strong global all-freighter fleet, around 125 are coming up for retirement. “That ...
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Another ex Polar executive pleads guilty to fraud
A former senior operations executive at Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has pleaded guilty to defrauding the US cargo airline.Carlton Llewellyn pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a major scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo, confirmed a press release by the US Attorney's ...
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Freighter number four for MSC Air Cargo
MSC Cargo's latest freighter has been delivered and will be put into action on the transpacific.The newbuild Boeing 777F was this week delivered to lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and is the last of four aircraft to be delivered for its long-term ACMI agreement with MSC.The inaugural 777F was delivered ...
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NewsBoeing grows 777F tally with mystery order
777-8F. Copyright: Boeing Media LibraryBoeing has revealed that two 777 freighters were ordered by unidentified customer(s) last month, taking the airframer's total 2023 777F orders to 10.Atlas Air ordered two 777Fs in October, while Boeing's order data shows there were several more as yet unidentified customers throughout the year.One 777F ...
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NewsAir Cargo News' most-read stories 2023
Photo: Khongtham/Shutterstock.The past 12 months have been another tough period for the air cargo market as a sluggish global economy transferred through to weak air cargo volumes.However, airfreight rates and revenues remained above pre-covid levels and e-commerce and other special product categories continued to support the market. There were also ...
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Atlas and Cathay working on 747 inspections after lightning protection concerns
Two of the world's largest operators of Boeing 747 aircraft have already started work on inspecting their freighter aircraft after concerns emerged over the early degradation of the lightning protection systems.Earlier this month, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive ordering all US-registered 747 operators to carry ...
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Atlas Air steps up SAF efforts in Spain
Energy company Repsol has begun supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Atlas Air for use in all its flights with its customer Inditex from Zaragoza Airport in Spain.New York-based Atlas Air said it is initially incorporating 5% SAF in these flights. The airline added that the agreement makes it the ...
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MSC Air Cargo adds its third 777 freighter
Atlas Air has taken delivery of the latest Boeing 777 freighter that it will operate on behalf of MSC Air Cargo.The new aircraft will be operated for MSC under a previously announced ACMI deal and is the third of a four-aircraft partnership.The aircraft will be used on existing routes but ...
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NewsAtlas Air orders two 777Fs
Photo: Atlas AirAtlas Air has ordered two new Boeing 777 freighters that are due to be delivered in the second half of 2024.The company said ongoing strong customer demand for dedicated large widebody airfreight capacity, particularly for cross border e-commerce shipping, prompted it to make the order.The two 777Fs were ...
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NewsAtlas Air unveils new corporate HQ
Photo: Atlas AirAtlas Air Worldwide said its new corporate headquarters will be located in White Plains, New York, signifying the company’s ongoing commitment to operations within New York State.Atlas has leased a 60,000 sq ft space in White Plains, New York, where the company is investing $4m in tenant improvements, ...
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InsightsTop 25 air cargo carriers: Cargo airlines tackle tough times
Cargo carriers faced multiple challenges to business growth in 2022, a year that presented a dramatically different operating landscape to 2021 (full chart at end of article).2022 proved to be a testing year for air cargo carriers following the boom years of the pandemic.The start of the Ukraine-Russia war had ...