All Avianca Cargo Articles – Page 3

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    Airfreight is Latin American aviation’s real pandemic winner

    2021-10-26T09:05:20Z

    The transport of cargo was a key driver of Latin American passenger carriers’ success in maintaining their operations during the pandemic, as they went without government financial aid while transporting essential freight to fight Covid-19.And the airlines see that market only growing further in the future.That’s the conclusion of a ...

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    Avianca Holdings adds new cargo head as sector's importance grows

    2021-08-10T10:36:30Z

    Gabriel Olivia. Source: AviancaAvianca Holdings has appointed Gabriel Oliva as executive vice president and head of its cargo unit.Oliva, who will take up the role on August 18, has more than 20 years of experience in executive positions in a range of industries, with over 10 years of experience in ...

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    Ground handler Menzies wins Avianca contract at MIA

    2021-04-19T11:36:53Z

    Avianca Cargo has selected Menzies Aviation as its ground handler at Miami International Airport (MIA).The partnership, which starts in May and last for five years, will see 300 Menzies staff providing cargo ground handling services for Avianca at MIA.Avianca has a 225,000 sq ft warehousing space at MIA that processes ...

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    Avianca flies to China for the first time since 1956

    2020-05-01T10:54:16Z

    Avianca B787Avianca carried out a flight to China for the first time since 1956 as part of an operation to move medical supplies to Colombia.The Boeing 787 flight departed from Bogotá, stopping in Los Angeles and Tokyo before landing in Shanghai, where it arrived on April 29, and will return ...

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    Avianca Cargo the latest airline to run cargo-only PAX flights

    2020-03-27T10:27:12Z

    Avianca Cargo has become the latest carrier to operate cargo-only flights using passenger aircraft to support supply chains which have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.Yesterday (March 27), Avianca Cargo used a Boeing 787-800 passenger aircraft to transport nearly 20 tons of essential cargo in the bellyhold, from Colombia to ...

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    Airlines shed light on booming bloom logistics

    2020-02-14T12:55:03Z

    This Valentine's Day, millions of people sent and received flowers to mark the occasion. However, the process of harvesting and shipping the flowers – and the scale of it – is often overlooked.Each year, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of flowers are flown around the world in the weeks before ...

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    Kurt Schosinsky brings the customers' perspective to Avianca Cargo

    2019-12-05T11:00:41Z

    Kurt SchosinskyIt is 25 years since Avianca Cargo general director Kurt Schosinsky first sold space on an aircraft, when he worked as an airfreight sales rep for DHL Global Forwarding — a company he worked at until earlier this year.In the intervening years Schosinsky held several positions at the forwarding ...

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    Air Cargo Americas: Air cargo must be flexible in response to political turmoil

    2019-10-30T09:10:06Z

    Air Cargo Americas conference sessionThe air cargo industry must be flexible in order to respond to the ongoing political unrest in South America, according to speakers at Air Cargo Americas.The last few years has seen several incidents of political unrest in South America leading to disruptions to trade with other ...

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    Air Cargo Americas: Airports to play increasingly important role in supply chains

    2019-10-30T08:59:07Z

    Opening session at the 2019 Air Cargo AmericasAirports will play an increasingly important role in air cargo supply chains as lead times become increasingly shorter.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event in Miami, Sao Paulo's GRU Airport chief executive Gustavo Figueiredo said that the role of airports in the air ...

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    Avianca Cargo to add new US freighter link to cater for perishable demand

    2019-09-09T14:41:39Z

    Avianca Cargo will launch a new freighter service between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Bogota as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for South American perishables.The new service will launch on October 2 and will operate twice a week utilising an A330-200F aircraft that offers temperature-controlled decks.Avianca ...

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    Avianca sees cargo revenues fall following termination of Etihad partnership

    2019-05-16T09:13:36Z

    Avianca saw cargo revenues decline in the first quarter following the termination of its commercial agreement with Etihad Cargo on freighter flights to Europe.The company said that revenues from its “cargo and other” business were down by 8.4% year on year to $180.3m in the first quarter, primarily due to ...