All Bellyhold Airline Articles – Page 29
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LATAM sees cargo revenues down in fourth quarter and across 2016
South America’s biggest carrier, LATAM, has released its results for the fourth quarter of 2016 and details of its full-year performance.Cargo revenues fell by 7.7% in the fourth quarter compared to the same period of 2015.The carrier attributed the decline to a 3.1% decline in cargo traffic and a 4.8% ...
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United extends tempcontrol network
United Cargo has added Barcelona, Spain and Bordeaux-Merignac, France to its tempcontrol network of certified handling locations. With the addition of Belfast, Northern Ireland, certified late last year, the global tempcontrol network now totals 67 locations, says the carrier.United’s four times per week B767 service between Barcelona and its hub ...
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Emirates to fly into Phnom Penh
Dubai-based Emirates is to launch a daily B777-300ER passenger connection with the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on July 1. A new Dubai–Yangon-Phnom Penh route is to be created.The launch of daily services from Dubai to Phnom Penh will coincide with the introduction of a direct, non-stop route between Dubai ...
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Airberlin to add three A330-200s to fleet to support long-haul operations
Germany-based low-cost carrier airberlin is adding three wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft to its fleet as it prepares for its biggest long-haul summer flight schedule to the US.The new aircraft will join airberlin’s existing A330 fleet of 14 aircraft. The first will go into operation with the carrier this month (February), ...
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Norwegian reports record result
Norwegian, otherwise known as Norwegian Air Shuttle, has reported record net profits for 2016.The carrier said that net profit of 1,135mn Norwegian krone ($135.7mn) had been achieved on the back of “global expansion driven by new routes, high load factors and continued fleet renewal”.New intercontinental routes were added over the ...
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Alitalia faces 24-hour strike this week
Alitalia, the Italian flag-carrier, has announced that a 24-hour strike on Thursday of this week (23rd) will hit some of its domestic and international operations.Alitalia has been forced to cancel 60% of its flights on the day due to the planned industrial action which comes after the Alitalia board of ...
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Air Canada reports results for 2016
Air Canada has reported record EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation and aircraft rent), excluding special items, of C$2.77bn for 2016.The previous record was last year’s figure of C$2.54bn. The 2016 result represents an increase of 8.9% over that.Operating revenue reached C$14.68, compared to C$13.87 in 2015.A C$30m recovery ...
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Air Logistics scoops seven country GSA deal from Finnair
Finnair Cargo has appointed Air Logistics Group as its General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) in seven countries across Europe.The exclusive GSSA agreement will take effect from April 1 and Air Logistics will provide full cargo sales, marketing, customer service, administration and operational support across Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the ...
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Hactl scoops Vietjet deal for new Hong Kong service
VietJet has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to provide cargo terminal services for new flights being launched between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong.The daily services will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft and come on the back of growing demand between Hong Kong and Vietnam.Hactl said ...
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NewsEthiopian to add seven new destinations by June
Rapidly expanding Ethiopian Airlines is set to add even more cargo capacity to African trade lanes with the launch of services to seven new destinations in the first five months of the year.The Addis Ababa hubbed airline announced this morning that between January and June it will launch new services ...
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IAG Cargo hopes new Paris-New York service will appeal to forwarders
IAG Cargo is hoping that its new service between Paris and New York will appeal to French freight forwarders looking for a more "local hub".The service flies four times a week between Paris Orly and Newark New Jersey airports using a B767-200 aircraft.While a passenger flight has been flying the ...
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Lufthansa makes new pay offer to pilots as strikes continue
Lufthansa has made an improved pay offer to pilots as it tries to avoid further industrial action related to a dispute over wages.The German airline giant said it is now offering a two-step 4.4% increase in remuneration plus a one-off payment. Remuneration would be increased by 2.4% for 2016 and ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: Bumper month for United and American
October was another bumper month for United Airlines and American Airlines on the demand front as both carriers reported double-digit increases in cargo demand, while Delta’s traffic for the month slipped on a year ago.United, the country’s largest cargo carrier, recorded an 18.1% year-on-year increase in demand to 275m cargo ...
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NewsIAG Cargo's better than expected peak fuelled by e-commerce
IAG Cargo has reported a “better than expected” peak season with traffic from the Asia Pacific region leading the charge.Speaking to Air Cargo News, IAG commercial director David Shepherd said that the improvements in demand were being fuelled by e-commerce growth.“Peak season is probably going a little bit better than ...
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Lufthansa pilot strike extended into Saturday
Lufthansa pilots will extend their strike action into the weekend, this time targeting only long-haul flights and with all-cargo flights again escaping the industrial action.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union announced last night that the industrial action they first launched on Wednesday would be extended to run from 00.01 on Saturday ...
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Airbus’s new A350-1000 takes to the skies
Airbus’s newest XWB (extra Wide Body) option, the A350-1000, took off early this morning (24 November) on its maiden flight.The maiden test flight out of Toulouse Blagnac and over south-western France marked the launch of the aircraft type’s flight-test programme. Three developmental aircraft will prepare the A350-1000 model for certification.According ...
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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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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 ...