All Bellyhold Airline Articles – Page 30
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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 ...
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IAG Cargo to strengthen network across North America
IAG Cargo will launch two new routes from London-Gatwick to North America in the first quarter of 2017, adding Boeing 777-200 bellyhold capacity to Fort Lauderdale and Oakland.The addition of these routes will bring the total number of IAG Cargo-operated US gateways to 25 from the summer of 2017.The Fort ...
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Etihad meets Italy’s movers and shakers
Etihad Global Cargo Management Company (GCMC) joined forces with Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce to host a networking event for business leaders in Parma, Italy.The companies from the Italian city, who collectively represented 3.7% of the entire Italian GDP, were joined 75 representatives from Emirati businesses.The event followed the recent ...
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Hainan to launch Brussels-Shanghai service
China’s Hainan Airlines said it would launch direct flights between Brussels and Shanghai Pudong during 2017.It made the announcement during an official visit led by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in which the carrier and airport signed a letter of intent.Hainan Airlines previously operated on the route from May 2010 ...
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Perishables are the commodity to watch for air cargo over the coming years
Perishables are the commodity to watch for air cargo over the coming few years while demand from the high tech industry has tailed off.Speaking at a panel discussion during Tiaca’s Air Cargo Forum in Paris, Seabury Group senior vice president Marco Bloemen explained that in 2016 the volume of laptops ...
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Turkish Airlines wins pharma CEIV accreditation
Turkish Cargo, the airfreight arm of Turkish Airlines, has been awarded IATA’s ‘Center of Excellence for Independent Validators’ (CEIV) certification for pharmaceutical logistics at its Istanbul hub.The carrier has also trained a dedicated team to preserve the integrity of the cold chain and products and will introduce a thermal dolly ...
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IAG Cargo hopes to pick up oil & gas and machinery traffic on New Orleans service
IAG Cargo is hoping its recently launched time-critical product will prove popular with shippers utilising new bellyhold capacity between New Orleans and London.Earlier today, IAG announced it would launch the first ever direct service from London to Louisiana from March 26 utilising a Boeing 787-8 aircraft with bellyhold capacity of ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Cargo boost for European carriers in September
European airlines are the latest to report a bumper month for airfreight demand in September, with Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair recording some of their biggest improvements of the year so far.The largest European cargo carrier Lufthansa saw cargo demand increase by 8.2% year on year in September to 883m revenue ...
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NewsUnited Airlines sees cargo revenues decline despite demand improvements
United Airlines saw its third-quarter cargo revenues decline compared with last year despite a double-digit increase in demand.The US airline recorded cargo revenues for the period of $224m, a 4.7% decline compared with a year earlier.Meanwhile, demand increased by 11.6% year-on-year to 714m cargo ton miles (CTM).It is the second ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker look to cut carbon
An environmental partnership between Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker has helped the two companies reduce their carbon dioxide output by around 10,000 tonnes over the first five years of the tie up.Following the success of the first five years, the two companies said they are hoping to reduce their carbon ...
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NewsAmericas cargo monthly: A bumper month for American and United
September was a bumper month for American Airlines' and United Airlines' airfreight demand, while Delta recorded another decline.The latest monthly figures show that United saw air cargo demand increase by 15.7% year on year in September to 245m cargo ton miles (CTM) and American reported a 9.8% improvement to 207m ...
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NewsDelta Air Lines records declines in third quarter cargo revenues and demand
Delta Air Lines reported yet more declines in its cargo revenues and volumes during the third quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 14.8% year on year decline in third quarter cargo revenues to $167m while traffic was down 9.5% during the period to 504m cargo ton miles.Delta does ...
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Air cargo needs to be faster, cheaper and more innovative
Air cargo operations of the future will need to be faster, offer better data integration, improve the quality of service and offer lower costs than today’s offerings.Speaking at freight forwarder association Fiata’s World Congress event, United Airlines vice president cargo sales Jacques Leijssenaar took on the question of what businesses ...
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Lufthansa moves in with Cathay in Hong Kong
Lufthansa Cargo has moved its Hong Kong freight handling operation to Cathay Pacific’s terminal as part of its joint business agreement with the Far Eastern carrier.The move would give customers of both carriers a single location for export drop-off and import delivery arrangements, it said.Both carriers are now working closely ...
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Singapore signs Zodiac for airfreight container deal
Zodiac Aerospace is to supply more than 2,000 of its Herculight S AKE cargo containers to Singapore Airlines Cargo. The containers, constructed with a combination of composite and aluminium panels, come in two configurations to suit passenger or cargo operations.One of the airline’s key requirements was toughness and durability, said ...
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Air cargo demand increases again in August
Air cargo demand improved again in August, which while "failing to impress", is better than growth in the first part of the year.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 2.3% year on year in August. This was an improvement on the 1.8% growth registered ...
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Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic renew cargo partnership
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will continue to provide international long-haul cargo sales and management for Virgin Australia after the two companies signed a new long-term agreement.The two airlines have worked together since February 2009, with Virgin Atlantic taking responsibility for all cargo revenues on Virgin Australia’s long-haul flights to and from ...
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IAG woos high tech firms
International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched an accelerator programme for new high-tech companies in partnership with corporate innovation specialist and early-stage investor, L Marks.Start-ups are invited to pitch to join the new venture, Hangar 51, and work with the airline group to find solutions to business challenges through collaborative partnerships. ...
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LATAM starts South America-South Africa flights
South American carrier LATAM Airlines launched flights from to South Africa on 3 October, from São Paulo to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.Operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, the overnight service departs São Paulo on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Johannesburg on the afternoon of the next day (local ...
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Air Canada Cargo looks forward to raft of new destinations
Air Canada has announced that it is to add six new destinations to its network next year.The Air Canada summer 2017 schedule will include the following new long-haul connections: Toronto – Mumbai; Vancouver – Taipei (subject to government approvals); Toronto – Berlin; and Vancouver – Nagoya, as well as seasonal ...