Bellyhold airlines – Page 23
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Bellyache for Munich as freighter volumes soar
An 11.3% increase in 2018 freighter volumes at Munich airport in 2018 failed overcome a fall in bellyhold cargo.The southern Germany gateway saw total throughput decline 3.4% year on year to 375,000 tonnes for airfreight, mail and transit cargo.The arrival of Russian all-cargo airline AirBridgeCargo boosted total freighter volumes to ...
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Saudia Cargo hopes to benefit from new passenger destinations
Saudi Airlines Cargo is hoping to benefit from two new route launches - Jeddah to Athens and Marrakesh.Athens is Saudia Cargo’s new destination to be operated year-round, with four weekly flights from Riyadh starting in June on-board the belly capacity of a Saudia A320 aircraft.Marrakesh is a seasonal flight starting ...
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NewsMunich welcomes new Dallas/Fort Worth connection
Munich Airport has welcomed the inaugural new seasonal connection now offered by American Airlines (AA) between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and the Bavarian air hub.AA is operating daily flights with a Boeing 787-8 ‘Dreamliner’, as revealed in ACN yesterday. A cargo is offering freight capacity in the aircraft belly.In ...
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NewsEgyptAir flies into Dulles
Earlier this week (June 4), Washington Dulles International Airport welcomed EgyptAir’s inaugural service from Cairo International Airport.The carrier is flying the route between the Egyptian and US capitals non-stop three times a week. Boeing’s 787-9 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft operate the transatlantic connection.“The addition of EgyptAir’s new service at Washington Dulles greatly ...
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NewsJan Smets named as SN Airholding director
Jan Smets, a former governor of the National Bank of Belgium, has been elected to the board of directors of SN Airholding, owner of Brussels Airlines.The Belgian economist will formally join the board on July 9.Smets served as the National Bank of Belgium’s governor between March 2015 and January this ...
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Kenya Airways announces new cargo partners
In the build-up to the launch of Kenya Airways’ flights to Geneva and Rome next week (June 13), the Nairobi-headquartered flag-carrier has named cargo GSAs and warehouse service providers that will support its operations in the two cities.Kenya Airways has appointed GACSA as its cargo GSA in Geneva, with Swissport ...
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NewsIAG launches latest Hangar 51 innovation programme
International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched its latest Hangar 51 global innovation programme in collaboration with its subsidiary carriers Iberia, Vueling and IAG Cargo.The 10-week accelerator nurtures start-ups with a broad range of technologies, enabling them to develop and test their products on a global scale.At the end of this ...
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NewsAA Cargo introduces seasonal capacity on new German connections
American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) is now offering freight capacity on seasonal links to Munich and Berlin being launched this week by AA.AA inaugurates a new Boeing 787-800 ‘Dreamliner’ service to Munich from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) today (June 6).This seasonal route represents a second AA widebody connection to Munich, complementing ...
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NewsAir Canada 'finalising' binding agreement on Transat deal
Air Canada has confirmed that it is “in the process of finalising its binding agreement” to acquire Transat AT Inc, owner of Canadian carrier Air Transat.Air Canada announced on May 16 this year that it had entered into an exclusive agreement with Transat regarding the acquisition, though the agreement remained ...
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NewsTUI Group renews its ULD management deal with Unilode
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of global outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has renewed its partnership agreement with TUI in a move that will see it supply and manage the group’s containers and pallets for a further 10-year term.Gunther Hofman, director of ground operations at TUI Aviation, commented: “TUI ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic to adopt AFLS 8.0 cargo management platform
Dominic Kennedy, managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo, and Ganesh Vaideeswaran, managing director of Accenture’s AFLS business, pictured at Air Cargo Europe 2019 in MunichVirgin Atlantic is to implement the Freight & Logistics Software 8.0 (AFLS 8.0) platform from Accenture in a move that it said will add a further ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo chief on the move
Managing director of Finnair Cargo, Janne Tarvainen, will leave the airline at the end of July to become managing director of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) and will be succeeded by Mikko TainioTainio is currently the managing director of Finnair Kitchen and has worked in key positions in finance and ground ...
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NewsNo hanging around for Lufthansa’s new tech
Lufthansa Cargo is offering its cargo customers self-service terminals and apps for mobile devices as well as the digital transfer of shipment data and status updates as part of its ‘eFreight’ drive to speed up acceptance times.Before delivery, a PreCheck service verifies the completeness and consistency of the data transferred ...
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NewsAll change in Frankfurt for Lufthansa Cargo
Thomas Sonntag is to take over from Carsten Hernig as managing director of Lufthansa Cargo’s Jettainer outsourced ULD management arm on 1 July, while the latter will take over as head of region in Latin America and Caribbean for the airline, based in Sao Paolo.Sonntag, a qualified mechanical engineer, joined ...
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NewsIAG to offer electronic booking through Freightos
IAG Cargo is to offer its customers real-time electronic booking and pricing through a new partnership with software firm Freightos.At Air Cargo Europe in Munich, the carrier announced that WebCargo by Freightos has become the first live user of IAG Cargo’s digital application programming interfaces (APIs) which provide access to ...
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Turkish Cargo grows in Q1 2019
Turkish Cargo, which was recently crowned as the Cargo Airline of the Year by Air Cargo News, recorded an 11.6% increase in sold cargo tonnage during the first quarter of the year, despite the overall industry declining globally by 3.1%.Quoting statistics from analyst WorldACD, the carrier said that it recorded ...
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NewsQatar Airways adds Izmir link
Qatar Airways has introduced thrice-weekly Airbus A320 flights from Doha to Izmir, its seventh destination in Turkey.The airline’s freighter-carrying division also benefits from belly capacity to Adana, Ankara, Sabiha Gökçen and Istanbul. In addition, it operates three weekly Boeing 777 Freighter services to Istanbul.Qatar Airways said: “With the launch of ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo's flying felines
LATAM Cargo has transported five big cats from Argentina to South Africa in a move coordinated by freight forwarder Newport Cargo.The two lions, one lioness and two tigresses had been living in a decommissioned zoo in Santiago del Estero; their 70-hour journey took them to Ubuntu Wildlife Sanctuary and Drakenstein ...
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Virgin Atlantic targets cargo with resumption of Mumbai flights
Virgin Atlantic will relaunch flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai on 27 October, after a four-year hiatus, with the airline's cargo team hoping the new service will boost volumes.The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the daily service, whose schedule will align with flights to and from the ...
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NewsBrussels Airport leads injunction against air traffic control provider
Brussels Airport Company and Brussels Airlines have launched interim injunction proceedings that apply for continuity of service delivery by Belgian air navigation services provider (ANSP) skeyes.Airport operator Brussels Airport Company and home carrier Brussels Airlines have jointly instigated interim injunction proceedings before the president of the Brussels Business Court, looking ...