All Europe Articles – Page 136
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Finnair Cargo expects no major disruption from nationwide strike
Nationwide industrial action in Finland on Friday is not expected to have a major impact on Finnair’s cargo operations despite the airline having to cancel flights.The Finnish airline today issued a statement saying that a total of 16 flights would be cancelled on Friday due to industrial action by Finnish ...
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Virgin Atlantic nets an environmental goal
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to use lightweight air cargo nets to contribute towards the airline’s target of a 30% reduction in aircraft CO2 emissions by 2020.The UK-based airline has initially ordered 600 of the nine kilo nets, made with strong but lightweight Dyneema fibres, each representing a four kilos saving ...
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DHL Express: air cargo volumes lost to express won't come back
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Airfreight forwarders should not expect to be able to win back the market share they have lost to integrators over recent years because of fundamental differences in their offering.Speaking at a media event at its European regional hub in Leipzig, DHL Express Europe chief executive John Pearson told ...
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AF KLM sign cargo partnership with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Southern Cargo have signed a freight partnership agreement.The new pairing will give customers access to “an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region – via China Southern Cargo – and in Europe, Africa and the transatlantic regions, where AF KLM Martinair Cargo ...
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Double-digit demand growth for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded double-digit demand growth in the first eight months of the year as a result of its entry into new markets.The Volga-Dnepr Group-owned all-cargo carrier saw tonnage increase by 17% year-on-year to 300,000 tonnes during the first eight months.In August, tonnage increased by 14% compared with ...
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European airlines record August declines in air cargo demand and load factors
The tough times continued for the major European airfreight carriers in August as they recorded declines in demand and load factors.The latest monthly statistics from European airlines revealed that Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Air France KLM and Finnair all recorded demand declines during August.Load factors were also down at Lufthansa, AF ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...
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Stowaway's body found on freighter at Schiphol
Dutch police are investigating an incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend when a body, believed to be that of a dead stowaway, was found in the landing gear of an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter aircraft.An Emirates spokesperson said: "Emirates can confirm that on September 12 a body was ...
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Texas supply chain mass car airlift at Hahn
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was the starting grid for 31 racing cars, three safety cars, equipment and supplies for the next FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Texas.The German hub handled more than 400 tonnes of cargo, loaded onto four B747-400 freighter flights to the US.The vehicles will be needed for the ...
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Finnair adds widebody capacity to London links
Finnair will add belly cargo capacity to its Helsink-London Heathrow route from the end of October with a three times a week Airbus A340 widebody passenger aircraft.The carrier said in a statement: “Finnair has recently established its third cargo hub in London to better connect the UK with its extensive ...
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AF-KLM offers real time notification when a problem occurs
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is offering RealTime Care, a service that tells customers automatically when a shipment is affected by an “irregularity”.As part of the European carrier's Let's Get Digital programme, customers will be “notified about the situation, its cause and the repair solution that has been found for them”.RealTime Care ...
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AMI offers agents instant online quotes in the UK
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI UK has launched a new online booking portal that also offers instant price quotes.The Quote&Book portal is accessible only by AMI approved agent customers in the UK and allows prices to be filtered using the wholesaler's consolidation or direct air waybill service, as well as ...
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Lufthansa will see 1,000 flights cancelled today due to strike action
Around 1,000 Lufthansa flights will be affected by a pilot strike that began at midnight targeted at short and medium-haul routes.The German airline said that of the 3,000 flights due to take place across the group, 1,000 would be cancelled because of the strike action.But despite the pilot walk-out, Lufthansa ...
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The strike goes on as Lufthansa pilots extend action for another day
Lufthansa Group pilots have announced they will extend their strike into Wednesday, this time targeting medium and short-haul routes.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said that all departures from Germany which use the aircraft types Airbus 320 Family, Boeing 737 and Embraer, effectively the airlines short and medium-haul aircraft, would be ...
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Lufthansa: freighter flights unaffected by tomorrow's strike
Lufthansa expects more than half of all long-haul flights and all cargo flights to go-ahead as planned tomorrow despite a pilot strike.The German airline group said that 84 out of a total of 170 long-haul flights and all seven planned cargo flights will operate tomorrow.This comes despite the Vereinigung Cockpit ...
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Volga-Dnepr goes green with tree transport
The air cargo industry’s drive to go green was given a new spin when Volga-Dnepr transported 28 cypress trees from the Czech Republic to the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent.The 7.5 metre trees were flown from Brno in the Czech Republic onboard one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighters on behalf of ...
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Lufthansa pilots announce Tuesday strike
Lufthansa pilots have announced they will launch strike action on Tuesday which they say will affect all cargo flights from Germany.The Vereinigung Cockpit union today announced that all Lufthansa departures from Germany with Airbus 380, A330 and A340 aircraft and Boeing 747 aircraft would be affected, as would all flights ...
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IATA warns of 'rough ride' for cargo
Airfreight volumes fell 0.6% during July versus same month 2014, "in line with weaker global economic growth" said IATA, which also warned of a "rough ride" for cargo in the coming months.The decline in freight tonne km (FTK) was broad-based across all regions with the exception of Africa and the ...
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Aeroflot steps in with Transaero takeover
Leading Russian airline Aeroflot is to acquire the assets and routes of debt-laden private carrier Transaero.The country’s second largest airline got into financial difficulties after the Ukrainian crisis and the resulting European and American sanctions again Russia, the resultant weaker Rouble in turn triggering a serious decline in its core ...
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Swissport lands Oman Air ground handling role
Swissport International is to take over Oman Air’s cargo handling at London Heathrow, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle. It will take over full cargo handling services for Oman Air at London Heathrow on 3 September followed by a phased transition at the other three stations, with completion by ...