All Europe Articles – Page 172
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Is Cargolux’s unique culture strong enough?
HOW do you measure the value of esprit de corps within a company? Since it is an intangible by-product of work satisfaction and team commitment, and its existence cannot be measured on a spreadsheet, it therefore cannot be proven to have any direct correlation with an entity’s overall performance.Or can ...
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A joint vision
LUFTHANSA CARGO'S joint venture with ANA brings together an impressive fleet of freighters and a formidable array of global bellyhold capacity, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News editor.The joint venture was not a surprise - it has been the subject of debate for many months - but the business rationale ...
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Swiftair orders B737 pax to freighter conversions
Spanish carrier Swiftair has placed firm orders for four B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) and has options on a further four aircraft.The first B737-400, built in 1991, is currently being modified at Commercial Jet Inc (CJI) in Miami, an authorised AEI conversion centre.The second aircraft ...
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Beluga birthday
The Airbus Beluga freighter is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first flight.The “white whale” freighter replaced the ageing Super Guppy transporters from 1995 in order to supply plane maker Airbus’ final assembly lines in Toulouse and Hamburg.Today, more than sixty flights are performed each week between eleven sites, carrying ...
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AF-KLM cargo return to breakeven by 2017
Air France-KLM has unveiled a group-wide Perform 2020 strategic plan that includes a slimmed down cargo business returning to operating breakeven by 2017.The Franco-Dutch carrier has already announced the phase out of five MD-11 freighters belonging to Dutch subsidiary Martinair by the summer of 2016.AF-KLM Martinair’s freighter fleet will be ...
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Volvo renews TNT international delivery contract
Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo has renewed a three-year contract with express operator TNT for ‘inbound to production’ and aftermarket delivery services in Europe.TNT will continue to handle Volvo’s European emergency production movements.TNT collects automotive components and parts from more than 800 different suppliers in Europe and delivers them ...
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Ruslan's 'reelly' urgent cargo
Ruslan International has moved 75 tonnes of urgent oil and gas industry coil-tubing equipment from London Stansted to Adelaide by AN-124.The company, which manages 17 giant AN-124 freighter aircraft for its partners Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Group, undertook the charter to support a drilling programme in the Coober Pedy ...
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Flying pharma
A YEAR AGO this month, senior air cargo executives drawn from leading companies operating across the supply chain met in Lisbon, Portugal, to discuss the urgent issues facing cool chain transportation.The picture painted by analysts Seabury was bleak, revealing the industry was in danger of losing more potential air cargo ...
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Cockpit iPad for Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo is introducing an iPad-based Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) packed with navigation maps and operating manuals for cockpit use by pilots.“Important documents will be just a finger-swipe away,” said the German all-cargo carrier.“The iPad is the ideal basis for modern communication with the pilots and digital processes in the ...
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Swiss to terminate collective labour agreement with Aeropers
SWISS International Air Lines is to terminate its current collective labour agreement (CLA) with the Aeropers pilots’ staff association because of threats of legal action against the carrier and ‘irreconcilable differences’ over key issues following the incorporation of IPG pilots’ association in a new agreement, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The ...
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Cargolux delivers 48-tonne rotor to South Korea
CARGOLUX has delivered this 48-tonne rotor from Switzerland to South Korea, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The huge shipment, which took three hours to load and strap, is the heaviest piece the European all-cargo carrier has ever uplifted out of Switzerland, says a company statement.It took 12 pallet positions and required ...
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Air France pilot's strike rumbles on
AIR FRANCE-KLM has offered what are described as ‘last-ditch concessions’ – but its main pilots union has dismissed the offer and instead extended a week-long strike which has been costing the European carrier up to €20m per day, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The walkout, which began on September 15 and ...
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Strong growth for ACS
BROKER Air Charter Service (ACS) enjoyed a strong first half of the year with both revenue and charter numbers up across all three divisions of the company, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor. Chairman Chris Leach observes: “The figures across the board make pleasant reading. Every department – private jets, commercial ...
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Air France appeals to striking pilots
AIR-FRANCE has called on its striking pilots to return to work as the beleaguered carrier continues to haemorrhage millions of euros over its controversial low-cost carrier plans, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.In desperation, the company’s management has proposed the immediate withdrawal of the Transavia Europe project, whilst further developing Transavia ...
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Air France strike ends, but uncertainty still high
Air France pilots have called off their two-week strike that cost the struggling airline hundreds of millions of euros. An exact estimate on how much it damaged Air France's cargo business is not yet known, but it certainly won't have gotten off lightly.The pilot's union SNPL and the airline were ...
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Africa: Jettainer starts managing ULDs for ECAir
Jettainer, the ULD management company, has begun supervising containers for Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir).The Lufthansa subsidiary announced details of its entry into the African market late last year but has this month formally started work on the ECAir contract.State-owned ECAir, located in Brazzaville, is outsourcing its ULD management after expanding ...
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SIA Cargo signs deal with Chep
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has appointed Chep Aerospace Solutions to maintain and repair its fleet of ULDs. Under the five-year contract, CHEP will provide repairs for 16,000 containers for SIA, as well as Scoot, SIA's medium- and long-haul low-cost subsidiary. Chep will expand its operations in Singapore to support the ...
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Freighters: down, but not out
The Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest last week was optimistic that the industry’s use of freighters would eventually stabilise to a new norm. However, said IAG Cargo’s Jude Winstanley, former head of freighters, the norm will still be a lot lower than the glory days 20 years ago.“There ...
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Satellite delivery successful
The first space satellite to be manufactured in Argentina has been delivered safely to a launch site in French Guyana by the Ruslan International joint venture of Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines.A bespoke transport container was assembled to carry the 40 tonne payload on a An-124-100 freighter. The Arsat-1 satellite ...
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Lightweight ULDs to cut TAP’s fuel bill
Portuguese flag carrier TAP Portugal expects to save more than €2·5m in fuel costs over the next four years by replacing its 3,500 Unit Load Devices for lightweight units as part of an outsourcing deal with CHEP Aerospace Solutions announced on October 6.The Star Alliance member has agreed to transfer ...