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FLY bags second B777F sale and leaseback deal in a month
FLY Leasing has acquired a new Boeing 777-200LRF aircraft in a sale and 12-year leaseback transaction with an unnamed “leading flag carrier”. Terms were not disclosed.Colm Barrington, chief executive of the Dublin-based aircraft lessor, said: "This is our second B777-200LRF acquisition in the past month as we continue to grow ...
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Athens in the swim with dolphins cargo
Athens International Airport played host to a pod of three dolphins flying out to Lithuania.A two year old female and two mature females were flown to Siauliai airport under the care of Goldair Handling.The valuable cargo was transported from Athens by the Lithuanian Air Force using an Alenia C-27j Spartan ...
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Airfreight rates on the rise, but lag behind 2014 levels
Airfreight rates continued to increase in September and while further increases are expected, prices continue to lag behind last year’s levels.The latest data from Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight shows that the weighted average airfreight rate on 21 key east-west trades increased to $3.22 per kg from $3.06 in ...
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TNT records third quarter operating loss
FedEx takeover target TNT managed to improve its financial performance in the third quarter of the year, but still recorded an operating loss.The Netherlands-headquartered delivery giant saw third-quarter revenues increase by 2.3% on a year earlier to €1.7bn on the back of increases in its small and medium enterprise (SME) ...
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Manchester united with Beijing by direct bellyhold link from 2016
China’s Hainan Airlines is to launch a four times a week A330-200 passenger service between Beijing and the UK’s Manchester Airport from June next year.The flights, with more than10 tonnes of bellyhold cargo, will provide a direct connection between Manchester and Beijing for the first time.The new route was unveiled ...
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London and Amsterdam freighter for Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines is to launch a weekly freighter service from Istanbul Ataturk to London Stansted and Amsterdam Schiphol from October 29. The A310 aircraft will operate inbound and outbound on Thursdays.Turkish Airlines operates regular passenger flights to the UK but this will be the first all-cargo service for six years.The ...
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Second Zhengzhou flight for Cargolux Italia
Cargolux Italia has introduced a second weekly flight between Milan Malpensa and its Chinese hub at Zhengzhou. Flight C8 8777 leaves Milan on Sunday mornings at 11:50 and, like the existing service, operates via Novosibirsk, Russia. When Cargolux Italia introduced the first Zhengzhou flight in June, it also marked the ...
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Airport cargo volumes decline in August
Global airfreight volumes at airports continued to slow in August as China’s economic slowdown took its toll on the cargo industry.The latest data from Airports Council International shows airports recorded an August decrease in cargo volumes of 0.2% year-on-year (see table below).For the first eight months of the year, volumes ...
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Qatar heads to northern dynamo
QATAR Airways Cargo plans to launch a freighter service to Stavanger, Norway, effective 3 November. Stavanger is the European oil and gas capital, with many of the major oil and gas companies and supplier companies having their Norwegian headquarters located there.Another significant export around the world is fish, while imports ...
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Holt lands Cargolux flight ops role, Ketellapper to focus on China JV
Cargolux Airlines has appointed Jason Holt as its new nominated person flight operations.Holt succeeds Wieger Ketellapper, who will concentrate on the development of the planned joint venture airline in Zhengzhou, China.The change took effect on October 15, following the approval of Luxembourg’s Civil Aviation Authority.Holt has only recently taken up ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo applies new pricing structure
Brussels Airlines Cargo (BAC) is introducing a fixed net sum plus consolidated airfreight surcharge rate structure from October 25, following the lead set by sister companies Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss World Cargo.Said BAC: “This new structure better meets the market demand for more transparency. Instead of charging various surcharges on ...
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Cargolux Italia receives the 2015 Invest In Lombardy award
Cargolux Italia has received the 2015 Invest In Lombardy – Lombardia International Hub Award at a ceremony on 12 October at the Palazzo di Regione Lombardia in Milan. Pierandrea Galli, Cargolux Italia’s chief executive, has accepted the award on behalf of the Cargolux Italia team and the Cargolux Group. The ...
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World airfreight loses its bounce as China falters
The normal summer bounce in the world airfreight market failed to materialise this year, due largely to the faltering Chinese economy, said market data specialist WorldACD in its latest report.July was flat with only 0.7% volume growth, the lowest of any month this year, and revenue figures were also the ...
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DHL, K+N and DB Schenker the leading airfreight forwarders
DHL Global Forwarding, Kuehne+Nagel and DB Schenker have maintained their position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarders, while the top 25 forwarders recorded a total increase in airfreight demand of less than one percent.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates, based on revenues and ...
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Mixed H1 for European airfreight forwarders
It has been a mixed first half of the year for Europe's leading airfreight forwarders, with some reporting strong volumes increases while others have continued to struggle with restructuring.One company that has had a difficult start to the year is the world’s largest airfreight forwarder DHL Global Forwarding.The Deutsche Post ...
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Panalpina looks to develop charter network
Panalpina is hoping to expand the door-to-door capabilities of its charter network as it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the product’s launch.At an event to celebrate the launch of its charter network in 1990, the forwarder’s global head of airfreight Lucas Kuehner told Air Cargo News that by having greater ...
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European airlines see cargo volumes fall in September
Major European airlines had another tough month in September as IAG Cargo, Lufthansa and Finnair all recorded cargo volume declines, although Air France KLM did see a strike-related increase.The busiest of the four carrier groups, Lufthansa, continues to have a tough year as volumes continue track behind last year's levels.In ...
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Freight forwarder Toll expands German presence
Toll Global Forwarding has expanded its presence in Germany through the creation of two new branches in Germany.The Japan Post-owned forwarder, part of the Toll Group, will open the two new forwarding offices in Munich and Nuremberg.The Munich office opened today while the Nuremberg facility will be operational from October ...
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Russian-made Buk missile hit MH17, says Dutch accident investigation report
A report by the Dutch Safety Board has found that a Russian-made Buk missile hit Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board the Boeing 777 passenger jet in July 2014.The report does not say who fired the missile, which saw the aircraft crash in Ukraine, but Russia ...
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AF-KLM goes optimal with new software
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is implementing the Accenture Air Cargo Reservations software to optimise freight capacity over the carrier’s entire freight network.The new reservations tool, part of the Accenture Freight & Logistics Software (AFLS) suite, offers customers “complete solutions and booking efficiency,” said the Franco-Dutch carrier. Accenture is a ...