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Video: Emirates SkyCargo flies champion of the race that stops a nation
Emirates SkyCargo transported Cross Counter, a three year old horse from Dubai's Godolphin stables, which won the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event and commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation.Following the race victory, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on a ...
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Avianca Cargo adds Brussels freighter flights
Avianca Cargo has become the latest airline to add freighter flights to Brussels Airport as the hub continues to gain cargo volumes.The new Avianca service will fly to the Belgian hub twice a week - on Fridays and Sundays - utilising an Airbus A330-200F aircraft. The service will operate on ...
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China Post and Lufthansa Cargo in strategic cooperation
Lufthansa Cargo and China Post Group Corp have inked a strategic cooperation that has the cargo capacity scope of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai (PVG) – Frankfurt (FRA) route.Li Xiong, vice president of the official postal service of the People’s Republic of China, and Peter Gerber, chief ...
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Salmon demand helps keep LATAM's cargo traffic growing
LATAM Cargo saw revenues and volumes improve in the third quarter of the year, with demand for salmon helping to propel demand.The Chile-headquartered carrier, which operates 10 B767-300Fs, recorded total cargo revenues for the period of $279m, up 2.5% year on year, while cargo traffic improved by the same amount ...
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Poland's SkyTaxi hails a B767F conversion from CAM
Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has delivered a Boeing 767-200 converted freighter to Poland's SkyTaxi, in time for peak season, under a seven-year lease.CAM, a subsidiary of US aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), has also granted SkyTaxi an option to lease a second Boeing 767-200 freighter, for delivery in ...
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Volga-Dnepr operates its first charter flight for GECAS
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two GE-90 aero engines and accompanying aerospace equipment for aviation firm GECAS.The payload onboard Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighter flight from Dallas to London consisted of two GE-90 engines, as well as two propulsors and fan cases and other equipment weighing a total of 64 tonsThe GE-90’s dimensions ...
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Gloy takes on operations role at Lufthansa Cargo
Harald Gloy will be appointed to the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo with responsibility for operations on January 1.Gloy will be responsible for handling in Frankfurt, Munich and the Lufthansa Cargo Service Center, as well as the areas of Global Handling Management, Flight Operations & Transport Management and Security.The 46-year-old ...
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Forwarder Senator continues to expand freighter operation
Freight forwarder Senator International has added another freighter flight to its operation, this time flying between Frankfurt-Hahn and Johannesburg.The two-flights-per-week service took off for the first time on November 4 and will utilise a Boeing 747F, with capacity of 100 tonnes per flight.Senator said it decided to launch the flight ...
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Cargo Air takes delivery of B737 with plans for conversion
Cargo Air has taken delivery of a Boeing 737-400 aircraft with plans to eventually convert the aircraft to a freighter.The aircraft (MSN 28882) was previously owned by Go2Sky of Slovakia and was recently sold to Air Vega Bulgaria, which in turn leased the aircraft to Cargo Air starting November 9.Bulgaria-based ...
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Cargojet revenues up on overnight and charter business
Aircraft lessor Cargojet recorded a double-digit percentage improvement in revenues during the third quarter of the year on the back of its overnight and charter business.The Canadian company saw third-quarter revenues increase by 27.6% year on year to C$114.1m, adjusted ebitda was up 24% to C$31.5m and net earnings stood ...
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Atlas signs pilot agreement with Ameriflight while unions continue to warn of staff shortages
Atlas Air and Southern Air have entered into a pilot pathway agreement with Ameriflight that guarantees qualified pilots from the cargo airline an interview with the lessors.Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas and Southern, said that the agreement would give Ameriflight pilots an opportunity for career progression.“We are pleased ...
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Pacific Air Cargo adds sixth daily flight to Honolulu-Los Angeles schedule
Hawaii-based freighter operator Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has added a year-round sixth flight to its scheduled five times a week Los Angeles-Honolulu-Los Angeles service.The Monday-Saturday B747-400F flights depart Los Angeles 02:30, arrive Honolulu 06:00, and then depart Honolulu 14:30 to arrive Los Angeles 22:30.PAC chief executive Tanja Janfruechte said: “It ...
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Amazon takes delivery of final freighter and reports suggest it could be looking for more
Atlas Air has delivered its twentieth and final freighter to Amazon as part of its deal to operate a dedicated fleet for the e-commerce giant, while reports suggest more could be on the way.The Boeing 767-300 converted freighter, which bears tail number N1487A, entered into Amazon’s domestic air network Prime ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation network
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of QEP (Qualified Envirotainer Provider) accredited stations for handling pharmaceutical products.It has received QEP accreditation at 15 new stations, including: Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf , Budapest, San Francisco.Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has ...
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Ethiopian takes delivery of eighth B777 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 777 freighter aircraft after it arrived at the African carrier's Bole International Airport home base.Ethiopian Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: “The new aircraft will help us bolster our leading role in cargo operation in Africa and beyond, ...
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To boldly go: Volga-Dnepr and Bolloré deliver module for space programme
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and forwarding partner Bolloré Logistics have delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for a programme that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit in 2022.The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, ...
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Investigation team reveal extent of damage sustained by Sky Lease B747 freighter
The investigation into last week’s runway overrun by a Sky Lease Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter is underway (see images below).The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) launched its investigation into the incident on Runway 14 at Halifax Stanfield last week and has revealed the extent of damage to the aircraft.The ...
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ATSG completes Omni Air acquisition
ATSG has completed the previously announced acquisition of Omni Air International LLC (Omni Air), a passenger ACMI and charter services provider, for $845m.Omni Air, founded in 1993 and with a fleet of 13 passenger aircraft, a mix of Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 extended range units, serves the US and ...
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Nippon Cargo records Q2 loss as parent confirms plans to offload B747-400Fs
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) reported a loss in its fiscal second quarter as a result of the temporary grounding of its freighter fleet while safety checks were carried out.Meanwhile, its parent has confirmed that the airline will now concentrate on Boeing 747-8Fs, offloading its B747-400Fs.The airline's parent company, NYK Group, ...
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Cargolux transports invaluable historical artifacts
Cargolux has transported invaluable historical artifacts between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg as part of a cultural exchange agreement between China’s Henan Museum and Luxembourg’s Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art (MNHA).A total of three tonnes comprising 145 cultural artifacts were loaded aboard Cargolux flight CV975. They arrived early this morning after a ...