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B777F conversion programme moves ever closer
The launch of a Boeing 777 Freighter conversion programme is moving ever closer as the aircraft becomes the freighter of choice for airlines.The start of this year has seen several orders for production B777-200F aircraft. At this week’s Farnborough Airshow DHL announced a deal for 14 of the plane and ...
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Prince of whales: BelugaXL in maiden flight
Airbus has celebrated the maiden flight of its first BelugaXL freighter, which took off this morning from Blagnac in Toulouse, France, for a test flight over south-western France.A fleet of five BelugaXLs will be used to transport completed sections of Airbus aircraft among the company’s European production sites and to ...
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Progress made in dispute over pay and conditions at Southern Air
Southern Air, Inc. and Local 1224 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reached an agreement for interim enhancements to the collective bargaining agreement covering pilots.The interim agreement increases pay rates for Southern Air pilots to the same wage scales as provided to pilots of sister company Atlas Air, Inc. ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group launches global AOG service
Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) has launched an aircraft on ground (AOG) service to manage the delivery of urgent spare parts for aircraft stranded around the world.Supported by a 24/7 team, the service will use either air charter or scheduled cargo flights, utilising VDG's fleet of Boeing 747, Boeing 737, An-124-100 and ...
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Volga-Dnepr and CLA ink strategic deal with Liege airport
Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) and strategic partner CargoLogicAir (CLA) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic cooperation with Liege Airport in Belgium.The aim is to strengthen their positions in the European market through development of a regional hub and enhancement of freighter capacity.Within the next three to five years the ...
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Astral Aviation to acquire two drones for cargo delivery network in Kenya
African cargo carrier Astral Aviation has signed a letter of intent to acquire two Lucas-F250 drones, with plans to launch a cargo drone network in Kenya next yearThe Kenya-based airline has an option to purchase an additional ten drones in 2019 from the manufacturer, Dubai-based Falcon Drones Technology.Astral Aviation will ...
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Volga-Dnepr and CargoLogic sign huge commitment for 29 B777Fs and 5 B747s
Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding have today signed letters of intent to acquire 29 Boeing 777 freighters, and ordered five B747-8Fs.The deals were announced at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow and based on current list prices are valued at $11.8bn.The deal also includes the purchase of a crew pairing solution, and ...
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Antonov Airlines sees revenues grow by 42% in first five months of 2018
Antonov Airlines registered an 81% revenue increase in 2017 compared to the previous year, while over the first five months of this year there was a further 42% increase.The company said that the aerospace sector had helped fuel the growth, as well as its partnership with sales agent Dreamlifts and ...
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ABC and CLA team up with SITAONAIR for in-flight cargo monitoring
SITAONAIR is joining forces with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and CargoLogicAir (CLA) to launch an internet of things (IoT) platform that will monitor, in real time, the transport of pharmaceutical cargo inflight.The platform, which is being demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow, collects data provided by OnAsset Intelligence, its demo partner and ...
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Qatar Airways confirms B777F order
Qatar Airways has finalised its order for five B777 Freighters at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. The deal, valued at $1.7bn at current list prices, was announced as a commitment in April.The announcement was attended by the State of Qatar's Minister of Finance and Qatar Airways Chairman, Ali Shareef Al ...
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DHL orders 14 B777Fs to kick off Farnborough Airshow
DHL has placed an order for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters with purchase rights for seven additional freighters valued at $4.7bn based on current list prices.The order, which will double the size of DHL's B777 fleet, was unveiled at the opening of the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow.The order is in response ...
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Frank Yau to be Cathay Pacific's head of cargo sales for Hong Kong
Frank Yau is to become the new head of cargo sales Hong Kong for Cathay Pacific Cargo, taking over from Aaron Chan, effective September 2018.Yau worked for a number of freight forwarders before joining the Cathay Pacific Cargo sales team in Hong Kong in 2007.He has held a number of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to offer spot market capacity on digital platform
Lufthansa Cargo will begin offering spot market capacity through online platform cargo.one as it pushes its digital offering to forwarders.The German cargo carrier has signed a co-operation contract with cargo.one allow customers to book available capacity for its express service td.Flash and its standard service td.Pro "completely digitally and in ...
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Miraculous escape for Cargolux freighter crew after fuel leak from helicopter shipment
A Cargolux freighter and its crew had a miraculous escaped after 322 litres of fuel leaked from a disassembled helicopter shipment on the main deck.An official report on the March 30, 2017 incident found that the measured fuel vapour levels indicated "a high risk of explosion and that the fuel ...
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Atlas Air leases B747F from LCI
Lease Corporation International (LCI) , the aviation division of the Libra Group, today announces that it has entered into an agreement to place a Boeing 747-400F on a long-term lease with Atlas Air.Michael Platt, chief executive Officer of LCI, said: “We are delighted to be commencing this partnership with Atlas ...
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Atlas in pilot interview agreement with GoJet
US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air and US regional passenger carrier GoJet Airlines have entered an agreement that guarantees GoJet pilots an interview with Atlas after one to two years of service.The move comes as concerns grow about a global shortage of trained pilots as both the airline passenger and air ...
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Amerijet switching to indexed fuel surcharge
Miami-based Amerijet International Airlines is changing its fuel surcharge calculation method to an indexed model, “in order to more accurately follow the fuel markets”.The all-cargo carrier’s vice president of sales and marketing, Derry Huff, said: “This will provide both Amerijet and our customers a fair and transparent methodology which will ...
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Korean Air Launches freighter services to Delhi
Korean Air will launch a three times a week Boeing 777 freighter service between Incheon and Delhi from July 17.The Asian carrier currently operates direct passenger flights from Incheon to Mumbai and Delhi, three and five times a week respectively.In a statement, Korean Air said: “The decision to introduce the ...
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Ogiermann joins Volga-Dnepr Group
Former Qatar Airways cargo chief Ulrich Ogiermann has joined Volga-Dnepr Group as senior vice president for operations and as deputy general director for CargoLogicManagement (CLM), stepping up to a full-time role after being employed as a consultant at CLM.Ogiermann will be responsible for the implementation of Volga-Dnepr’s international cargo airlines ...
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Reports link Ethiopian and DHL in joint venture
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ethiopian Cargo, Africa’s largest cargo operator, is to sign a joint venture with parcels and logistics giant DHL.An Ethiopian newspaper, citing Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam, said that the partners would set up a new company, with Ethiopian owning 51% and Germany-headquartered DHL 49%.Sources ...