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AirBridgeCargo continues US expansion
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has continued the expansion of its US services with the introduction of a new call at fast-growing Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) airport.The flight, which also calls at Moscow, Amsterdam, and Chicago, makes Seattle the airline’s sixth online gateway in North America.ABC said that Seattle is not only one of the ...
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Emirates opens GDP compliant pharma terminal in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is aiming for a bigger slice of the growing pharmaceuticals market with the official opening of its specialist terminal for handling temperature-controlled medical products in Dubai.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, said that the Middle East Gulf carrier hoped to increase its pharma volumes, from a ...
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Logistics firm Carousel launches UK-Germany airfreight operation
Logistics firm Carousel has launched a new daily airfreight linehaul service between the UK and Germany on behalf of customer John Deere.The service is operated by a turboprop two tonne capacity Metro III aircraft and flies between London Southend in the UK and Baden Baden airport in Germany.The service was ...
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Atlas: No pick-up in demand related to Hanjin receivership so far
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) has said it is too early to say whether the bankruptcy of container shipping line Hanjin will result in a similar boost to air cargo as the US west coast port strikes last year.Speaking during the RBC Capital Markets Global Industrial Conference, AAWW executive vice ...
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Cold chain charter to Libya
Cargo Movers, an X2 Cold Chain member, arranged a full charter of Fresenius medicals to Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, Libya including ground handling.The cargo included 217 pallets of medicine, medicals and related materials with a total weight of 90.8 tonnes.“It was a very big deal and very difficult but was ...
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Cargolux latest to add San Juan flight for pharma sector
Pharmaceutical hotspot San Juan has attracted its second new freighter flight in the space of a week with Cargolux announcing a new direct flight to the Puerto Rican airport.The Luxembourg-based freighter operator said it will launch the new flight on October 2, with departure every Sunday at 22.15 and arrival ...
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RAF Avia adds freighter to Hahn operation
Latvian cargo airline RAF Avia has added a second aircraft to its operations based at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.The airline has been flying from the German airport since August but has now added a second aircraft to its set up.Frankfurt-Hahn head of sales Roger Scheifele said the airline had decided to start ...
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Silk Way West adds new freighter
Silk Way West has taken delivery of its latest Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft following the approval of rights to operate flights to the US.The Azerbaijan-based airline took delivery of its fourth 747 aircraft last week. The aircraft was met at Baku airport with a traditional water cannon.After a two-and-a-half hour ...
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ANA to end scheduled charter operation with NCA
ANA Cargo has revealed it is ending its scheduled charter operation partnership with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) after just over three years.The Japanese airline recently revealed that it would cut the number of cargo and passenger flights it offers in the second half of the year because of a downturn ...
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CAL adds new Americas flights and looks for further expansion
All-cargo airline CAL Cargo Airlines has announced that from September 15 it will begin to offer flights to San Juan in Puerto Rico and is hoping to add more flights to the Americas in the future.The call in San Juan is in addition to stops in Tel Aviv, Liege and ...
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Matternet and Mercedes-Benz in van and drone partnership
Drone-maker Matternet has signed a strategic partnership that will see Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Vans make a multi-million dollar investment in an end-to-end platform for last-mile delivery.Mercedes-Benz Vans has unveiled its Vision Van concept, featuring a fully automated cargo management system and Matternet delivery drones. See video hereMatternet developed the technology that ...
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AirBridgeCargo wins rights for new US destinations
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has won the rights to operate scheduled operations to several new destinations in the US.Documents seen by Air Cargo News show the Russian scheduled freighter airline has won the rights to operate flights from the Russian Federation to Seattle (Washington) Columbus (Ohio), Boston (Massachusetts) Washington DC and San ...
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GECAS signs purchase-and-leaseback deal with Korean Air for five B777Fs
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Korean Air Lines for five new Boeing 777 freighters as part of the Asian carrier’s fleet renewal programme.The commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE said that deliveries of the GE90-powered aircraft freighters are scheduled in late 2016 and 2017.Korean ...
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Five more years for Gerber as Lufthansa Cargo chief executive
Lufthansa Cargo's supervisory board has confirmed Peter Gerber as chief executive and executive board chairman for a further five years.The board has "unanimously agreed" an early extension of Gerber's contract to April 30 2022 said the German flag carrier's cargo arm and freighter operator.It added in a statement: "Lufthansa Cargo ...
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CargoLogicAir awards maintenance contract to Volga-Dnepr Gulf
CargoLogicAir has awarded Volga-Dnepr Gulf the contract to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter.The scope of works agreed with Volga-Dnepr Gulf includes airworthiness directive/service bulletin (AD/SB) accomplishment, modifications and Out-of-Phase (OOP) tasks.London Stansted based CargoLogicAir, which is a partner of Volga-Dnepr, started operations in February with its B747-400, ...
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Airlander airship damaged while landing
The prototype Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 Airship has been damaged while landing at Cardington Airfield in the UK. There are no reports of injuries.It made its maiden flight earlier this month on August 18 (see video below).According to the BBC the £25m vehicle, described as the world's largest aircraft, ...
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Difficult cargo markets hit Qantas Freight
Qantas Freight, the cargo arm of the Australian flag carrier, reported a 44% fall in full year earnings before interest and tax to A$64m, reflecting “difficult global cargo markets and the end of favourable legacy agreements with Australian Air Express”.Commenting on the airline’s full year results ended June 30, group ...
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Start-up Express Air Cargo signs up MRO provider as it prepares for launch
Tunisian start-up airline Express Air Cargo has appointed FL Technics as its maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider.Under the agreement, FL Technics will provide re-delivery checks on the carrier’s two owned Boeing 737 freighter aircraft.“Being a start-up airline, we had been obviously looking for a trusted EASA certified maintenance partner ...
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Quick-change operator seeks cargo business
Malta-based operator Maleth Aero is making its Boeing 737-300QC quick change aircraft available to the cargo market.The aircraft has until now been flying ad hoc summer passenger charters around Europe.Chief executive Michael O'Brien, said: "While we have initially operated the QC in a passenger configuration, we are actively seeking work ...
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Qatar launches freight load centre at Doha
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a freight load control centre at its Middle East home hub in Doha.The new system will be an integral part of effective pallet loading procedures for the Middle East Gulf airline’s current fleet of 20 freighter aircraft.Qatar Airways’ chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “Automation ...