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CAL to add more Americas flights
Israeli-owned, Liege-based CAL Cargo Airlines could launch flights to new destinations in the Americas, the owner of the carrier, Offer Gilboa, told Air Cargo News.He confirmed that with an earlier plan to launch twice-weekly flights to Shanghai now “in the deep freeze” owing to the weak market in China.As a ...
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Egyptair opts for FlyUs as Benelux GSSA
Egyptian national carrier Egyptair has chosen FlyUs as it cargo GSSA across Benelux.Effective June 2016, the Dutch-headquartered company will be responsible for freight on the North African carrier’s daily services from Amsterdam and four-times a week service from Brussels.In addition the 6 weekly freighters flying out of Ostend and Cologne ...
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Volga-Dnepr freighter flies 85-tonne cargo to Magadan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a six metre wide turbine runner and other cargo weighing a total of 115 tonnes from St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport into Sokol airport in the Magadan region of far eastern Russia.The outsize cargo, destined for the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station, was flown on one of Volga-Dnepr ...
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Volga-Dnepr flies telescopic bridge into Rio
Moscow-headquartered Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a 35 metre long telescopic crane bridge from Nanjing in China to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.The outsize cargo, which weighed approximately 40 tonnes, was flown on one of the cargo charter specialist’s AN-124-100 freighters.A special ramp loading system designed and manufactured by engineers at ...
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Atlas looks to go with single operator’s certificate
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ president and chief executive, William Flynn, has confirmed that the intention is to operate Atlas and Southern Air, the US carrier it acquired in April this year, under a single air operator’s certificate.The process of gaining a single operating certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group inks financial accord with Sberbank
Russian airline enterprise Volga-Dnepr Group agreed a new strategic cooperation agreement with Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, at the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.The deal was inked by Maxim Poletaev, first deputy chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, and Alexey Isaikin, president of Volga-Dnepr Group.Volga-Dnepr Group has confirmed through ...
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CAL adds freighter number three
Israeli-owned, Liege -based all cargo airline CAL has confirmed long standing plans to add a third Boeing 747 freighter to its fleet.The deal will complete a fleet enlargement and modernisation programme at CAL, which less than two years ago still operated just two classic B747-200 freighters. Successive deals have now ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to shed 800 jobs worldwide
Lufthansa Cargo is to shed up to 800 jobs worldwide in order to cut costs, management at the German carrier have announced.As part of its "Cargo Evolution" plan the German cargo carrier said it aimed to reduce the number of full time employees by between 700-800 positions, a move that ...
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Etihad backs Brussels with new freighters
Etihad Cargo has launched a new twice weekly A330 freighter service between its Abu Dhabi hub and Europe's Brussels Airport.The Middle East carrier said it would complement bellyhold space on its existing passenger flights to the Belgian capital.The carrier adds that one of the attractions of Brussels is that it ...
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Cargolux satisfies need for speed
Cargolux has launched two new additions to its portfolio, aimed at shippers needing faster service.The all-cargo carrier said CV Select and CV Select+ would be an additional layer to any of its eight existing products. CV Select will give access to premium capacity and booking, while CV Select+ offers reduced ...
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Air Partner sprints ahead with Rio Express freighter for the Olympics
Air Partner is launching a ‘Rio Express’ MD-11 freighter service that will operate before and after the Olympic Games this summer.The global aviation services group will have "exclusive freight availability" on a weekly Sunday flight from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro, starting on July 10 and ending on July 24. ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Airlines brought back to earth as freight demand weakens
European airlines were brought back down to earth in May with cargo demand decreases registered at both Lufthansa and Air France KLM.The decreases registered at Air France KLM and Lufthansa in May come after all four airlines in the Air Cargo News monthly review, the others being the IAG Group ...
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Atlas sets its sights on express and e-commerce markets
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will target the express and e-commerce sectors as it looks to outgrow the traditional air cargo market.During an investor day event, the aircraft lessor and operator’s president and chief executive William Flynn outlined to investors and analysts how the company planned to continue to grow over ...
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Qatar plans push into new air cargo markets
Qatar Airways cargo chief Ulrich Ogiermann said that the airline plans to become a major player in three new markets - the transpacific, Australia and South America - in the next nine months.The chief officer cargo at the world’s third largest international carrier told a press conference on the opening ...
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Kalitta pilots threaten strike action
Unions representing pilots and flight engineers at cargo airline Kalitta Air say that they have reached an impasse in the five year long negotiations and are preparing for a strike.Kalitta Air operates a fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft and is the backbone of the DHL Express global network.Crew members, represented ...
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NewsAmazon faces $350,000 fine from FAA for alleged air cargo hazmat infringement
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $350,000 civil penalty against Amazon.com for allegedly violating hazardous materials regulations.In its website posting, the FAA alleges that on October 15, 2014, Amazon offered to United Parcel Service (UPS) a package containing a one-gallon container of 'Amazing! LIQUID FIRE,' which the ...
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Cargolux switches flower flights to Schiphol
Cargolux Airlines has switched its flower flights from South America from Maastricht Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol.The all-cargo carrier said the move would enhance service levels for the flights, 90% of whose traffic is destined for the Netherlands.Flying directly to Amsterdam reduces transit times to the nearby Aalsmeer flower auctions – ...
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Canadian cargo duo launch South American freighter link
Air Canada Cargo and Canada-based aircraft lessor and operator Cargojet have operated their first freighter flight to Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru, with a Cargojet B767-300F aircraft.The new Air Canada Cargo flights will provide 52 tonnes of net cargo capacity and will also include flights to Mexico City.Under the arrangement, ...
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Flying start for Formula 1 cars
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) got off to a racing start to ensure that all the cars were on the grid for the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi on 29 April.The Russian airline operated six Boeing 747 charter flights from Shanghai following the Chinese Grand Prix on 17 April to move the ...
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Drone test to deliver humanitarian aid
Independent drone delivery service Flirtey has teamed up with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US to demonstrate the use of unmanned aircraft in delivering humanitarian aid to a disaster area.Flirtey and Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University, will conduct the first ship-to-shore drone ...