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Saudia Cargo says it with Kenyan flowers
SAUDIA Cargo is running four additional B747 freighter flights from Nairobi to Amsterdam this month, to meet the high demand of flower exports during the St Valentine’s peak period.The extra frequencies will be supplementary to the carrier’s already existing six weekly scheduled B747F frequencies on this prime sector, thereby providing ...
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Finnair Cargo positioned for success
IN recent years very few European carriers have been adding freighter services, but one exception has been Finnair Cargo, which has operated an MD-11 freighter since August 2011.Interestingly in an era where the growth of widebody belly capacity is often cited as making freighters uneconomical, it is just that factor ...
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Cathay Pacific: The declining role of freighters in air cargo
If Cathay Pacific had stuck to the plans it had at the end of 2011, it would have had a fleet of 35 freighters by the end of 2016: 10 B747-8Fs, eight B777Fs, six B747-400ERFs, six B747-400Fs and five B747-400BCFs.That was always the most optimistic scenario, and probably Cathay would ...
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New senior vice-president of sales at Etihad
ETIHAD AIRWAYS has appointed James Mueller as senior vice-president of sales.Mueller, who has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry, previously worked at United Airlines for five years. During this period, he held a number of senior roles, including vice-president, Asia Pacific and vice-president, Atlantic and Pacific sales.He ...
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Van de Weg joins Volga-Dnepr Group
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest cargo carrier, has appointed former key Cargolux executives Robert van de Weg and Peter van de Pas as senior vice-president, marketing and sales, and senior vice-president, scheduled operations, respectively.Van de Weg will be responsible for the management of scheduled cargo sales, as well as the ...
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New CEO at Cargolux
CARGO airline Cargolux has appointed former Kuehne + Nagel management board member Dirk Reich as its new chief executive.He replaces Richard Forson, senior vice-president and member of the executive committee, who has been interim CEO since 3 August 2012.Forson will continue to serve as senior vice-president and chief financial officer, ...
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Virgin Atlantic wins Cargo Airline of the Year 2014
DURING a glamorous night of fine dining and dancing, Virgin Atlantic Cargo was declared Air Cargo News’ Cargo Airline of the Year. Here are the winners:Cargo Airline of the Year: Virgin Atlantic CargoLifetime Achievement Award: Des Vertannes, global head of cargo, IATABest Cargo Airport (+1m): DXBBest Cargo Airport (-1m): Abu ...
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Cargolux Asia boss goes
CARGOLUX has terminated the contract of its senior vice-president for the Asia Pacific region.The decision comes just weeks after Robert Song was appointed to the role and made a member of the European all-cargo airline’s executive committee.He was instrumental in brokering the deal with Chinese investor Henan Civil Aviation and ...
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Emirates: Secondary connections, primary goals
It must be hard for the cargo team at Emirates to keep up with all the new destinations that are added to their network each year. Oslo, Stockholm, Boston, Chicago, Taipei, Kabul, Abidjan and Conakry have all had new Emirates services in the last eight months, and the carrier has ...
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Atlas Air: A strong future for wet-leasing
ON THE face of it, this does not seem like a good time to be an ACMI operator.British Airways recently terminated wet-leases on three B747-8Fs and switched to a much smaller capacity-sharing arrangement on Qatar Airways freighters. Carriers as varied as Air France-KLM, EVA Air and Singapore Airlines have all ...
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CAL: Still room for a niche freighter specialist
YOU MAY think that the era of all-cargo airlines with a couple of B747 freighters is now past, but at least one longstanding player in the business is still thriving and looking to expand.Cargo Air Lines (CAL) was founded in 1976 to provide export lift for Israel’s agricultural producers and ...
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Cargojet: Postal deal delivers
IT IS gratifying in this era of increased belly capacity to report that a freighter airline is not just thriving but planning a major boost to its fleet.In November, Canadian carrier Cargojet will be adding two B767-200Fs and four B767-300Fs to bring its fleet up to 22 aircraft. By January ...
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IAG Cargo: Making the tough decisions
With air cargo growth still sluggish, with the passenger business continuing to grow, and freighter operations being cut back, one could forgive mainstream airlines for attaching rather less importance to the cargo business than they used to.But is that in fact the case? One person well placed to answer that ...
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DB Schenker masterminds horses charter to Belgium
IN CLOSE cooperation with Qatar Airways Cargo, Overseas Horse Services (OHS) and Liége Airport, DB Schenker made sure that 53 showjumping horses traveled safely non-stop aboard a B777 freighter from Calgary in Canada to Belgium.The aircraft also carried eleven tonnes of equipment, nine animal care staff and three dogs.The horses ...
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BidAir acquires Imperial Air Cargo
Johannesburg based BidAir Cargo has acquired the business of Imperial Air Cargo (IAC) in a deal approved by the South African Competition Commission.IAC’s network links Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban with overnight services using a trio of contracted Boeing 737-200 freighters.The cargo flights are integrated with land based ...
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Is shipment consolidation the big barrier to cutting transit times?
DOING the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome is a clear sign of madness, it is said. Exposure to the air cargo industry’s disjointed processes only endorses that aphorism, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.With the industry’s golden era long gone, and despite the e-commerce boom, ...
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Formula One arrives in Sochi
Three flights conveying Formula One racing cars and spare parts from Nagoya following the Japanese Grand Prix arrived at Sochi International Airport on October 7, as part of the preparations for the forthcoming Russian Grand Prix.Operated by the Basel Aero subsidiary of Russian industrial group Basic Element, the airport lies ...
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United Cargo: A dutchman in America
Jan Krems may have just taken over as president cargo at United Airlines after a 27-year career with KLM (Air France-KLM since 2005), but he is no stranger either to the US or to the weather in his new Chicago base.He was for four years based in the Windy City ...
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Aurora Air International selects MidAmerica St Louis as headquarters
AURORA Air International President Carlos Smith announced the airline’s intentions to establish its world headquarters at MidAmerica St Louis Airport in the USA on October 9.Aurora Air International ceased operations in 1995, but has recently seen an opportunity to re-enter the air cargo market. It has chosen MidAmerica in Illinois ...
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New dawn for Aurora in St Louis
A new all-cargo airline, or more accurately a former airline that has been resurrected, announced during the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul that it is to use Mid-America St Louis Airport as a hub for scheduled freighter services to Asia and Latin America.Aurora Air Cargo was mothballed in 1995, but ...