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Saudia Cargo appoints ECS as exclusive GSSA in India
SAUDI AIRLINES Cargo has appointed ECS Globe Air Cargo India as its sole general sales and services agent, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“We look forward to working jointly with ECS to further develop our business in India. I am confident that together with their efforts, our clients in India will ...
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Strong growth for ACS
BROKER Air Charter Service (ACS) enjoyed a strong first half of the year with both revenue and charter numbers up across all three divisions of the company, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor. Chairman Chris Leach observes: “The figures across the board make pleasant reading. Every department – private jets, commercial ...
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Oman Air plans venture with cargo operator
Oman Air is due to announce details, by the end of October, of a new joint venture with a large freighter operator. Specifics of the deal are still unknown, but the last time the Middle Eastern airline did something similar was in March 2013 when it signed an agreement with ...
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Freighters: down, but not out
The Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest last week was optimistic that the industry’s use of freighters would eventually stabilise to a new norm. However, said IAG Cargo’s Jude Winstanley, former head of freighters, the norm will still be a lot lower than the glory days 20 years ago.“There ...
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Raya rebranding completed
Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business.Raya Airways was established in July last year when TAS was spun out of the Transmile Group. That restructuring process is now complete, and Raya is pressing ahead with plans to ...
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Satellite delivery successful
The first space satellite to be manufactured in Argentina has been delivered safely to a launch site in French Guyana by the Ruslan International joint venture of Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines.A bespoke transport container was assembled to carry the 40 tonne payload on a An-124-100 freighter. The Arsat-1 satellite ...
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Chip producer slates airlines’ service record
“Terrible” service and poor communication is preventing the air freight industry from speeding up door-to-door delivery, semiconductor manufacturer ASML complained at today’s opening session of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, South Korea.There has been much debate between airlines, airports, cargo handlers and freight forwarders about how to meet IATA’s ...
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Boeing upbeat on wide-body freighter demand
Boeing predicts “very strong demand as we look forward” in the main-deck air freight market as the industry doubles in size over the next 20 years.Unveiling the company’s two-yearly World Air Cargo Forecast at the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul, Randy Tinseth (pictured), VP marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said ...
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Cathay updates cargo handling software
Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Cargospot software from Luxembourg-based IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems SA as the backbone of the airline’s new cargo IT platform, the company announced on October 8.To be known as CSS, the new platform will replace Cathay’s existing cargo management system which was developed in-house. Director Cargo ...
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Qantas freight arm bounces back
Qantas Freight reported underlying pre-tax and interest earnings of A$54m, an improvement of A$43m and the division's best first-half result since 2006.The company stated: “International cargo markets continued to recover, accounting for A$44 million of underlying EBIT, with the China-US and US-Australia markets performing well.“The domestic market was more challenging, ...
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American starts to serve Memphis
American Airlines Cargo announced on October 6 that it has started operating cargo services to and from Memphis, Tennessee, including its Priority Parcel Service, ConfirmedFS and ExpediteFS offerings.In its current timetable which came into effect on October 2, AAC is operating five flights a day from Memphis to Dallas-Fort Worth ...
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Spirit of the Horse Dragon
Charter broker Air Partner has teamed up with the Ruslan International joint venture of Antonov Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to fly a gigantic mechanical dragon-horse from Nantes to Beijing, using one of the operator’s 17 Antonov 124 heavy lift aircraft. (video below)Known as Long Ma Jing Shen or ‘The Spirit ...
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Turkish Cargo revenues surge in 2014
Turkish Cargo bellyhold and freighter revenues for the calendar year 2014 reached $973m, an 11.7 per cent increase on 2013, according to year end group figures released by Turkish Airlines.The cargo arm of the Turkish flag carrier saw passenger aircraft freight revenues of $555m in 2014, a rise of 13.7 ...
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Who ate all the pies?
A pie-eating contest and a Christmas party outrageous suits competition were just two of the ploys used by London broker Air Charter Service and its employees to raise almost £50,000 for charity.ACS’s Charity Committee organised a whole series of events in 2014, including participation in the ‘Mini Nuts’ military assault ...
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Lufthansa dodges impact from pilot strike
LUFTHANSA avoided having to cancel any freighter flights during its latest pilot strike. The airline shifted its flight times to allow all routes to be served as planned for the day. The only significant change it had to make was postponing two flights to depart outside the strike period, Lufthansa ...
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Cargolux takes on 11th 747-8F
Cargolux has taken delivery of its 11th 747-8 freighter. The aircraft was named ‘City of Zhengzhou’ in honour of Cargolux’s partnership with its Chinese shareholder HNCA and its recently established Chinese hub in the Chinese city.Cargolux plans to increase its 747-8F flights between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou to multiple daily connections.On ...
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ABC Airlines receives sixth 747-8 Freighter
Russia’s largest cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The addition takes the Volga-Dnepr Group subsidiary’s fleet to a total of 13 Boeing 747s, including six Boeing 747-8 Freighters, four Boeing 747-400ERFs and three Boeing 747-400 Freighters.The 747-8 Freighter is the latest iteration ...
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SF Airlines plans freighter fleet growth
CHINA’S all-cargo carrier ShunFeng (SF) Airlines is near to closing a deal for six 767-300P2F conversions. Once complete, the airline will complete negotiations to purchase up to 15 passenger 737-300s. Some of these are destined for conversion, while the remainder will be used for parts.The orders are part of the ...
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Cargo forecast good, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) five-year forecast confirms others’ predictions of reasonable future air cargo growth.IATA suggests international freight volumes are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1 percent over the next five years. Emerging economies, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, will ...
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AirBridge can’t get enough -8Fs
AIRBRIDGE Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline, has taken delivery of an additional 747-8 from Boeing. This will take the carrier’s fleet of the model type to six.The sixth aircraft was just delivered in mid-October. Denis Ilin, executive president of ABC, said the company ...