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NewsFedEx Express expands in Germany
Photo: FedExFedEx Express has expanded its Stuttgart Air Gateway air cargo facility and commissioned a new sorter at the site.The new setup improves handling speed and capacity, helping to meet export and import demand from customers in the region.In addition to more than tripling sorting capacity, the facility offers an ...
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Qantas plans to add more freighters
Qantas Group plans to add "three additional" Airbus A321 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft to help Qantas Freight meet air cargo demand.Speaking about these freighters and other planned passenger aircraft, the Group said the aircraft will help "maintain required capacity despite manufacturer delays to new aircraft" and "burn up to ...
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IAG Cargo adds Heathrow to Amsterdam freighter capacity
IAG Cargo increased its widebody cargo capacity from London Heathrow to Amsterdam from once to twice a week from February 15."The additional day three service will be operated by A330F aircraft with the capacity to transport more than 60 tonnes of cargo," said IAG Cargo in a LinkedIn post.It added: ...
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ATSG reports record revenues but predicts block hour decline in 2023
Freighter aircraft lessor ATSG reported record revenues in 2022 but is expecting its block hours to decline this year.The Wilmington, Ohio headquartered firm last year saw its revenues increase 18% year on year to $2bn, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) increased 18% to $641m but net ...
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NewsEthiopian adds new China-Europe freighter service
Source: Ethiopian CargoEthiopian Airlines has added a freighter service between China and Belgium as it looks to capitalise on growing e-commerce demand.The new service will initially operate twice a week flying between Shenzhen and Liege utilising B777F aircraft.The carrier said that the service was its first scheduled cargo service from ...
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Silk Way West looks to the Middle East and Central Asia with freighter flights
Baku-based freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has expanded its scheduled network in the Middle East and Central Asia as it looks to capitalise on rising demand.The expansion sees the carrier operating two scheduled freighter flights a week between Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport and Dammam King Fahd International Airport ...
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Atlas Air sees Q4 revenue win but global demand dampens 2022 results
Atlas Air saw revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 thanks to “an increase in the average rate per block hour”.The US cargo airline’s revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022 are up 4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.Atlas Air said: “Higher Airline Operations revenue primarily reflected ...
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Cathay rebrands and refreshes cargo services
Cathay Pacific Cargo has rebranded as Cathay Cargo as part of the Cathay group’s overall brand redesign.Group chief executive Ronald Lam said: “This is an opportune moment to align our cargo business with the master brand as we continue our cargo investments in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area ...
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FedEx faces threat of pilot strike
The FedEx Express Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) has unanimously approved a resolution setting the stage for a strike authorisation vote.Contract negotiations between the pilots and FedEx management have stalled, and no future talks are scheduled, said ALPA in a press release on ...
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South African cargo airline Suid poised for launch
New South African cargo airline Suid Cargo Airlines will begin non scheduled flights from its hub at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in the second quarter of 2023.The carrier, 25% owned by Kenya-based cargo airline Astral Aviation, will utilise a leased Boeing B727-200F from Astral, in addition to Astral’s B747-400F, ...
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NewsAviation investment key for the success of Africa's free trade agreement
Source: Air Cargo NewsThe development of aviation policy should be a priority for African countries if they are to capitalise on the benefits of a continent-wide trade agreement.Panellists at the Air Cargo Africa event agreed that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) stood to benefit the continent and air ...
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Kenya Airways Cargo looks to expand freighter fleet
Kenya Airways Cargo is looking to expand its freighter fleet following the success of its cargo-only flights during the Covid pandemic.Speaking on the sidelines of the Air Cargo Africa event in Johannesburg, Kenya Airways’ cargo director Dick Murianki said the carrier would initially look to add to its existing short-haul ...
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NewsChallenge Group facilitates fashion
Photo: Challenge GroupChallenge Group has been busy supporting some of the world’s top fashion designers during February – the month when four of the world’s most prominent fashion weeks take place.“Milan, New York, and China Fashion weeks are routine staples in our annual Challenge Air Cargo operations,” said Or Zak, ...
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Asia Cargo Network begins Bahrain operations
Southeast Asian air cargo charter services provider Asia Cargo Network (ACN) has teamed up with Bahraini aviation services provider MENA Aerospace to begin operations out of Bahrain.The partnership is operating under the MENA Cargo brand (the cargo subsidiary of MAE Aircraft Management, itself the aircraft and management division of MENA ...
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CMA CGM Air Cargo adds Shanghai flights
CMA CGM Air Cargo has become the latest airline to expand its services to China.The French airline, owned by shipping giant CMA CGM, began flying an Airbus A330-200 freighter four times a week from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Shanghai Pudong International airport on February 17."This brings our airfreight operations up ...
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Air Incheon begins Haikou service
Cargo airline Air Incheon has begun twice-weekly flights linking Incheon International Airport in South Korea with Haikou, the capital of the Chinese island province of Hainan.This is the first all-cargo route opened by the Chinese city’s Meilan International airport in 2023, according to China's official state news agency, Xinhua.Xinhua and ...
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Oman Air invests in freighters
Passenger airline Oman Air has announced plans to invest in its first freighter.The Muscat International Airport-based carrier said in a press release that it would introduce its "first freighter by the end of 2023", though it did not specify what type of aircraft it would invest in or whether the ...
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Air Canada sees cargo revenues slide in 2022
Air Canada saw its cargo revenues decline last year due to the ending of its pax-freighter operations and lower yields.The Montreal-headquartered airline registered a 15% decline in full-year cargo revenues to C$1.3bn, while fourth quarter revenues were down 41% to C$288m.However, the airline pointed out that compared with pre-Covid 2019 ...
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NewsCargo airline Ameriflight to buy 35 VTOL air cargo drones
Sabrewing Rhaegal-A UAV. Photo: AmeriflightUS Part 135 cargo airline Ameriflight has signed a letter of intent to purchase 35 vertical landing and takeoff (VTOL) air cargo drones from Sabrewing Aircraft Company.The agreement is for the Rhaegal-A regional cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as 'Alpha'. The UAV has a ...
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Lufthansa Cargo shipments face delays due to IT outage and strikes
Lufthansa Cargo has placed a stop on all bookings for cargo shipments to and via Frankfurt and Munich as a result of an IT outage while operations will also be affected by airport strike action.The Frankfurt-hubbed cargo carrier said that during construction work in Frankfurt, fibre optic cables belonging to ...