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FedEx to add freighters and boost spending to meet demand
FedEx will boost spending over the coming year and add more freighter orders to meet growing e-commerce demand.Announcing its results full-year results for fiscal year ended May 31, the express giant said it expected to spend around $7.2bn in FY 2022 compared with around $5.9bn last year.Meanwhile, FedEx will exercise ...
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Silk Way West targets pharma following GDP achievement
Silk Way West Airlines has been certified to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards as it takes aim at the pharma market.The Baku-based B747 operator said that it had successfully completed an in-depth GDP audit by Global Cold Chain Consultants."Being GDP certified, Silk Way West Airlines now intends to extend its ...
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Austrian Airlines to end 'preighter' operation
Austrian Airlines has announced that it is ending its preighter operation after 15 months.The Lufthansa Group-owned airline's long-haul passenger aircraft have regularly operated as freighter-only aircraft between Asia and Europe since March last year.Two B777s (OE-LPA and OE-LPC) even had their seats removed to boost cargo capacity and acted as ...
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Qatar Airways "hungry" for more freighters
Qatar Airways is "hungry for more freighters" as it considers its options for future orders of all-cargo aircraft.Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that for the last two years, excluding FedEx and UPS, the airline had been the largest ...
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NewsCrane Worldwide adds China charter flights to combat supply chain disruption
Tim Zubradt, Crane WorldwideFreight forwarder Crane Worldwide Logistics will in July launch charter flights between China and the US to combat ongoing issues in ocean shipping and tight capacity in air cargo.The service will launch on July 2 using B747-400 freighter capacity between Shanghai and Rickenbacker International Airport, leaving on ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity continues to recover
Cathay Pacific's cargo capacity increased in May as it continued to recover from the introduction of stricter crew quarantine rules in Hong Kong.Hong Kong in February introduced rules requiring crew to quarantine after an international journey, which affected cargo flights, but these were relaxed in mid-April for vaccinated crew.The airline ...
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NewsHat-trick of new cargo airlines plan for take-off
Source: AliscargoThe past week has seen three new companies - in the UK, Italy and Vietnam - reveal plans to enter the all-cargo market as prices and availability of capacity make the market an attractive prospect.Last week, Italian firm Aliscargo was preparing for the arrival of its first aircraft - ...
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NewsAntonov Airlines transports five helicopters from Poland to the Philippines
Antonov Airlines has flown five S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from Rzeszów in Poland to Angeles in the Philippines.The helicopters — which each measured 17.52 m in length, 3.2 m in width, 3.9 m in height and weighed 5.6 tonnes — were transported on a single AN-124-100 charter flight.The carrier said ...
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Cargo the bright spot for Emirates as it notes first loss in more than 30 years
Cargo revenue was the bright spot for the Emirates Group, which revealed its first loss in over 30 years in its financial results for 2020-2021.The carrier recorded an annual loss of AED22.1bn (US$6.0bn) due entirely to the effect of the Covid pandemic which led to wholesale withdrawal of flights and ...
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JD adds first China-US cargo flights
E-commerce platform JD.com has continued to ramp up its air cargo network with the launch of its first cargo flight between China and the USThe service between Nanjing Lukou International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport will be operated three times a week by China Eastern Airlines.The first flight took ...
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NewsDHL Express on the rapidly changing Asian market
The express market in Asia is growing rapidly and while that presents an opportunity, capitalising on that growth has its own set of unique challenges in today's market.Speaking to Air Cargo News, DHL Express executive vice president, network operations and aviation Sean Wall describes the last couple of years as ...
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Saudia Cargo signs commercial agreement with Liege Airport
Saudia Cargo has signed a commercial agreement with Liege Airport that will see the carrier increase its flights to the Belgian cargo hub.The partners did not provide details on how many extra flights the agreement included, or how many it currently operates to the hub, but said: "Saudia Cargo has ...
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NewsWFS wins AirBridgeCargo contract in Atlanta
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has awarded a three-year cargo handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Atlanta.WFS said the carrier is its "launch customer" at its new cargo terminal at Atlanta International Airport.Under the terms of the agreement, the handler will process around 9,500 tonnes of cargo each year from AirBridgeCargo's ...
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Newstime:matters aims to side step bottlenecks with intra-European flights
Airline Businesswings and time-critical logistics firm time:matters are partnering on flights between Germany, the UK and Ireland to combat supply chain bottlenecks.The service will operate to Birmingham and Dublin from Frankfurt am Main on Mondays to Fridays, with late check-in and departure times after 8pm so customers can utilise the ...
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ANA to offer Hangzhou freighter flights in June
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is adding two freighter flights to Hangzhou in June to cater for e-commerce demand.The carrier said that it will offer two round-trip 50-ton capacity B767F flights from Narita.The first flight will leave the Japanese airport on June 20, with the second one taking off on June ...
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Air New Zealand cargo flights included in extended government Covid scheme
Air New Zealand will again offer cargo flights as part of the country's Maintaining International Air Connectivity (MIAC) scheme.The latest round of the scheme got underway in June and runs until the end of October. ANZ was one of five airlines to offer services through the scheme.The airline will operate ...
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NewsNew all-cargo entrant Aviation Horizons awards GSA deal to Air One
Private jet operator Aviation Horizon is continuing to ramp up its recently launched all-cargo operations through the signing of a GSA deal with Air One Aviation.The Saudi-based operator has already taken delivery of its first 18.5kg capacity Boeing 737-400SF conversion and two more are due to join its fleet in ...
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NewsB777X freighter rumours resurface as Qatar Airways mulls all-cargo orders
B777XOngoing rumours that Boeing will launch a freighter version of the B777X resurfaced again yesterday when Qatar Airways said it planned to order around 30 all-cargo aircraft.In an interview with Reuters, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that the company was considering an order for 30 or more ...
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NewsPicture special: Forwarder Zenith arranges urgent flights for 200 tons of steel
Zenith International Freight helped fly 200 tons of steel from the UK to Canada on two flights as part of an urgent shipment on behalf of a large vehicle manufacturer.The UK-based freight forwarder was approached by the automotive firm when ocean freight equipment shortages and delays to vessels interrupted the ...
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NCA lists its capacity on WebCargo
Freighter operator Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has signed up to offer its capacity on online air cargo booking portal WebCargo.WebCargo said that by signing up, more than 2,000 forwarders will able to access NCA capacity with dynamic rates, live capacity and e-bookings."At NCA, we pride ourselves on leveraging digital innovation ...