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NewsBoeing lowers its expectations for air cargo but remains upbeat
Boeing has lowered its forecast for air cargo growth and the number of new and converted freighters that will be ordered over the coming two decades in its biennial market forecast.The airframer said that it expected air cargo to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4% over the ...
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IAG Cargo resumes services to key African destinations
IAG Cargo has resumed regular services from London Heathrow to Abuja, Accra Cairo, Lagos and Cape Town, following an announcement of plans to kickstart the services in August.The resumed services, which were initially paused due to coronavirus-related passenger travel restrictions, are being carried out daily using widebody Boeing 777 and ...
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India's Blue Dart prepares for vaccine shipments
India-based express firm Blue Dart is working closely with the pharma sector to prepare for a Covid-19 vaccine.The company, which is part-owned by Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), said that it is actively working with pharmaceutical organisations as the development of a Covid-19 vaccine continues.The B757 operator said that as ...
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NewsBatliwala moves from CEO to chair of Chapman Freeborn
Russi Batliwala, chair, Chapman FreebornGlobal aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, part of the Avia Solutions Group has appointed Russi Batliwala as its chair.The move comes as the company welcomes back Eric Erbacher to take up Batliwala's former role of chief executive."The appointments come at an exciting time for the business, ...
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AGI integrates digital platform with CHAMP's Cargospot Handling system
Ground handler Alliance Ground International (AGI) has selected CHAMP's (application programming interface) API to enable the interweaving of its digital cargo system with CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling system.CHAMP said its API gateway includes a developer portal designed to facilitate "independent development" by its customers.In light of this, AGI and CHAMP worked ...
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NewsEuropean Air Transport launches Miami-Brussels freighter flights
EAT Leipzig A330-200FEuropean Air Transport (EAT) Leipzig has launched a new freighter service between Brussels and Miami International (MIA), which the US airport has hailed for its ability to handle pharma traffic.The five-times-per-week service was launched on October using Airbus A330-200F aircraft capable of carrying 65 tonnes per flight.MIA described ...
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NewsABC and K+N partner to carry out B747-8F pharma charter flight
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has teamed up with Kuehne+Nagel to carry out a pharma charter flight from Leipzig (Germany) to Guangzhou (China) via Novosibirsk (Russia).More than 500,000 vials of temperature-sensitive human albumin were packaged in Tyvek thermo covers and transported in 19 ULDs on the Boeing 747-8F flight.Nikolay Glushnev, general director, ...
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NewsAsiana converts A350 to temporary freighter
Source: Asiana. Asiana A350 temporarily concerted to all-cargoAsiana Airlines has commenced operations with an Airbus A350-900 partially retrofitted as a maindeck freighter, as it plans scenic flights with its grounded A380s.The A350 renovation work involved removing 283 economy class seats and installing a steel panel on the floor “to ensure ...
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SpiceJet expands bellyhold capacity with direct service to UK
SpiceJet is set to expand its bellyhold cargo capacity with the launch of non-stop flights, connecting Delhi and Mumbai to London Heathrow, from December 4.The service will be carried out with an Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft and will make SpiceJet the first low-cost Indian carrier to operate direct flights to ...
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Airfreight rates stable in September as carriers add capacity
Airfreight rates on some of the world’s main trade lanes stabilised at an elevated level in September as carriers continued to slowly add cargo capacity.The latest figures from data provider TAC Index show that average rates on services from Hong Kong to North America were up 52.9% year on year ...
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New cargo opportunities from next generation aviation
In this article, Gary Cutts – Challenge Director: Future Flight - outlines how government body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the £300m Future Flight Challenge aims to lead a new revolution in the UK aviation industry by bringing together technologies in electrification, digital and autonomy to create new, greener ...
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All Nippon Airways adds cargo-only flights to Brussels
All Nippon Airways is resuming flights to Brussels Airport from October 13.Flights to the hub will be carried out with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft, which has a 35-tonne capacity for bellyhold cargo.The aircraft will be used for cargo-only operations on the route and will not transport passengers to ...
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National Airlines calls up three freighters in response to capacity crunch
National Airlines has called up three of its freighters from storage as it looks to meet cargo demand.The carrier said that in response to the "rapidly growing demand for cargo" charters it would add three more B747-400Fs to its existing fleet of two of the aircraft.National had acquired three B-747-400Fs ...
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NewsFraport adds new cool dollies for pharma cargo
Source: Fraport AGAirport operator and owner Fraport has announced the addition of two new cool dollies to transport cargo between aircraft and handling facilities at Frankfurt AirportThe operator said the new refrigerated trailers would bring its total fleet for cross-apron transportation up to 20 temperature-controlled transporters."The two new refrigerated transporters ...
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SAS Cargo resumes flights to China
SAS Cargo has resumed freighter operations in China following the suspension of flights at the onset of the pandemic.Yesterday, the carrier operated an Airbus A350 flight from Denmark to China carrying fresh fish, king crabs, machinery parts, laboratory equipment and general cargo."We continue to expand our network and reopen more ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn names its first group humanitarian cargo director
Chapman Freeborn has promoted Daniel Carriett into the newly created role of group humanitarian cargo director.In his new role, Carriett reports directly to Neil Dursley, chief commercial officer.Dursley commented: "I am delighted to announce the promotion of Carriett to group humanitarian cargo director."We have expanded our client portfolio during this ...
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Atlas Air and ANA to code share on the transpacific
Atlas Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch a code share partnership on flights across the transpacific in October.Regulatory filings show that Atlas received approval for the partnership on September 28, with a launch date set for tomorrow (October 2)."Atlas Air, Inc. hereby requests a blanket statement of authorization ...
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Nippon Cargo and ASL partner on B747 freighters
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and ASL Airlines Belgium have added a new partnership covering B747-400 freighters.The tie-up will see ASL Belgium operate two of NCA's B747-400Fs, while the Japan-based carrier will have access to capacity on the flights.The deal will not affect the size of ASL Belgium's B747-400F fleet which ...
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NewsForwarding demand set for improvement but overall picture remains bleak
The freight forwarding market is expected to improve in the rest of this year but the overall picture "remains bleak", according to a new report from consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti).Ti said that in the first half of the year the global freight forwarding market contracted by 11.6% year-over-year in real ...
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NewsJessica Tyler: American Airlines Cargo adapts to rapid change
Jessica Tyler, the new president of cargo at American Airlines, knows that accelerated change is coming to the airfreight industry as a result of Covid-19, and that reminds her of important principles from how her mother and father ran their small business.“For almost 40 years my parents were able to ...