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Drone danger is real, says US pilots chief
Two recent midair collisions highlight the real danger from unmanned aircraft (drones) said president of the Air Line Pilots Association in the US, (ALPA), Captain Tim Canoll.He called on Congress to stiffen existing legislation and for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to introduce rules forcing recreational drone users to keep ...
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Schiphol airlines set date for slot talks
Airlines will discuss a proposed local rule to break the impasse over aircraft slots at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 14, according to the airport’s latest newsletter.An extraordinary meeting of the Coordination Committee Netherlands – which represents passenger and cargo carriers at Europe's third largest freight hub – has been ...
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Munich airport sees 10% cargo surge
Munich Airport achieved a 10% rise in cargo to 270,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year. No other major German cargo airport has achieved anything comparable, it said.It also handled a record 34.1 million passengers between January and while the number of take offs and landings reached ...
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ATSG signs B767F lease with Air Incheon
Air Transport Services Group has signed an agreement to lease Air Incheon a Boeing 767-300 converted freighter plus an option for a second aircraft, both for 2018 delivery.Air Incheon, the first all-cargo airline in Korea, currently operates two Boeing 737 freighter aircraft from its base in Seoul Incheon International Airport. ...
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Bali airport reopens for now
Indonesian officials have reopened Bali’s international airport but have warned that it could close again if the wind direction changes. Flights to Denpasar airport have been disrupted for the past three days by a threatened volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.Carriers including Cathay Pacific, Air France KLM, Qantas, Virgin, Air Asia, ...
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DHL to test ten Tesla trucks in the US
DHL Supply Chain is to be a launch customer for ten Tesla Electric Class 8 articulated semi trucks in the US.The Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary will be using the vehicles, billed as the first ever commercial all-electric heavy trucks, for shuttle deliveries and same-day customer deliveries in ten cities ...
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Etihad and Alibaba in celebration of shopping
Etihad Airways has repainted five of its aircraft to promote a new loyalty programme with online retailer Alibaba and to promote this year’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival.The planes began flying from Abu Dhabi to more than 40 cities worldwide - including the airline’s four Chinese destinations of Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu ...
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Air France-KLM and Jet Airways upgrade cargo pact
India’s Jet Airways Cargo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air France-KLM Cargo to shape and further strengthen their existing cooperation.The two carriers said it would complement their agreement for the passenger business.Combined cargo has more than tripled since the beginning of the passenger codeshare agreements.The cargo MoU ...
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Airlander damage ‘substantial’ says Hybrid Air Vehicles
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has admitted that its Airlander 10 airship sustained “substantial damage” when it broke free from its mooring on November 18.The company, which is developing a new design of lighter than aircraft, said it would be making a claim for up to £32m, the maximum insured value.The ...
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Is the future of aviation electric?
Siemens, Rolls Royce and Airbus are to collaborate on a project to deliver a Bae146-sized hybrid electric plane by 2020.The three manufacturers claim that the E-Fan-X could radically change the face of aviation with cleaner, quieter planes that would allow planes to fly closer to city centres and compete with ...
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FedEx to be launch customer for new Cessna turboprop
FedEx Express is to be the launch customer for a new Cessna twin-engine turboprop aircraft.The express giant has signed a deal with Cessna parent company, Textron Aviation, for 50 SkyCourier 408 aircraft, with options for a further 50.The new aircraft, described as a development of the single-engined Cessna Caravan, is ...
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Christmas comes early for San Bernardino as UPS increases flights
San Bernardino International Airport has signed an agreement with UPS to increase the number of seasonal cargo flights from four per week in 2016 to up to 18 each week for this year’s holiday season.They will include services to the main UPS hub at Louisville, Kentucky, along with its regional ...
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Swiss WorldCargo renews Zurich pharma GDP certificate
Swiss WorldCargo has renewed its GDP pharma certification for its Zurich hub with the Swissmedic authority.The carrier says its ground handling partner, Cargologic, was one of the first to secure GPD compliance in 2014 and also Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) certification from IATA for the handling of ...
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Innovation set to cut airfreight's paper chain
The air cargo industry is still shipping mountains of paper documents around the world, writes Justin Stares, meaning it is vulnerable to the coming wave of innovation.The air cargo industry is struggling to rid itself of its reliance on paper documentation.More than a decade after their introduction, electronic air waybills ...
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SIA is serious about cargo
The biggest news to come out of Singapore Airlines for quite some time was the announcement earlier this year that its freight arm, Singapore Airlines (SIA Cargo), would be reintegrated back into the maingroup after being a separate corporate entity since 2001.But those tempted to interpret the move, along with ...
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Delta adds Boston to urgent freight network
Delta Cargo has added Boston — its 15th US location — to its DASH Critical & Medical service, introduced earlier this year. Further expansion is planned next year, says the carrier.Delta describes DASH as “the first fully GPS-enabled, same-day product offered by a US freight and passenger carrier.”It offers real-time ...
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AirBridge maintains its momentum
Russian-owned all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continued its solid growth with an increase of 15% in cargo carried in the first ten months of 2017, to 575,000 tonnes.It reported an upsurge in all major markets and a positive outlook through to the end of the year. The load factor rose ...
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Bad connections threaten communications revolution says satellite firm
Lack of high-speed connections to monitor assets in remote areas could lead to logistics businesses missing out on the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) according to a survey by global mobile satellite company, Inmarsat.While the technology has the potential to revolutionise the logistics industry, with intelligent sensors gathering ...
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Bali airport stays shut but Lombok reopens
Bali’s international airport remains shut for a second day due to the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.The Indonesian authorities have extended the shutdown to at least 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 29 November.However, the airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok has been re-opened.Carriers including Cathay ...
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Danske Bank optimistic on airfreight outlook
Danske Bank Markets says that airfreight volume is on the increase. Its European Freight Forwarding Airfreight index now stands at 63, indicating an increase compared with two months ago.Expectations for airfreight came in at 69, thus indicating that volumes will continue to increase in the coming two months, said the ...