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AEI reaches the heights with Pinnacle deal
Miami-headquartered Aeronautical Engineers, Inc has inked a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to the Pinnacle Partners group of companies.The first CRJ200 is expected to begin the modification process this month (November), with re-delivery scheduled for March next year.The second aircraft will begin the modification process in December, ...
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Peli BioThermal to open European service centre
Temperature controlled packaging manufacturer Peli BioThermal will this week open a European service centre in Belgium for the pharmaceuticals sector. It also serves as an additional depot for the company’s Crēdo on Demand rental program.Located in Brussels, a key hub for both pharmaceutical manufacturing and logistics, it enables global clients ...
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TIACA think tank to focus on new strategy
New TIACA chairman Sebastiaan Scholte has set up a ‘think tank’ of 15 high-standing individuals in the industry — most of them members — to help improve the association’s links with the air cargo sector.He said that TIACA still faced “a collective challenge to make TIACA more relevant for the ...
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Property boosts Agility profits but freight is flat
Middle East headquartered global freight forwarder Agility reported third quarter earnings up 18.1% to 14.2 fils per share on net profit of KWD17.8m, an increase 17.4% over the same period in 2016.However, the growth was due mainly to a strong performance by its infrastructure business; the forwarding business was relatively ...
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Qatar re-commits to wildlife fight
Qatar Airways has recommitted to the Buckingham Palace Declaration, which it signed in 2016 to protect wildlife from illegal trade and transportation.The carrier said it had a policy of zero tolerance towards the illegal transportation of endangered species through its network and would continue to raise employee and passenger awareness ...
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E-commerce leads Aramex profit growth
Middle East based forwarder Aramex said its net profits had increased by 13% in the third quarter of 2017 to AED 81.6m, up from AED 72.2m in 2016.Revenues in the third quarter, ending September 30, also increased 9% to AED 1,144m, compared to last year’s AED 1,050m. Were it not ...
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MIA Cargo Flight Tracker: a first for the US airfreight business
One of the innovations about which the air cargo industry learnt more during the Air Cargo Americas & SeaCargo Americas 2017 conference and exhibition, held this week in Miami, was Miami International Airport’s publicly unveiling of its Cargo Flight Tracker.MIA’s Cargo Flight Tracker is billed by the airport operator, Miami-Dade ...
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Emirates marks A380 milestone
Emirates has celebrated the delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 aircraft in a ceremony at the European manufacturer’s delivery centre in Hamburg.Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates’ chairman and chief executive, was joined at the event by Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, and Tom Enders, Airbus chief executive officer.While the ...
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CLA adds Tel Aviv to expanding route network
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the UK-registered freighter operator, is to begin weekly scheduled services to Tel Aviv in Israel.The London Stansted-based airline will use a Boeing 747-400F for the new service to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt. In December, the outbound departure out of Europe will move from Frankfurt (Main) to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.Dmitry ...
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West Atlantic flies through choppy air
Swedish cargo airline West Atlantic confirmed that it has suffered financially this year, largely as a result of high start-up costs caused by delayed deliveries of aircraft needed to fulfil its new Royal Mail contract.In a statement on its website, the Gothenburg-headquartered airline said: "As a consequence, the company does ...
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Air France-KLM ‘cargo turnaround continuing’
Air France-KLM reported a “strong operating result” in its third-quarter 2017 financial figures but kept quiet on the current aircraft slots row at its Schiphol hub which has seen reports that Russia will restrict overfly rights for Netherlands-registered aircraft.The group operating result for the Franco-Dutch joint venture in the July ...
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Etihad to suspend Dallas passenger service
Etihad Airways has confirmed that it will suspend its Abu Dhabi – Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) passenger link from March next year, claiming the service has become “commercially unsustainable following American Airlines’ unilateral decision to terminate its codeshare agreement” with Etihad.Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ chief executive, observed: “The unfortunate decision by ...
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WFS says ‘santé’!
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has handled more than 3,000 tonnes of Beaujolais Nouveau, helping a large part of this year’s crop of virgin wine on its way to customers in Asia.WFS spends several weeks each year working with airline customers to co-ordinate exports of the new wine move on-board freighter ...
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Ethiopian spreads its wings
Ethiopian Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has landed at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, on the Zanzibar archipelago.Addis Ababa-headquartered Ethiopian Airlines said that it has deployed the latest addition to the fleet into Zanzibar as part of its commitment to “serve Africa, its home market, with the most advanced and ...
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Transviet to represent 1GSA in Vietnam
1GSA – the independent general sales agent (GSA) network – has appointed Transviet Promotion as its exclusive member for Vietnam.Transviet Promotion, which sells both cargo and passenger capacity, was established in 1996. It has five offices in the Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and Da Nang, and 55 ...
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Volga-Dnepr 'racking' its brains to deliver 30 Mercs to Luanda
Volga-Dnepr used a two-tier car racking system for its An-124-100 freighter fleet to deliver 30 Mercedes Benz limousines to Angola for the inauguration of new president, Joao Lourenco.The 90-tonne payload from Leipzig, on a single flight to Luanda, consisted of 25 luxury sedans (list price around £60,000) three police cars ...
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Forwarders call for action to end Heathrow's congestion ‘misery’
The head of the UK’s freight forwarders’ group has called for “action not words” over growing congestion at London Heathrow airport’s cargo terminal.British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen says that congestion at the so-called Horseshoe Road area of Heathrow “is as bad as it has ever been ...
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ANA international freight soars by a third
A 31.1% year-on-year increase in international cargo revenue to ¥12.9bn helped Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) to record profits in the first half of the financial year (April-September).International cargo benefited from a strong outbound performance to overseas destinations thanks to robust demand, especially for automobile parts to North America and ...
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Vertannes joins e-Cargoware board
Airfreight IT firm e-Cargoware has appointed industry veteran Des Vertannes as its non-executive chairman.Vertannes, who was recently inducted to TIACA hall of fame, was latterly IATA’s head of cargo and, in a long career, held management positions including Air Menzies international, Gulf Air and Etihad Airways.e-Cargoware’s platform is used by ...
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Moscow Domodedovo is Munich’s seventh sibling
Russia's Moscow Domodedovo Airport has signed a cooperation agreement with Munich Airport, joining Denver, Nagoya, Airports of Thailand, Singapore, Beijing and Airports Company South Africa as ‘sister airports’ to the south German gateway.The partnership aims to transfer knowledge between employees and managers on both sides and will include exchange programs ...