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Lufthansa and pilots' union agree to mediator's recommendation
The dispute over pay between Lufthansa and its pilots looks to be coming to an end as both groups have agreed to mediator recommendations.The two groups said they agreed to the mediator’s recommendation of an annual pay rise of 2% backdated to January 2016, another rise of 2.3% from January ...
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ECS Group joins forces with Canada's Exp-Air Cargo
ECS Group has teamed up with Montreal-headquartered Exp-Air Cargo to consolidate its general sales and service agent presence in the Americas.Exp-Air Cargo, founded in 1990, is a specialist in airline cargo sales and management with a market focus spread across the US and Canada. Besides its Montreal headquarters, Exp-Air Cargo ...
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ATSG: United Star Express launch expected this year
The launch of new Chinese express airline United Star Express is now expected before the end of 2017, but the carrier’s joint venture partners are already starting work on building the fleet.The new airline, a joint venture between US aviation firm ATSG, airline Okay Airways and online retailer VIP Shop ...
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NewsJon Conway joins the Airport Services Association as director general
Jon Conway, dnata’s former divisional senior vice president airport operations, has been appointed director general of the Airport Services Association (ASA)Conway, who brings four decades of industry experience to Switzerland-based ASA, will take up his new position from the beginning of March, 2017.ASA, originally set up under the name of ...
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Pemco lands YTO Express B737 trio conversion contract
Pemco World Air Services has won a contract from YTO Express (YTO) to convert three B737-300 passenger aircraft into freighters.China-based YTO, currently operating one B737-300 reconfigured by US-based conversion specialist Pemco, will take redelivery of the aircraft trio through the fourth quarter of 2017.This order is the first to be ...
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Qatar's new South America freighter operation underway
Qatar Airways Cargo will today begin its new freighter service calling at Miami International before heading off to South America.The new twice weekly Boeing 777 freighter service was announced late last year, with the airline saying it would cater for growing import and export demand to and from the South ...
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Atlas Air scoops Asiana Cargo B747 deal
Asiana Cargo has awarded Atlas Air with a contract to operate one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters on a transpacific route.Atlas said that the contract would initially cover a single aircraft covering "key global routes across the transpacific", connecting South Korea with several destinations in the US.Atlas Air Worldwide president ...
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China Eastern offloads China Cargo shareholding
China Eastern Airlines has completed the sale of its shareholding in freighter operator China Cargo Airlines in order to concentrate on its passenger business.The deal sees China Eastern sell its 100% shareholding in Eastern Logistics, which in turn owns 83% of China Cargo Airlines.Eastern Logistics - and its China Cargo ...
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Jordanian launches e-AWB booking system
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has launched a system that enables cargo agents to create electronic-air waybills (e-AWB) when making bookings.The system was developed in cooperation with the Middle East airline’s information technology department and air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems.Royal Jordanian president and chief executive Captain Suleiman Obeidat said that the ...
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FedEx Express opens new Malpensa hub
FedEx Express has opened its new international gateway to southern Europe at Milan-Malpensa airport.The 35,000 sq m express logistics facility features advanced technology that will boost package sorting capacity by 25% compared with the existing setup.The new facility comes as the number of shipments sent via FedEx from Italy to ...
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Delta looks to ramp up stake in Aeromexico
Delta Air Lines is hoping to increase its shareholding in Aeromexico as it looks to continue to strengthen its presence in the Mexican market.The US airline intends to acquire an additional 32% of the Mexican carrier in order to bring its shareholding up to 49% through a cash tender offer ...
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NewsIt's all looking rose-y for air cargo
Benjamin Franklin said that there are two things that are certain in life, death and taxes. If, however, Franklin had been a freight transport journalist he could have added a third to that list, that mid-February would see an outpouring of press releases about the transport of roses for Valentine's ...
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Forward Air adds tracking service
US logistics firm Forward Air has added a new mobile delivery tracking service.Forward Air has begun offering customers the ability to use the nuDeliverIt tracking tool, which provides real-time visibility of deliveries in transit and electronic proof of delivery."Customers desire not just visibility into their deliveries but the ability to ...
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Etihad celebrates another year of expansion, but cargo volumes remain flat
Etihad Airways has reported on what it describes as “another year of sustained growth” in 2016, expansion achieved off the back of new aircraft deliveries, additional frequencies on various services and the introduction of further product offerings.During the year, Etihad Cargo carried 592,700 tonnes of freight, a figure not dissimilar ...
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Mercedes-Benz renews with CEVA in Brazil
Mercedes-Benz's Brazilian division has renewed its existing business partnership with CEVA Logistics and the awarded additional contracts.CEVA's services to Mercedes-Benz are concentrated in the southeast region of Brazil. Under the renewed contract, in-house logistics services at the customer’s plant in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, will be ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: Strong start to 2017 for United and American
US airlines American and United have got off to a flying start on the cargo front in 2017 with double-digit increases in demand, while Delta continues to see its performance diverge from its two main rivals.The largest of the airlines in cargo terms, United, recorded a 16.1% year-on-year traffic increase ...
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LUG to handle Etihad Cargo in Frankfurt and Munich
LUG aircargo handling, a freight handler operating at Germany’s Frankfurt and Munich airports, has begun processing Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo’s freight at Munich Airport.It will also begin handling Etihad Cargo’s freight at Frankfurt Airport from next month (March).Etihad flies passenger aircraft twice a day to both German airports, but it ...
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Trump outlines priorities for US aviation
New US president Donald Trump has met with the chief executives of a large number of big US carriers, as well as senior executives of airport authorities and representatives of aviation trade bodies.The meeting took place at The White House, during which he outlined some of his thoughts on the ...
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HACTL handles valuable equine shipment
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has handled 60 horses competing in this month’s Longines Masters show jumping event in Hong Kong.All the horses were processed through the handler’s Livestock Handling Centre at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).European Horse Services (EHS) is responsible for the shipment of the horses ...
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Frankfurt’s cargo tonnages take flight
Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s busiest airfreight gateway, enjoyed a 5.6% year on year rise in its cargo throughput in January, traffic reaching 168,556 tonnes.According to the airport’s operator, Fraport: “The growing global demand for goods and the timing of the Chinese New Year (in January) encouraged these dynamic developments.”January’s strong performance ...